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Soccer? It's a quintessentially English word, and here's why ...
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Soccer? It's a quintessentially English word, and here's why ...
With this summer’s men’s soccer World Cup just weeks away, and with the 48 squads for the competing nations being reveleaed thick and fast, I thought it was timely to re-publiish a piece from the orin...
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/soccer-its-a-quintessentially-english
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Soccer? It's a quintessentially English word, and here's why ...
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Soccer? It's a quintessentially English word, and here's why ...
With this summer’s men’s soccer World Cup just weeks away, and with the 48 squads for the competing nations being reveleaed thick and fast, I thought it was timely to re-publiish a piece from the orin...
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/soccer-its-a-quintessentially-english
about 16 hours ago
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Villa move to 21 major trophies.
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Football. Bloody hell. What a match at St Mary's tonight. And we still don't know if that will mean a trip to Wembley. But for Boro fans tonight: kudos. 295 miles home starting at nearly 11pm. Are we all insane?
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Loads of coverage of David Attenborough's 100th birthday. My fave fact from his career: as Controller of BBC2 in 1967, he introduced colour TV to the UK, trialling it at Wimbledon (tennis) that summer. Piece from 2017 about that:
www.dailymail.com/sport/tennis...
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A Friday quiz for you. Click the link in my profile to go to my Substack and today's piece that contains this and more. (Posting links directly in posts on some social sites, not least X, is often pointless as they try to disrupt attempts to leave their platforms for other sites).
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What's the REAL cost of Premier League relegation for most clubs in the long term?
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What's the REAL cost of Premier League relegation for most clubs in the long term?
As a Sportingintelligence reader, you like quirky stuff alongside big investigations, nerdy stats and a broader look at sport. Here's a tip where to find more of the same...
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/whats-the-real-cost-of-premier-league
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What's the REAL cost of Premier League relegation for most clubs in the long term?
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What's the REAL cost of Premier League relegation for most clubs in the long term?
As a Sportingintelligence reader, you like quirky stuff alongside big investigations, nerdy stats and a broader look at sport. Here's a tip where to find more of the same...
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/whats-the-real-cost-of-premier-league
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Loads of coverage of David Attenborough's 100th birthday. My fave fact from his career: as Controller of BBC2 in 1967, he introduced colour TV to the UK, trialling it at Wimbledon (tennis) that summer. Piece from 2017 about that:
www.dailymail.com/sport/tennis...
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Last week I republished a story from 2013 about an extraordinary hoaxer. Today, 13 years on, a follow-up to the 2013 piece. Also astonishing. What Rob Beal did next: lawyers, death threats & the hoaxing of politicians, including cabinet ministers
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REVEALED: What did Rob Beal do next? The extraordinary football hoaxer moved to politics
More than 13 years after a huge investigation into a man who hoaxed newspapers, football clubs and Sky News, the follow-up: how he hoaxed lawyers and Whitehall
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/revealed-what-did-rob-beal-do-next
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Last week I republished a story from 2013 about an extraordinary hoaxer. Today, 13 years on, a follow-up to the 2013 piece. Also astonishing. What Rob Beal did next: lawyers, death threats & the hoaxing of politicians, including cabinet ministers
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REVEALED: What did Rob Beal do next? The extraordinary football hoaxer moved to politics
More than 13 years after a huge investigation into a man who hoaxed newspapers, football clubs and Sky News, the follow-up: how he hoaxed lawyers and Whitehall
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/revealed-what-did-rob-beal-do-next
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REVISITED: the most extraordinary football story in decades - an unbelievable hoaxer
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Revisited: possibly the most extraordinary story I've ever written. The unbelievable hoaxer
Never heard of Rob Beal, aka "the man who hoaxed The Times"? This look back in time to a big story I wrote in 2013 might surprise you.
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/revisited-possibly-the-most-extraordinary
27 days ago
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Philippe Auclair
27 days ago
Chelsea and Man City in the FA Cup final. No other English clubs have systematically ignored, bent or broken the rules like both have done. In terms of trophies won, no other English clubs have been as successful over the past decade and a half either. The moral of the story - is that there is none.
