Kevin Wiswell

some fucking football club we all support man honestly

You did that boss, thank you

A couple of years ago during a lean time on and off the field, Phil Foden answered a knock on his door to find Guardiola standing there unannounced. The men hugged and went inside where just about everything apart from football was discussed for an hour. This instinctive but deep emotional intelligence extends to club staff, too. Guardiola sends notes of support to the women’s team staff while in his office hangs a list of birthdays of all first-team employees. The rule is they bring the cake for celebration but a fuss is then made. Birthday wishes are beamed on screens around the CFA and a bottle of champagne may be presented. At least two wider City staff members have been given extended compassionate leave for family reasons, at Guardiola’s request, while he took it upon himself to persuade club bosses all staff should be paid in full during the Covid pandemic, as many Premier League rivals leant into the Government’s furlough scheme. On another occasion Guardiola went to war with Omar Berrada over employee bonuses. Guardiola walked into one tense meeting and told Berrada he was paying employees £10,000 each from his own bonus as a Premier League title win pot. In no uncertain terms, Berrada was urged by his manager to sort out the rest – and quickly. Staff in that exchange gawped in amazement. Berrada, in his defence, had rightly been worried about tax implications of gifts. Source: "The truth is he will do anything for anybody on the [team] plane. There are those who leave the club and make sure they say they owe him everything." This is an extract from Part One of @Jack_Gaughan's 'PEP AND MAN CITY, THE UNTOLD DECADE'. Read in full on @MailSport. ⤵️ dailymail.com/sport/football…

It's been 14 years since the iconic 𝑨𝑮𝑼𝑬𝑹𝑶𝑶𝑶𝑶𝑶𝑶𝑶 🗣️ (via @ManCity)

5月5日はモンキー・D・ルフィの誕生日 HAPPY BIRTHDAY MONKEY.D.LUFFY #ルフィ誕生祭2026 #ONEPIECE

This is what Family is all about ❤️ What a moment @BFW

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

“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…

DtMF but the beat is The Less I Know The Better

Just found this video on one of my old burners bro wtf were we watching 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Can you imagine a ball boy?

In January 2024, Football Manager marked its 20th anniversary by running a contest with Xbox, offering the chance to join Bromley FC as a tactical performance assistant. The winner was 23-year-old Nathan Owolabi, who earned an interview with Bromley’s manager. At the time, the club was playing in the fifth tier of English football. Bromley’s manager later explained that Owolabi’s different tactical perspective allowed him to make a real contribution, playing an important role in several key matches during the season. With his input, the club achieved promotion to EFL League Two for the first time in its 132-year history. It’s a rare example of someone moving from being a fan of a football simulation game to becoming part of a historic real-life promotion.

Every ID I’ve seen from this Propsa b2b ANOTR set is peak I gotta be under the mangroves in 2027

Kevin De Bruyne. The best of the best. The king. The best player to grace english football. He’s not normal, he’s simply beyond the level that you can expect any player to reach. He had everything. And i got to watch him at my club for a decade. Simply phenomenal. 👑

Coach Vrabel & @DrakeMaye2 mic'd up for the Wild Card. ABSOLUTE CINEMA 🎥

After the game, Oregon Football equipment staffer went up to D'Angelo Ponds and gave him the ball from his pick 6! What an unbelievable person! That’s what college football is all about!

This investigation took a year — and includes some of the craziest facts we've ever found. And / also: May Hunterbrook always be a place where both @mcuban and @PabloTorre can help break big stories.

Even as Alzheimer’s affected his memory, Tony Bennett could still sing ‘Fly Me to the Moon’ when Lady Gaga asked him to. That’s the power of music.

Long Live King Kev 👑

Oh Kelvin De bruyne