Just dawned on me that I literally watch no Premier League games at all that don’t involve Spurs. Only just found by accident the Arsenal v Man City score from yesterday! Will happily watch internationals and Welsh domestic football, but for years have been gradually losing interest in the PL.

Same. There was something romantic about seeing clubs like FIorentina (when they had Batistuta) and Valencia, and discovering great players who would never ever come to England. Now it feels like everyone in the CL has at least one player who used to play for Tottenham.

As a competition the Champions League has left me cold for many years. Used to love it growing up in the 90’s, a glimpse of players and teams you never saw on ITV. But since it became a parade of the same old clubs and the saturation of football all over the place, just not feeling it any more.

Had Amazon Prime booked Rooney, Berbatov and Carrick as pundits before the Europa League Final and were hedging their bets on a Man Utd win? Berbatov downed tools to force through a move from Spurs and Michael Carrick lasted a season. Club legends?! 😂

The international break is one of the best parts of football

So Big Ange is to sign a two-year deal with Notttingham Forest then. I wonder what made them settle on that length of contract?…

🧵 What’s stark is how we treat the U21’s differently to some nations. Basically if you’re near a Premier League or Championship starting XI then you’re essentially in the🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 senior squad no matter your age. Given our player pool, that’s totally understandable. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 2 - 6 🇩🇰 This U21 performance is so bad that @podcastpeldroed.bsky.social has given up..….

Bring back Jimmy Shoulder… (Now that’s a bloody niche 90’s Welsh football reference).

I’m always fascinated by the cohort of (mainly) English football fans who would happily get rid of international qualifiers and disrupt the global football order just because they’d rather watch Nott’m Forest v Villa on TV rather than England v Andorra on four weekends of the entire season.

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This is probably a common thread across part time football, but it strikes me that one thing the Cymru Premier suffers from is a lack of *news* in between matchdays. With regular press conferences Swansea, Wrexham, C'diff etc provide almost daily headlines and transfer news.

As hilarious as it is for someone who grew up watching football in the 1990’s, Man Utd will continue fumbling until they drop any pretence that its still 1999 and that just being Man United counts for anything whatsoever.

Grimsby Town now hold the right to have Blundell Park referred to as The Theatre of Breams from now on.

Bruno Fernandes’ reaction there was 100% more “Oh shit, tomorrow’s headlines will be murder” than any disappointment about exiting the EFL Cup.

Cracking pitch invasion. Football isn’t dead.

I adore when stuttering penalties backfire.

In the late 90’s didn’t they ban stuttering penalties or have I completely made that up in my head?

Been on a train for 20 mins and already someone’s whacked out their phone to have a loud conversation over speakerphone… Why do people do that? The idea that you hold a phone against your ear has been well and truly lost on some.

I’m sorry but I’ll never get used to figures like £25m, £30m and £40m being banded around for bog standard Premier League players like its normal. It wasn’t loo long ago that nominal fees, £2m, £3m were routine even in the top flight. Yes, inflation to a degree, but what on earth happened?!

That Tel penalty btw….

The only consolation is that you know that the club would have had the bare faced cheek to release a ‘UEFA Super Cup 2025’ merchandise range. #Spurs

Eisteddfod 2025. Heb dynnu llawer o luniau ‘leni 😂

Heb weld Anweledig yn fyw ers Gwyl Car Gwyllt 2018 ac roeddan nhw wir yn wych unwaith eto nos Wener. Uchafbwynt yr Eisteddfod i mi. Gobeithio wir bydd y gig yn cael ei ddangos yn ei gyfanrwydd ar y teledu rhyw ben.

Eventful opening weekend for the 2025/26 Cymru Premier season. * Colwyn Bay attract a home crowd of 1,516 for their top-flight return * Champions TNS lose 3-0 at home against Briton Ferry * Penybont lay down the gauntlet with a 1-0 away win at Haverfordwest

This video, which backs up what you hear people from local clubs say, suggests the success of WFC makes it harder for local football from a number of angles. When Druids (pre-takeover) were doing well there was a sense that they used it but that hasn’t been repeated lately. youtu.be/oI5tPC7gOlY?...

Would love some examples but it doesn’t feel there’s been any ‘Wrexham effect’ for Welsh domestic football. Given the relatively easy route and the possibility of guiding a modest sized town to European football, I’m amazed that more outside investors haven’t had a go in the Welsh leagues.

