Today marks the 10th anniversary of the passing of our former Academy Manager Eamonn Dolan.
Eamonn remains one of the most respected figures in the history of our football club.
Joining the club in 2004, he played a crucial role in laying the foundations of our academy as we see it today.
"90% support it"
Yeah in the same way dictators "win" elections - its a made up stat; the survey was publicly available and there was NO way to say no lol
@PolitlcsUK@thetimes How can they possibly justify simultaneously lowering the voter age to 16, while cutting all 16 year olds off from non-government media & commentary.
Fully appreciate matches have to kick off late UK time because of time zones, no complaints.
But FIFA not scheduling any matches in the 11pm/midnight slot on both the opening two days of the World Cup is proper crap.
I am a “rarer fan type” (live/work in LDN) but it’s now;
🕺less flexibility
💰worse value
🤝less connection
For me, every home game is an away game, I’ll miss some - but justify a ST for loyalty and royalty.
I used to rip myself off, now the club do it for me.
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The most revealing line in Southampton’s statement is:-
‘We cannot accept a sanction which bears no proportion to the offence… Southampton has been denied the opportunity to compete in a game worth more than £200 million.’
But that completely undermines their own argument.
If the match is worth £200 million and meant everything to the club, then the incentive to gain any unfair advantage was enormous.
And who exactly were they trying to deny that opportunity to?
Middlesbrough.
You cannot simultaneously argue:
1. The stakes were colossal
2. The offence was minor
3. The punishment should be small
The higher the stakes, the greater the importance of protecting sporting integrity.
TNT Sports ruined the FA Cup first and now the European competitions.
Two massive ways to bring younger eyes to football and provide access for people to watch football.
Working class sport but the UK TV companies seem to have forgot this.
Champions League final will not be free to watch in UK for first time in competition’s history. Rights holders TNT Sport have also scrapped free streams of Europa and Conference finals despite misgivings from UEFA. | The Guardian https://t.co/UuduIIbaj2
He promoted dangerous and unsubstantiated conspiracy theories in some of the most gross, tone deaf ways. He wasn't 'cancelled' for speaking out, his free speech came with a consequence - that people and brands rightly didn't went to be associated with him.
Funny how you don’t get your points if you don’t turn up but you also don’t get your pro rated amount back
As a season ticket holder who pays uo front, I should get my ooints at the start of a season as a “reward” for committing to the season
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Also, don't miss that you need to give 3 MONTHS notice if you want to cancel a subscription. That will catch plenty out.
Unclear if you don't want to renew whether you'd have to do that in month 9 to stop it.
Sign up for 12 months you'll get 15...
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There's a bit of a "stoking the fire" narrative coming from Ramy lately and it doesn't quite sit right with me. I'm not sure this approach is what local community journalism is - or at least what it used to be. #readingfc
They’ve been doing basically identical posts for like 5 years n barely anyone cared. Why is everyone turning Pastor Ashimilowo in the QTs/comments today lol
Our 2023 one didn’t have a cross on it either but nobody in the replies is arsed because they hadn’t had their brains melted by scrupulosity through Yankified lukewarm theologian identity politics