Ridiculous surely to suggest New Order with John Barnes rapping might have stood the test of time slightly better than the Lightning Seeds with David Baddiel?
Was trepidatious last night about how many England fans would be at the stadium, would we be allowed to drape flags and general organisational issues.
Needn't have worried.
Of 70,000 in the stadium, 50,000 easily were supporting England, many non English but the juggernaut that is the Premier League ( and pyramid) topped up the top cappers, regulars and ex pats. Boston & New York there will be many more.
Flags. Staff were helpful and got involved helping put them up and had their photos with them. As it should be, a celebration of who we are and who they are, a genuine coming together.
Sweet Caroline, Wonderwall and Football's Coming Home at the end had people dancing, singing and again, involved ALL inside the stadium, so another exercise on bringing people together.
Saw no trouble, England supporters are in 4k tidying up in different parts of the stadium and surrounds, getting out of the stadium with a car was easy, well policed and timely.
There's plenty to criticise around this tournament, ticket pricing, f&b pricing, general price hiking etc. But in Dallas yesterday, getting in ( both media then as a fan) was frictionless, organisers heard the call for flags to be allowed, entertainment inside the stadium ( a little cheesy at times) was inclusive and designed to bring people together and the overall experience was excellent. So that must be said too.
To Boston. 🏴
Had the misfortune to have to listen to @5liveSport in radio due to driving.
10 full minutes without the score being given and how many minutes played.
It's not tv where people can see the scoreline and time, it's radio where people are tuning in and out constantly.
Have been fortunate to have worked with Mike Ingham, Alan Green, John Murray et al, and none would go without letting people know the score or time for over a minute or two. Why? Because without that basic information people will tune out as quickly as they came in.
Used to be the gold standard of sports broadcasting, now seemingly more important to broadcast where the night out is, their hotel food or banal bullshit we don't need to know.
Commercial stations, do what they like, couldn't give a fig. Stations we pay for, please do the basics properly.
Absolute fucking garbage.
Trying to imagine what would happen if a Muslim or Arab pundit wrote ‘Dust off the nukes. Maybe test one.’
But no one bats an eyelid when an Israeli pundit says it. This is what racism and double standards look like.
London's Metropolitan Police are not investigating the Great Israeli Real Estate Event which took place in a London synagogue.
Please RT until they do.
Thank you.
Ireland is pushing a motion to ban Israel from FIFA and UEFA.
It has made JD Vance very mad.
It's time to remove Israel from world sport, don't you agree?
It's time for Mark Rowley to resign, isn't it?
He interfered with the Palantir deal in London.
He allowed Israel to sell off land in the West Bank in London.
Time To Go.
EXCL: Nigel Farage has been trying to block Bank of England cryptocurrency plan that could be costly for billionaire bankrolling his party.
Reform UK leader has said Christopher Harborne wants nothing in exchange for millions donated to party and undeclared £5m personal gift to Farage revealed by Guardian.
But Farage used private meeting at Bank to urge governor to drop plans for state-run alternative to digital currency that has made his Thailand-based benefactor one of richest people in world.
Cracking tale from @tomburgis
https://t.co/o4ljHGx8fZ
Zack Polanski has been cleared over the payment of council tax.
All the people who attacked him should apologise.
Of course, all politicians should be scrutinised.
But @ZackPolanski is being smeared because he threatens an order rigged in favour of the rich.
Andrew Tate says London is too dangerous to go out at night in.
He wouldn't know much about that because since May 28th 2025 he has an arrest warrant pending for Rape and Human Trafficking.
So he hasn't been in the UK never mind London.