Dicky Tromans

[OGP @oldgoldpack]

A true loyal servant to the old gold.

If you’re going, go well Doc…@mattdoherty

Always a cob and a pint waiting for you in Wolves. Look out for this flying in the south bank today.

#wwfc

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

‘Out of darkness cometh light’. Four lifelong Wolverhampton Wanderers fans have created an iconic commemorative shirt to celebrate Wolves’ 150th anniversary. “It hasn’t been easy watching things unfold over the last few seasons, and fans have every right to feel how they feel,” one of the four, Kieran Newey, says.

“But supporting Wolves isn’t something you pick up and drop - it’s part of who you are. This is our way of reminding people what that support is really about. Our club, our city, our history; that’s what matters, and that’s what we’re backing.”

Profits from the shirt go to Compton Care, a local charity which offers specialist palliative care and bereavement support, and funding future displays and flags by @oldgoldpack. #wwfc. more details https://t.co/xLURogoXbH

[Il Genio @FritzGschweidl]

Franco Baresi - When Football Becomes Art

Happy 66th Birthday! @FBaresi

[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.

[Dicky Tromans @dicky_tromans]

Lovely view to end the evening dog walk

[The Extreme Music Enthusiast @TheExtremeMusi1]

Glory Box - Portishead (Live at Roseland, 1998)

one of the greatest live performances ever video recorded

[England @England]

A classic #ThreeLions goal in a classic EURO 96 fixture!

#OnThisDay 29 years ago 🗓️

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

Tony Benn’s 5 key questions:

“What power have you got?
Where did you get it from?
In whose interests do you exercise it?
To whom are you accountable?
How do we get rid of you?

And if you can’t get rid of the people who govern you, you don’t live in a democratic system.”

[Wolves @Wolves]

Happy Ruben Neves vs Derby day 🥳

📅 #OnThisDay | @wlv_uni

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

One of the greatest ever anti-war (Iraq) speeches by the late, great Tony Benn:

“What fools we are to live in a generation for which war is a computer game for our children and just an interesting little channel for news item.
Every Member of Parliament tonight who votes for the Government motion will be consciously and deliberately accepting responsibility for the deaths of innocent people if the war begins.”

[Andreas Koureas FRAS FRSA 🇬🇧🎗️ @AndreasKoureas_]

That's because the British stormed the Gold and Sword beaches, with the Canadians at Juno Beach.

Almost 770 RAF Lancaster bombers took part in the bombing of Dresden.

Also, Great Britain & her Empire maintained the struggle alone (as the only major power) for a whole year.

Without this, there could be no Allied victory.

Whilst the victory was certainly dependent on all of the Big Three powers, let's not forget that Great Britain chose to fight on, rather seek an ignoble peace.

The USSR & US, in contrast, were forced into the war by Barbarossa & Pearl Harbor.

In a nutshell: Churchill, Great Britain, and her Empire, saved civilisation itself by continuing the struggle in 1940.

Do shut your mouth.

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

If Trump was President in 1940

[Dicky Tromans @dicky_tromans]

Strolling round my soon to be doorstep. Soul food

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

A dance lesson from James Brown in 1978

[Dicky Tromans @dicky_tromans]

Happy 20th my mate. Love. Your. Bones

[Dicky Tromans @dicky_tromans]

@Stubie_R32 He is and they are.

[Dicky Tromans @dicky_tromans]

New recruit. Here’s young Peter