Richard Shaw

Whitstable lad, die hard Gillingham F C, Kent Cricket and Portland Trail Blazers fan. All about sport to me so if that's not your thing you may get bored.

[This Account Makes You Happy @FeelYouHappy]

A Croatian supporter asked if we could swap jerseys because he loved my Ghana 🇬🇭 shirt. Of course I said yes 🇬🇭🤝🇭🇷

A special World Cup moment, exchanging jerseys from the stands. Football truly brings people together. ❤️

[Ultras Clips @ultras_clips]

An England fan has sacrificed the £10,000 he saved for a house deposit to spend it on taking his grandad on a dream World Cup trip. ❤️

🗣️ The 21 year old said: "I can always make money back, I'm at the age where I can afford to miss out on a house for two or three years. But I won’t ever get to go to the World Cup with my grandad again."

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

Happy Father’s Day! ❤️

[Gills Gregg @ME8Gills]

Up the Gills.
Up the Sittingbourne.

[The Away Fans @theawayfans]

Scottish fans managed to get a policeman wearing a Scotland shirt in Boston… 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😆👮‍♂

[Richard Shaw @Rickshaw40S]

Incredible....Fair play to them.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Football Away Days @FBAwayDays]

A spine tingling rendition of Flower of Scotland being belted out by The Tartan Army, before their first World Cup Finals game in 28 years.

A moment that many have waited a lifetime for. 🥹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️

[Football Away Days @FBAwayDays]

A spine tingling rendition of Flower of Scotland being belted out by The Tartan Army, before their first World Cup Finals game in 28 years.

A moment that many have waited a lifetime for. 🥹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️

[Richard Shaw @Rickshaw40S]

@GillsInTheBlood Happy Birthday Ava.🎂🎉🎈🥳

[GillsInTheBlood @GillsInTheBlood]

🎥 LEAGUE TWO SUMMER TRANSFERS: PART ONE….

In the first instalment of my new series, I take a look at some of the early summer business in the fourth tier:

🤔 Can Shelton make his Mark at York?
💪🏻 Smallwood’s big impact
🏆 Promotion winner joins the Latics
🤷🏻‍♂️ Harvey’s arrival a load of Cobblers?
📝 Signings round up

🔃 Please repost & subscribe, both of which are free to do 🛎️

#EFL #EFLLeagueTwo #League2 #LeagueTwo #Football ⚽️

@john_nufc42 @AGroundsss @Bootroom_tv @Jebbo37 @GamingBlomp @Topliss94 @Joeskelton1620 @TonyToony31 @FBLowdown @LowerLeagueLook @OffTheLineBlog

@YCFC1972 @_joshuahemmings @Ryann_BRFC_95 @CobblersToMe @walocmag @The_BeeBrief @trevk37 @salopcast @AnalysisShrews @ShrewsfansUSA

#YCFC #York #BRFC #UTG #OAFC #Latics #NTFC #Cobblers #Barnet #Bees #Salop #STFC

#Gills #GFC 💙

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[Richard Shaw @Rickshaw40S]

@GillsInTheBlood Away kit for me. I like the centre section 👌

[Steve Penk @StevePenk]

This was one of the nicest things I’ve ever seen in a game of football, the guard of honour from the Aston Villa players mid game for Bernardo and John Stones was wonderful, thank you, pure class from the Villa players @ManCity

[Sporting Life FC @SportingLifeFC]

The highest attended League Two play-off finals at Wembley:

🥇 Bristol Rovers 3-1 Shrewsbury Town (2007) - 61,589
🥈 AFC Wimbledon 2-0 Plymouth Argyle (2016) - 57,956
🥉 Gillingham 1-0 Shrewsbury Town (2009) - 53,706
4️⃣ AFC Wimbledon 1-0 Walsall (2025) - 50,947
5️⃣ Coventry City 3-1 Exeter City (2018) - 50,196
6️⃣ Bradford City 3-0 Northampton Town (2013) - 47,127
7️⃣ Southend United 1-1 Wycombe Wanderers (2015) - 38,252
8️⃣ Mansfield Town 0-3 Port Vale (2022) - 37,303
9️⃣ Stockport County 3-2 Rochdale (2008) - 35,715
1️⃣0️⃣ Carlisle United 1-1 Stockport County (2023) - 34,004

[Dan Gipson @DannyGipson]

Some fans want him sacked already #Gills

[Whitstable Town Football Club @whitstabletown]

Club Statement

Lee Martin Appointed First Team Manager
https://t.co/dwb5WAGA1O

[Northern lass 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @Norther10885608]

Out of the mouths of babes....

This is England... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
"I'm not far right, I'm not racist, I just want to walk to school safely." She is more grown up than the middle class left.

[Gillingham FC @TheGillsFC]

7⃣5⃣1⃣ appearances declared.

Some fantastic pictures as Sam Vokes signs off a magnificent professional career. 👏📸

#Gills

[Paul Furness @PaulFurness10]

Took my wife to the match today - as
many of you will know she has Alzheimer’s - music and sport stir such powerful emotions 😍 thank you @HullCity UTT

[Richard Shaw @Rickshaw40S]

Congratulations Lee. Fully deserved. 👏👏

[Cian Welch @CixnWelch]

Congratulations to @FOM_BLOG for supporter of the season!
Proud of you mate - well deserved!
#Gills

[Gillingham FC @TheGillsFC]

Thank you for your support today, and throughout the season Gills fans 💙👏

#Gills

[GillsInTheBlood @GillsInTheBlood]

Today, for me at least, isn’t really about the performance or result now.

Of course I want us to win, and I’ll back the boys for 90 minutes, but if we fail to do so I won’t be booing or shouting.

I think the time for that has been & gone & doing it again today won’t change anything moving forward given we know the retained list is confirmed.

The owners, the management, the coaches, the players & (perhaps most importantly) us fans know it’s been nowhere near good enough & we’ve been promised sweeping changes.

So in an odd way I’m looking forward to this final game, I’ll (try to) enjoy it for what it is & then I can wave goodbye to this season & likely to plenty of players too.

I’ll acknowledge their efforts & wish them well, and then hopefully all of us can concentrate on recognising those who really deserve to be recognised.

🔹Sam Vokes, one of the best of his generation, is calling it a day & deserves a proper send off. Maybe not for his time with us, but for a stellar career.

🔹Another Sam, Gale, was nominated for Young Player of the Season in the whole of League 2 and we are lucky to have such a promising centre back on our books.

🔹Bradley Dack, someone we never thought we’d see in the blue of Gills again, has played 40 times and for me should be our Player of the Season.

🔹And finally, the Cat & Englands No.1. After two spells spanning a decade or more, over 130 appearances & 40 clean sheets we will bid farewell to one our best keepers of recent times. Not only a top stopper, but also the consummate professional & one of the nicest blokes in the game you could wish to meet.

#Gills #GFC 💙