Steve Whittaker

“Football is simple, but it is difficult to play simple.” Johan Cruyff

[Steve Whittaker @groundhop]

@HighgateUnited 2026/27 season. Matchday 1: 0-7 defeat @FCAtherstone . Matchday 2: 0-7 defeat home to @cotongreenfc . Tough start….but you have to admire the consistency!

[The Observer @ObserverUK]

The Coca-Cola factory in Morpeth, Northumberland, sits above a natural underground reservoir of fresh water. It produces enough bottled water every year to fill 30 Olympic-size swimming pools.

But The Observer can reveal Coca-Cola is paying the Environment Agency (EA) just £6,070 in annual charges for a licence to extract up to 674m litres of water for its production line at Morpeth. It extracted about 125m litres last year. @JonUngoedThomas investigates
https://t.co/cl6a9smJwO

[Epic Maps 🗺️ @theepicmap]

Divorce rate:

🇮🇳India: 1%
🇻🇳Vietnam: 7%
🇹🇯Tajikistan: 10%
🇮🇷Iran: 14%
🇲🇽Mexico: 17%
🇪🇬Egypt: 17%
🇿🇦South Africa: 17%
🇧🇷Brazil: 21%
🇹🇷Turkey: 25%
🇨🇴Colombia: 30%
🇵🇱Poland: 33%
🇯🇵Japan: 35%
🇩🇪Germany: 38%
🇬🇧United Kingdom: 41%
🇳🇿New Zealand: 41%
🇦🇺Australia: 43%
🇨🇳China: 44%
🇺🇸United States: 45%
🇰🇷South Korea: 46%
🇩🇰Denmark: 46%
🇮🇹Italy: 46%
🇨🇦Canada: 47%
🇳🇱Netherlands: 48%
🇸🇪Sweden: 50%
🇨🇵France: 51%
🇧🇪Belgium: 53%
🇫🇮Finland: 55%
🇨🇺Cuba: 55%
🇺🇦Ukraine: 70%
🇷🇺Russia: 73%
🇱🇺Luxembourg: 79%
🇪🇦Spain: 85%
🇵🇹Portugal: 91%

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"Watchdog accused of ‘giving away’ billions of litres of spring water to foreign bottling giants."

Yep the EA are up to their old tricks again. The EA are charging Coca-Cola £6,070 a year to abstract water from the north of England which Coca-Cola then sells for £30 million.

Did I mention that according to the EA by 2050 in England we will need to find another 5 billion litres of water per day just to keep our taps running and to try and save our chalk streams.

What a hoax of a regulator.

https://t.co/i4R1bahBuz

[EuroFoot @eurofootcom]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇮🇹❤️ This is incredible! 4th division English side Grimsby Town released their new away kit which is inspired by Italian culture and the video is superb. 🤌

In 1996, Grimsby and Milan had almost identical kits, so they decided to bring it back. 👕

[Gerry @guinnessaddick]

I like how Colombia v Switzerland tonight has been dubbed Charlie vs the Chocolate Factory.

[Kate Ferguson @kateferguson4]

We are getting our 7th PM in 10 years.

It’s 30C outside.

And we are playing well in a World Cup.

We have become Italy…

[Kieran Maguire @KieranMaguire]

Football does not have a revenue earning problem, it has a cost control problem. Revenues in the Premier League have ⬆️by 3,233% since it started in 1992 but wage costs are up 4,429% and transfer purchases 4,138%.

If you are old enough, find your pay packet from 1992 and increase it by 4,429%.

I was on £23,500 then, that would be £996,000 today, teacher's salaries are not quite that high.

[Jeremy Wayne Tate @JeremyTate41]

Holy Week in Spain is absolutely unreal

[Ketch ⚽️ @ketchell]

Premier League table but based off the time to walk to each club's closest Greggs #MindTheGap

[Steve Whittaker @groundhop]

@emmakennytv @UKLabour Good news. I went once and the owner was abusive and threatening.

[Steve Whittaker @groundhop]

@GeronimoMorgans Every #citeh fan knows the starting 11 vs. #Leverkusen was not good enough. What worries me is that no-one at the club - no coach, no senior player, no captain - was willing to tell Pep. #arrogant

[Steve Whittaker @groundhop]

@DarwenFC @BacupBoro @Multevo Cannot wait. I’ve got my big coat on! ❄️

[Enezator @Enezator]

No matter how cool you think you are, you’ll never be cooler than this kid. 😎🕶️

[Liza Rosen @LizaRosen0000]

True or false?

[Women’s Safety Initiative @WomenSafety_UK]

More than 1,500 schools across the UK are within walking distance of a migrant hotel, according to our new report,

We have spoken to countless parents who are terrified about men loitering outside schools, filming children, and creating an atmosphere of fear.

[Steve Whittaker @groundhop]

@ItsLB_City #mcfc need to change philosophy. Too many ineffective players (Nunes, O'Reilly, Bobb, Doku). Poor distribution from Trafford. Rely solely on Rodri in CM. Lijnders and Toure worthless coaching appointments. Rodri & Haaland are only irreplaceables.

[Steve Whittaker @groundhop]

....and #oreiily ....and #trafford

[Steve Whittaker @groundhop]

Absolutely disgraceful from #mancity. No control of the game in 2nd half. #Rodri excellent for 60 minutes but nobody else stepped up. Still not signed a solid RB or Rodri backup.