Craig Waters

You Gorgeous Boy 😍 Same again next year!!!! #GoldCup2027Winner

Well Done All 👏

We’ve all missed that winning feeling lately, haven’t we? A thoroughly deserved win away from home to advance to the next round of the cup. 🏆 #UpTheTown ❤️🤍

🔴 MATCHDAY ⚪️ Who’s up for the cup?! Today the boys will be giving it their all to advance to the next round of the Thames Valley Premier League FA Cup. 🏆 🆚 Woodcote 🕑 2:00pm 🏆 TVPLFAC 🏟️ Woodcote Recreation Ground, RG8 0QY #UpTheTown ❤️🤍

"Once you bid farewell to discipline, you say goodbye to success." Sir Alex Ferguson

Go behind the scenes for Roberto De Zerbi's first training session as Head Coach 📺

And this is how the players celebrated, almost exactly 20 years to the very minute💙🤩 readingfc.co.uk/news/2026/apri…

2️⃣0️⃣ Years Ago Today… We secured the title in EMPHATIC style with a 5-0 win over Derby in one of the most memorable afternoons at the Select Car Leasing Stadium.

Bolton at home? ☔️ Any excuse to post The Greatest Goal Of All Time™️

Happy Birthday to one of the best strikers to play at the club, the one and only Teddy Sheringham!

"The faster the ball moves - the less physical the game becomes" 🎥: authentic_footy

When Germany got eliminated from the group stage in Euro 2000, they pressed a hard reset button. Bild called them “the worst team in the history of mankind”. Oliver Kahn said “when it comes to outstanding players, we neither have the quality nor the quantity”. That was under Erich Ribbeck, a man not many Germans fancied, but respected. Germany simply went to work after the Euros embarrassment. It was a rude reawakening. They'd been warned for a long time that their talent generation had stalled. They were thrashed by Croatia in the last 8 at France 98. What did they do after their new millennium woes? The “Extended Talent Promotion Programme”. German professional clubs and the German FA spent €48m on this programme every year. They spend more on it now. It’s expensive but very promising. They figured their search for talent was narrow. They were not finding enough gems. Their concentration was too focused on the centre. And talented Germans were in the lower cadres. For example, Miroslav Klose who was their star at the 2002 World Cup was playing amateur football at 21. He didn't play academy football. He played local football before joining Kaiserslautern reserves. In 2001, he made his Germany debut and became the hallmark of the revival of German football — a system that now democratises access for every talent. Many like Klose had gone without notice. When they switched policies and went deeper in their search, Jorg Daniel, the Director of the Extended Talent Programme said; “If the talent of the century happens to be born in a tiny village behind the mountains, from now on we will find him." They lived that quote. They invested in coaching education. The Extended Talent Programme also made it compulsory for every professional German football club to have and maintain a centre of excellence. They developed two systems known as “Stützpunkte” for the regional talent centres, and the ones run by the German clubs in Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga. These are known as “Leistungszentren”. They built 366 Stützpunkte and hired 1,000 coaches paid by the DFB. The best local footballers are found and sent to the Stützpunkt and if they do well, they'll be sent to the Leistungszentren which is run by the elite sides. Germany scouts hundreds of thousands of talents as a result, and have an endless stream of football players. Today, it's hard to see a good football talent in Germany who's not on their radar. The system spelled out a rule on the number of German talents they must have, the number of physios, coaches, and how those clubs should relate with local schools to get talent. They also bore the risk of losing their license if they didn't follow these rules. What this did for German football is the access we see today. It's now become a very cosmopolitan football team. A team that has players of varying roots, yet one love for the country that's made them. The man who shone in 2002, Klose had Polish roots. They also had their first African-born player. They've had players of Turkish, Nigerian, Polish, Sierra-Leonean, Togolese, Ivorian, Tunisian, etc roots play and perform well for them ever since. Fantastic talents whose parents came from different parts of the world have since represented Germany and they look good for it. Young coaches also became more accepting of the norm. They want to succeed. England’s hard reset after its stark failure between 2008 and 2012 led to the EPPP. It has worked for them so far. You may have talents in a country but you must find a way to bring them together. You must find a way to find them. My name is Rilwan, I love and write about football systems, memories and the depths behind the game. Follow me and repost if you want more of this.

Pep Guardiola: "Short passes are better than long passes"

Might be a unpopular opinion but apart from a few Tournament games International Football has been dross for years! #LikeWatchingPaintDry

Cesc Fabregas reveals the importance of knowing your next pass

A classic opening day match in 1994. #SWFC 3 #THFC 4 This was our first look at the all-out attack tactics from Ossie Ardiles that included Jürgen Klinsmann. And of course THAT celebration. #COYS

This is one of the most unforgettable moments in Premier League history

This bump will never not be funny 😭🤣 Legendary....

Have you ever wondered how many of Uncle Albert's war stories could have been true? Well check out my new video where I compare Uncle Albert's stories against events from world war 2. (I have too much time on my hands) #onlyfoolsandhorses #comedy youtu.be/Ib_RTHHqocI

A reporter said Harry Kane wouldn’t do well at Tottenham as he doesn’t fit into Mourinho’s style of play & Mourinho’s comeback reply is epic, man. Mourinho listed out few of the elite CFs like Drogba, Benzema & co he managed and did so well under him. 😂

When a man starts walking alone it means..