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See the genius of Steve Clarke you dont understand is taking the best player in Serie A and make him camp in his own box for half the game against fucking Denmark

Brent Hinds is one of the greatest guitar players to ever live and most of you dont know it.

New for @josimarfootball.bsky.social, following an initial investigation by South African media Currency: "Waka Waka", the 2010 WC official song, was a huge hit for Shakira. All proceeds were supposed to go to charity. But where did the money go? josimarfootball.com/2025/08/19/l...

So it will be a "bridge derby" between Malmö and FC Copenhagen next week. Can't believe it has been six years since the last one. Unique fixture. I think I enjoyed it? www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

Today, on It Was What It Was, the football history podcast, we look back at Crvena Zvezda's (Red Star's) 1991 European Cup success. podfollow.com/1745066482

At which point is enough starving children and dead families enough? There's nobody left with a sound mind who can twist themselves in knots to justify this.

Espanyol and Burnley now part of the same conglomerate. Rumours of the name "Shitty Football Group" unconfirmed

Couldn't be more essential now we have entered perhaps the lowest of lows in elite football

Just discovered that Here We Go! merch exists and think it may be the final death knell of football

So depressing that the BBC was prevented from showing this. But it’s out now. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

"If you believe that what a satirical band who play characters on stage do is more outrageous than the murdering of innocent Palestinians, then you need to give your head a fucking wobble.” We did a wee feature interview ahead of Glastonbury with the Guardian... www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

An absolute crime the Hoff didn't get an Emmy for this. You can barely tell it's him playing Michael Knight's doppelganger

Of course this is the first thing I see on TV when I get to Germany

Is ok, no?

And Mike Love is still with us. Truly the worst of years

@liberopodcast.bsky.social peak America that it's easier to find multiple animals autonomously using a small vehicle than it is to take public transport to a game

This is the best piece that will ever be written about our show! Thanks @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social! defector.com/there-will-n...

Josimar har kommet godt i gang med mobiliseringen og passert 600 nye abonnementer. De trenger noen hundre til, og med fotballinteressen i dette landet skal det gå. Sitter du på gjerdet, er det på tide å hoppe ned nå.

Of all the timelines, we live in this one

Mastantuoso already being sucked up by the European talent hoover when he has barely had time to play for River is gutting

Why state ownership is different. @jonawils.bsky.social Libero 023 out now.

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Today, on Libero, we discuss Qatar and the Champions League final and the shambles of the Club World Cup. podfollow.com/libero/home

@liberopodcast.bsky.social v much appreciate today's episode. The coverage of the Champions League final at the weekend was nauseating. We're at a point now where virtually no space is given to scrutiny and ethical reporting around these events on the major broadcast platforms in football. Dystopia

Absolutely surreal watching pundits back slapping and hugging the PSG president post match without any attempt for context, presenting some kind of dystopian image of an underdog triumph over adversity rather than the culmination of concentration of power and a state sportswashing program

Time for all the overdue long reads about why Luis Enrique is one of the greats. The club and it's entire reason for being here stinks but I'm glad he will get his full flowers now.

Abdullah, who suffered a three-year "arbitrary detention", was a 2022 World Cup media manager “I believed you were being racist... It took me so long to understand they are bad people. “During the World Cup was the worst. It felt like total defeat" www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

Not an exaggeration to say that Scott McTominay is on the verge of going down as the defining figure of this Serie A season. An extraordinary scissor kick to put Napoli on the verge of a 4th title. They would not be close without him.

Imagine thinking you're too good for Scott McTominay. Technique of that goal is one thing but he's also bodying his marker at the same time. Pler.

Just learned that Brian Glanville passed. The term is overused but he was a giant of football writing above most. Was still dictating his copy down the phone when I started out in the early 2010s. That kind of skill blows my mind

Can anyone not named Carlo Ancelotti can make sense of of the modern Real Madrid? Xabi Alonso is not named Carlo Ancelotti, so is he doomed? @rorysmith.bsky.social, @jameshorncastle.bsky.social and @brewin.bsky.social seek answers to that, and more serious questions, in the latest Libero

The new Samsung OS update is absolute dogshit. What were they thinking ?

Richard Keys on Djurgården 🤣🤣🤣

Moving to Gothenburg has deprived me of Hammarby home matches but the silver lining is I get a minimum of four away matches per season in easy reach. BK Häcken on Sunday probably the least fun of them... (mental that this club won the league. At least 1/3 of attendance was away Hammarby fans)

@brewin.bsky.social the burning question: which death metal festival?

Not to initiate a circa 2013 pile-on but since Fortaleza signed David Luiz (probably their all time biggest signing) they've gone from candidates for the league in Brazil last year to relegation tempo and struggling in their Copa Libertadores group...

Oblivion thieves guild still all-timer good

Never thought I'd see Ter Stegen go full John Terry

Pleasantly surprised by how good the Carlos Tevez docuseries Apache is. (It's on Netflix). Makes you reflect on the way he was mocked back in the day...

The Pope's work peaked around Meliora tbh

Filipe Luís was a hell of a player, looks to be turning into a hell of a coach, and to top it off he has the courage to speak out on the scourge of gambling sinking its fingers even further into football when so few in his position care enough to do so. www.reddit.com/r/brasil/com...

Good night for fan-owned clubs in European football

THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 Prince William Punditry Pandemonium 🔊 The "roaring back" threshold 🔊 The self-declared inventor of the pre-assist 🔊 Two desperately-needed hours of Keys & Gray (& McAteer) in their finest broadcasting form @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social

How do I keep getting so much older yet Joaquín Caparrós keeps becoming Sevilla manager?

On the plus side all those building skills learned from playing constant Runescape as a 14 year old are about to become very useful

De Bruyne to River Plate, make it happen

Beginning to suspect Harry Redknapp may have voted for Brexit

Yesterday's benefits announcements mean that, on average, households with a disabled member will lose £400 a year by 2029-30, but some households could lose out by £9,600 a year or more Vital, damning analysis from @resfoundation.bsky.social: www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...

We're almost there. It's almost the three months of the year where it's nice