Jon Pinches

What a summer it has been with @RobinsFound ☀️ #community #coaching

Club Statement Clevedon Town Football Club are saddened to update that despite a decision by the FA to quash an original decision made by the Western League, to everyone’s disbelief a decision to deduct six points from our playing record following a technical administrative issue when registering a loan player earlier this season, will still be applied. We are deeply disappointed by the severity of the sanction given the full circumstances: Despite the Football Association originally completing an investigation and issuing a warning and concluding that no formal action was required in relation to the technical administration issue, the Western League had originally applied the maximum points deduction available to them: •Despite exceptional circumstances being presented • Despite signed loan agreement documentation being submitted between both clubs involved and the player to the Western League several days prior to the player making any appearance. • Despite evidence the player was registered with the Western League prior to making any appearances. • Despite an approval from the Western League and the player showing on the registered players squad list on the League’s Full Time system prior to the player making a single appearance. • Despite evidence indicating further club due diligence in contacting two different county FA departments to clarify availability to play, and gaining confirmation prior to the player making any appearance. • Despite the Western League making a finding that “the club had been responsive and collaborative during the process therefore the maximum fine should not be reached,” they nevertheless issued the maximum points deduction available at that time. We would like to thank the FA for their original reasonable and proportionate findings by issuing a warning, and would reiterate that at no point was there any intention to gain an unfair advantage or to breach the rules. Importantly, an FA appeal panel made an order for the Western league’s decision to deduct points and issue a fine to be quashed, as the Western league were found to have ‘Misinterpreted or failed to comply with the Rules and Regulations of The Association relevant to its decision.’ The proposed fine issued to the club has been cancelled as a result of this. Therefore, we are completely dismayed at the subsequent points deduction regardless of this finding. We have requested full written reasons which have not yet been provided and we will therefore continue to take advice and consider our options as a club going forward in relation to this matter, and ongoing participation. We are saddened by the lack of support from the Western League as a longstanding member club, particularly given the exceptional personal circumstances and the lack of empathy shown for the welfare of one of our volunteer club officials, who acted in good faith throughout. Our volunteer club officials have the full support of the club. On the pitch, the management team and players have led a successful campaign to date. These matters are outside of their control and will not distract the squad from continuing to push for the strongest possible finish to the season. Thank you to our loyal supporters, volunteers and the local community for their continued backing. We will keep supporters updated through the club’s official channels. We will be making no further comment at this time. Clevedon Town FC @swsportsnews

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A really honest and vulnerable moment from the #UCLToday crew to open today's show 🥹❤️

🇧🇷🗣️ This is an INCREDIBLE story from David Luiz about his time in Paris: “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?” 🎙️ @TPTFootball

Watched the Dinosaurs documentary on Netflix this weekend. Highly recommend, especially with kids. Dinosaurs ruled this planet for 165 million years. Then an asteroid they never saw coming ended it all in a geological blink. Put that in perspective. Humans with abstract thinking, art, and complex language, what we'd call truly modern humans, have existed for maybe 50,000 to 100,000 years. Civilisation as we know it? Writing, cities, organised society? Maybe 5,000 years. The version with industrial-scale technology, global trade, and the ability to reshape the planet? Barely 200 years. And the version with nuclear weapons, AI, and the ability to end all of it? Less than 100 years. We solved the asteroid problem, by the way. NASA can now track and deflect them. The thing that wiped out 165 million years of dinosaurs, we've figured that one out. And yet billions are being spent daily on war and destruction, making an already bad climate situation even worse. The threats coming from the universe are becoming manageable. The ones we're creating ourselves, not so much. The dinosaurs had no choice. The asteroid just came. We do. That's what makes what's happening right now so much harder to watch.

@HallenFC @swsportsnews Fair play 👏🏻

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Boss said, "My team is burned out, but they're not even working that much." The real problem was invisible. "They're exhausted," the boss told me. "But most leave by 6 PM." I'd seen this before. "Tell me about their typical day," I said. "Normal stuff. Meetings, projects, the usual." "How many tools do they switch between?" He started counting on his fingers. Stopped at ten. "How often do priorities change?" "We're agile," he said. "We adapt quickly." "How quickly?" "Daily. Sometimes hourly." "Show me one person's calendar," I said. He pulled up his marketing director's schedule. Seventeen meetings in three days. Eight different projects discussed. Zero focused work time. "She's drowning," I said. "But she's only here 45 hours a week." "Hours aren't the problem. Decisions are." He looked puzzled. I explained. "Research shows that every context switch can take over 20 minutes to recover mentally. She switches contexts more than 15 times a day. That's 5 hours of mental recovery time, every day. It's only an 8-hour workday." His face changed. "Your team isn't tired from working. They're tired from switching. From deciding what's actually important. From never finishing anything." "What do I do?" "Three changes: First: One main priority per week. Not seven. One. Written down. Shared with everyone. Second: Batch meetings. All meetings on Tuesday/Thursday. Monday, Wednesday, Friday for deep work. Third: Pick three tools. Kill the rest." They were using Slack, Teams, email, Asana, Monday, Notion, and four others. Now they use three. Total. Six weeks later: "How's the team?" I asked. "Same hours. Completely different energy." "What changed?" "Maria finished a project last week. The whole thing. Start to finish. First time in two years." He paused. "She actually smiled in our one-on-one. Said she forgot what it felt like to complete something." The truth about burnout: It's not always about the hours you put in. It's about where your attention is pulled. You can work 40 hours and feel destroyed. Or 55 hours and feel energized. The difference? Whether those hours are spent starting things. Or finishing them. Most leaders count hours. The smart ones protect focus. Because burnout doesn't come from hard work. It comes from work that never ends.

