Jonny Sharples

My brother loved Preston North End. Deepdale is where he made many happy memories: with me, with his friends, with strangers. Cheering goals. Celebrating victories. Then, ten years ago today, he died by suicide. This is his story.

Looks like I've been called up for Drury service.

Does this guy have to ruin every surprise? 🙄

The reaction to our new third kit with adidas has been special, but the launch video contained a scene that could inadvertently cause offence. We apologise for that. We’ve removed the scene from the film to make sure that as many fans as possible can enjoy it.

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Sir Phil Bardsley 🤩

No surprises, that Peterborough United and Middlesbrough tie always seemed iffy.

“No Thomas, we said the heat would be 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦”

Just about sums up Manchester United's recent recruitment, this guy was already looking past it at Blackpool a decade ago.

UEFA ran out of medals for the goalkeepers, instead choosing to award Alfie Whiteman an original cinefilm copy of The Seventh Seal (1957, dir. Ingmar Bergman).

Alright, @JonnyGabriel, you win this one 👀😅

Listen, play along, and - if you have the authority - recommission Sky One's Dream Team.

When someone uses the lightning bolt power-up in Mario Kart.

An absolute thrill to appear on one of my favourite podcasts and finally put my years spent on Sporcle to good use. Sign up to their Patreon to give it a listen.

“What are they celebrating like that for? Fireworks? It's embarrassing. You'd think these boys had never seen a New Year before the way they're carrying on.”

Hang on, why is Jools Holland's Hootenanny line-up just the Portsmouth starting XI from the 2008 FA Cup final?