Josh
@josh-butler
Senior writer and socials for These Football Times. Find me in The Guardian, World Soccer Magazine and When Saturday Comes. Sometimes I speak Norwegian. United and Tromsø IL.
«Grim up north» bortsett fra at vi har funnet cider. Du kan ta mannen ut av Somerset, men du kan ikke ta Somerset ut av mannen.
Doing the write-up for the UEFA Cup as part of TFT’s Decades magazine series, and we’ve got to 1991-92. Trying to think of every possible way to include more about Tromsø’s debut campaign, which is proving tricky given we were eliminated in the first round by a club I have never heard of until now 😂
Dig a hole in the flowerbed. Level out the water feature. Dump some white pebbles in that my wife will no doubt rearrange later. Congratulations, I’m now a fully qualified landscape gardener.
Guy on Instagram trying to lecture me that punk shouldn’t be political and he cited blink-182 as his example 💀
Meg når folk fra Storbritannia spør meg «Hey, Josh. Du støtter Tromsø. Realistisk sett, hvor mye koster Jens Hjertø-Dahl?»
«Josh, du elsker nordmenn og norsk fotball. Vennene dine må ha vært hyggelige mot deg fordi England tapte i semifinalen?»
My wife doesn’t really like football, but while I’m at the pub she is invested because she knows how much u love Norway 😂
You know I love Norway, but I’m sorry, I’m not getting behind that Kygo dross. You either leverage your history of black metal properly (not Burzum or the racists, of course) or you don’t bring music to the World Cup!
Enig men jeg er vant til det. Jeg så dette bildet på Instagram og jeg mistet hode litt. «Nei nei nei, han kan ikke elske Yanited. Det vi kan ikke tillate.»
Jeg spiser på kyllingbutikk i Wembley og de viser Norge mot Danmark 1995 på TV-en. Hvorfor?!
Between contributing to @wsc.co.uk’s World Cup 2026 guide and profiling Haaland, Sørloth and Strand Larsen in @worldsoccermag.bsky.social, I’ve done just about everything I can to hype up English-speakers for the return of Norway to the World Cup after 28 years.
Jeg har spilt 38-0 for mye de siste to dagene. Jeg prøvde å drafte en norsk startellever, men det var for vanskelig, så jeg lagde en selv (med ratings, selvfølgelig). Benken: Myhre, Riise, Hangeland, Ajer, Bohinen, Haaland, Carew, TA Flo, Nevland. Glemte jeg noen?
#Fotballtrøyefredag i England Støtt Barnekreftforeningen ved å betale til 4422 🥰
It’s Norway’s constitution day today, which is as good a day as any to plug the fantastic @wsc.co.uk World Cup guide where yours truly was tasked with providing the low-down on Norway’s ambitions this summer. Go get yourself a copy. Heia Norge! 🇳🇴
