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@stuartpykesport @RLBarrieMc10 Nice hat 👍 UTFT

It’s me and him! Bradford v Leeds. Huge Super League clash at Odsal on Sky Sports Plus 🏉

Lincoln winning League 1 is a bigger fairytale than wrexham going up the leagues

Caught the last half an hour of the Saints v Wigan game. What a comeback. What a derby. What a sport. #RugbyLeague

A lot of discussion over World Cup group games ‘worth watching’. Give me DR Congo v Uzbekistan with a knockout place on the line over Real Madrid v PSG in the Champions League league phase, where both sides will go through anyway. It’s about what’s at stake, not who’s playing.

Looking at the Haiti squad there and it appears there’s a fella Bob Mortimer’s invented playing for them

📅 On this day, 16 years ago, the most classic Chris Kamara moment in punditry history.

Did anyone else, if you’re old enough to remember, collect the England World Cup ‘98 squad coins? Not seen them done for any other nation or tournament since. They were boss. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

I’d say it’s the Hand of God (being English) but in terms of me watching live, it’s Zidane’s headbutt.

I feel like understanding what this is referring to is a good litmus test for if someone is an actual football fan

I know it’s an hour and a half (max) away on a Bank Holiday, but given the abject form and general mismanagement of the club in the fourth division, this is some fanbase.

Seeing Iran v New Zealand scheduled for 2AM on a Tuesday before realising you’re 35 with a mortgage to pay and it’s not the student days of 2010 anymore… Highlights it shall be!

I’d prefer there to simply not be a ‘Big Six’ or ‘Big’ any number. Just football clubs. Some bigger, some smaller.

No woman, no cry. No Jamaica shirts at the World Cup: cry.

It hasn't been 24 hours since the end of the international break and European nations are already moaning about 10 African teams at the 2026 World Cup Not a fan of the 48 team format, but this is the first World Cup that's been fair balancing proportional representation/quality

Just in case anybody claims Bosnia and Herzegovina fluked their way to the World Cup finals on penalties over Italy, here is the attacking momentum graph for the entire 120 minutes. Basically, Italy were outclassed for two hours

You could hold a decent mini World Cup with some of the nations who haven’t qualified. 🇮🇹 🇵🇱 🇩🇰 🇬🇷 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇮🇪 🇷🇴 🇺🇦 🇸🇰 🇭🇺 🇬🇪 🇳🇬 🇨🇲 🇨🇷 🇯🇲 🇹🇹 🇭🇳 🇨🇱 🇵🇪 🇨🇳 and I’m sure many more!

Italian football’s continued decline dates back to the Calciopoli scandal in 2006. The league has never truly recovered from that and Milan’s 2007 Champions League win was the last hurrah. Inter’s great 2010 side was devoid of an Italian in the Champions League final.

Not sure how the likes of Curaçao, Uzbekistan and Cape Verde prevented Italy from qualifying for a global football competition. Europe has 16 spots at the World Cup, still the most of any continent and one third of the entire tournament.

Fully expect DR Congo to go through, and they’d be an excellent addition to the World Cup. However I really want to see the Reggae Boyz qualify 🇯🇲

Graham Potter is going to manage against these Dutch and Japanese sides (and Tunisia) at the World Cup 🤯