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If you do one thing today, read this. It is incredible
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REVISITED: the most extraordinary football story in decades - an unbelievable hoaxer
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Revisited: possibly the most extraordinary story I've ever written. The unbelievable hoaxer
Never heard of Rob Beal, aka "the man who hoaxed The Times"? This look back in time to a big story I wrote in 2013 might surprise you.
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/revisited-possibly-the-most-extraordinary
27 days ago
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Today's marathon world record in London: astonishing. If you want an insight into how incredible it is, stick the treadmill at your gym on to 21.1kph, and stay on it for two hours.
27 days ago
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What a brilliant story from this week's Boston marathon. If you haven't heard about it or seen it, look up Ajay. Great stuff.
about 1 month ago
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Completely forgot to post this updated table after City won the League Cup recently. Today's result reminded me to do so. City firmly on course for a 7th PL title in 9 years. Unbelievable achievement. Literally.
about 1 month ago
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Nutmeg Magazine
about 1 month ago
đź‘€ Another peek in the pages of our World Cup special, out now: đź“–
@sportingintel.bsky.social
uncovers some numbers to give Scotland fans optimism. đź›’ Read the full article and many more by ordering your copy direct:
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De Zerbi, the 24/7 obsessive who tells his players: "I'm breaking your balls for a reason". And why his appointment has angered many Spurs fans after his support of Mason Greenwood.
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De Zerbi, the 24/7 obsessive who tells his players: "I'm breaking your balls for a reason"
Roberto De Zerbi has been appointed as Tottenham's new manager on a five-year deal worth a reported ÂŁ12m a year. Up close at Brighton, I saw how he operates
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/de-zerbi-the-247-obsessive-who-tells
about 2 months ago
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De Zerbi, the 24/7 obsessive who tells his players: "I'm breaking your balls for a reason". And why his appointment has angered many Spurs fans after his support of Mason Greenwood.
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De Zerbi, the 24/7 obsessive who tells his players: "I'm breaking your balls for a reason"
Roberto De Zerbi has been appointed as Tottenham's new manager on a five-year deal worth a reported ÂŁ12m a year. Up close at Brighton, I saw how he operates
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/de-zerbi-the-247-obsessive-who-tells
about 2 months ago
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De Zerbi, the 24/7 obsessive who tells his players: "I'm breaking your balls for a reason"
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De Zerbi, the 24/7 obsessive who tells his players: "I'm breaking your balls for a reason"
Roberto De Zerbi has been appointed as Tottenham's new manager on a five-year deal worth a reported ÂŁ12m a year. Up close at Brighton, I saw how he operates
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/de-zerbi-the-247-obsessive-who-tells
about 2 months ago
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he Play The Game piece on the World Cup on the @sportingintel website. With thanks to
@samindrakunti.bsky.social
Nick McGeehan of
@fairgameuk.bsky.social
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FIFA World Cup 2026: In Trump’s America, nothing can be ruled out
Use burner phones. Beware of your social media. Have contingency plans. As thousands of reporters prepare to cover the FIFA World Cup, concerns grow over the Trump administration crackdown on critics
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/fifa-world-cup-2026-in-trumps-america
about 2 months ago
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FIFA World Cup 2026: In Trump’s America, nothing can be ruled out. A piece for @playthegame_org about this summer's tournament.
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FIFA World Cup 2026: In Trump’s America, nothing can be ruled out
While thousands of reporters prepare to cover the FIFA World Cup, concerns grow over the Trump administration’s crackdown on critics and foreigners. Nick Harris from Sporting Intelligence takes a clos...
https://www.playthegame.org/news/fifa-world-cup-2026-in-trump-s-america-nothing-can-be-ruled-out/
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Almost two years ago, readers of Sporting Intelligence voted for the best sports documentaries ever. Here's that piece and the top 20 back then. Any you would add since?
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2 months ago
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The Champions League was unprecedented this week. Why, and what does it tell us?
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The Champions League was unprecedented this week. Why, and what does it tell us?
Some of the world's biggest and richest clubs were getting smashed to smithereens by opponents from clubs in fellow "Big 5" divisions. What on earth was going on?
