Julie McNeill
@JulieMcNeill1
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Storyteller @cchangescotland |Editor @drunkmusepoetry | Makar @hampdeners | Poet @SMFC_CF | Author @dyslexiamission | We Are Scottish Football @LuathPress
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⭐️We Are Scottish Football launch ⭐️
⏰ Monday 20th May
6.30-8pm
🎼 Hunter & McMustard
⚽️
@StephenWattPoet
and
@ChanterRanter
Oh ….. and I’ll read a few poems!
Join us!
@LuathPress
@shugmcmillan
@Detroit67Book
@CampbellRamage
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My MP is trending. People disgusted at the silence over
#PartyGate
For balance here’s my MP
@AmyCallaghanSNP
a thoroughly decent person trying to do her best within a system that is outdated & at times, downright cruel. Thank you to the good guys, I wish there were more of you!
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Well…. Mission Dyslexia and the amazing
@PaulHMcNeill
just won an award for Outstanding Contribution to Education.
So proud 🥲⭐️🏅🥳❤️📚🦸🏼♀️🍃
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That was a lot of fun. Thank you to everyone who joined me in Sloans for my book launch. My most favourite night, the stuff dreams are made of.
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A wee poem for now. The Secret. This has been a hard one to keep but worth every precious moment. Currently scraping children back down off the ceiling and into bed. Let’s do this let’s make some memories ⚽️🏴💪🏻 👦🏻👧🏻
#TeamMcNeill
#OffOnAnAdventure
#SCO
#EURO2020
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It’s official!
We Are Scottish Football is coming soon. Ridiculously excited, delighted, relieved, honoured and elated to share this beautiful book with you.
Poems and photographs inspired by the beautiful game
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It’s been a bit of a turbulent few days of illness and injury in the McNeill household but last night will live long in the memory
Thank you to friends and fellow performers for all their support as I read poems on stage at Glasgow Concert Hall to raise funds for
@MedicalAidPal
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Disgraceful question from Philip Schofield
@thismorning
exactly the kind of stigma people with dyslexia face every day. Of all the things you could have asked
@MattHancock
you chose to mock and target his dyslexia. Shameful.
#dyslexia
#reducethestigma
#positiveaboutdyslexia
"Was it your dyslexia that meant you misread the social distancing rules?"
1K
365
2K
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It’s not every day you get the opportunity to co-host an event in the Hall of Fame at
@HampdenPark
to celebrate
#Fitba150
reading poems in front of the Ravenscraig Pioneers surrounded by the echoes of Scottish footballing history was a real thrill. A night I’ll never forget.
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I did it!! Passed the final part of my masters
@OpenUniversity
it’s been some ride. Best decision I ever made. It’s a great big world and it’s never too late
#lifelonglearning
#lettersaftermyname
#amwriting
#winetime
thanks to my amazing hubby and kids for all the hugs and tea!
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Hugely honoured to be featured as
@TheScotsman
poem of the week with ‘Pipe Smoke’ inspired by my late grandfather.
With thanks to the wonderful
@AsifKhanSPL
and
@ByLeavesWeLive
Fair cheered up my Saturday!
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Thank you so much for having me
@offtheballbbc
@Detroit67Book
Tam Cowan - amazing to be in company of
@billysloanshow
giving us a run down of his fantastic new star-studded book. We chatted
@saintmirrenfc
@DyslexiaScotlan
poetry and much much more.
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What a lovely surprise in the post today. Chuffed to bits with this. Thanks to
@PaulHMcNeill
for giving me the push I needed and to the OU for giving working mums like me a flexible option to achieve their goals
#lifelonglearning
#openUniversity
#nevertoolate
#amwriting
🥂
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If anyone is even vaguely considering studying with the open university I would heartily encourage you to go for it! Feeling inspired and motivated after completing year one of my masters!
