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35 wedstrijd op rij niet gewonnen. Daarvan 27 verloren en 8 gelijk. Hun club op de rand van het faillissement. 18 punten in mindering en nog steeds op -6. Al lang en breed gedegradeerd naar het derde niveau van Engeland. En dan ‘gewoon’ 3.000 man mee naar Stoke. 👏🏼 🙏🏻

📅 On this day, 16 years ago, the most classic Chris Kamara moment in punditry history.

🇵🇹 The lower leagues in Portugal are brimming with football clubs that boast interesting histories and have fascinating stories to tell. From milk pitch markings and strange celebrity signings to remote islands and fallen giants, here are eight clubs you should know about. THREAD 🧵

Mohamed Salah is the eighth-highest PL scorer at Old Trafford in the 2020s, including Man Utd players that is

10 years ago on this day…🥲🙏 #cruijff

Interessante analyse van Suleyman Ozturk. Het legt het vaak zo eensluidend en traditioneel denken in het voetbal pijnlijk bloot.

De Conference League is een werelduitvinding. Juist dit soort gekke clubjes gun je een gek, glorieus avontuur. In een stad met twee wereldmachten gewoon trouw zweren aan Rayo Vallecano, dan ben je een held.

Jamais vu 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Aura. 🕶️

Wachten op de officiële bevestiging dat Nederland alsnog de WK’s van 1974, 1978, 1998 en 2010 heeft gewonnen.

Het kan wél. Kan je a la Rob Jetten naar Juventus roepen. Blackburn Rovers viert haar 150-jarig(!) bestaan met een remake van hun eerste shirt ooit. Arte And Labore indeed. Een pareltje van de hand van hun Italiaanse kledingsponsor Macron.

Best Video on the internet today ❤️

Zijn er meer fictieve voetbalclubs? 🇳🇱 Swift Boys 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 AFC Richmond 🇧🇪 FC De Kampioenen 🇳🇱 B&A Boys

We have a feeling that @LASK_Official youngster Jacob Wanker might become quite popular in the UK 😄

Fenomenaal. Een Spanjool wilde Barça zien, toetste St. James' Park in en dacht dat het goed zat. Niemand had de señor verteld dat je in Exeter óók een St. James' Park hebt. Gelukkig was daar toevallig ook een potje. Geen Yamal, wel Josh Magennis. You win some, you lose some.

I think about this Panini sticker every day. Humanity peaked at this precise moment.

Wie eindigt dit seizoen als 2️⃣e in de @eredivisie?

Let me tell you other facts about Union Berlin fans. I watched a documentary on them a while back. Union Berlin fans have a culture, you cannot boo the players, coaches, or members of staff irrespective of the result. You just cannot. Aside the blood donation that raised money for them to stay afloat, the fans also renovated the stadium themselves. 2,000 fans volunteered to rebuild parts of the stadium and reports says they averaged 140,000 hours of work combined. Every December, the fans meet for Christmas at the stadium, its called "Weihnachtssingen". They bring christmas candles, sing christmas songs, celebrate the club, etc. Union Berlin fans reject over-commercialisation of their club, they believe they own the club and should not be referred to as mere fans or customers. They also have some crazy history down to the days of East Germany where the government wanted to take over their club. The fans started sleeping in the stadium overnight in turns to prevent this, the government eventually backed off. One of the most traditional clubs across Europe. UNION BERLIN.

“A few months after I moved to Paris, two of my friends from Diadema came to spend some time with me there. They had broken up with their wife and girlfriend and were sad, so I invited them, hoping the visit would help clear their minds. Great. “They soon met other Brazilians, who played for a team like the seventh-division amateur league in the suburbs of Paris — all immigrants without proper papers. “Every night, my two friends came home angry, complaining that they were constantly beaten up. So, I said: “I’ll go over there tomorrow to watch you play.” And I did. “I arrived wearing a ninja hat, half disguised, and watched. The opponents were all dressed up, with their uniforms, equipment, water bottles, and a coach. And my friends’ team was wearing nothing: one in white shorts, another in purple, a third in yellow. The guys were hanging from the goalposts to warm up…. It was a mess. At the end of the match, which they lost, I asked: “Do you want me to train the team?” I’ll never forget the guys’ smiles. They were so genuinely happy and excited, something I had only seen when I was a kid, when we would fly kites in Diadema. I started training the guys every Monday, from 10 to midnight. Sometimes I would train them on Monday and play a Champions League match on Tuesday. I even remember scoring a goal against Barcelona on one of those days. I started loving Mondays. I couldn’t wait to be with those guys. We talked, I listened a lot, and I got to know each one’s stories and struggles. “Some made money playing capoeira, others delivering items on motorbikes or washing dishes. All of them had a hard life, afraid because of their illegal status, with little hope that things would improve, but football brightened up and took the weight off their days. On my first holidays, I went back to Brazil and went to talk to the ultimate crazy woman, my mother: “Mum, can you make stuff for the boys there?” “Say no more! She made travel polo shirts, tracksuits, match uniforms, training uniforms, everything in sizes S, M, L, XL…. I went back to Paris with 21 suitcases. The guys’ dedication grew along with their joy. We started training twice a week, then three times. We got promoted, and at the end of the season, I had a crazy idea. Another one. “I’m going to throw a gala for the team, just like PSG does for us every year.” I rented a castle-like nightclub where Matuidi had thrown his birthday party and started producing ours. “I had already hired a guy who used to film for PSG to film our guys’ matches, too. I asked him to bring all the videos to my house so we could watch them and choose the best goals of the year, the top scorer, the goalkeeper’s best saves. Let’s show them on the big screen! Then I ordered trophies for the winners of each category. Hey, but what about the others? Plaques! We’re going to make little wooden-and-acrylic plaques with each one’s name on them. Everything was perfect. The day before, I called the guys together: “Do you have a white button-up shirt and a basic black coat for tomorrow’s party?” Nobody had one. OK, I will buy you some. I went to the store myself and got some. Then I thought about their girlfriends and wives. I called the group again and gave each one some pocket money so that their SOs could buy a dress if they wanted. The party night arrived. And if I told you it was incredible, one of the most extraordinary emotional moments of my life, as cool as winning the Champions League, would you believe me?” One of my best stories on @TPTFootball theplayerstribune.com/posts/david-lu…

Exactly 25 years ago today, I scored my first — and only — professional goal. Contrary to what I believed at the time, goalkeepers are not allowed to handle the ball in both penalty areas. The goal was disallowed and I was sent off — still it earned me legendary status. 😉 #otd