Johnny

Beer seller, sport follower, fridge magnet collector, bet settler

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

The legendary John Barnes signed for the Reds on this day in 1987 🗓️✨

[LMFM RADIO @LMFMRADIO]

SPORT: A historic day for the @louthgaa Senior footballers as they record a first Championship win over Dublin in 53 years! Relive some of the day's highlights from Croke Park with match commentator @CorriganColm

[Johnny @jonbelievable]

@LMFMRADIO @andrewcoyle77 @louthgaa @CorriganColm Brilliant from @CorriganColm . Superb stuff 👏

[The Road End Podcast @TheRoadEndPod]

No idea who made this but fair play, this is brilliant 😂👏🏻

[chaotic memes @memechaotic]

This deserves an Oscar.

[Johnny @jonbelievable]

@FootballCliches Footnote 8: that Liverpool Roma game was in 2018 not 2017.

It’s a mark of the respect that I have for your attention to detail that it was the day my eldest child was born and I still triple checked it before commenting!

[Johnny @jonbelievable]

@CareerWeGoPod Probably my favourite ever ep. Great stuff all round

[Johnny @jonbelievable]

@IntheArenaMMA_ @benfowlkesMMA Superb

[FourFourTwo @FourFourTwo]

🎱 A fitting tribute to the late John Virgo, by the excellent @bryansgunn

[Johnny @jonbelievable]

@StatsAndSolos @GAALeagueTables What does the 42-11-47 part refer to?

[Johnny @jonbelievable]

@Zonal_Marking The baseball term “closer” would work well instead of finishers. More related to holding on to a lead than turning anything around. Endo certainly fits as a closer

[Joe O'Neill @J0E_90]

Troy Parrott hat-trick montage set to 2002 World Cup classic 'Just A Day' by Feeder I hear you all ask?

[Johnny @jonbelievable]

@J0E_90 Thank you for your service 🙌

[Johnny @jonbelievable]

This is magic

[David Sneyd @DavidSneyd]

A mate sent on this fantastic video of Troy Parrott’s first goal on Thursday. Hopefully it finds its way to the father and son who got to celebrate the moment together.

[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.

[𝓒𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓫 ™️ #KaydaFC @Cwashere_]

Wait this is sick

[Johnny @jonbelievable]

@FFScout James Maddison

[Bastien Fachan @BastienFachan]

Italian photographer Ray Giubilo with a one-in-a-million shot of Jasmine Paolini at the US Open 👻

(via raygiubilo/IG)

[Johnny @jonbelievable]

@jonawils @podcast_libero Nailed it. Liverpool fans know this too given history with Real, Barca, even Chelsea in the darker days

[Johnny @jonbelievable]

@currys @Johnfis08605918 @mofo_rising