Author: THE SLUM SPORT, story of 85/86. Ghosted: THE THIRD DEGREE. Sports Journalism course director, B'ham City Uni. Sports journalist (28 yrs & counting)
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Chris Lepkowski (new account) retweeted
I feel for James Maddison but it’s time to admit defeat. Shave it off and become a YouTuber. Why delay the inevitable on both counts?
Chris Lepkowski (new account) retweeted
🚨 POINTLESS STAT OF THE DAY #186
THE EARLIEST HATRICK IN ENGLISH FOOTBALL
KONE IN 15!
Richard Kone has scored a hat-trick in the 2nd, 9th and 15th minutes for QPR against Swansea this afternoon.
Sadio Mané scored in the 13th, 14th and 16th minutes, setting the Premier League record for the fastest hat-trick but Kone has completed his a WHOLE minute earlier.
Wolves' historical records identify Roy Swinbourne's hat-trick in the opening 20 minutes in 1952 as the earliest Football League treble.
Kone has gone five minutes earlier than that. Bizarrely against a Swansea defence only conceding 8 goals before today.
Has QPR's striker just set an English league record? 🤔
Anyone know of an earlier hat-trick?
Use this information wisely. 🤓
This is brilliant. The excellent Brian Glanville not having Joe Mercer's suggestions.
You might like this @draper_rob & @jonawils
BBC Nationwide
July 1977
Don Revie was the subject of discussion, after his resignation from the England managers job.
John Stapleton conducts the discussion with Joe Mercer and Brian Glanville of the Sunday Times.
#England
Chris Lepkowski (new account) retweeted
Hoping to host a Liquidator LIVE around 5.30 Baggies fans … though may be a bit earlier or later depending on circs
#wba @GoldbergRadio
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Chris Lepkowski (new account) retweeted
Three years ago this weekend, a WhatsApp that changed everything.
I'd given notice at the job that'd worn me thin, and was ready to build something.
It was this message, to CP CTO Jay, that began the conversation about The Moonraker and what would become CounterPress Media.
And since then... wow!
Nov '23: Jay introduces Max, bringing critical, human-focused brand expertise.
Jan '24: Max's suggestion - we call ourselves CounterPress. I'm happy my proposal, Rerite, gets binned.
Apr '24: Incorporated. It's getting real.
Spring '24: Full MVP CMS built.
Jun '24: Soft launch of The Moonraker. Who will care?
Aug '24: They care. The Moonraker reaches 500 paying subscribers in 1 month.
Spring '25: Website/CMS rebuild, with (critically) infrastructure designed to support multiple independent publications.
Summer '25: The Moonraker moves onto the upgraded platform. A shared codebase makes it easier to launch and manage new outlets.
Jul '25: CounterPress takes on its first external titles. I'll never forget the belief Richard Edwards and Machel St Patrick Hewitt had in the product.
Autumn '25: A new central backend. Work on a publisher dashboard begins, bringing audience data, contacts, email campaigns and subscription management together.
Dec '25: Podcast hosting arrives as standard within CounterPress.
Early '26: The platform's commercial tools expand, adding revenue reporting, audience segmentation, promotional offers and automated subscriber communications.
Spring '26: CounterPress launches outlets covering 17 of the 18 first-class county cricket clubs.
Spring '26: Full deployment of the v1 dashboard, with native analytics, newsletter builder and audience management tools.
Apr '26: CounterPress signs up its 30th title.
May '26: CounterPress signs up its 40th title.
May '26: CounterPress ID launches: a single account and sign-in experience across the network.
Jun '26: Embedded checkout make it easier for readers to support publications they love. We build first stage of a bundles project. Watch this space.
Jul '26: CounterPress app is downloadable. Our outlets now have a quick and easy home in readers' pockets.
Jul '26: CounterPress signs up its 50th title.
Jul '26: FC CounterPress becomes our first live aggregator, helping spread our outlets' coverage further.
Summer '26: Major improvements to platform speed and performance, alongside enhanced podcast and video publishing, international pricing and sophisticated subscription tools.
Aug '26: CounterPress signs up its 60th title.
Aug '26: Live blogging, giving outlets the ability to tell their stories as they happen.
Oct '26: Push notifications, giving publishers another direct route to their readers.
Oct '26: Partnerships, giving titles platform to showcase relationships with local business.
Oct '26: Automated outlet onboarding, foundations for publishers to sell products through CounterPress (stay tuned).
There's so much more in the pipeline.
What a ride!
Chris Lepkowski (new account) retweeted
Looks like he’s getting ready to bowl an over of some off spin
James Blunt seems to have brought only two styles of outfit onto #CelebrityTraitors:
Daytime: Grouse shooting toff
Evening: Bjorn Borg chic
Amazing artist
Happy Birthday to the brilliant English singer Pauline Black (Belinda Magnus) who was born on this day in 1953. She is best known for being the lead singer of The Selecter. #PaulineBlack #TheSelecter #OnMyRadio #MissingWords #ThreeMinuteHero #TheWhisper #TooMuchPressure
Chris Lepkowski (new account) retweeted
Clubs learn of cost of Independent Football Regulator… double the original Government estimate. IFR sets out plan which includes 100 staff and top Prem clubs shoulder most cost mirror.co.uk/sport/football/…
Chris Lepkowski (new account) retweeted
"The White House says" isn't journalism, lads
BREAKING: The White House says Melania Trump has brokered a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine "localised to the city of Oleshky".
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Interesting piece. (I also didn't realise it was a rogue 'The')
Liquidator has been part of the pre-match play-list at #CFC since the tune was released in 1969. But it has increasingly divided the fanbase over the last 10 years as supporters use it to express their hatred of rivals #THFC.
Explainer with @liam_twomey: nytimes.com/athletic/7713683…
What a shit show
Only one club of the 48 that have played in the Championship over the last decade has made an operating profit per @valuball
Eight have made losses exceeding £200m in that period (2015/16 to 2024/25).
Chris Lepkowski (new account) retweeted
It appears to be over.
If all of Asia, Africa and Conmebol - and 10 of the 11 members of Oceania - vote for Gianni Infantino he has 120 votes.
He needs 106 to win.
Unless Uefa can find a candidate, and uncover something to move the dial.
Time was always on Infantino's side.
Aug 10: Asian football chief Sheikh Salman signs letter with UEFA & Concacaf condemning Infantino for “profound failure of judgement” & “deception” over WC sell-off plot
Oct 23: Salman endorses Infantino for FIFA re-election, vowing “full commitment”
bbc.co.uk/sport/football/art…
Wish no ill on the great progress of a club like AFCB, but something feels very broken with football's overall model - one that allows Premier League clubs to be so dominant against the backdrop of the Man City saga and resulting inflated financial ecosystem.
Chris Lepkowski (new account) retweeted
TNT Sports will continue to show live coverage of the Tour de France until at least 2032.