Phil Smart

Scotch? Too early to drink it, yes, but people, it is never too early to think about it!

[Phil Smart @PhillSmart]

Expectations are premeditated resentments.

[Sky Sports Football @SkyFootball]

PSG WIN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 🏆

[Phil Smart @PhillSmart]

Arsenal can actually fuck off.

[EFL Communications @EFL_Comms]

An Independent Disciplinary Commission has today expelled Southampton from the Sky Bet Championship Play-Offs after the Club admitted to multiple breaches of EFL Regulations related to the unauthorised filming of other Clubs’ training.

In addition, the Club has received a four-point deduction that will be applied to the 2026/27 Championship table.

The effect of today’s order is that Middlesbrough are reinstated into the 2026 Play-Offs and will proceed to the Play-Off Final against Hull City. The final remains scheduled for Saturday 23 May, with the kick-off time to be confirmed.

📘 https://t.co/kGIhl4GksL

[Match of the Day @BBCMOTD]

An incredible 52-year journey comes to an end.

Following extensive consideration, BBC Sport has made the difficult decision to say goodbye to Football Focus at the end of this season.

First broadcast in 1974, Football Focus is a testament to the brilliant team who have worked on it over the years and, of course, the audience. The programme has been a staple of the BBC’s football coverage for decades, providing fans with interviews, analysis and stories from across the game ahead of the weekend’s fixtures. But changing audience behaviours mean fans are now increasingly consuming football content in different ways and we need to respond appropriately as we face difficult decisions around how the licence fee is spent.

Fans are accessing discussion, highlights, analysis and news through digital platforms and on-demand viewing and as viewing habits continue to evolve, it is right that BBC Sport adapts how it brings football coverage to the widest audiences across television, radio, online and to its extensive social platforms.

BBC Sport boasts a strong football rights portfolio and is set to significantly expand its digital output this year growing content across BBC platforms, as well as a bold new slate of exclusive shows on YouTube. Featuring fresh formats, big personalities and more frequent, always-on content tailored for digital audiences, the expansion will bring fans closer to the game than ever before delivering more high-quality, accessible and engaging football coverage at scale. We will release further details on these plans in the coming months.

[Phil Smart @PhillSmart]

So it begins 🎂

[Enge Gray @Enge21]

This lads first day on TNT rugby…

Big Geoff Parling wasn’t impressed…

Valuable lesson learnt;
Don’t mess with the warm up…

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer actor Nicholas Brendon dies aged 54 https://t.co/wAlM0ndi5j

[BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking]

US action movie star Chuck Norris has died aged 86, his family says
https://t.co/4Aub2WYDnw

[Phil Smart @PhillSmart]

Don’t get me wrong, I love winter but fuck me, I’d like to go outside and not get wet.

[BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking]

Ian Huntley, who murdered two 10-year-old girls in Soham, England, in 2002, dies in hospital a week after prison attack https://t.co/Xd022Zz4U5

[Michelle Dewberry @MichelleDewbs]

Karma came to say hello…

Good riddance.

[TMZ @TMZ]

🕊️ Legendary singer Neil Sedaka has died at 86.

What we know: https://t.co/jdpBsHx1cg

[The Official Red Dwarf Fan Club @TORDFC]

ROB GRANT - 1955-2026

We are devastated to learn of Rob’s passing and send love to his family and friends. He will always live on through his amazing creativity, storytelling and humour. Travel well, Sir. 💔 #reddwarf

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Eric Dane has sadly passed away at the age of 53.

[NFL @NFL]

THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS ARE SUPER BOWL LX CHAMPIONS 🏆

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Jimmy Carr just reframed having kids in a way that hits different:

Everything terrible about parenting? Measurable—sleep trackers scream it, calendars show missed friends/TV.
Everything great? Immeasurable: the smile, the connection, the quiet knowing you mattered to someone forever.

It's resume points vs eulogy points.
We grind for the perfect CV... but at the end, it's what people say when you're gone that counts.

Then Eric Weinstein drops this bomb over lunch:
"You will die, and you will be reborn as someone else—and you will love them."
Carr: "Oh. That's reincarnation. The afterlife is your kids."

He's not religious, but he calls it the ultimate gift.

He's fine with people choosing no kids.
What worries him: involuntary childlessness—especially men, rarely discussed. The same quiet sadness.

How do we build a society (taxes, housing, culture) where people who want kids can actually have them—without forcing anyone?

This 2:15 clip is raw, funny, profound. Makes you rethink legacy in a burnout era.

Parents: What "eulogy point" moment with your kids made the sleepless nights worth it?
Childfree by choice: Does this resonate or miss the mark for you?
Involuntarily childless: What's one thing society could change to ease that path?
Skeptical of the reincarnation angle? Hit us with your take.

[isaac Reynolds @i_reynolds06]

pens fucking upside down 😭😭😭😭

[Phil Smart @PhillSmart]

@DeskRequestteam You can bore off as well you idiot bot.

[Phil Smart @PhillSmart]

@BootsUK telling me part 2/2 of my order is with the courier, @RoyalMail texting me to tell me there’s an issue and it’s being returned to sender. What do I do now? Am I getting my items or a refund?

[Phil Smart @PhillSmart]

Not being funny Pablo, the real Royal Mail aren’t this quick. Bore off.

[Phil Smart @PhillSmart]

Also, let’s be real @RoyalMail, I don’t need these Spam bots causing carnage when I’m already miffed.