Simon Johnson

UEFA B Coach, MSc in ⚽️Coaching and Performance Analysis, PGCE in PE

[Simon Johnson @SimonJ1996]

Are these referees getting paid per whistle? Thought last night was a one off 🫣 #FIFAWorldCup

[Simon Johnson @SimonJ1996]

Don’t feel like England will win the World Cup with Harry Kane getting on the ball in our own 18 yard box 🫠🫣🤣

[Simon Johnson @SimonJ1996]

Tremendous this 👏👏👏

[Mark Shuttleworth @mshutty3]

My lad @DShut7946 has transformed this wasteland on our estate to something that young kids use and have a kick about with their pals.
He doesn't want college full time and is desperate for an apprenticeship, unfortunately there hard to come by😟
Anyone know any in cental lancs

[Gateshead FC @GatesheadFC]

When others didn't, we believed 😤🤍

#WorClub ⚪️⚫️

[Simon Johnson @SimonJ1996]

@jordbrown96 Outstanding mate 👏👏👏

[Simon Johnson @SimonJ1996]

@david_renwick Digne doesn’t even leave the box as well 🤣 Mental

[S. @SebC__]

This is the best thing footballers can get in the 45' after a game : carbohydrates.

Everyone who played football at half decent level is familiar with the 20 microwaved pasta boxes in the team bus

The challenge is to time the pizza delivery, at the highest level.

[Simon Johnson @SimonJ1996]

£2.30 a pint, 3 Jaga’s for £5. Back when we were a proper country 😩😩😩

[Ewan @eb92safc]

12 years ago we made the League Cup final.

Mags all over were calling it the Mickey Mouse Cup.

Felling Cricket club even advertised a “Manchester day” as seen below.

But yet when the mags won it, it suddenly wasnt the mickey mouse cup.

Strange that.

[I Had Trials Once @IHadTrialsOnce]

They don't realise the standard.

So many academy lads don't realise how tough National League North & South is these days.

[Simon Johnson @SimonJ1996]

Joe Root 👏👏👏

[Simon Johnson @SimonJ1996]

Ben Stokes 🤯

[Simon Johnson @SimonJ1996]

5 Tottenham goal kicks in the opening 4 mins played short to Vicario and they’ve played short once and floated the rest into the middle of the pitch and lost possession. Surely after the 3rd, you just push everyone up and try and relieve some pressure 🤦‍♂️🤣

[Boreham Wood FC @BOREHAM_WOODFC]

🗣️ "We are respectfully asking DAZN to look at things from an away fan's perspective and not look to shaft them for the sake of a few extra stream sales."

Chairman's notes: Wolves U21 (H) 👇

#WeAreTheWood

[Simon Johnson @SimonJ1996]

Magic of the cup

[Gateshead FC @GatesheadFC]

INTO THE @EmiratesFACup SECOND ROUND! 🤩🏆

#WorClub ⚪️⚫️

[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.

[HLTCO @HLTCO]

Fantastic from Brighton, this. A massively important message delivered very well.

[Simon Johnson @SimonJ1996]

Never a foul. Decisions like this ruining the game.

[EPL Bible @EPLBible]

The games is officially GONE if we’re giving these as fouls. 😵‍💫 https://t.co/puFNABo21m

[Simon Johnson @SimonJ1996]

Something 1700 miles covered in last 7 days. It’s been tough to say the least. All worth it for moments like that 🫣😍🤣

[Gateshead FC @GatesheadFC]

THE COMEBACK TO END ALL COMEBACKS!!! 🤯

#WorClub ⚪️⚫️

[Simon Johnson @SimonJ1996]

Like playing with @MattyJHewitt this

[Politics US @PolitlcsUS]

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