Mark Valentine

Not just football TBF. In politics you can announce that you’re against racism while offering up policies slightly less racist than the racists.

Conservative party membership?

Small change

A reflexive defence of “Boris being Boris” was a familiar refrain of the UK right wing press every time PM Johnson did something egregious, which tbf was most days.

Don’t believe the hype

The boat is a nice touch

Where to stage the #wc26 draw? Monterrey? Vancouver? Vegas? No, let’s go for the arts centre in DC Trump purged & stuffed with MAGA loyalists,
while declaring the venue a no go zone for ‘wokesters’ and ‘anti-American propaganda’. Fits like a glove with FIFA’s vision of “football uniting the world”.

Yep, that’s a controversial take Tom, and no less valid for that. I guess the club took a different view.

No Logo - Kickerbeat The thing is, once you’ve glimpsed Watford FC’s home shirt, you can’t unsee it. It’s not easy to become enraged by the colour blue, with its pleasing connotations of sea and sky. But when Watford FC’s...

“The logo on our new shirt isn’t to everyone’s taste”…some may like it, some may not” kickerbeat.com?p=2028 #watfordfc

No Logo - Kickerbeat The thing is, once you’ve glimpsed Watford FC’s home shirt, you can’t un-see it. It’s not easy to become enraged by the colour blue, with its pleasing connotations of sea and sky. But when Watford FC’...

kickerbeat.com?p=2028 #watfordfc

I am *broadly* in favour of saving the planet but would it fucking kill them to put lids on the half litre tubs of yoghurt?

Gianni Infantino holds aloft a “Trump 26” football shirt with the the American President.

Neil Minor & Melodramatic Pony

Sorry not to have posted on here in months - we had several requests to make our post match phone in available on another platform (besides X) and so we will be streaming it to our YouTube account also - until the technology collapses under the strain - starting with Charlton on Saturday

Lactose or whatever, Intolerance is in their DNA

Words were spoken in Trump Tower, a temple of veracity.

Infantino’s “close relationship” with Trump now one of tenant landlord? I wonder how much the rent is?

Fifa opens office in Trump Tower, deepening ties with US president The new Fifa office will be the federation’s second in the US, and its opening follows months of public ties with the US president

FIFA maintaining its politically neutral stance by er, setting up shop in Trump towers. #fifa #fifacwc

I never knew until now that the words pray and shrug were pretty much interchangable

A blue logo splashed on red and yellow does look pretty incongruous

Mr Q curiously absent from the club’s latest promotional pics

BBC claim to be “fully committed to covering the conflict impartially” but are yet to reveal just when that will be.

Excellent news Philippe! Strange animals make the world a better place.

America is showing us football in its final dictator form – we can’t afford to look away | Barney Ronay It has been an ominous week for the sport in the US but talk of a boycott of next year’s World Cup misses the point

Whatever leverage there may be appears to be wielded in the other direction.

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In what world does this ‘deal’ make any sense at all besides the one created by the handful of billionaires that now ‘own’ our football clubs?

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca fumes after two-hour Club World Cup weather delay - 'It's a joke! It's NOT football!' Enzo Maresca: I think its a joke to be honest, its not football. I struggle to understand. I can understand that for security reasons, you suspend the game. But if you suspend seven, eight games, that...

Enzo Maresca on the Club World Cup: "I think it's a joke to be honest, it's not football. It's not for us. [...] If you suspend seven, eight games, that means that probably [this] is not the right place to do this competition."
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Warm Glastonbury welcome incoming

So not all BS? He sure revolutionised the world of baseball through innovative strategies.

Sports teams now standing up for the US constitution more effectively than the Democratic Party.

can't wait for the world cup