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Sunderland just dropped this TikTok😭😭😭

Chris Rigg & The whole of Sunderland after 10 minutes… Swipe right for 90 minutes 😉 Winning at St James’ Park… special. Knowing what it means to this city ❤️🤍 That makes it even bigger 🥹 But if I’m honest… I had to do it the hard way. 10 minutes in… mistake. And in that moment, you feel like the ground could swallow you up. Like you’ve let down a whole city. That feeling is real. And it’s horrendous. But this is where the work kicks in. For years I’ve worked on my mindset for moments like this and it’s something I now try to pass on to the young players we mentor through Inner Game Academy. Breathe. Self talk. Next action. Not “why did I do that?” Not “what are people thinking?” Just… next action. It all sounds simple in theory. Putting it into practice in moments like that is the hard part. Every player makes mistakes. The best players don’t dwell. They respond. I’m so proud of this team. They had my back when I needed it most. And after the error, they kept demanding from me and from each other relentlessly. To win it in the 90th minute at St James’… That’s one I will never forget ❤️🤍 P.s. Why are there loads of empty seats in the background?

Drink. It. In. Thanks for the 6 points. FTM Ha’way the lads. #safc

So many big performances today but want to shout out Rigg. He’d looked lost at times this season but the last 2 games he’s looked every bit the player we thought he’d be. Ha’way the lads. FTM! #safc #hawaythelads #sunderland

VICTORY AT ST. JAMES' PARK 😍 #NEWSUN

IT'S HAPPENED AGAIN 🤣🤣🤣

SUNDERLAND'S NUMBER NINE IN THE 90TH MINUTE AT ST. JAMES' PARK

🌎 Sunderland fan Liam recently went viral after winning the NYC spelling bee in his red and white shirt… So we called and surprised him with his hero, Dan Ballard ❤️

Tough camera angle.

6 years ago covid-19 took away Iceland's first win at Eurovision

19 years ago, a high school basketball coach put his team manager into a game for the final four minutes. The kid had never played a single minute of competitive basketball in his life. He scored 20 points. Jason McElwain was diagnosed with severe autism at age two. He didn’t speak until he was five. He couldn’t chew solid food until he was six. He wore a nappy for most of his early childhood. As a baby, he was rigid, wouldn’t make eye contact, and hid in corners away from other children. He tried out for his school basketball team every year and got cut every time. Too small. Too slight. Barely 5’6 and about 54 kilograms. But he loved the game so much that his mum called the school and asked if there was any way he could be involved. The coach created a team manager role for him. For three years, McElwain showed up to every practice and every game. He wore a shirt and tie on match days. He ran drills, handed out water, kept stats, and cheered every basket like he’d scored it himself. On 15 February 2006, the last home game of his final school year, the coach let him suit up in a proper jersey and sit on the bench. With four minutes left and a comfortable lead, the coach sent him in. His first shot missed. His second missed. Then something shifted. He hit a three-pointer. Then another. Then another. His teammates stopped shooting entirely and just kept passing him the ball. He hit six three-pointers and a two-pointer. 20 points in four minutes. The highest scorer in the game. When the final buzzer went, the entire crowd rushed the court and lifted him onto their shoulders. His mum tapped the coach on the shoulder, in tears. “This is the nicest gift you could have ever given my son.” McElwain won the ESPY Award for Best Moment in Sports that year, beating out some of the biggest names in professional sport. He’s 36 now. He works at a local supermarket, coaches basketball, has run 17 marathons including five Boston Marathons, and travels the country speaking about never giving up. When asked about that night, his coach still gets emotional. “For him to come in and seize the moment like he did was certainly more than I ever expected. I was an emotional wreck.”

@HLTCO Running With The Firm by James Bannon. Eye opening, shocking, gripping read. @RunningWithTheF

A question for my followers… If you could only recommend one football book for people to read, what would it be?

That’s a win

It was a tale of two cities and two very different football grounds for an @FCBarcelona fan who turned up at the wrong St James Park last night 🏟️ The Spanish supporter, who made the journey to Devon from London, turned up at the turnstiles of Exeter City’s Adam Stansfield stand last night, expecting to see his team take on @NUFC. It was only when he showed his ticket to staff that he realised his mistake. But he got to see a got to see a game of football – Exeter City staff sorted him out a ticket for the game against Lincoln under the lights of the real St James Park! Adam Spencer, Supporter Experience Officer at Exeter City, said: “One of our volunteers came to the office to let us know that this guy had turned up expecting to see FC Barcelona. His English wasn’t great, but from what we could gather, he’d come from London. My guess is he’d put St James Park in his phone and then just followed the directions from there. “He was pretty gutted and a bit embarrassed. So, we sorted him out a ticket and he got to watch a game at the real St James Park. He’d be welcome back any time.” #ECFC #SemperFidelis

football is a funny game…

If Leo Messi did this, everyone would be in meltdown on social media. But because it's Postman Pat, no-one will say anything. 😂🔥

Actor Jeff Daniels tells a WILD story with Jim Carrey about how the cult classic movie “Dumb and Dumber” was made 😳🎬👀

Like getting the Forest job this.