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15 things to do with your father while he is still alive. I lost mine 8 years ago. 1. Ask him what he was like at your age because once he was the same age you are right now & Watch his face light up as he tells you stories from when he was younger 2. Record his laugh when he tells one of his signature jokes. Someday you will replay the video over and over just to hear it again 3. Ask him about the proudest moment of his life. (Odds are he will say when you were born) 4. Ask him his favourite songs Listen to them together, laugh, sing and be happy. These will become your most cherished memories in years to come 5. Take a picture of him doing something he loves. Watching tv, gardening, playing the guitar, anything. When you look back these will be the pictures that will make you smile the most 6. Tell him you love him even if it's something you don't normally do. 7. Tell him you are proud to be his son/daughter This will mean more to him than you realise (even if he doesn't show it) 8. Listen to music from his youth and watch him turn from dad into a young man again 9. Take a short video of him talking about something random sacred Someday even the ordinary things he said become 10. Bring up something you are thankful for from years ago 11. Ask him what it was like for him growing up 12. Call him for no reason Don't take being able to do this for granted. Someday you would give anything to hear his voice again. 13. Take a picture of just the 2 of you together 14. Ask him to show you an old photo of him because seeing him young will remind you that he wasn't always Dad 15. Tell him something you are struggling with, no matter what age you are Because even when your grown it means the world to him to feel like he can still help Let him give you advice, even if you don't need it because one day you will give anything to hear his voice guiding you again

@parkes_richard @Stockwoodwands @somersetcfl Great to see you parkesy, keep up the good work! Welcome back anytime 🙌🏻

Post match chat 🗣️with @Stockwoodwands manager Aaron Stewart, player manager Conrad Britton, director of football @JonPinches & players Corran Vile & Matt Lewis, cracking 4-0 win in the @somersetcfl prem basement clash today 🎆 #PitchsideWithParkesy🔥👇🏾

People ask how Mikel Arteta survived during the darkness at Arsenal. They ask why he wasn't sacked like all these other coaches. They do not understand, they want to know how. Well, listen to him speak and ask yourself if you would ever sack this person from your organization.

📊 Strong numbers in a couple of games tonight! 📌 Sporting won 10/12, winning at least 1 half in 11 📌 Sporting avg 7.9 corners, Gil Vicente 5.5 📌 AC unbeaten since matchday 1 and scored in 15/16 📌 AC 2nd, Cagliari 14th with 2 wins in 13

Haaland’s mentality is own that all young players should adopt 🧠 (credit: ballerlabs_ on instagram)

🚨🗣️𝗡𝗘𝗪: Thierry Henry on Mohamed Salah's comments: "I had problems with Wenger, with Guardiola… Have you ever heard me talk about it publicly? NEVER. I protected the club." "When you play for a club, you must protect it at all costs. No matter what’s happening internally, you protect the club — your teammates, the manager, the staff." "You can be angry, frustrated, disagree… but you don’t air dirty laundry in public, especially when the club is going through difficult moments." "Instead, you wait, you sort things out internally, and then, if you want to leave or speak your mind, you do it at the right time." "I understand the ego and Mo’s frustration... He scores 38 goals and ends up on the bench, but there comes a point where you must put the team before yourself.”

Cannot believe the people in charge still haven’t put in place a winter break in for the lower steps and county leagues in December. Every year is the same. Give the pitches a month to recover and start again in January and play till the end of April/Mid May.. 🤯🦖🌧️

“It’s like watching Brazil” 🇧🇷 Join @NathanBlake09 and Danny Gabbidon for an unmissable commentary cam of Wales vs North Macedonia ⚽️ #bbcfootball

@ASevs6 Mental mate 🤯 was doing a cracking job

Statement about my removal from Shepton Mallet.

I'm 99% sure redbull is an extream sports company that does energy drinks in their off time to fund increasingly ridiculous events. Honestly iconic

Tommy Fleetwood says after his round that his number one goal was to win for his son Frankie: “Frankie said you've never won a tournament where I've been able to run onto the green.” So good 🙌