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This Sunday am running the Bath half marathon for @ProstateUK (and then pegging it to Cardiff). One man dies from the disease every 45 minutes. Your support - if you can - would be much appreciated: justgiving.com/page/ben-fishe…
Ben Fisher
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Football reporter @guardian_sport. ‘Great touch for a big man’ - @IanWright0, 2022; ‘A very long man’ - (unnamed) Istanbul taxi driver, 2023
- Billy Kee on swapping scoring goals @ASFCofficial for shovelling mud, the 'relief' of retiring after struggles with bulimia, anxiety and depression, new dreams, 'training the rat' and, most importantly, enjoying life again:
- Breaking: Nigel Pearson has agreed a three-year contract to stay on as #BristolCity manager. The former Leicester boss, who took charge in February, is hugely excited by the project. Big boost for the club.
- Joe Morrell (@JoeJMorrell) turned down Liverpool at 15 but, a few years later, only Margate – then bottom of the Conference South on a 12-month losing run – would take him. Last year he helped Wales qualify for the Euros. Am biased but is a great story:
- Went to Moor Farm to see how Derby County are gearing up for League One, their first season in the third tier since 1986. Includes a BBQ, bouncy castles + an owner who is a qualified pilot: theguardian.com/football/2022/… #dcfc
- Big interview: Liam Manning spoke with immeasurable strength about the loss of his baby son, Theo. He revealed how he considered quitting #BristolCity, and the push for the Premier League. But football was secondary. Plenty of lump-in-the-throat moments:
- Almost three years ago, @JamzLowe helped Hampton & Richmond Borough to a 5-1 win over Brentwood Town in front of 727 supporters. On Sunday the Portsmouth forward will play at Wembley, the stadium he grew up in the shadow of, before more than 80,000:
- Michael Duff is surely in manager-of-the-season territory. He has only paid a fee for one player - and that was £5,000 - but his Cheltenham team are on course for their best finish: theguardian.com/football/2022/… #ctfc
- Lloyd Kelly (@lloydkelly4) on leaving foster care at 18, joining #afcb’s stable of British talent, Botswana, #BristolCity and big names counting for nothing with England U21s this summer:
- Began talking #BristolCity with Nigel Pearson but ended up chatting everything from serenity in the Somerset countryside, Alex Scott, Siberia, Edward Colston, oil painting and offering Pep a post-match cider:
- Big interview with Milos Kerkez, Bournemouth’s ‘crazy left-back’ on all the usual stuff: wanting to build a fishing lake, camping alone in the Serbian wilderness, blocks of stone for goalposts in Vrbas, video calls with Maldini + kids’ screen time: theguardian.com/football/2024/… #afcb
- Preston’s starting XI against Blackburn last weekend cost just £1.6m. They are second in the Championship: theguardian.com/football/footb… #pnefc
