An interview with Benjamin Adrion, the former footballer who, inspired by a pre-season trip to Cuba, decided to dedicate himself to providing clean water around the world
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An interview with Benjamin Adrion, the former footballer who, inspired by a pre-season trip to Cuba, decided to dedicate himself to providing clean water around the world
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On how the Manchester derby rubber-stamped Bruno Fernandesโ importance to United
Amid continued rumours of Saudi interest, they canโt afford to let him go โ especially now heโs been unshackled post-Amorim
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Actually really feel for CJ Stroud at this point. Just an all-time stinker of a performance
18.01.2026 21:34 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0By 2050, 1 in 4 English football grounds will be at risk of annual flooding. ๐โฝ๏ธ
From the Premier League to the local park, the map of our game is being redrawn by climate change.
Read the full article by @ryanbaldi.bsky.social on @football365.bsky.social here: www.football365.com/news/climate...
Lincoln City serve as a reminder that magic on the pitch counts. But magic that lasts off the pitch matters even more...
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He plays for the team I support. Weโve been shit for the last decade. Just having him around being a maniac, itโs all I need
10.10.2025 15:15 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0From Barcelonaโs โฌ1.4m water-recycling system to the hidden cost of artificial turf, the future of the
pitch is complex.
Read @ryanbaldi.bsky.social's full piece on @football365.bsky.social here: www.football365.com/news/pitch-p...
Pushing their club to go greener, Brentfordโs Sustaina-Bees are showing what fan power really looks like. ๐
Full piece by @ryanbaldi.bsky.social for @football365.bsky.social ๐
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From sustainable matchday habits to pushing clubs on carbon, fans are proving footballโs strength lies in collective action.
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After Grimsby's EFL Cup giant killing of Man Utd, my latest piece for @pledgeball.bsky.social / @football365.bsky.social looks at how we need to protect coastal grounds like Blundell Park in light of alarming predictions about their risk from rising sea levels
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A significant share of English professional stadiums face material flood-risk by 2050, with Grimsby's ground among them.
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From turf to table: The growing push for more sustainable food at football
My latest for @football365.bsky.social / @pledgeball.bsky.social
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My latest piece for @pledgeball.bsky.social / @football365.bsky.social explains why the climate crisis is non-league footballโs toughest opponent
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The Premier League returns tomorrow, and fans will be queueing for their clubs' latest kit.
From recycled bottles to polyester threads, football is trying to go greener, but as @ryanbaldi.bsky.social shows, the gameโs plastic problem runs deeper.
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You can keep your The Wires, your The Sopranoses, your The Breaking Bads. The Premier League Years is genuinely the greatest TV series of all time
06.08.2025 10:07 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Fan climate activism on the rise from Dortmund to Brentford and beyond
My latest piece for @football365.bsky.social / @pledgeball.bsky.social
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What can men learn from England's women? Absolutely sod all; it's not about them, says @ryanbaldi.bsky.social
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Can neither confirm nor deny whether I purchased identical replica full Chloe Kelly and Hannah Hampton kits for my two young boys who very much enjoyed the final last night. Cost ยฃ30 for both
28.07.2025 11:52 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Rate of decline in MLS appears to be much starker โ from ~60% to ~44%, which is around the historical PL average
25.07.2025 19:50 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I crunched some numbers around the decline of homefield advantage in MLS, and argued itโs a good thing for the league
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Youth academies stand to be footballโs unsung eco-heroes
New, for @football365.bsky.social and @pledgeball.bsky.social
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I crunched some numbers around the decline of homefield advantage in MLS, and argued itโs a good thing for the league
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Forest Green Rovers are building the worldโs greenest football stadium...out of wood!
Proof that football can be sustainable.
Check out @ryanbaldi.bsky.social's full article here ๐
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Has to be the most depressingly named stadium in football
30.06.2025 10:01 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The NBA Finals begin tonight
I was part of a prediction panel for The Guardian, picking winners, key players and the MVP
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02.06.2025 19:40 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Buddy was born for the Firmino role
02.06.2025 19:35 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Pencil Joshua Zirkzee in for 9 goals and 17 assists next season
02.06.2025 19:34 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0A piece on how Alejandro Garnachoโs likely sale represents a tricky needle to thread between funding a rebuild, resetting a culture and maintaining an identity for Ruben Amorim and Manchester United
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Was thinking about this today. Whatโs the downside to them being a bit more explicit about their vision? Wouldnโt have to go into minute detail but just clue the fans in a bit on what youโre trying to do, what this is all supposed to be pointing towards
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