#onelife
#nolimits
#lifelonglearning
#bethebestyoucanbe
@OpenUniversity
@OUScotland
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Delighted to be poet of the month for Renfrewshire Libraries with my poem ‘Four Thousand More’ 🍃📖 thanks to
@shugmcmillan
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@PaulHMcNeill
Happy birthday old yin! The best (dad) joke teller, funny dancer, football encyclopaedia, wingman, all round cheerer-upper, dad, husband, friend we know! You always fight our corner so today let us take care of you.
#paulsbirthday
#wrongsideof45
#alwaysmyfavourite
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Nine months since
@DyslexiaMission
flew out into the world. A reminder that difference should be celebrated and that it’s ok to take an alternative path. Thank you to my three dyslexic musketeers for reminding me of this every day.
#beyourbrilliantself
#dyslexia
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Coming soon
@LuathPress
We are Scottish Football.
Stoked to collaborate with the ridiculously talented
@CampbellRamage
and honoured to be housed in the
@LuathPress
kennel alongside some of my most favourite writers.
I’m a tiny wee bit excited about this one, can you tell?
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@ScottishFA
Just amazing 👏🏻 So, so proud of you
@PaulHMcNeill
You inspire us every day to be the best we can be. A great ambassador for the sport and all-round great guy!
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👇🏻👇🏻 Scottish schools - how about we roll out the big TV at 2pm and let the kids watch Scotland play on Monday?
🙏🏻🙏🏻 Go on!
@ScotlandNT
@jmcginn7
@Hampdeners
@ByLeavesWeLive
@S_A_Somerville
@ClydesdAileen
@MareeToddMSP
@AmyCallaghanSNP
@PaulHMcNeill
@Strath_Writers
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Nothing to see here folks... just three very excited AUTHORS signing their contracts with
@JKPBooks
New exciting title for children with dyslexia begins its journey 🙌🏻🏴
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What a huge privilege to be invited to read three commissioned poems as part of a football and hate crime project ‘For the love of the game?’ at the stunning
@FootballMuseum
in Manchester - thanks to everyone involved in this remarkable and worthwhile project.
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What an amazing night celebrating beyond the Swelkie at Celtic connections.
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Not the best day for
@saintmirrenfc
but I watch these two with pride. It used to be love street, but the rituals live on.
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Sweet Pea
For
#babylossawarenessweek2022
because the pain never leaves you.
Solidarity with all those who have experienced this loss. 🕯💛
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Big news 👇🏻👇🏻 delighted to be joining the team!
Delighted to announce the wonderful
@JulieMcNeill1
has agreed to be our very own poet in residence & Makar! 😁👏👏👏
Julie has offered to write a poem to go inside all of our Festive Friends hampers this year, so kind 🙏🏻😇
@saintmirrenfc
@stmirrenwfc
@smisatrust
@KibbleCharity
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Delighted to be selected as one of four winners of the
@burrellcollect
Hidden Gems poetry competition. Thank you to judge
@jim08218867
and congratulations to Lilya, Craig and James. Poems will be available via the Bloomberg Connects App soon. 🥂
We are delighted to announce the winners of our ‘Hidden Gems’ poetry competition, chosen by Glasgow Poet Laureate, Jim Carruth 💠
View the titles of the four winning poems here:
Poems will be available to listen to via the
@bloombergconnects
app soon
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Coming soon
@LuathPress
We are Scottish Football. Photographs by the ridiculously talented
@CampbellRamage
and poetry by me celebrating Scotland and its role in bringing the beautiful game to the world
Lovely words from
@Detroit67Book
Rose Reilly and Ian Maxwell. Cannae wait. 👇🏻
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I was in my 30s with two children before I found poetry again.
Last week I stood on a stage at
@BelladrumFest
and read a poem for my grandfather. I think he would’ve liked that, but he always believed in me before I believed in myself.
There really is
#NoWrongPath
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Two years ago
@saintmirrenfc
made a wee boy’s birthday wish come true.
#mascot
#heroes
#buddieforlife
⚽️💖☀️
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Stars of the BBC
@DyslexiaScotlan
@PaulHMcNeill
@DyslexiaMission
and Miss Bella
@balmuildyps
talking about a new study from Edinburgh university about dyslexia and genetics.
