This is very funny.

@no1lino.bsky.social and @kenstephenson.bsky.social - great results for Liverpool and Newcastle in the CL - good to see. Also good to see the 113 get beaten. It's always good. Just a shame Chelsea squeaked a win. 🙂

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Senegal should have forfeited the AFCON final. Any team that petulantly walks off the pitch, in the manner they did, do not deserve to lift a trophy. I do not care how aggrieved they were - they cannot do what they did and pick up a trophy at the end of the game.

Thank you, Everton FC.

John Cross of the Mirror certainly nailed his colours to the mast regarding Victor Gyokeres on the Sunday Supplement this morning - "not good enough".

www.bbc.com/sport/footba... This is disappointing. Glasner is an excellent coach and is a loss to Crystal Palace. Palace, imo, are an example of a well run club with an excellent base of supporters.

Old photograph of the local football team from Kinnesswood, Perthshire. Unknown year, and unfortunately, unknown club. There's little information about this Kinnesswood XI online. However, it shows that football was alive and well in rural Scotland and continues to be.

European banks hold the correct levels of capital, Vice-President Luis de Guindos tells @politico.eu. We aim to simplify the bureaucratic burden on banks in terms of the capital stack, regulation, supervision and reporting link.europa.eu/wfn6QJ

Indeed.

Food prices are the top factor in how people see inflation. Higher prices in 2025 were largely driven by coffee, cocoa, sweets and meat, despite a basket share of <25%. The good news? Food inflation is lowering towards 2%. #EconomicBulletin link.europa.eu/6xYXtJ

Are the Arsenal Women still on their Christmas break? The first 8 minutes of this WSL match would suggest so.

QPR V Manchester City 1975-76. #Referee Terry Bossi sending off City's Asa Hartford before the days of yellow & red cards in the Football League. They were introduced in the 1976-77 season and abolished in 1981. They returned at FIFAs request in 1987. @refbooks.bsky.social & @quinnassociate.com

O'Neill returns to Celtic for rest of season - www.bbc.com/sport/footba... You know, in the fog of other managerial changes in England, another club with a significant history is going through a truly unbelievable spell. What's happening at Celtic is mind-blowing. Failure arising from the very top

@arseblog.com just letting you know that your android app isn't currently working here in Dublin - nothing is loading.

www.bbc.com/sport/footba... Who said football and politics don’t mix? I know results might be disappointing, but this is some reaction by a national government. Imagine if the Scottish government decided to suspend the Scottish National Team, for example.

Man City have spent more than £500m pounds on new talent since being charged with more than 100 Premier League rule breaches. As another window opens, they’re poised to add another top talent, and still there is no ruling. Shames the Premier League how long it’s taken. Man City deny the allegations

I have an eye on the Hibs -v- Hearts match. Hibs are clearly playing well today. On 48 minutes, they score a third goal to take a 3-0 lead. It is really disappointing to see Hearts "fans" exit the stadium on 48 minutes. Their team has been generally excellent this year; support is unconditional.

Merry Christmas everyone.

Good to see that Stuart Atwell has gone to Specsavers for Christmas - he still can't call a corner properly when he sees one.

I had trouble sleeping so I went downstairs to watch Joshua -v- Paul. It was no rumble in the jungle.

Pensioner ‘fined £250 for spitting’ after leaf blew into his mouth www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... You must be joking, right? Apparently not. This pensioner should receive a full apology. In a democracy, public servants should be cognisant who gives them their mandate & who pays their salaries

Inter -v- Liverpool. As Jon Champion references, what VAR takes away, VAR giveth. Yes, there was a shirt pull on the Liverpool attacker, but if you award a penalty for that, there would be 5 penalties every game. Onfield decision a clear and obvious error? Not for me. Luck has evened out for Liv

Inter -v- Liverpool - if a VAR check takes that long, the onfield decision should be stuck with. It cannot be a clear and obvious error if it takes more than 5 minutes to review a goal for the presence of a potential handball. Liverpool were unlucky there.

I'm just watching a bit of the Celtic v Hearts match, lamenting just how bad domestic club football in Scotland has become. It's awful and very sad.

Perhaps, after his new prize, Trump can be an intermediary between Salah and Liverpool

President Trump wins inaugural Fifa Peace Prize - www.bbc.com/sport/footba... Good to see that a world governing body for a field sport has added a string to their bow by assessing peacemakers, giving a chosen person recognition. Bravo. Can I understand the process to nominate a deserving person?

VAR corner checks won't cause delays - referee boss Collina - www.bbc.com/sport/footba... Collina is a referee I have a lot of respect for, but... I don't know what it is when you take up a position with FIFA, but please stop insulting people's intelligence with absolutely nonsensical statements.

www.bbc.com/sport/footba... At a time when most accept that VAR should be used more judiciously, we have the world governing body deploying it to review a corner kick decision. If FIFA can explain the benefit of this to the game, I'm all ears, but I'm not convinced.

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The referee has lost control of this game of rugby. His game management (a key to the control of any field game) is atrocious

World Rugby needs to look at some of Rugby's laws again. As much as Ireland have been ill disciplined, the referee has not helped himself with inconsistency in his interpretations and to that extent he has contributed significantly to the chaos that has ensued.

Referee in Ireland -v- South Africa game bottled an early decision.

A quick shout out for this - a young man raising money for men's mental health charities by running laps of the Emirates Stadium. Many people, particularly the young, suffer & are challenged so much with their mental health. Reposting to spread the word of a worthy act. @amylawrence.bsky.social

Happy me! What a finish.

Now, you would think at the age of 40, Ronaldo might actually learn that you can't commit an act of violent conduct and not expect a red card. His behaviour towards the crowd and the Irish manager displayed an arrogance and lack of class one comes to expect from him. Not a good example for kids.

Webb backs officials over disallowed Liverpool goal - www.bbc.com/sport/footba... H. Webb simply cannot help himself. So, this week, he backs his officials because the offside call "wasn't clearly and obviously wrong". Sir, can you explain why it took the AR about 30 seconds to raise his flag?

That was an excellent Brazilian Grand Prix.

You have to hand it to Max Verstappen. He is some pilot.

Piastri rightly gets a 10 second penalty

Total nightmare for Ferrari

Can someone please give Haaland a little kick? Just enough of a one to give him three months off work. He deserves a mid season rest as he is carrying that entire team. 🙂

I've just seen some of the officiating at the Arsenal Women's match -v- Chelsea. Oh dear. A case for VAR? If it brings the same chaos as it does in the men's game, then no. A case for appointing officials with more experience to what are the top matches in the division? Perhaps.

Madrid got lucky on that penalty decision.

Brendan Rodgers has resigned as Celtic nanager

Any chance Arsenal might get through more than 2 weeks without a player getting injured? Maybe I will ask Father Christmas.

I didn't think Spurs were meant to have a good goalkeeper.

Craig Pawson is allowing Spurs away some robust challenges at Everton.

I think the FAI should seek out new sponsors for the Republic of Ireland mens team. Instead of Sky, I think it would be more apt if it were Dulux as it is like watching paint dry when the Republic of Ireland play. A better synergy, no doubt.

I have never heard it before, but the Latvian National Anthem is very pleasant to listen to. Lovely choral arrangement just before the England game. At one stage, I thought there were elements of the English National Anthem underpinning it.