Time to log off for a while. Enjoy the thing, if you're watching

52 of the 72 FAWNL clubs oppose parachuting WSL academy sides into the competition, citing the risk of injuries, fixture backlogs and venue availability as well as the fact that the existing FAWNL clubs have earned the right to play at that level, which the academy players haven't.

Everton need to make the case that we were just really bad at spending money and that having less money to spend would have improved the squad actually because we wouldn't have been able to spend it on terrible footballers. This is a watertight argument.

My lad, who has a Masters in law, found Burnley’s statisticians estimated impact was between 7.15 & 3.85 pts, then used gambling model to determine probability #EFC relegated. Appeal this is laughable . As a data bloke, it’s tosh

"I now call Mr B Urnley to the stand. Mr Urnley, would Burnley have stayed up if Everton hadn't overspent by a relatively trivial amount?" "Yes, definitely. I know a lot about football" "Well this seems compelling, hand the money over Everton"

It was highly irresponsible to allow the same panel that imposed Everton’s original 10-point deduction, and were vocal against the appeal outcome, to oversee the compensation case. But to then accept evidence from this ‘expert’ is pure kangaroo court (h/t @citizensuburbia.bsky.social)

Spine tingling tribute to a wonderful city (and I was there for this one!) Love you Belfast x

Only football purists and those non data geek types will understand this, but James Garner is a better player than Elliot Anderson. It's all about time, and place. Anderson is now allegedly 100m, so Garner is always.

The boys

How teams/delegations are received in Mexico versus the US

The last working ochre mine in the U.K, Clearwell Caves in the Forest of Dean, where colour has been mined for 4,500 years. A beautiful range is still mined & milled there: yellow ochre, red ochre (Terra Rosa d’Inghilterra), brown ochre, & rarer purple ochre, akin to ‘caput mortuum’.

Non zero chance that a team from somewhere the US considers to be subhuman gets detained indefinitely in an ICE facility, especially after being knocked out when they're attempting to return home. FIFA will shrug and say "what can you do?"

Sorry but Burnley should be paying us money for being so horrifically run yet still being good enough to finish above them

Try to form a breakaway league in Europe, £2m fine pay whenever. Illegal payments to players etc, £10.7m fine & suspended transfer ban. 115 charges, nothing. Large sponsor pulls out due to Ukraine war, juggle cash to make stadium interest payments, points deduction pay Burnley £40m 🤬

1) I went to NYC, then got on a train and went to California. Had a great time in three weeks. You can do similar in Europe, trains are great. The US should have more of them. 2) I'm a Euro with Canadian heritage so sit down pal, I know what a big country looks like 3) Don't visit the US

Dr Whom. The renegade Gallifreyan regenerates into the most annoying grammar policeman imaginable

The Premier League’s entire handling of Everton and PSR has been incredibly ham-fisted. No sporting advantage was gained from the breach but hit them for points and in the pocket anyway. Also if the metric is so flawed it’s already been replaced, why keep reanimating its corpse?

Oh shit, I've only just twigged that this is another of the PL's "independent" commissions, I thought it was an actual court ruling. What a ridiculously bent little league it is

As the man says, Everton WERE punished, rightly or wrongly. Burnley's problem was that the punishment wasn't applied to the same season. Which is an issue with the Premier League, not Everton.

Tag yourself, I'm Foreign Man Who Points

The Burnley thing is ludicrous. There were so many holes in the PL's case against EFC in the first place but I defo remember them saying EFC received "no competitive advantage" from being such a shitshow. Now we have to pay Burnley because they're shite? Fuck off.

Brilliant by @evertonwomen.bsky.social to have so many former Blues and Leasowe Pacific players as guests at @evertonstadium.com for yesterday’s England match. Special shout out to Rachel Brown-Finnis for her work behind the scenes. Lovely to see Jan Murray receive her Lionesses legacy cap.

Violent racist pogroms against immigrant communities are not 'protests' and any media org framing them as such is at best pandering to the racist narrative and at worst deliberately fanning the flames of the destabilisation of this country

The last two authoritarian regimes that hosted the World Cup had a pretty clear sportswashing aim - build impressive infrastructure, be a good place to visit, have various rubes say what a good job they did. The USA's aim seems to be the opposite?

Racism

This will go down as a major stain on FIFA and its World Cup before a ball has even been kicked. Infantino has been banging on about the most inclusive World Cup and Africa’s top referee can’t even get into the country. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/w...

FIFA has now confirmed that Artan will no longer be able to officiate at the World Cup, which like for players, is the biggest moment in the lives of referees. FIFA has said it is nothing to do with them, but a decision made by US authorities and that the decision is not likely to be changed.

Many people boycotted the World Cup in Qatar. But Qatar never blocked the entry of fans, reporters, players and REFEREES because they had the wrong skin colour. This is the most appalling, RACIST World Cup and it should be boycotted by everybody.

The "most inclusive World Cup ever", update on the update of the update.

Fucking hell

Of all the bullshitters in politics, she's one of the biggest. Absolute chancer, the dimmest of bulbs with the highest of opinions of herself

"a country that doesn't want to welcome supporters from qualifying teams shouldn't be allowed to host the World Cup." BBC News - 'A World Cup for them not us': Fans' anger at US travel bans and visa restrictions www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This rules. I wish the World Cup hosted by Mexico and Canada every success

This is the ideal male body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like

As opening games go, this was the absolute peak. Never bettered.

Via James Marsters FB | "There’s a hole in the World. Anthony Head has passed on from us. He was an unflaggingly kind and steady presence on the set of Buffy, and the best actor in the cast. He was the best of us. I was lucky to have known, and learned from him. He left the world a better place...

Stopped clocks and all that

Not really big on Remembrance stuff but I am big on my grandfather's role in helping to liberate Europe from fascism at D-Day. Pete Hegseth and his entire horrible government of fascists can fuck right off with their bullshit.

The International Sports Press Association (AIPS) has written to FIFA claiming that “many” Iranian and African journalists have been denied the necessary visas to cover the World Cup in the United States. www.nytimes.com/athletic/733...

you’re a woble

Joke competition, no level playing field. Don't watch it

Entering month 6 of Mamdani's NYC & Robberies are down 11%, Retail theft is down 19%, & Murder is down 21%—all without "Adding 5000 new cops." Instead, he's invested in public safety free childcare, food, and better funded schools. Safer cities come from investing in people—not punishments.

The driver on our Bilbao-Madrid bus has just said anyone playing their mobiles without headphones will be treated as terrorists and dealt with accordingly. ¡Viva España!

Delightful stuff, biggest fixture in world cricket 👍

I think I speak for the entire trans community when I say that this is the role he played that was most impactful.

Absolutelygutted to hear about Tony Head "It’s terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true. The bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies and… everybody lives happily ever after"

Good list but the Half Man Half Biscuit song to include is Rock'n'Roll is Full of Bad Wools, a searing indictment of Noughties football culture, and its pop culture in general

Rob Kenyon only eats Pot Noodles

30 years ago the Hands Off Hibs campaign kicked off. 🎵 Tell all the Hearts you know, Wallace Mercer is deid and we're no 🎶