Writer. INSTAGRAM @tony.grounds

London
Joined February 2009
The last ever game at Upton Park, one of the best days of my football/coaching career, against one of the biggest clubs in the world and we win 3-2, don’t get any better, then reality set in, that that was it, Upton Park was no more, best & worst night of my life in football.
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@TonyGrounds remember that little girl who was obsessed with Molly Dawes and Georgie Lane that wanted to be a medic?? Well here she is 9 years later and I couldn’t be prouder! #ourgirl #proudmum #Paramedic
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Celebrating all the way to A&E
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I want one!
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Thinking of my dear departed friend Catherine Wearing on her birthday. Miss her raucous laugh and spirit. @KathyBurke @TonyGrounds ❤️
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Boris PULLS OUT. If only his father had.
Boris PULLS OUT of PM race clearing way for Rishi v Penny contest for No10 thesun.co.uk/news/20194657/b…
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Happy birthday to Mr West Ham himself @Noble16Mark . Not aged a day in 17 years 🙌
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I did an interview. I don’t usually. But @suziruffell is an example to us all, and a podcast that celebrates being ‘other’ is alright by me. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
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Thank you Johnny. I hope things are going well for you now. Better times ahead. Take care.
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@TonyGrounds I just want to say, a massive thank you. Though going through a very rough patch in my life, watching The Martins help made me realise there is better times ahead. Fan letters aren't a thing anymore; I'm not good with words anyway. So, thank you!
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50 years ago today, three black players played in the same Football League game for the very first time. Those three players were Clyde Best, Ade Coker and Clive Charles. Today, we look back at that match Upton Park in 1972 and all that it meant.

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‘Mother, they didn’t let me go to school today. They said girls aren’t allowed to go to school’ Afghanistan is the only country in the world where girls are banned from going to school.
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Thinking of our dear friend Catherine Wearing today. Left us too soon and much missed by so many. She had the best laugh ever! @KathyBurke
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The amazing Paul Ritter, who died in April, made this lovely five-part comedy drama for Radio 4 in 2013. It's on @BBCSounds. #ThoseWeLost2021

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#OurGirl TV Drama is one of the most interesting & emotional shows on the @BritishArmy’s role in the war in Afghanistan. Afghan children are the worst victims of Taliban terror & its heart-breaking that we failed them & gave up on their future ❤️‍🩹💔
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$400 trillion of wealth on earth and children are still dying of hunger. DYING OF HUNGER...
"It hasn't yet happened, but you know it's just around the corner" The BBC's Foreign Affairs Editor, John Simpson, breaks down describing a widow and her children who are facing starvation in Afghanistan. @BBCR4Today on @BBCSounds
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$400 trillion of wealth on earth and children are still dying of hunger. DYING OF HUNGER...
"It hasn't yet happened, but you know it's just around the corner" The BBC's Foreign Affairs Editor, John Simpson, breaks down describing a widow and her children who are facing starvation in Afghanistan. @BBCR4Today on @BBCSounds
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Workers alight from a passenger ferry on the shore of the Thames to begin a day at Thames Ironworks - this company’s football team became the nucleus for West Ham United FC - hence ‘the Hammers’ nickname and the crossed riveting hammers on their emblem… #Eastend #WHUFC
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What a fabulous human being @EllieRobinsonGB is.
🗣 “This is a story of triumph, this is NOT a story of defeat!” If you watch one thing today, make sure it’s this @EllieRobinsonGB interview. #Tokyo2020
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