Andrew Hamilton

Four books on Great War - two on Christmas Truce. Enjoy visits to WW1 battlefields. Cricket, real tennis, CCFC.

[Andrew Hamilton @MeetAtDawn]

In Royal Leamington Spa of all places

[Right over Left Everytime @RightSide_Uk]

A 15-year-old British girl in Leamington was gang-raped by Afghans. She recorded everything on her phone, begging “Help me, please help me, they’re going to rape me.”
Her lawyers said the footage couldn’t be released — it would cause riots across the country.
So the truth is suppressed to protect the narrative.
Afghan rapists. British child victim. Evidence hidden.
This is the grooming gang nightmare on steroids.
The British people deserve the full truth — no more cover-ups.

[Sabin Howard @SabinHoward]

@emilymiller @RapidResponse47 @POTUS @WhiteHouse @NatlParkService @Freedom250 @interiorpress47 @Interior @NationalMallNPS @TheNationalMall @SecretaryBurgum We must take care of our monuments and memorials. Culture represents who we are as a people and it is our responsibility to steward that history to the next generation. I did my part when I built the national World War I Memorial. We need more of this in our country!

[Andrew Hamilton @MeetAtDawn]

Hands off Frank Lampard

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

Liverpool FC can confirm Arne Slot is to depart his role as head coach with immediate effect and that the process to appoint a successor is under way.

He leaves with a Premier League title to his name and our deepest gratitude and appreciation.

[Andrew Hamilton @MeetAtDawn]

@TrenchTrotter H3WÀACZC VAR wx3yWse

[Andrew Hamilton @MeetAtDawn]

I think he is Premier League class. Great to hold onto him ...

[Coventry City @Coventry_City]

We are delighted to announce that Victor Torp has signed a new contract with the Club. 🩵

[Andrew Hamilton @MeetAtDawn]

We had an excellent manager Eric Black who was sacked and replaced by Reid who was not very good!

[Andrew Hamilton @MeetAtDawn]

'I'm going to be honest' ...

[Guido Fawkes @GuidoFawkes]

BEFORE AND AFTER

@AndyBurnhamGM on Brexit.

[Andrew Hamilton @MeetAtDawn]

If VAR can't make a decision within say 90 seconds, decision should remain with the officials. And if there's a coat of paint in an offside decision - e.g. ludicrous decision to disallow Coventrys goal vs Man U in FA Cup semi final

[Stan Collymore @StanCollymore]

VAR

I enthusiastically welcomed it. Was sold on the higher percentage of right decisions so we could all go home knowing football justice had been done and we could concentrate on which player was crap instead.

But I was wrong. Woefully and completely wrong.

Waiting 5 minutes for a decision to be made alone means the system isn't fit for purpose. Why? Because I sat with TV producers who said everything would be wrapped up in 10-30 seconds. It has literally taken the spontaneous joy from the most important part of the game. A goal.

Then, one thing completely blindsided me and many others.

Subjectivity.

I thought there would be science and a nailed on guarantee of a successfully and universally accepted decision. How wrong we were. Instead, arbitrary lines are drawn that simply can't with any certainty say whether a player is offside or not. So a human in a portacabin, 200 miles away only does what the referee can do, make a best guess.

Likewise handballs, dives, any penalty decision to be honest. A subjective decision decided out of stadium allowing an increasingly small and poor refereeing pool a get out of jail free card. Instead of them making a shit decision and owning it, they just pass it on 200 miles away so 3 men in a portacabin can make a shit decision instead. Lunacy.

For the love of the game, let's go back to investing in getting more referees, respecting them so that they join the trade and don't feel constantly abused. In short, treat them like rugby referees. Ultimate respect.

Then, fuck VAR off, it's ruined the game, made it petty and chaotic, and taken that one ingredient that you simply can't replace, instantaneous joy.

As a player and fan I accepted a referee making a bad decision in a game in the same way I accepted fucking up a shot or pass. We're all human.

Let's get back to that, humans doing their best, everyone walks away from the ground accepting that and less unrealistic pressure put on officials to be perfect when perfection doesn't exist in any walk of life.

VAR stinks. A system designed to help is a massive hindrance and it's about time pundits, fans, players, referees, clubs put pressure on authorities to get rid of it. We only need goal line tech, the rest can and should be refer refereed by humans making their best judgement. A best judgement that was over 98% right( audited fact pre VAR).

Enough is enough, fuck it off.

[ClarksonsFarm @ClarksonsFarm1]

Repost!🙌🏼

[Andrew Hamilton @MeetAtDawn]

It's worse on country roads 😒

[RayRay 🇬🇧✝️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @RayMairead]

This is why they're hated.

[Andrew Hamilton @MeetAtDawn]

Lambie

[Graemefowler @GFoxyFowler]

I hope so. I roomed with him in India.

[Andrew Hamilton @MeetAtDawn]

It would help if before half time the bar staff poured as any pints/half pints as possible to save time and queues. And well before kick off ...

[Jason Harding @JazzH3121]

@Coventry_City Considered re-introducing mobile bar staff with beer tanks on their backs? Would help with queues, half time especially.

[Jason Harding @JazzH3121]

@Coventry_City Considered re-introducing mobile bar staff with beer tanks on their backs? Would help with queues, half time especially.

[Andrew Hamilton @MeetAtDawn]

Torp is too good to be on the bench imo

[Simon Stanley @sistanley]

@Anthony_Hornsby Yep, knew it 🩵

[Andrew Hamilton @MeetAtDawn]

@freddiehobart @JChimirie66677 @eva_angel9 Absolutely. Got away with it ...

[Andrew Hamilton @MeetAtDawn]

Stained-glass window in memory of Lt-Col Francis Holden Shuttleworth Rendall St. Mary's Church Milston, Wilts. Died of wounds 9th July 1916 while a prisoner-of-war aged 36. Buried in Lebucquière Communal Cemetery Ext, gravestone commemorating: ‘A gallant soldier & a good man’.

[Andrew Hamilton @MeetAtDawn]

Large dragon slain by St. George aka Captain Geoffrey Donaldson killed 19 July 1916 Battle of Fromelles aged 22. Remembered on the Ploegsteer Memorial Belgium. Stained-glass window in St. Swithin's Church Lower Quinton, Warwickshire

[Andrew Hamilton @MeetAtDawn]

In church of St. Peter, Twineham, Sussex a stained-glass window in memory of RFC pilot Lieutenant Robert McKergow killed in action on 21 September 1917 at the age of just 19. He is buried in Ypres Reservoir cemetery

[Andrew Hamilton @MeetAtDawn]

Stained-glass memorial window featuring St. George in Lye Church Wrest Midlands

[Andrew Hamilton @MeetAtDawn]

Huge numbers of Great War stained-glass memorial windows feature patron saint St. George. Good example is the window in Zillebeke church Belgium commemorating 19 year old 2nd Lieutenant Avenel St. George killed 15 November 1914. 'St. George ' has slain the dragon ...