Ernst Happel enthusiast. Connoisseur of football's lost beauty. 📻 Podcast episodes here: https://xitter.cf/t.co/Oc6Cmc0v6R

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Giorgi Nemsadze (1972-2026)
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Just spent an hour chatting about Pele's time at the New York Cosmos with a man who reported on it and even interviewed the Brazilian superstar himself Michael Lewis (@Soccerwriter) is someone whose work you should check out, and our full episode will be out tomorrow 🏟 ⚽️ 🎧
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Oh yeah, it’s a fairytale… AC Milan TV cash:£57m Bournemouth TV cash: £143m
2008: In administration and playing League Two football. 2026: Beat seven-time Champions League winners AC Milan 3-0. Bournemouth's rise is nothing short of incredible 👏
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Twenty years ago this month. Here are the BBC's Goal of the Month contenders from October 2006. Those were, if I may say so, the days.
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On Arsene Wenger’s birthday, a reminder of his epic battles with his arch-nemesis. We’re not talking about Sir Alex. We’re not talking about Jose. We’re talking about that bastard zip on his big winter coat...
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Everyone at Dundee Football Club is deeply saddened by the passing of former player and Hall of Fame inductee Giorgi Nemsadze aged 54. Our condolences go out to Giorgi's family and friends at this incredibly difficult time. More: dundeefc.co.uk/news/giorgi-n…
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"Arsene Wenger is emerging as a would-be successor, the only person in a limited field capable of restoring cachet and credibility to the office Infantino has so disgraced..." As the clock ticks down to the president of Fifa running unopposed for a fourth term, @oliverbrown_tel pleads for Arsene Wenger to declare his candidacy now ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/football/202…
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On this day 18 Oct 2008 Hamilton 1-2 St Mirren Franco Miranda puts Saints ahead Accies drew level with a Jack Ross own goal from a Mark Corcoran cross Billy Mehmet got the winner after earlier missing a penalty
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100 BUNDESLIGA GAMES 102 BUNDESLIGA GOALS OUT OF THIS WORLD @HKane 🤯🤯🤯
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City have been found guilty of industrial level cheating by their sportswashing owners. It will likely have catastrophic impacts on the Premier League and football in this country for an entire generation. But I guess it’s all a big laugh.
Phil Foden arrived for his post-match interview with an inflatable banana 🍌
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This is sportswashing in action. Just ignoring the fact they've been found to have cheated for a decade and pretending everything is normal. Disgusting
Manchester City are "taking care of business on the pitch" after making their best start to a season since 1897 ⚽
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In no other scenario would a team be platformed like this after being found guilty of arguably the most highly orchestrated cheating scandal in sporting history. You might call it an elephant in the room. This is actually 114 of them. They bring a few bananas, win a few games & MOTD talk like this? Shambolic. The BBC's purpose is to ‘provide impartial, high-quality & distinctive output & services which inform & educate’. Is this anything resembling that? (No) When we say sportswashing, this is it right here.
Manchester City are "taking care of business on the pitch" after making their best start to a season since 1897 ⚽
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Just a reminder - the Saudi state conducted a mass execution this weekend including a young man who was arrested & executed for attending a demo when he was a child. @NUFC Chairman Yasir al-Rumayyan is a govt minister & key regime figure. Important that fanbase know the facts
This is The Blaydon Races.   Today we are proud to officially release a new recording of our city’s iconic anthem - bringing together supporters, local musicians and regional music experts to ensure the cherished song continues to unite future generations of fans.    Watch the full music video on our YouTube channel now, and listen to the track on all major music streaming platforms. 🎥 youtu.be/n31nB3LfT10
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Leeds 5 Man Utd 1 - Feb 1972. Revie’s Leeds at their merciless peak- The next match was the 7-0 demolition of Southampton. We should approach the next 2 home games in the same way - a good opportunity to boost the goal difference against struggling teams 😉 #LUFC #70sLeeds #MOT
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These gloves were iconic!
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Jack Grealish has once again shown his generosity, donating £1,400 to help a father battling cancer after coming across the family’s GoFundMe page while on holiday. It’s far from a one-off. Earlier this year, Grealish donated £1,000 towards funeral costs for a grieving family, while in 2023 he gave £5,000 to support a young cancer patient. He also donated £5,000 to the family of a victim killed in a tragic crash in 2021. He’s built a reputation for quietly helping people who need it, often without making a big deal of it. A genuine class act.
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I really enjoyed doing this podcast. 👇
🚨📻 NEW PODCAST ALERT!📻🚨 What a pleasure it was so it down and chat to @Callum7McFadden about football writing, commentary and much more! Also available on Spotify! 👇👇👇 youtu.be/uJ3GGF3-kw4?is=c0zH…
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No £80 replica shirts. No phones filming every second. No marketing telling you how special it all was. Nobody flying in from Singapore after paying £700 for a ticket. Just lads getting there hours early and queuing forever at the turnstiles. Cold hands, muddy terraces, and all that mattered was bagging your spot on the wall. Football when it was simple. 👏🏻👏🏻
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Man City need taking off the TV until this is resolved, it’s like Lance Armstrong being found guilty but being allowed to race on TV at the weekend.
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