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[T G J @thatguysjokes]

That Dan Burn cameo

[alex @alexrufc06]

@miseleccionmx have that you taco eating wankers, you can fuck right off

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@FIFAWorldCup Have that you taco eating wankers

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@Ronnie2K Spurs will win⚫️⚪️

[Terry Adams @TerryRufc]

Tell you what 😂 made me chuckle this. Good old millmoor 😍 #rufc

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@UtdCal92 @Scott_Pert Swear you had a player who smacked and beat his mrs

[Chris,,,, @pidgpie]

RUFC Rotherham Utd Game of the Century Charity Game for Hospice & Community Trust Sun 3rd May 3pm K.O. AESSEAL New York Stadium 40+ Players Managers Ronnie & Breck v Neil Warnock Tickets on line or Red White Shop
https://t.co/dBsTwuY8OH

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@huds8118 @MorrisG95086487 Obstruction by stopping him from getting to the ball which he almost did? You ignoring the blatant push with two hands into his back?

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@huds8118 @MorrisG95086487 Shouldn’t get in his way. Really?

[Second Tier podcast @secondtierpod]

On this day in 2016 🗓️

Rotherham appointed Neil Warnock as manager!

This was the position they were in at one point…

Then they went 11 games unbeaten and stayed up 🤯🤯

[alex @alexrufc06]

@LethalNBA_ Cooper flag 96

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@MKDonsFC How much have you lot paid for him? Just out of interest

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@RotherhamUnited Unbelievable once again

[Jacob @Jsize18]

Don't think that's how the Jennifer Lopez song goes

[Charlie @CharlieEwanHawk]

1 negative from Barnsley away, everytime we go 1-0 up, can we stop singing “how shit must you be, we’re winning away” it’s the most embarrassing thing ever n it must drive the management team mad hearing that, proper mong if you participate in it👍🏻 #rufc

[The 44 ⚽️ @The_Forty_Four]

“These chips are fucking class”

5 seconds later…

“NOOOOOOO”😭😭😭

[Stan Collymore @StanCollymore]

Suicide.

I'm choosing to be deliberately blunt and provocative in this post because it's necessary. Government, charities, football clubs are all pushing water up a hill in highlighting what is undoubtedly a major health crisis.

You take a rope.
You put it up in a garage or a tree nearby or far away.
You're thinking about every loved one you'll leave behind as you put that rope around your neck.
Then you drop.

Some are decapitated.
Some aren't.
All are found by someone who has a lifetime of trauma that will never leave them.
A son.
A daughter.
A brother.
A sister.
A mother.
A father.

I know 2 men who hung themselves.

One was found by his Mom.
One was found by his brother.
Neither have recovered fully. 20 and 30 years on.

A life sentence for people who were already worrying, terrified their loved one may do something.

So just visualise the above and ask, "is there another way"?

A segway for a moment.

I do a few Q&A's every year. Tales of yesterday with a 99% male audience of my age group.

After the stories and fun, my last question back to the audience is..

"Hands up if you struggle with a mental health issue".

Nobody ever puts a hand up. Despite 1 in every 3 of 500 attendees statistically struggling.

"Ah, nobody, that's fucking brilliant! Well I do! ". I then graphically tell people, stunned into silence about how a rope around my neck in the middle of nowhere jolted me to go home and cry like a baby to my Mom.

After the Q&A has finished, something always happens. I'll be chatting to a few guys, saying bye and one by one, men will come over and whisper " I struggle".

Or my mailbox the next day will have 30 emails from guys, their partners or kids saying " Dad/Uncle /Brother was there last night and what you said hit them hard".

And that's how some people realise that it's time to speak to a pal or family member or even rant to me in an email. It works, I often get a follow up email a year or 6 later saying that they took responsibility for their suicidal feelings and are now flying.

Humans are programmed to want to live, to have families and to keep the species growing and thriving. So for a human to want to short circuit that desire isn't normal, and it should never be spoken of as normal. It's the ultimate red flag.

If you suspect your mate, Dad, Brother, Uncle is struggling mentally, they deserve your intervention.

They deserve a " are you OK, please tell me what's up".

They deserve an opportunity to get past wanting to hang a rope over a tree or in a garage and slowly struggle until they die and you find them.

If you've been there and trust me I have plenty, then you'll know that text out of the blue, or a footie mate or one of your kids asking jow you are can open the curtains to some sunshine.

Because when suicide is your only answer, the room is already dark, and you can't see a way out.

So please, fucking pretty please, ask that husband, Dad, Uncle, Cousin, footie pal TODAY how they are.

You may be shocked what comes back but extremely glad that you asked.

For those who struggle, you're not alone.

[alex @alexrufc06]

@FutSheriff Any idea how much it might cost?

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@FUTxGG

[alex @alexrufc06]

@FC26News_ I got mine at 6pm today ?