Bren Mc

Red since the 60’s. Match going since 70’s. Season ticket holder since the 80’s. May not have seen it all but have seen a lot.

[Clive Wismayer 🇪🇺🥪 @CliveWismayer]

I’m living temporarily in an apartment overlooking the Rhine-Amsterdam canal. Massive barges pass up & down every few minutes. Sometimes cruise ships too. The barges carry aggregate, scrap metal, oil & God knows what else. Most fly Dutch flags but I’ve also seen Belgian, Italian, German & others.

Trade = prosperity & wealth. Wealth = freedom (happy to expand) & power.

The English, diseased in the mind & unable to compute the loss of an empire despite not losing a war, lost in cosy myth, cannot see this. Everyone in Europe’s once war-ravaged countries can.

The idea this project will be thrown away so they can hang flags on lampposts & paint mini-roundabouts is completely cuckoo.

[Carl @GuerrillaCarl]

https://t.co/JpxJPJIHJC

[Iran Embassy in Indonesia @IraninIndonesia]

As the Persian proverb says: ‘A thief believes everybody steals.’
The worst World Cup host ever.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

🚨 BREAKING: Albania’s Anti-Trump Protests Have Now Entered Day 11.

What began as opposition to the Trump family’s proposed luxury development project has turned into nearly two weeks of sustained demonstrations.

First came the deal.

Then came the backlash.

Now comes Day 11.

The question is whether the pressure changes anything, or whether the standoff gets even bigger from here.

[Bren Mc @Bunker_Red]

@WilliamHill
What are the odds for Jordan Pickford to get a red card during the World Cup tournament?
#YourOdds

[TheFMEditor @TheFMEditor85]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

[Scotland’s Story @80_mcswan]

If you want Baroness Michelle Mone removed from the House of Lords and to repay the £136,000,000 owed to taxpayers, please RT!

[Bren Mc @Bunker_Red]

Inspirational!
Well done Luke absolutely delighted for you ❤️

[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.”

[Bren Mc @Bunker_Red]

Congratulations to Joe & Kush for winning Race Across The World. Absolutely brilliant lads & fantastic ambassadors for the city of Liverpool. Don’t know them but very proud of them ❤️ #RATW

[Tim @TimD2704]

So you’re telling me Kenny Dalglish won 3 League Titles before enduring a disaster which understandably broke him.
He returned to football with a lower league club, got promoted to the Premier League & won it within 4 years and was only 17 days older than Arteta (6 yrs @ Arsenal)

[Big Uncle Knobhead @willo_ian]

Please retweet, kid has lost something sentimental. We've all been there. Hope it's found and returned. ❤️🙏

[DENİZ_TOPRAK2 @TOPRAK_2_]

Gabriel García Márquez şunları söyledi:
Altmış yaşına ulaştıysanız, paraları saymayı bırakın ve anları saymaya başlayın.
Çünkü siz "her ihtimale karşı" tasarruf etmeye devam ederken, "her ihtimale karşı" durumlar dişlerini bileyliyor, yorulmanızı bekliyorlar ki kendinize izin vermediğiniz şeylerden faydalanabilsinler.
Zaten çalıştınız, çocuklarınızı büyüttünüz, acı çektiniz.
Şimdi sıra sende; şafağı sakin bir şekilde izle, hep ertelediğin şeyleri kendine ısmarla, en pahalı kahveyi vicdan azabı çekmeden ve gülümseyerek iç.
Çılgın girişimlere bulaşmayın ve her zaman "harika bir fikri" olan ama asla fatura ödemeyen "girişimci" oğlunuza kanmayın.
Ve lütfen: çocuklarınızla birlikte yaşamayın. Onları ziyaret edin, onlara sarılın, ama kapınızı ve huzurunuzu koruyun.
Kimsenin sorunlarını omuzlamayın. Torunlar gülmek için vardır, büyütülmek için değil; çocuklar sevilmek için vardır, ihtiyaçlarının karşılanması için değil.
Bu yaşta vücudunuza, ama özellikle de zihninize iyi bakın. Hastalıklar veya ilaçlar hakkında çok fazla konuşmayın; seyahatlerden, şarkılardan, mutlu anılardan bahsedin.
Ve eğer biri size "artık işe yaramazsın" derse, zarifçe gülümseyin... ve henüz kimsenin ne olduğunu anlamadığını hatırlayın.
Eğer biri size "artık işe yaramazsın" derse, zarifçe gülümseyin... ve bu kişinin henüz kimseye borçlu olmadan çok yol kat etmenin ne demek olduğunu anlamadığını hatırlayın. Gülün, yaşayın ve başkalarının istedikleri gibi kırgınlaşmalarına izin verin.
Zaten kazandınız: hâlâ buradasınız, dimdik ayakta duruyorsunuz, bir hikayeniz ve tarzınız var.
Ve bu, gerçekten de bir ayrıcalık!
Gabriel García Márquez
Edebiyat Ödülü sahibi dünyaca ünlü Kolombiyalı yazar

[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

Here is a definitive thread on the regional differences of pronunciations and phrases in the UK.

First up, it's the ice lolly. Or, if you live on Merseyside and north Wales, a 'lolly ice'.

1/n

[Colin Millar @Millar_Colin]

A six-minute VAR delay with 25 replays to decide which of the multiple set-piece wrestling manoeuvres was clearly and obviously worthy of punishment. A fittingly decisive moment for the 2025-26 Premier League season.

[Bren Mc @Bunker_Red]

That save by Kelleher from Foden is the save of the season 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
#MCIBRE

[Rob B @RobBfromDerby]

“As party leader, I once managed to convince a load of people that voting for us in Council elections meant a change of Government”

[Bren Mc @Bunker_Red]

@WislaKrakowSA @KieranMaguire @Charlie_Ing94 @CPFC That’s fantastic 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[Paul🥷 @l4pablo]

What Clive Tyldesley learnt about the City of Liverpool and it's people... ❤️

Via (@Liberyrocksports)

[Bren Mc @Bunker_Red]

@l4pablo @petewylie Used to love listening to Clive on Radio City. His phone-in, the day after Hillsborough, will live with me forever.
“Don’t ring in if you watched it on tv and have an opinion. I only want to speak to people that were there. I want their account”
One of the very best ❤️