Ashley

Buckle your seatbelt, lady… you’re being woo’d.

[Ashley @ASHiLEYjAMES]

Don’t let a one-off game under Michael Duff fool you:

Wales is, and always will be, Swansea’s. Uppa fucking Jacks. 🦢

[Garry Monk @GarryMonk]

Don’t think a post can do this man justice. Kenny gave my career the opportunity it needed, bringing me to Swansea and starting a journey that became 12 amazing years. He believed in me, and so many others. Kenny started it all for us. Never forgotten ❤️

[Ashley @ASHiLEYjAMES]

@FPLSportScience Thank you for your service 👑

[Andy Cantwell @AndyCantwell]

Lee Dixon and Sam Matterface discuss the “Tall Blacks”

[Ashley @ASHiLEYjAMES]

Fuck the negativity. I really like this signing from what I’ve seen/read.

[Swansea City AFC @SwansOfficial]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[Atlético de Madrid @Atleti]

Comunicado oficial con nuestras aclaraciones sobre el comunicado oficial de nuestros vecinos @realmadrid:
1. Se os cortó el vídeo del Papa donde decía que también era del Atleti.
2. Habréis confundido la educación con agradecimiento, pero para que no haya dudas: no os agradecemos nada.
3. Ni estudiamos ni valoramos ninguna oferta por Julián.
4. Cómo no nos vamos a llevar bien, si nos hacéis reír aún más que el @FCBarcelona_es.

[Sky Bet Championship @SkyBetChamp]

Special delivery! ✈️

Zan Vipotnik gets his hands on his #SkyBetChampionship Golden Boot award out in Slovenia 🤝

#EFL | #SkyBetChampionship

[Ashley @ASHiLEYjAMES]

@tomEcoleman Nice one Tom, appreciate you ruining my day there 👍����

[Ashley @ASHiLEYjAMES]

This is all I’ve ever wanted 🙏🏻

[Gianluca Di Marzio @DiMarzio]

.@SwansOfficial are seriously considering appointing former striker Michu as a Sporting Director. Over the last six years, Michu has been working for LaLiga2 side Burgos. @SkySports

[Ross Sayers @Sayers33]

'He said he's drinking a beer from every World Cup country. What do you mean you don't have any Ecuadorian lager?'

[Ashley @ASHiLEYjAMES]

@PlayOverwatch Did you guys think this through?

[Paul Tassi @PaulTassi]

the Destiny 3 petition is about to hit 300K so might as well push it over:

https://t.co/7Y0fYX9Fml

[JCTHFC @JCTHFC]

Genius! 😂

[England till i die …🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @StefanBlakeman]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

We miss our final penalty.

PSG - ✅✅❌✅✅
Arsenal - ✅❌✅✅❌

[Ashley @ASHiLEYjAMES]

Get Ben Davies back down here pronto

[Second Tier podcast @secondtierpod]

If you could bring back ONE player to your club, who you think is REALISTIC, who would it be? 👀

[Atlético de Madrid @Atleti]

HERE WE GO! Hemos enviado un fax al @FCBarcelona_es con nuestra oferta de traspaso: 4 entradas para el concierto de Bad Bunny de mañana, una suscripción anual al ABC y una bolsa de pipas. Esperamos ansiosos la respuesta para preparar el ‘announce’.

[Wayne Barton @WayneSBarton]

Medals round their neck, trophies in their hand, Bruno Fernandes in their head

[Luke O'Nien @LukeONien]

EUROPA LEAGUE was never the dream.

Not because I didn’t want it.

Because if I’m being honest, I never thought it was possible.

What kid would?

Especially when 12 years ago I was playing non league football in the Ryman Premier and Conference South, just trying to stay alive in the game.

What kid dreams about Europe when, two weeks into the off season, his dad has to tell him he’s been released by Watford F.C. over the phone?

I was heartbroken.

My dad looked at me and said:

“What are we doing tomorrow?”

To which I replied with the words he’d drilled into me my whole life:

“We’re training, Dad.”

So we trained.

Every single day.

My dad emailed every EFL club asking for an opportunity.

One club replied.

One.

That was all I needed.

An opportunity.

@WealdstoneFC and @wwfcofficial , I’ll always be indebted to you.

Then came the move to @SunderlandAFC .

A massive club.

A massive opportunity.

And I couldn’t wait to prove myself.

But 45 minutes into my debut… hooked.

“Rabbit caught in headlights. Waste of money. Get rid.”

Then came the Championship.

“He’s not good enough for this level.”

Then the Premier League.

“Let’s give him a debut and then get rid of him.”

I understood the doubt.

I’ve faced it my whole career.

And truthfully, you doubt yourself too at times.

But I’ve always tried to live by one mindset:

Outwork your doubt.

You don’t always need to see the full journey.

You just need to take the next step.

Then the next one.

And then another.

Even when social media tells you you’re not good enough.

Even when the voice inside your own head whispers the same thing.

Keep working.

Keep learning.

Keep showing up.

Because sometimes the places you end up are bigger than anything your younger self could’ve ever imagined.

To any young player reading this, don’t put a ceiling on yourself too early.

You genuinely have no idea where this game and life can take you.

And to the boys… thank you.

You removed the glass ceiling I’d placed on myself.

What a team.

What a club.

What a fanbase.

Sunderland… rocking all over Europe ❤️🤍

And in the words of Granit Xhaka:

“This is just the beginning.”

[Ashley @ASHiLEYjAMES]

Next season is going to be an all-timer. #PlayoffSwans 🔜

[Second Tier podcast @secondtierpod]

Oh, hell yes.

Coca-Cola era is BACK.

(📸: @VitalFootballUK)

[Portsmouth FC @Pompey]

🔜