erika chamberlain

[erika chamberlain @rikerdy]

@FulhamLillies @joebryan Wow you got me blubbing at 7.40 on a Friday morning. @joebryan will always be one of my favourite human beings for everything on and off the pitch ( I did want to make enquiries about adopting him at one point but my kids told me you can't adopt adults 😉)

[erika chamberlain @rikerdy]

@whithernow @fesshole Same with my kids friends even now they are adults they say they are still a little scared of me

[Glenn FFC @Glenn_Chamber]

Happy @joebryan day to everyone the celebrates. #FFC

[♏️ @Nov81979]

Get more assistants on your tills @AldiUK I am sick to the back teeth of doing free labour. Watched two very elderly customers chastised because they aren’t scanning properly at self serve. Get tills open, self service should be a choice not compulsory.

[Robert De Nitro™ @MalcovichDvorak]

Sure, Belgium absolutely dismantled the US on the pitch, but the real takeaway is that the US government is still hiding millions of pages of Epstein files.

[Supertanskiii @supertanskiii]

“Most physically attacked politician”

Jo Cox was stabbed and shot because of your descent into hateful and divisive politics, you despicable cunt.

[erika chamberlain @rikerdy]

@KatharineMerry They will always be your baby

[Football Away Days @FBAwayDays]

A lovely tribute by Lincoln City fans as they pay tribute to the 56 fans that died in the Bradford stadium fire in 1985.

A touch of class. ❤️

[MarkMaunders @MarkMaunders]

Lovely to welcome @FulhamFC fan Andrew Johnson to Motspur Park this morning. As well as being a long-standing supporter Andrew was the driver and one of the heroes of the Huntingdon stabbing train. Players enjoyed meeting him.

[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.

[Leighton Town FC @LeightonTownFC]

90+6’ FULL TIME

What a 5-star performance on the road this afternoon 🤩

From front to back we were absolutely dominant! 🫡

‘That one is for you Andy Griggs’ ❤️

#YouTownYourTeam

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

RETWEET if you stand with President Zelensky!

[Paul Birch @Wakethefitup]

Most cities in the UK now have food banks & homeless people & boarded up windows & pawn shops & litter...so much litter...this is the effect of 14yrs of Austerity, this is Tory Britain, it's their mess & it stinks...so don't blame the EU or migrants, blame the real culprits.

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

Reform are panicking about people pointing out that they want to replace the NHS. So please don't share this clip of Nigel Farage saying he'd rather healthcare was done through insurance companies.

[Amjad Ali @TryThisTeaching]

Annual Reminder.
We MUSLIMS are not offended by Christmas. We are NOT bothered by you celebrating Christmas. We do not MIND you saying Happy Christmas. And we even enjoy an odd Christmas song or two too.
Don’t let anybody tell you we are trying to cancel your Christmas!

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

King Charles inherited £650m tax free, gets £125m a year tax free from the tax payer and has an estate worth £22bn that’s never taxed.

But he still needed a 45% pay rise.

Like if he needs a pay cut.
RT if you want the Monarchy gone.

#NotmyKing #AbolishTheMonarchy

[AFC Bournemouth 🍒 @afcbournemouth]

A walk home from the football might not be so simple for everybody…

[Pól DeBuitléir @PolDeBuitleir]

Think about how many winter fuel payments for pensioners that would pay for 🤔

King Charles III's Coronation cost taxpayers £72m - BBC News https://t.co/nH3bEPlZqZ

[Darcey @Darcey_ben]

Abolish the baronesses, lords, ladies & earls
Abolish the princes & princesses
Abolish the consorts & dowager queens
Abolish the duchesses, dukes & dames
Abolish the viscounts, viscountess & marchionesses
Abolish the marquises, marquesses & barons

#AbolishTheMonarchy
#NotMyKing