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Meanwhile, @KI_Klaksvik beat #07Vestur 11:0, while #NSÍ beat #Skála 2:0 in the third game on the opening day of the Women's Premier League. 🇫🇴⚽️ #FaroeIslands #1deildkvinnur

@_forgottenfooty @AbranCancha8 @ChileanFS @The94thMin @SweeperPod @ExtremeFootbal4 @SouthAmSoccer Phil, interesting as ever, but just a wee nod to Green Cross. Eight of the players (and two staff) died in a plane crash on the way home from a Copa Chile match in Osorno in early April 1961, along with, amongst others, three referees and various members of the Chilean FA.

🇨🇱 Chile, admittedly I dont know much about the country in regards its current football clubs, nor its players other than Vidal and Alex's Sanchez are from there. But I have looked into some of their Forgotten Football Clubs and the history of football from the South American nation, and I've found it to be intriguing, to say the least. Here are a few I've selected whilst also sharing a map of the current clubs playing there, with the map drawn by the brilliant @RiccardoDAgnese 👏 Bádminton F.C. (also known as Badminton Football Club) One of the older clubs, often mentioned in compilations of disappeared teams; it had a presence in early Chilean football. Club de Deportes Green Cross (or simply Green Cross) A particularly famous case. Originally from Santiago, it relocated to Temuco and later to other cities due to tragedies and issues. The club suffered a devastating bus accident in 1961 that killed many players, and it eventually ceased to exist in its original form. C.D. América de Rancagua A club from Rancagua that played in professional leagues before disappearing. C.D. Aviación Linked to the Chilean Air Force (Fuerza Aérea), it competed in the top divisions in the 1970s before folding. Club Deportivo Universidad Técnica del Estado (also known as UTE or similar) Tied to a technical university; it had a stint in professional football. Naval de Talcahuano (or simply Naval) A club from Talcahuano that played in the Primera División before disappearing. Santiago National A historic Santiago-based team that left professional ranks in the 1950s and vanished in the early 1960s. Soinka Bata (or Soinca Bata) A factory team (linked to the Bata shoe company) founded in the 1960s that had a notable run before disappearing. #NeverForget

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@Midasz_1 @SweeperPod One or two of the clubs which no longer exist (the long-defunct Kickers Mühleholz spring to mind) did just that back in the 1930s when they played in the Voralberg regional league, but Liechtensteiner clubs later agreed to play in the Swiss regional system.

@SweeperPod Why dont they play at the Austrian pyramid instead then? Or maybe even the german football system?

🇱🇮 Sandwiched between Switzerland and Austria at the heart of Europe, tiny Liechtenstein is a relatively unknown quantity in the football world. But it is fascinating! From world records to cross-border clubs, here are 10 fun facts about football in the double-landlocked micro-state. THREAD 🧵

No, they don't. What is this for absolute horse-pish??

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This decision by the CAF, a craven one at that, stinks to high heaven. Hopefully, the CAS will overturn it and award the trophy to the team who won it on the pitch, despite all the shenanigans both on and off the pitch.

@KiszelyPhilip The way you're carrying on, anyone would think she said something really awful. She's like a breath of fresh air. You, on the other hand, are like a curry-driven fart in a phone box.

The Green Party has managed to ride a complete imbecile into Parliament—on the back of clan voting and moral bankruptcy. For those of us who can remember when the country wasn’t insane, the sight of a Rod, Jane and Freddy understudy is actually quite distressing. But the overriding feeling is one of embarrassment. Maybe it’s because I’ve had a long day. Maybe it’s because I’m facing the prospect of the same tomorrow. I don’t know. But I have zero confidence in this country having any kind of meaningful future. Why? Because in the past, the whole population would have jeered and howled at tit-Fiddler Dave and his Islamo-fascist freak show. Now people march for Palestine, call for sharia law, and moronically intone that trans women are women. Gimme a time machine. Please.

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From France to the Cook Islands, Anguilla, & Cape Verde; the career of @lfrndz15 has seen him play on four continents! A remarkable journey! Read his story here ➡️garethsfootballtravels.wordpress.com/2026/03/11/the… @CVFUT10 @PascalSch89 @UprisingFC @JohnMcM04582246 @johnmactravels @The94thMin @LadyCP1851

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"But, but, all Catholic priests.."

Funny, that. I've been saying the same thing for years and nobody batted an eyelid..

@AryJeay Is that a football ground next to it?

A Bahraini guy drove his scooter into the targeted US base and filmed from inside :)

FT #under19 #2eKlasse: #Sparta18 1:2 #IVOVelden Sparta took the lead a little against the run of play before the break, but IVO came back to go in front in an entertaining second half 🇳🇱⚽️ #PFBontour #Limburg

79min #under19 #2eKlasse: #Sparta18 1:2 #IVOVelden Calamitous goalkeeping from Sparta's custodian led to IVO's no. 11 putting his side in front at the third attempt.. 🇳🇱⚽️ #PFBontour #Limburg

75min #under19 #2eKlasse: #Sparta18 1:1 #IVOVelden All square at 't Spansel, and how! A thunderbolt from IVO's no. 14 at the right-hand angle of the box flew into the opposite top corner and nearly tore the net from the stanchion 🇳🇱⚽️ #PFBontour #Limburg

65min #under19 #2eKlasse: #Sparta18 1:0 #IVOVelden Suddenly, a football match has broken out, with Sparta being denied twice by Ricola Man in the IVO goal, and IVO seeing two outstanding chances saved by his opposite number. It's end to end! 🇳🇱⚽️ #PFBontour #Limburg

HT #under19 #2eKlasse: #Sparta18 1:0 #IVOVelden Greetings from the Icebox; just when it looked like there was more chance of my going on a hot date with Beyoncé than seeing a goal, up popped Sparta's no. 11 with a fine, convincing finish to open the scoring 🇳🇱⚽️ #PFBontour

@annie_mcginley Ah, Clough. It never fails to disappoint.

It's rarely I'm dumbfounded, but I just can't imagine the mindset that thought this acceptable to think let alone write. I assume all Unionist leaders will be condemning this outright and reassuring people that they can wear whatever they like wherever they like !