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/the-champions-league-felt-unprecedented
2 months ago
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An easily explained Champions League last-16 enigma? PLUS: "Here we go!" - Fabrizio Romano, part II
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An easily explained Champions League last-16 enigma? PLUS: "Here we go!" Romano, part II
Do workload and riches explain the "chaos" of the last 16 in this season's Champions League? Plus by a first follow-up (of several) on last week's "Fraudizio" investigation
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/an-easily-explained-champions-league
2 months ago
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Philippe Auclair
3 months ago
Rather lovely to see the fraud/shill Fabrizio Romano being dragged over hot coals, thanks to
@sportingintel.bsky.social
following on the great work by
@troelsbager.bsky.social
and others. Here's what I wrote (en français) on the subject in June of last year.
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"HERE WE GO!": the lowdown on "football journalist" Fabrizio Romano
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"HERE WE GO!": the lowdown on "football journalist" Fabrizio Romano
The Italian "influencer" who has never worked as a real journalist, has 100m+ followers on social media and leverages them for cash. This is a tale about modern sports media
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/here-we-go-the-lowdown-on-football
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Re-upping this from March last year after confirmation the Premier League will start a direct to fans TV offer, initially in Singapore, which I first reported on in 2020 just before the Pandemic ruined it that time around
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Almost half of Premier League fans want a direct-to-fans broadcast service for games
The debate about a "Premflix" channel (terrible name, my fault) has raged for five years, and been mooted for much longer. It's resurfaced, and isn't going away soon.
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/premflix
3 months ago
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Bodo/Glimt produced one of the biggest upsets in Champions League history as they knocked out last year's finalists Inter to reach the last 16 for the first time. Piece from last September about the secrets of their success
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The miracle of Bodø/Glimt & what Scottish clubs can learn from a fellow small nation
Scotland and Norway have populations of about 5.5m people, and long football histories and deep passion for the game. Why does one punch way above its weight?
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/the-miracle-of-bodglimt-and-what
3 months ago
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Why Real Madrid's Super League "defeat" is a mere blip on the way to the rich getting richer
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Why Real Madrid's Super League "defeat" is a mere blip on the way to the rich getting richer
Football's major governing bodies, not least UEFA, which governs the world's richest leagues, continue to help the biggest, richest clubs in getting richer and more powerful
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/headline-in-here
3 months ago
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The most extraordinary result in the Champions League tonight was Bodø/Glimt 3 Inter 1. I wrote about the miracle of Bodø back in September
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The miracle of Bodø/Glimt & what Scottish clubs can learn from a fellow small nation
Scotland and Norway have populations of about 5.5m people, and long football histories and deep passion for the game. Why does one punch way above its weight?
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/the-miracle-of-bodglimt-and-what
3 months ago
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Chatted to someone recently about Ted Lasso, a show I (almost) unreservedly loved that returns with season 4 this year. It polarised opinion. Last year I wrote 2,000 (mostly) paywalled words about it. After my recent chat, I've un-paywalled it:
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"Ted Lasso is one of my favourite TV shows. But the case for Season 4? I'm not so sure."
It was the sleeper hit of 2020 about a folksy coach handed a chance in a sport alien to him. It was wildly popular and ran its course over three seasons. But now there's more
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/ted-lasso-is-one-of-my-favourite
3 months ago
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Saints are only 140 years old and already they've won a match from 3-0 down. There's now a whole piece about this, including stats for all the clubs currently in England's top two divisions. Such comebacks are EXTREMELY rare, for anyone.
