Ant Watts

If you have a problem with ‘non-big 6’ clubs in the UCL then may as well get behind a sterile European Super League…🤦🏻 #bhafc

George Michael died in his sleep on Christmas Day 2016. The world mourned the voice, the music, the icon. Then something unusual happened. In the days that followed, ordinary people began to speak — not celebrities or publicists, but volunteers, charity workers, waitresses, and strangers who had quietly carried a secret for years. One by one, they stepped forward to describe the same man: someone who had spent decades giving away millions of pounds in near-total secrecy, and who had actively fought against anyone finding out. A woman appeared on the TV game show Deal or No Deal and mentioned she needed £15,000 for IVF treatment. George Michael was watching. The next day, he quietly phoned and paid the full amount. She didn't know who her donor was. She only found out after his death, when the story broke online. A volunteer at a London homeless shelter noticed a familiar face one evening — serving food, cleaning tables, blending in. It was George Michael. He had asked the staff not to tell anyone he was there. He came back more than once. "I've never told anyone," the volunteer later posted. "He asked we didn't. That's who he was." Every Easter, DJ Mick Brown would run a charity appeal at Capital Radio for Help A London Child. Every year, without fail, a call would come in at 3:30 in the afternoon. A £100,000 donation. No fuss. No publicity. George would give and hang up. After his mother died, he organized a private concert — entirely unannounced — for the NHS nurses who had cared for her. It was not filmed. It was not advertised. It was simply a thank you, offered directly to the hands that had shown kindness when fame could offer none. He donated royalties from "Jesus to a Child" to children's charities for years. The Terrence Higgins Trust, which he supported for decades, confirmed he gave generously and consistently — insisting his name never appear in any fundraising materials. Childline's founder later revealed he had donated millions, entirely anonymously, over the course of his life. He struggled, too. Publicly and painfully. Addiction. Loss. The relentless scrutiny of fame. But those who knew him said the struggles never hardened him. If anything, they deepened his understanding of what it means to need help — and to receive it without strings. In 1999, a journalist managed to get him to comment on the rumors of his giving. He said simply: "I really don't like to talk about the amount I've given to charity over the years. I know it's very substantial. I don't exactly know what it is, and I don't really like to linger on it." After his death, the full shape of what he had done became visible — not because he wanted it known, but because the people he had helped could no longer stay silent. Patients who received care. Students who stayed in school. Families who kept their homes. Children whose charities kept their doors open. George Michael understood something about kindness that most of us only glimpse: that it loses something the moment it starts seeking applause. He gave without witnesses. The world found out anyway. And maybe that's exactly as it should be.

Catching up with the boss after open training! 💬

🙌 Happy Easter! 🙌 Alleluia! Christ is risen. He is risen indeed. Alleluia! #HappyEaster

Happy Easter, Albion fans! 💙🤍

@TheAthleticFC Wow. Genuinely surprised. Article would have made more sense on April 1.

Matt Le Tissier has returned to Southampton in an advisory role which will support the club’s board. Le Tissier is expected to work with the club’s football department and contribute to decision-making. The 57-year-old, one of Southampton’s most celebrated players, previously stepped down from his role as club ambassador in 2022 following criticism of his social media activity. More from @nnamdionye bit.ly/48tQRZw

@talkSPORT Talk Shite…what is that on Cundy’s head?

🤔 "Is this the biggest [relegation]?" 🤯 "This'll be the biggest relegation in Premier League history." 👀 "Villa fans will say something, #NUFC fans think they're a big club but they're not..." Jason Cundy says Spurs going down would be the biggest relegation in #PL history

@BrightonBuzzz Love this!

This Mitoma edit goes hard, welcome back to your BEST Kaoru... 🔥🇯🇵 #BHAFC

@thfc_T_news Great manager for Brighton. But in our model the managers do not determine recruitment. Do your research.

🚨⚪️: Roberto de Zerbi Spent a total of £95m on these 9 players. Elite talent ID. - Joao Pedro 🇧🇷/ £30m - Carlos Baleba 🇨🇲/ £23m - Bart Verbruggen 🇳🇱/ £16m - Igor Julio 🇧🇷/ £14m - Valentin Barco 🇦🇷/ £7-9m - James Milner🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿/ Free - Mahmoud Dahoud 🇩🇪/ Free - Ansu Fati 🇪🇸/ Loan

@henrywinter Yes fair play to him. Good to see him back on track.

So much love shown for Graham Potter. What a job he's done with and for Sweden. What redemption and personal vindication for him after difficult few years. 🇸🇪👏

Newsflash. It’s not coming home again. England just aren’t very good. #ENGJAP

Get in Karou! 🇯🇵 #bhafc

@MUFCDarren_ Utterly ridiculous take from Neville. Both Anderson and Caicedo established internationals. Both amongst best in class. Days of so called big six clubs bullying the rest are over.

🚨 Garry Neville on Nottingham Forest valuing Elliot Anderson at more than £100M: “This is what football has become. A player with zero major senior trophies being valued at £100M — for what? I feel like they’re overpaying for these modern players. Chelsea paid £115M for Caicedo, and I feel like that’s where it all started. What have these players done to deserve that amount?”

Kate McCann has been disgracefully smeared/trolled by social media pond life for doing her job while interviewing a fascist apologist ‘professor’ for the Iranian regime — he’s a true troglodyte. She is a brilliant journalist and tough enough to shake off the trolls. But she deserves the backing of all journalists of integrity and good faith. Rally behind her. #iamkatemccann @KateEMcCann @TimesRadio

@petermaurice22 Grow up.

@henrywinter I couldn't be a fan of Brighton, knowing all the players will move away. Imagine they kept these players. They be challenging for a title not 9th place and a conference league place. No doubt very well run club, Henry, but where is their ambition in football not commerce.

England U18s, 19s, 20s, 21s and seniors all have players from Brighton & Hove Albion. Important for the club, important for the country 🙌

@Gibboanxious Interstellar different league.

Interstellar is NOT better than The Martian

@alex_crook Also where are the pundits that were jumping on the bandwagon and saying the Brighton model was broken? They have gone very quiet. #bhafc

Are #BHAFC still in crisis?

@FutOffsides Tolerance level = correct decision. Maybe read your own tweet.

🚨❌Incorrect offside decision by VAR in the Birghton vs. Liverpool match. 📸Welbeck was slightly ahead of the ball in Brighton's second goal. 👉The goal was given due to the Premier League's 5cm "tolerance level".

Good to go with unchanged line up. Incredibly strong bench. #bhafc

@wearebrighton Verbruggen 8 Wieffer 9 Van Hecke 9 Dunk 9 Kadioglu 10 Milner 9 Hinshelwood 8 Gomez 8 Gross 8 Minteh 8 Welbeck 8 De Cuyper 7

🌟 PLAYER RATINGS 🌟 Another solid win for Brighton from their first visit to Sunderland in over 21 years. How did you rate #BHAFC out of 10? Verbruggen Wieffer Van Hecke Dunk Kadioglu Milner Hinshelwood Gomez Gross Minteh Welbeck De Cuyper

Thought Brighton fans were class today mind, travelled in great numbers and sung all game. Could argue up there with the best who've come up this season. Crazy considering some would have them relegated because they're not 'Barclays' enough. #SAFC #BHAFC