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Happy
#WorldPoetryDay
@HampdenPark
and
@hampdenbowling
I love bringing poetry to new and unexpected places and was delighted to celebrate 150 years of the Scottish Cup with poetry, stories and a new exhibition. What a great privilege to be part of the celebrations
@Hampdeners
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Something (not so) Small is happening. Pre-orders opening soon through the wildly good
@drunkmusepoetry
Can you tell I’m a little bit excited?
#NewBook
#SomethingSmall
#SmallPress
#Poetry
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4 days left to finish my Masters 🙌🏻🤯Studying, working and looking after small children is tough, but I wouldn’t have changed the last two years for anything. Thank you
@OpenUniversity
for helping me find my voice, I feel so lucky to have been able to do something I love👩🏼💻✍️
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Best. Delivery. Ever.
Waaaaaahhh! So exciting to have it in my hands.
Thank you
@drunkmusepoetry
@shugmcmillan
Dream come true.
#somethingsmall
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This is my poem ‘Pressure’ something girls are all too familiar with.
Shelley Kerr described the pressure of playing for your national team as a privilege.
Never forget everything that has brought you to this point. Heads up, proud to know you this
#InternationalWomensDay
💪🏻
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Still on a high after this beautiful night in Glasgow. Overwhelmed with the support.
If you haven’t got
#SomethingSmall
head over to the gorgeous folk at
@drunkmusepoetry
who will sort you out.
Thanks for supporting a small press and a small writer.
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“Tae be yersels an tae make that worth bein, nae harder job tae mortals has been gien.”
Channeling Hugh MacDiarmid today.
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It’s been quite the week. Standing on the shoulders of giants here. Thank you for trusting me with this unique poetry collection charting our beautiful game, I promise to take good care of it
@JimCMackintosh
@Hampdeners
⚽️📖🍃
So an announcement - my time as Poet in Chief of the Hampden Collection has come to an end but the good news is that the new Poet in Chief is the incredibly talented
@JulieMcNeill1
All the best Julie -
@Hampdeners
is in wonderfully creative hands. 😊👍⚽️💙🥃
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Super Shea interviewing John McGinn 🏴👦🏻💕
He's played in
@ScottishCup
finals with
@HibernianFC
.
He's played in play-off finals with
@AVFCOfficial
.
But now,
@jmcginn7
faces his toughest challenge yet – an interview with eight-year-old Shea!
➡️ Get your Scotland v Russia and Belgium tickets now:
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When you get to lead
@ScotlandNT
out to a 2-1 victory Hampden Park. The stuff dreams are made of. So proud of you son 👦🏻⚽️🏴Now on countdown for England V Scotland in Nice
#OurGirlsOurGame
you got this 🏴💪🏻
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Happy
#WorldBookDay2023
Enjoy a book today 📚
Still can’t believe there’s three out in the world with my name on the cover.
Thank you
@DyslexiaMission
@JKPBooks
@Dreich25197318
@drunkmusepoetry
for making this bookworm’s dreams come true.
📚🥂📝💛
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Giant news for a Monday morning. Absolute dream come true for me. Thank you
@JimCMackintosh
@Hampdeners
Looking forward to getting stuck in
#OurGirlsOurWords
#SWNT
#WEuro2022
#SWNTPoetsSociety
#SWNTPoetsSociety
- ANNOUNCEMENT
Our Poet-In-Chief,
@JimCMackintosh
is delighted to announce
@JulieMcNeill1
, as our 1st Makar of our Poets Society.
Julie is a brilliant poet, writer of short fiction, a football fan and a champion for women in sport.
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@KathrynEvansInk
@brian_bilston
@Waterstones
Mission dyslexia published by
@JKPBooks
brilliantly bright, positive resource for dyslexic children and their adults.
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@HumzaYousaf
@SNPBishopbriggs
@joswinson
If you do find her, going to send her our way - her constituency has forgotten what she looks like. Good job she’s on the tv every two minutes to remind us 🙄🙄
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Dressed for every eventuality and excited for a trip to Edinburgh - an unexpected overnight due to train strikes - I’m pushing the boat out, are you?