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Southampton's miracle win at Leicester after trailing 3-0 at H-T: a historical perspective
On Tuesday, Southampton went to Leicester for a Championship match and were 3-0 down at half-time. But they won 4-3. It was utterly extraordinary, and here's why
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/southamptons-miraculous-win-at-leicester
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Southampton's miracle win at Leicester after trailing 3-0 at H-T: a historical perspective
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Southampton's miracle win at Leicester after trailing 3-0 at H-T: a historical perspective
On Tuesday, Southampton went to Leicester for a Championship match and were 3-0 down at half-time. But they won 4-3. It was utterly extraordinary, and here's why
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/southamptons-miraculous-win-at-leicester
3 months ago
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EXPOSED: the rise of illegal and unregulated betting companies in international cricket Brilliant piece by
@stevemenary.bsky.social
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EXPOSED: the rise of illegal and unregulated betting companies in international cricket
What does a betting firm PR man have in common with a London lingerie model and a Malaysian punk singer? They have all been used as fronts for dodgy sports sponsors
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/exposed-the-rise-of-illegal-and-unregulated
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EXPOSED: the rise of illegal and unregulated betting companies in international cricket Brilliant piece by
@stevemenary.bsky.social
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EXPOSED: the rise of illegal and unregulated betting companies in international cricket
What does a betting firm PR man have in common with a London lingerie model and a Malaysian punk singer? They have all been used as fronts for dodgy sports sponsors
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/exposed-the-rise-of-illegal-and-unregulated
3 months ago
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A piece about the complicated and controversial life and times of Mo Farah, who I first met when he was 16, and the challenges of reporting on that, fairly and accurately, in the face of PRs and lawyers
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Mo Farah: a case study of asking difficult questions to a lauded sportsperson you admire
What happens when a sporting superstar who has become a cherished national figure faces issues that need scrutiny? Tact, lawyers and PRs tend to collide in the fallout
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/mo-farah-a-case-study-about-asking
4 months ago
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A piece about the complicated and controversial life and times of Mo Farah, who I first met when he was 16, and the challenges of reporting on that, fairly and accurately, in the face of PRs and lawyers
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Mo Farah: a case study of asking difficult questions to a lauded sportsperson you admire
What happens when a sporting superstar who has become a cherished national figure faces issues that need scrutiny? Tact, lawyers and PRs tend to collide in the fallout
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/mo-farah-a-case-study-about-asking
4 months ago
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Kevin Rye
4 months ago
@sportingintel.bsky.social
have you seen this? All the files, emails, photos, flights, organised in a Google Workspace style to search and read. Technology at its greatest and most useful
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Jmail, logged in as
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[email protected]
, Jeffrey Epstein's email. Sourced from the November 2025 House Oversight Committee data release.
https://www.jmail.world/
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Mo Farah: a case study of asking difficult questions to a lauded sportsperson you admire
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Mo Farah: a case study of asking difficult questions to a lauded sportsperson you admire
What happens when a sporting superstar who has become a cherished national figure faces issues that need scrutiny? Tact, lawyers and PRs tend to collide in the fallout
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/mo-farah-a-case-study-about-asking
4 months ago
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The Epstein files and sport: postscript No1
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The Epstein files and sport: postscript No1
Yesterday I wrote a piece about “the Epstein files” and some links to sport and how “document dumps” can be both a journalistic blessing and a curse.
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/the-epstein-files-and-sport-postscript
4 months ago
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Piece tells you how to access now defunct "document dump" about Russian doping; Football Leaks; USADA docs on Lance A; a spreadsheet of 12,000 blood tests on track & field athletes from 2001-12; and some Fancy Bears stuff
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As the Epstein case shows, "document dumps" are both a journalistic blessing and a curse. Five examples from sport show why
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As the Epstein case shows, "document dumps" are both a journalistic blessing and a curse
Leaks of incendiary materials can be full of red herrings, banalities and bullshit. Diligent reporters sift the wheat from the chaff. It's not easy. But it can be fruitful
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/as-the-epstein-case-shows-document
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Piece tells you how to access now defunct "document dump" about Russian doping; Football Leaks; USADA docs on Lance A; a spreadsheet of 12,000 blood tests on track & field athletes from 2001-12; and some Fancy Bears stuff
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As the Epstein case shows, "document dumps" are both a journalistic blessing and a curse. Five examples from sport show why
sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/as-the-eps...
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As the Epstein case shows, "document dumps" are both a journalistic blessing and a curse
Leaks of incendiary materials can be full of red herrings, banalities and bullshit. Diligent reporters sift the wheat from the chaff. It's not easy. But it can be fruitful
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/as-the-epstein-case-shows-document
4 months ago
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Proving to be the most popular read of 2026 so far, with all the engagement you'd expect from Man City fans especially, taking the time and effort to tell me how much they don't care about this AT ALL.
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