Every scarf handed out in the pissing rain.
Every late night planning, arguing, pushing, not knowing if it’d even land.
Black and gold everywhere.
Projectors lighting up Hillsborough.
Aeroplanes.
Digi vans
Leaflets
Marches
Late entrances
Tennis balls
Whistles
Tai embassy
Massive banners
Black Balloons
More leaflets
More WatsApp groups than points
Boycotts that hurt to stick to.
Not buying shirts for our kids.
Thousands of us stood our ground.
Took the stick. Took the doubt. Kept going anyway.
We raised money when it mattered.
We showed the world what this fanbase is about.
We backed each other when everything around us was falling apart.
And now look at it.
A new beginning on the horizon.
A club that’s got a chance again.
A fanbase that’s together, loving it’s football club.
Was it worth it?
Course it f*****g was
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Hannah Spencer getting shit for highlighting how many MPs stink of beer is mental.
Pilots can’t drink before a flight. Train drivers can’t drink before a shift. Surgeons can’t drink before they operate. Soldiers can’t drink before they’re handed a rifle. Bus drivers, paramedics, police on duty, HGV drivers, none of them can turn up to work smelling of booze without losing their job.
MPs vote on laws affecting 67 million people. Apparently some people are totally cool with them doing that wankered.
Like much of the divisive rhetoric deployed by Reform UK figures, Sarah Pochin’s claim is framed to sound alarming while relying on selective and incomplete context.
First, the £9–10 billion figure does not represent total welfare spending. It primarily refers to Universal Credit paid to households that include at least one non-UK national.
Universal Credit is just one part of the working-age benefits system. The single largest area of welfare spending — the State Pension, costing over £120 billion annually — overwhelmingly goes to British nationals and is not included in that headline number.
Presenting one slice of working-age support as if it reflects the whole welfare state creates a distorted picture.
Second, the “1.9 million” figure typically refers to claimants in households where at least one adult is a foreign national — not 1.9 million foreign individuals personally receiving benefits.
Benefits are assessed and paid at the household level. Many of those households include British citizens, and many of the non-UK nationals involved are long-term residents with settled status or refugees who are legally entitled to claim under the same rules as UK citizens.
Third, Universal Credit is not simply an out-of-work benefit. Around a third of claimants are in paid employment, often in low-paid or insecure work, using UC to top up earnings. Others are not required to seek work due to disability, illness, or caring responsibilities. The implication that the figure represents widespread idleness is therefore misleading.
Fourth, the £9–10 billion is a gross spending figure, not a net fiscal cost. It does not account for taxes paid by foreign nationals, many of whom are working and contributing income tax, National Insurance, and VAT. Presenting gross benefit spending without acknowledging tax contributions implies a net burden without evidence.
The numbers cited may derive from real data, but the framing strips away essential context. It conflates one benefit with the wider welfare system, blurs household-level data into individualised claims, and implies a net fiscal drain without accounting for contributions.
It is therefore not a fabricated statistic — but it is a selective and highly misleading presentation designed to inflame rather than inform.
🔵⚪️ FINAL TOTAL ANNOUNCED ⚪️🔵
After an incredible wave of generosity when our club needed it most, we can now confirm the official final fundraising total:
SWFC Trust Donation: £20,000.00
GoFundMe Donations: £59,269.00
Less GoFundMe Fees: £2,172.91
🦉 Because of your generosity, the grand total raised for the club is: £77,096.09
Every single pound came from supporters who refuse to give up on their club.
From a couple of quid to larger pledges, it has all counted, and it has all mattered.
✅ We can now confirm that the GoFundMe is officially closed.
There’s more…
As discussed at the Fans Forum, an exciting club partnership, made possible by these funds, is now being finalised.
Full details will be revealed shortly - and trust us, it’s special.
Thank you to every single Owl who made this happen.
When Wednesdayites pull in the same direction, nothing is insurmountable. 💙🦉
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@joeroganhq As someone who lives in a small rural village in England (although not like a hobbit because we live in rural areas, not 1750) I can confirm that Elon is once again talking total bollocks.