#PTBO
@PTBOpoetry
see you tomorrow 5pm with the dream team of
@JimCMackintosh
@ChanterRanter
and
@ClashCityClarky
⚽️📝🚂🍷
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If I do nothing else with my life I’ll always be proud that the fabulous
@ByLeavesWeLive
trusted me to widen the net taking poetry to children, young people & teachers through this project. It’s been a dream to work on, hoping it makes a difference
#PoetryUnwrapped
#FindYourVoice
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Happy
#dyslexiaawarenessweek
As the mother of one (pending assessment, two) dyslexic child(ren) and the wife of a dyslexic husband I’m going to use this week to celebrate all the wonderful gifts they bring to the world by learning and thinking a little bit differently.
#mytribe
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MY FIRST POETRY PAMPHLET IS HERE!! 🍃📖📝🌈 Published by the wonderful Jack
@Dreich25197318
Thank you to
@ClydesdAileen
@JimCMackintosh
@StephenWattPoet
@PaulaAAuthor
@Hampdeners
for their lovely endorsements.
So appreciative of everyone who has supported my writing. 🍃🌈✍🏻📖
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I’m now set up as a live literature author 🙌🏻🙌🏻
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Poetry has taken me to some beautiful places. On Friday
@FionaSkillen
@KJ61
and myself will present the first session of the International Football History Conference at Hampden Park.
Such an honour to be bringing poetry to
#FootyCon23
and to work with such inspiring women.
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Thanks to
@CreativeScots
I’m excited to embark on a poetry collection themed around the stories of the Paisley mill workers.
Can’t wait to get stuck in!
Introducing the creative projects showcasing the power of words in this month's Open Fund awards⚡️
Thanks to
@TNLUK
, folks like
@JulieMcNeill1
,
@aldeghesa
,
@DGArtsFest
and
@AnTallaSolais
are empowering people in Scotland to use their voice creatively.
➡️
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Delighted to be sharing a stage with
@NutmegMagazine
brilliant poets and authors including my great pal
@StephenWattPoet
but I’m not going to lie - being on the bill with the World Cup winning Rose Reilly is one of those ‘pinch me’ moments
Come along this will be very special 👇🏻
I am thrilled to be producing an event at this year's
#PBF24
programme. 🎟 pay what you can & available..
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0.1% chance for the win but 100% chance I can persuade Paul to read my poem in his Braw paisley twang!
#OddsOnForTheWin
#TheresAChance
#Scotland
#EURO2020
@Hampdeners
@PaulHMcNeill
@ScotlandNT
@GlasgowEURO2020
#PrimoPoetica26
- Odds On For The Win
We are on the 'Road to The EUROS' and
#PrimoPoetica
collection reaches 26.
@JulieMcNeill1
adds another poem to the collection. Fancy yourself a
#FootballBard
?
See our
#PrimoPoetica
mission:
#ScotchProfessors2021
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A whole year since this incredible evening surrounded by friends to launch
#SomethingSmall
published by the radically good
@drunkmusepoetry
So much has happened since, that wee book has worked very hard. I’m incredibly grateful to the Drunk Muse team for welcoming me in.
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Exciting post klaxon 🗣📩📣📣 just received my copy of Issue 13
@NutmegMagazine
which contains my poem ‘The Women Before Her’ about our fabulous Women’s World Cup team. Inspiring the next generation of girls 💪🏻💪🏻
#stillproud
#ourgirlsourgame
#letthemplay
#forBella
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The best programme I’ve watched in ages - how Scotland brought the modern passing and running game to the world ⚽️🏴
@LuathPress
@FionaSkillen
@TippermuirBooks
@AndyMitchMedia
@Hampdeners
@R_McBrearty
@BBCScotland
@scottishfa
@Detroit67Book
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Brilliant! Glad it arrived safely. No thanks needed - I’m indebted to you for your support with this. Thanks so much Stuart ⚽️🙌🏻
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Bringing poetry a crowd of international football historians at 1st Hampden, then to Hampden Park lecture theatre to celebrate the rise of the women’s game alongside two of my favourite women’s sport historians before rounding the hat trick off at the Paisley Sma’ Shot Slam. Braw
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Deadline fast approaching for the next chapter of our
@DyslexiaMission
adventure. Once again I’m blown away by Rossie Stone
@DekkoComics
such a talented artist, it’s coming to life in the most beautiful, creative, imaginative way. I can’t wait for you all to see it!
