A firm set up by Michael McIntyre and Gary Neville is supplying fans to give their opinions on Sky Sports shows. A column on Fanalysis and how supporter views have become a business. observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

The definition of pulling the ladder up behind you.

TELLY GOLD: On Bryan Robson’s birthday, a reminder of his tremendous cameo on “Jossy's Giants”. Incredibly, he was beaten by Michael Gambon at the 1987 BAFTAs. Those judges wouldn’t know talent if it slapped them in the face.

@stevemenary.bsky.social is a must-follow for anyone interested in how MCO works, whom it involves and how it is re-shaping the football world.

“The billionaire class has sought to convince those making $30-an-hour that their enemies are those earning $20-an-hour. They want the people to fight amongst ourselves so that we remain distracted from the work of remaking a long, broken system.” -Zohran Mamdani

I'm in awe here, this is a level of Getting The Badge In that few of us will ever attain.

Saturday's the day we play the game.

Had some kids laughing at me in a cafe earlier because the Ronaldo T shirt I was wearing “didn‘t even have Ronaldo on it. “ Life is just gonna keep being like this now innit? As Slim Charles once said, “see, the thing about the old days, they the OLD days”

Frankly boeuf.

Nothing more to say

Glückwunsch! Congratulations to the lads from Barrow AFC fanzine "Give 'em beans" on their fanzine of the year award. Definitely maybe deserved, if only for this cover, and great to see print fanzines still going strong throughout the English pyramid.

Faces of Non-League Football: The White Horse Men and Their Green Army | Photographs by 15-year-old Jorge Evans, ghot at Westbury United’s Meadow Lane - Platinum Hyundai Park - they honour the White Horse Men and the loyal Green Army who stand as the club’s 12th man every week.

I'm sure once they "stop the boats" and inflict a healthy dose of cruelty on asylum seekers plus take their valuables off them then the lads calling her a paki and telling her to go home will stop being racist

will this include some of the country's most prolific touts - the bigger premier league football clubs?

I see Real Bedford got some good publicity today. One thing* not in the profile...

Strike up the teeny-tiny violins. Or maybe don’t.

The UK doesn't have an immigration problem, it has a racism problem and it's getting worse.

And as a PUNISHMENT he will be FORCED to use his ORDINARY FIRST NAME followed by a FAMILY NAME and he will be COMPELLED to live in this very VERY NICE HOUSE that is A BIT LESS MASSIVE than the last house, and it will be PAID FOR by his brother who gets his money from YOU

72 new sport media jobs posted here in the last 15 days. Please encourage anyone looking for opportunities in the industry to browse my timeline. DMs open for any relevant new vacancy you want to share.

lol.

In other news my article on Ricky Hatton is the most read thing on the New Statesman website. You can read it here: www.newstatesman.com/culture/spor...

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Robert Jenrick was 8 in January 1990 though had been often in the away end at Aston Villa by then in this particular narrative

And obviously completely ignores how creativity thrives in conversation and collaboration, in happy accidents. That some of your best work will be driven by the restrictions placed upon you. Things going wrong forcing you to adapt and think outside the box. Thinking on your feet. Fail. Fail better.

Jenrick casting 1980s British football hooliganism as something that was easily dealt with by police and not an era defining issue which we're still living with the consequences of today... He's genuinely the most unserious person in British politics rn

Through buying the book you’ve donated a total of £6,920.50 to Luton Foodbank over the years 👏

Alright, all. Have sold a few of these over recent weeks, must have been a vibe-shift. Anyway, just letting you know they are still for sale, still a decent Christmas present option for yer Da and still donating all proceeds to @lutonfoodbank.bsky.social. 🧡 #LTFC #TTAGU medium.com/@KevinSCrowe...

Politicians and the media are suddenly concerned about how football fans are treated when travelling abroad. Fans of English clubs have had to endure all sorts when supporting their teams on the continent for years. Yet there has been nothing said about constant mistreatment of their own citizens 🤷‍♂️️

I never thought being pro-football-hooligan would become a mainstream political position in Britain but here we are.

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On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.

Feels like, as a nation, we still haven't reckoned with the fact that the widely respected former monarch contributed millions of pounds to a settlement to help her paedophile son avoid testifying in court in a case bought by one of his victims, a women who later killed herself.

Far-right, tax-dodging Dubai resident who believes himself equipped to run London and claims he will make security his top priority faces court action by MOD for revealing details of his military work.

Stewart Lee has had his say on the Riyadh Comedy Festival and it’s as excellent as you’d expect it to be. youtube.com/shorts/oqnjS...

Extraordinary that the government is going to go into the next election having spent tens of billions of pounds on an ID card system that will be unpopular *and* produce no noticeable improvements to everyday life instead of renationalising the water industry. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Bumping this now Kogan has been officially confirmed at football's first regulator.

MUNDIAL Magazine wouldn’t have started, grown and eventually become what it was without it. It also allowed a load of people to incorrectly call us hipsters, but I’ve met some incredibly talented and brilliant people and my life is all the better for it. Real shame Musk ruined it for everyone 😉

Robert Jenrick refuses to drink Um Bongo , preferring R Whites instead

When someone accuses someone else of being a “champagne socialist” what they’re actually doing is holding that other person to a standard they would never hold themselves to. In other words, “I can be an a—- & it’s ok but you are a disgrace for not being 100% perfect. How dare you!”

WHAT ELSE YOU GONNA DO ON A SATURDAY? The world’s greatest cup competition is coming to Hampton, as the Beavers look to make it into the 1st Round Proper for only the fifth time in their 104-year history. The Bev is gonna be great on Saturday, you should come👇 app.fanbaseclub.com/Fan/Tickets/...

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

This is utterly heartbreaking. Too sad for words. A direct result of underfunding the NHS.

@finneyqpr.bsky.social Hi Paul. I’m realiably informed you’re one of the good guys when it comes to QPR podcasts. I have a question for you? Could you DM an email address?

Watch this delivery worker outrun ICE goons. It's like a cartoon, and the bad guys lose. Excellent.

Absolutely correct. It’s a fucking awful idea. Be fine if we could trust our Police but we can’t. It will simply further divide communities as people are stopped randomly every day and flash their IDs. It’ll become even more Dystopian.

I would have no particular objection to having an ID card in a sane country. However.