Connections Puzzle #1132 🟩🟦🟨🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Yay, a rainbow group 🌈 Early birds did not the worm catch…

Wordle 1.854 4/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟨⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Four. De minimis.

June 2026 marks my ten year anniversary of being a self-employed artist - now I give up. Seriously. Today sucked big time. The car being just the cherry on top. I know there will come better times and I'll do everything in my power to turn the tides but I'd really could use some help now.

Life lessons from Ian Fiveankles. . .

Connections Puzzle #1131 🟨🟪🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Nice red herrings. Caught a few.

Wordle 1.853 2/6 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Two. Not bluffing: two!

The early years of Alexander Watson Hutton, the Edinburgh man who became the 'father of Argentine football' www.scottishsporthistory.com/sports-histo...

However, it had to be abandoned due to a storm during the game. These photos give an idea of how wet it was!

The FA XI lost 3-1, but consoled themselves with the full match to follow

England next played Argentina in 1953 during a tour of South America. These are from an album the AFA presented to the FA. 1st was a Buenos Aires XI van FA Xi. Billy Wright leads the FA side out while referee Arthur Ellis meets President Peron. Yes, we brought our own ref!

The final one was by sportswriter John Graydon, who enthused about South American football, based on his experiences at the 1950 World Cup in Brazil. "South Americans concentrate on the classical. Many of their combined moves rank among my greatest football memories."

It also contains three different articles exploring the history and style of Argentine football, with lots of praise for the style and skill of its players.

Thanks to his time in Argentina, Richard was able to meet the team and they all signed the match programme.

Lets go back to the beginning - at least for official matches between #England and #Argentina. Here is the programme for the first in 1951 - a 2-1 win for England thanks to a late Jackie Milburn goal. This belonged to referee Richard Maddison, who officiated in Argentina in 1949 and 1950.

Just arrived: this beautifully illustrated book and a set of cards by @geertje-geertsma.bsky.social, the prolific fungus photographer and artist. Can’t wait to immerse myself in it! #fungifriends

www.maptap.gg July 15 98🔥 100🎯 100🎯 97🔥 99🎯 Final score: 986

Doing an elaborate coin toss, the #referee is Aly Kandil (United Arab Emirates). Watching with big eyes, is English linesman Jim Finney, while Bill Crawford (Scotland) appears to have seen it all.

#Polderprikker nummer 44 • 4755/5000 🟩974 🟨842 🟦1000 🟩992 🟩947 polderprikker.nl

Connections Puzzle #1130 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Couldn’t make heads or tails of this one at first. Then yellow emerged and suddenly the rest fell into place.

Wordle 1.852 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟨🟨⬛🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Five. A nonsense word

Get ready for the final of the World Cup with Goldblatt and the equator

In Ireland, data centres used 22% of the country’s total energy in 2024 – more than all urban households combined in that same year. An incredible 80% of Dublin's electricity use can be attributed to data centres. Via the excellent @eurcorrespond.bsky.social. europeancorrespondent.com/en

Hey everybody! I’m giving a free public talk about sharks and shark conservation at the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium! www.pittsburghzoo.org/event/why-sh...

Discover how translation studies student projects are boosting multilingual access to the data space for cultural heritage, offering them real-world practice and experience in translation making it easier for people to benefit from our rich and diverse cultural heritage

Our latest podcast is out now. This week, we discuss the role of ICE in the World Cup and the threat they pose to football - and society - in the United States. It’s a heavy episode but one with an air of positivity and hope. Check it out below.

2) The Roots of Argentine Football In this podcast, I visit the key sites in early Argentine football, including the site of the first match, the British Cemetery, the BA English High School, and Quilmes AC, #Argentina's oldest club open.spotify.com/episode/6m0U...

We at @josimarfootball.bsky.social are delighted to welcome @davidgoldblatt.bsky.social as a new contributor, with this exceptional essay about the 2026 World Cup, "the moment when the process of reclaiming and reforming the governance of football begins". Must-read.

Who doesn't love a bit of gossip?

Connections Puzzle #1129 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 As you are.

Wordle 1.851 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟩🟨⬛⬛🟨 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Four. Medium.

Argentina/England controversy in 1966 & 1998.I'm sure @refbooks.bsky.social & @quinnassociate.com know who the #referees are!The 1966 controversy of course led to the introduction of yellow & red cards one of many innovations by Ken Aston,the man who refereed the infamous Battle of Santiago in 1962.

Héérlijk vileine, corrigerende column van @schimmelpenninck.bsky.social in de @volkskrant.nl vandaag. Over #erfbelasting, #AngeladeJong en ‘tegeltuinierend Nederland’.

The 299th episode of my podcast, 🎙️'Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast’ is on YouTube. For this episode, I interview Distinguished Professor Dr. Laurent Bellaiche of University of Arkansas as we discuss the France National Team under Michel Hidalgo-Part 4 (1982-1984). www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx4z...

@richardcoudrais.bsky.social @brunocolombari.fr @chroniquesbleues.fr @ma2thieu.bsky.social @assememories.bsky.social

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Connections Puzzle #1128 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 That deserves a snog!

Wordle 1.850 3/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Three. Making me feel dizzy and bloated, somehow…

Connections Puzzle #1127 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Is it me or is Connections becoming increasingly US-centric? Purple and green very hard without in-depth knowledge of US.

Wordle 1.849 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Five. Snap!

Just read that Argentinian football player Antonio Rattín has died. He was instrumental in the invention of red and yellow cards, when in the QF of the 1966 WC he refused to leave the field when #referee Kreitlein sent him off. In the end, policemen took him off. It led Ken Aston to devise … /2

A year ago I was in Amsterdam, wandering round the @rijksmuseum.bsky.social, and I wrote about some of the pictures I saw (there and in the Hague). 🇳🇱

Added more books to my collection, now almost 800 titles strong (www.libib.com/u/benbalin). Among them the novelised autobiography of Michel Vautrot, the legendary French #referee. Also, an autobiography by a lesser known French ref, a French law book from 1976 and two recent Italian law books. 📚💙

Connections Puzzle #1126 🟩🟪🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟪🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Good purple group. Miffed I only got it by default

My youtube channel for those who are interested. www.youtube.com/@JessicaMorg...

I have set up a youtube channel just for you all who have enjoyed our music but have been deprived due to the three minute limit imposed by bluesky. I don't expect that anyone but this audience will really find it. I hope you will enjoy the music. I will add more. www.youtube.com/@JessicaMorg...

Wordle 1.848 4/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟨🟩⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Four. Finally back to average. Soared at those heights of three for too long a time

1 Day to go! @footballandwar.bsky.social is looking forward to this exhibition organised in partnership with @dagenhaminvince.bsky.social and Elmswell History Group. If you are nearby on the 11th July why not come along! More information @ www.elmswell-history.org.uk

www.maptap.gg July 10 84😁 98🎯 97🔥 98🎯 100🎯 Final score: 970 First 100 in fifth round. But annoyed about Cheyenne.

Connections Puzzle #1125 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Purple quite US-centric once more.

Wordle 1.847 3/6 ⬛🟩⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Three. Sometimes it pays off living in a country abound with waterways