@JKPBooks
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Another day another train station 🚂🚂
Off to Makar
@FigmentLaura
school today - nae pressure - for
#PoetryUnwrapped
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That beautiful, terrifying moment where people send photos of your book arriving through letterboxes near and far
Overwhelmed by the support, don’t wake me up - can’t quite believe it’s real
Looking forward to launch events Fri 17th and Mon 20th so I can thank you in person ⚽️
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Check out my hubby on the telly box! Awesome job all three of you. Brilliant!
@PaulHMcNeill
@DyslexiaScotlan
@WeAreSTV2
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Launch details coming soon… thank you to
@Detroit67Book
for this wonderful endorsement.
Copies are whirring through the printer and will be in our hands in no time at all. Want yours to be the first? Pre order your copy at the links below. 👇🏻👇🏻
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Shea and I were watching this again this morning. Wow the pre-COVID world really was rather wonderful wasn’t it? What an amazing day he had with
@jmcginn7
@PaulHMcNeill
absolute legend ✊🏻🏴
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And so it begins….
@BelladrumFest
see you soon
@AileenCeol
@KarysWatt
@davemacfarlane9
@JimCMackintosh
🏕☀️🍻🚂
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So exciting! Thanks so much
@cov_art
and
@TonicStaPress
what a beautiful book.
Delighted to share the pages with
@StephenWattPoet
@DmatthewDee
Victoria McNulty
@AHicksonLovence
@DrDKilpatrick
Kevin Graham
@holliepoetry
and so many others I admire. Belter ⚽️
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🦸🏼♂️🤩🏅 vote for
@PaulHMcNeill
finalist in the ‘Outstanding contribution to education’ category 🏅👏🏻
Paul McNeill and the
@DyslexiaMission
team have been nominated for an award for outstanding contribution to education. Once we’ve picked ourselves up off the floor could you please vote 🗳 for Paul below 👇🏻 well done
@PaulHMcNeill
you’re a superhero 🦸🏽 🏅
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Happy Father’s Day to this one. Left the house at the crack of dawn - off to take a football festival in the rain. He’s one in a million, luckily he’s ours 💕💕👦🏻👧🏻
@PaulHMcNeill
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Thanks for the birthday love. Having a beautiful sunny day.
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Phenomenal day discovering all the secrets of Scottish football with
@LindsayH19
@Hampdeners
on the
#GlasgowFootballTours
Wonderful to see the
#ArchaelogyScotland
dig at
#1stHampden
too. So much to celebrate about our beautiful game
⚽️🥅🏟❤️
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Was honoured to read this poem today at the funeral of my school friend’s mum. She was a warm, hilarious woman who delighted in our teenage post night out chat. Being interested in us, listening, gossiping & laughing along with us was everything we needed. How lucky were we. RIP
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The most magical day
@ByLeavesWeLive
hanging out with
@shugmcmillan
@Historic_Ally
and
@JimCMackintosh
reading football poetry ahead of the
#EURO2020
#SCO
game on Tuesday ⚽️🙌🏻🍷🚂
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👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 check out the wonderful
@LindsayH19
@Hampdeners
in all their glory. Oh and a wee poetry interlude from me too. Thanks so much
@THEDC67
for helping spread the word with this fantastic film. Happy St Andrew’s Day one and all 🏴⚽️🥃
To mark St Andrew's Day, discover how Scotland brought football as we know it to the world... 🏴🌎⚽⤵️
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For bricks dedicated to grandfathers who loved their town, for the banter, for the warmth, for the next generation of buddies excited for the future. Because when you marry a Paisley boy it becomes your home too!
@PaulHMcNeill
@Paisley2021
#CityofCulture
#Paisley2021
#letsdothis
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