Mark Mitchener

#Cricket enthusiast, bowler of slow full tosses, hopeless tail-end batter, a liability in the field, and international man of mystery.

[Mark Mitchener @markmitchener]

Come for the comedic defending, stay for the first World Cup goal scored by an #afcb player

[A Funny Old Game @sid_lambert]

It’s the 40th anniversary of Spain conceding this classic catastrofuck of a goal to Northern Ireland’s Colin Clarke.

The Beautiful Game in all its glory.

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@gareth_davies82 Conal Platt must be at the top end of the "fewest #afcb minutes played to earn his own chant" scale. Not suitable for a family audience, but I think it involved Posh Spice?

By contrast, Steve Cook surely still leads the "most games played without his own chant" table?

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@keithcb49 @JonMiles67 And there could still be a "Nuhiu moment" from Anfield to decide #afcb's final fate, Keith?!

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@keithcb49 @afcbbeachboy @arnoldsavoir Sadly a dwindling number left of the 28,799 who would have seen it live, but Duncan Edwards, so I was told, had a stormer in the 1957 FA Cup quarter-final.

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@afcbbeachboy @arnoldsavoir @keithcb49 You could make a good case for Hagi to have been the best player ever to play at the old Dean Court? Given that George Best was in the twilight of his career when he did?

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Singer of the UK #Eurovision entry is giving off Matt Ritchie (circa 2014) hairstyle vibes, but don't think that'll be enough for a UK win #afcb

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@keithcb49 @afcbpodcast @jbafcb77 @Chelsearory I found when researching a piece for the programme about a decade ago, that #afcb have had three different, unrelated, players all called Bob Walker - the first of whom became a local hotelier, and was the stepfather of comedian Tony Hancock!

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And welcome back @julietunney @adam_j_williams @VickicHodges @Michael_Emons @HMLCowen !

[Premier League @premierleague]

Back in the Premier League 👏

Congratulations, @IpswichTown! 🔵

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They had better check the Castle Museum in York - for that was a highway robbery, and the spirit of Dick Turpin is alive and well!

Shades of #afcb equalising in the time added for the Everton fans running on the pitch in that 3-3 in 2015?!

[Betty Glover @BettyGlover_]

Football is so so brutal!!! Rochdale thought they’d won it in the 95th and fans stormed the pitch.. Before York equalised to steal a point and get the automatic promotion spot! Both teams on over 100 points this season 😮‍💨😨 just wild!!!

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@ColinGPaterson From Meat To You
Norwegian Wood-fired
Ob-La-Deep Pan, Ob-La-Da
While My Garlic Bread Gently Weeps

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@TJRostance Wish I had a fun stat to cheer you up, but it doesn't look good.

My unscientific "rule of thumb" is that if a team goes on a terrific late run, it can realistically aspire to make up one point per remaining game on its immediate rivals. But even that won't likely be enough here

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And it's #afcb live on @BBCSport @BBCiPlayer on Saturday...

[FA Women's National League @FAWNL]

And it's live 📺

The FA WNL Cup Final between @AFCBournemouthW and @ArgyleWFC will be shown live on @BBCiPlayer on Saturday!

#FAWNL

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@gareth_davies82 There would also be "colour blindness" issues if worn away to a "red" team. There was criticism after the 21-22 green third kit was worn at Barnsley.

So keep green in the "retro" range I think. Plenty of other colours available!

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@squadnos These felt "wrong" at the time because for me, England at Italia 90 was how to "do" tournament numbers.

Accepting the "first XI" is lopsided from having 4 CMs, I'd go Barrett 12, Keown 14, Winterburn 15, Sharpe 16, Clough 17, Sinton 18, Merson 19, Sheringham 20, Wright 21.

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Happy International Women's Day, with #afcb setting a shining example!

[AFC Bournemouth Women @AFCBournemouthW]

What a game 🔥🍒

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@AstrosFansUK former @astros reliever Blake Taylor is on this, having played for GB in WBC qualification while in the Mets' minor league system! Left-hand side (appropriate for a LHP!), six rows up.

[Great Britain Baseball @GB_Baseball]

UP CLOSE: Our Senior National Team Alumni Flag - 497 players, 58 Hall of Famers, 19 Managers, One Great Britain Baseball Family ⚾🦁🇬🇧

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@RJWB23 And anyone getting that wrong deserves a "shoeing" 🤣

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Should West Brom beat Coventry tomorrow, Sheffield Wednesday will be relegated before they kick another ball, in one of the earliest #upsanddowns ever.

Even if the Baggies fail to win, the Owls will go down on Sunday if they fail to win at... Sheffield United.

[Match of the Day @BBCMOTD]

A late goal seals three huge points for Blackburn 🔵⚪

That's two wins from two games for Michael O'Neill since his arrival at Ewood Park, and puts Rovers six points above the Championship drop zone.

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I'd always assumed she preferred cricket, given that she called her daughter Lourdes...

[Emma Sanders @em_sandy]

The biggest news is that Madonna is here to watch Tottenham v Chelsea from a box after her children played for Spurs in an U14s academy game earlier today. #thfc