Whatever anyone thought of Hulk Hogan, the greatest career and legacy in wrestling really shouldn't have finished on this note. Being booed in his last WWE appearance, his family unit having ripped apart and today's online discourse isn't how any of this should have ended up.

O na… 3-0. Gobeithio wneith hon ddim troi’n hyll. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿⚽️ Wales at Euro 2025 is giving off Qatar 2022 vibes sadly :( Hope the girls don’t cave in entirely. #Euro2025

Penybont concede a totally undeserved goal against the run of play in Lithuania. Welcome to the world of following the Welsh clubs in Europe…

Hwlffordd dal ynddi yn sicr. Fydd hi ddim mor gynnes yn ne Cymru ar gyfer yr ail gymal nos Iau nesa! @haverfordwestafc.bsky.social certainly still in the tie. Floriana didn’t look great and certainly the Welsh side were going to struggle more in the 30 degree Maltese heat 😂 #UEFA

Still amazes me that WCW didn’t shell out to use Ready or Not by the Fugees as Kevin Nash and Scott Hall’s theme music. It can’t have cost more than they paid to use Hendrix for Hollywood Hogan, but was so perfect for the Outsiders. Original: youtu.be/qXdw2sc6KNI?... #WCW #nWo #Wrestling

I accept that spending the day hoping that the Gallagher brothers fall out and end up having to cancel the tour so that I avoid more of my lifelong and crushing FOMO isn’t exactly healthy. #Oasis

Opening the door to a delivery driver / postman immediately taking a photo of you is easily one of the worst things to come out of Covid.

In the 90's when TV & radio was limited, no chance would acts like Charli xcx reach this level without older people at least knowing who they are. But now w/ media consumed in silos, unless you're actively into new music these festival / stadium filling acts seem to pop out of nowhere. #Glastonbury

Given there will be way more people who missed out on Oasis tickets than will actually be at the shows, I'm not sure how popular/appreciated the inevitable upcoming weeks of wall to wall coverage will actually be. "Not going to the shows? Let us rub your noses in it!"

If it doesn't work out, Cardiff Draconians or Caerau Ely would be cheaper and play in the Cymru South so closer to reaching Europe... 👀

While on one hand it shows the Cymru Premier's quality when there's a conveyer belt of talent moving to the EFL, on the other it doesn't exactly help the league when some of the best players are leaving weeks before vital European matches. And presumably for no fee or sell-on.

I will forever maintain that sunny weather/ a heatwave is pure hindrance unless you’re on holiday and/or off work and able to wear shorts and a hat.

If Wolves fans don’t nickname him Jenny then they have failed as fans. bsky.app/profile/us-w...

The USA will end up getting pelters and scapegoated for these crowds at the #FIFACWC. But realistically, even if was being played in Britain, how many would turn out for half of these random games if it meant paying top prices for games played at lunchtime on work days?

Haverfordwest v Floriana (🇲🇹) Penybont v Kauno Zalgiris (🇱🇹) Teimlo y byddai wedi gallu bod llawer gwaeth i’r ddau glwb. Siawns iddyn nhw gamu ‘mlaen i’r rownd nesa yn sicr. Tough, was going to be tricky whoever they played. But also reasonably winnable I’d say?

I think this “farmers league” nonsense to describe almost anything that isn’t the Premier League or La Liga is my biggest pet hate in modern footballing discourse.

I rhywun sy’n casau torri gwair gymaint a dwi yn, mae’r holl dywydd braf a wedyn glaw ‘ma yn blydi drychinebus….

I don’t actually hate the concept of the Club World Cup. Yes too many games, but raising the profile of non-European clubs is no bad thing. I also find stories like these more interesting than the Champions League monotony and Europe’s ‘elite’ too. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Looks like Bangor City 1876 could be coming out of full fan ownership, pending an upcoming vote. “It has become increasingly difficult for a fan-owned club to grow sustainably at this level - and this transition offers a stronger foundation for the future.” www.bangor1876.com/news/bangor-...

Finally!! A benefit to foreign investors having shown not a hint of interest in taking over clubs in the Welsh pyramid while seemingly falling over each other to pump money into every other country imaginable!

'The many obstacles that will always exist.' Someone's eyes are open...

Under normal circumstances I'd be chuffed to welcome Thomas Frank, who seems like a genuinely decent bloke and having done really well at Brentford. But still in the "can't believe you cancelled Season Three" stage atm and simply feel that Big Ange was wronged. Not a knock on Frank at all #Spurs