Matt Highland

I'm a picker I'm a grinner I'm a lover And I'm a sinner I play my music in the sun. I'm a joker I'm a smoker I'm a midnight toker I get my loving on the run

[Barry Malone @malonebarry]

You will never see the media go harder on the “where will the money come from?” question than when a policy is aimed at helping the working class.

[Matt Highland @MattHighland]

...which shows him onside.
You have one feckin job. Useless.

[Premier League Match Centre @PLMatchCentre]

#MCIAVL – 90’ VAR OVERTURN

VAR checked the referee’s call of goal – and established that Foden was in an offside position and recommended that the goal was disallowed.

[Valuball @valuball]

Pep Guardiola’s era is coming to an end. How did he perform over 9 seasons, judged on squad cost? (excl. 2025/26 no data yet)
The Pep era in one chart.

Man City: the highest squad cost in the league and they sit above the line, meaning they overdelivered even on that spend. Most expensive squad AND best value.

Man Utd: spent just as big. Landed 25 performance points lower. 👀
Over 9 seasons and a trophy haul nobody’s matched, Pep sits comfortably above the average line.

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Measurements
Squad Cost = 0.75×Wages + Amortisation + Agent Fees + Player Impairment − Net Player Sales (UEFA’s squad cost basis)

Performance Score (0-100): blends league points, final position AND cup/Europe progression into one number - league weighted highest.

Plot one vs the other = who actually gets value for money. 📊

Credit visual inspiration: @gregorypcordell who designed a similar fantastic chart.

[Matt Highland @MattHighland]

@JamesBarneyB @PomonaIsland @asthmatickitty @craftbrewtique I'm operating on the alternative time pattern this weekend
Beer looks lovely...

[dan barker @danbarker]

Possibly the scariest piece of TV ever created:

John Noakes climbing Nelson's column in Trafalgar Square, in flares, with no harness.

It just gets worse and worse.

[BBC Archive @BBCArchive]

"I’ve never fell off a big chimney. You only fall off one of them once."

#OnThisDay 1979: Extraordinary steeplejack Fred Dibnah was introduced to the nation.

[Matt Highland @MattHighland]

@TwRossa Wow. Big move 👍

[Matt Highland @MattHighland]

@JamesBarneyB Don't end up in the slurry, Murray

🎾💩

[Matt Highland @MattHighland]

@094459 Top record.
Love Stereolab.

[We're just normal men @wejustnormalmen]

We’re just normal men

[Erika Morris @ErikaMorris79]

With the pivotal #Ashes2023 game almost have you ever thought what the Ashes players would look like as women? Well think no more, firstly the England players

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#Ashes #ENGvAUS

[James Hogg @JamesAHogg2]

Worth 20 seconds of your time.

Good morning.

[Matt Highland @MattHighland]

@HarryEnfield6 Whatwhatwhat

[James Hogg @JamesAHogg2]

Twitter appears to be unashamedly toxic at the moment, so here's something unashamedly joyous.

Liberace and Terry Thomas singing, Has Anyone Seen my Gal 🪕

[Poetic Outlaws @OutlawsPoetic]

“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum...”

—Noam Chomsky

[We're just normal men @wejustnormalmen]

We’re just innocent men

[Drew Weir @Droooo]

@tickerscricket

[We're just normal men @wejustnormalmen]

We’re just normal men

[Tircoeds @Tircoeds]

Elton once phoned me and asked if I wanted to buy a Roll Royce.
I said "what reg".
He said, "DO YOU WANT TO BUY A ROLLS ROYCE"