Keith Wildman

BCFC, real ale, pubs, pork pies, Chris Bonnington, geography teachers, Dennis Wilson, Shack, Mick Head, footwear. Flog records, booze and meat.

[Keith Wildman @KeithWildman]

What’s with everything being so completely and utterly mental these days?

[Keith Wildman @KeithWildman]

I’d maybe think about paying £10 to watch Saudi Arabia v Cape Verde. If I was free that evening. And it was walkable from home. And it finished early enough to get a couple of drinks after.

[Florian Ederer @florianederer]

I believe we now have evidence of FIFA's World Cup ticketing shell game: FIFA is colluding with third-party resale platforms for its own supply management.

Look at this SeatGeek map (secondary market!) for Saudi Arabia vs Cape Verde. The circled areas are not random single resale tickets, but large, contiguous blocks of seats: entire rows and swaths in sections 101/102, 112/113, 119/120, 134–137, 139, ...

The blue circles appeared weeks ago, then the purple blocks suddenly showed up a day or two ago, and the red blocks seem to have appeared recently too.

That's not what ordinary fan or even commercial scalper resale looks like who resell pairs, fours, and scattered seats. Instead, this looks like inventory being dumped in bulk onto secondary markets, at prices below FIFA's official site.

Why doesn't FIFA just lower prices on its own site Probably because official price cuts could trigger refund demands, chargebacks, or consumer-protection headaches from fans who already bought at much higher prices.

Instead FIFA keeps official prices high, avoids openly admitting the market-clearing price is lower, and moves unsold inventory through third-party resale platforms instead.

[Keith Wildman @KeithWildman]

@greztaylor It’s honestly all I can hear in my head when I hear his name!!

[Keith Wildman @KeithWildman]

Can I reuse this? #bcafc

[Keith Wildman @KeithWildman]

@bottslock That’s what I mean. I can only imagine if he goes, we’ve got someone better lined up.

[Keith Wildman @KeithWildman]

Definitely an improvement over any player we’ve had since Gary Jones. But if he goes, then I’d imagine we’d be improving again. #bcafc

[Pete O'Rourke @SportsPeteO]

Wigan are lining up a move to sign former star Max Power from Bradford in what would be his third spell at Wigan. #wafc #bcafc

[Keith Wildman @KeithWildman]

Really enjoying this new Alan Partridge episode on Channel5. As usually the writing is razor sharp. #insidethemegaprison

[Keith Wildman @KeithWildman]

Banning blokes taking their tops off in public would surely be a vote winner. The sights I’ve seen today, no one deserves to see. Could be enforced easily enough with rooftop snipers. 👌🏻

[Modern World Guru @ModernWorldGuru]

@TheAgent__ @wembleystadium It wasn't a good start to the day when the anti-fan, greed merchants started calling @Official_NCFC Nottingham County

[Keith Wildman @KeithWildman]

So I went on an app. Ordered things I needed. And an hour later a nice man brought it to my house! What an age! I now have beer, pasta, wine, pain au chocolate and provisions for today and tomorrow. I suspect I’m a bit late to the party with this.

[Keith Wildman @KeithWildman]

I do however have the latest @JamesLeeBurke novel, some 70s Japanese jazz and some increasingly hot red wine…

https://t.co/AaplBE90T7

[Keith Wildman @KeithWildman]

@SimonMagus I know! I spend so little time at home I never have anything here!! Just done an online shopping order so some German lager is winging its way to me now!

[Keith Wildman @KeithWildman]

Absolutely atrocious planning that I’ve a day off. No work left to do. I can sit outside but I have no beer…

[mikenumber5 @MikeNumber5]

That was class. When after 4 minutes they put it on the screen showing him onside.
OFFSIDE

[Keith Wildman @KeithWildman]

And that’s before a VAR hair pull penalty was given. I’d sooner stay mid table league 1 than have to put up with that every week. They’ll never bin it off will they?

[Keith Wildman @KeithWildman]

Wait a minute? There’s VAR in the playoff final? But not the rest of the season? Different rules for different games in the same league. Whole thing stinks.

[Keith Wildman @KeithWildman]

Wait a minute? There’s VAR in the playoff final? But not the rest of the season? Different rules for different games in the same league. Whole thing stinks.

[Keith Wildman @KeithWildman]

@ParkerTandA @Bradford_TandA Does this mean you’ve news on the trialists?

[Keith Wildman @KeithWildman]

A sad day with @BoyesStores in the city centre closing down and selling off what’s left of the stock. I really hope they can find a new premises. They sell stuff I use every day, that you just can’t get anywhere else in the centre. Especially with Wilkos gone too. Great staff.

[Keith Wildman @KeithWildman]

A late addition to my upcoming ‘When Banter Backfires’ DVD special…

[Keith Wildman @KeithWildman]

Whenever anyone’s asked me to recommend a provider of end-to-end digital banking solutions that redefine how financial services operate in the digital era - from core banking tech to white-label mobile apps and a suite of regulatory compliance services. I’ve always said Mbanq.

[Mbanq @Mbanqcom]

Yesterday’s FA Cup Final at Wembley brought together two of the biggest clubs in world football.

Yet one of the most memorable moments of the day came from @officialbantams.

Ahead of the 2026/27 season, Bradford City AFC unveiled its new home shirt, featuring Mbanq as back-of-shirt partner, in front of 90,000 people at the national stadium.

The reveal featured “Bantam of the Opera,” a supporter choir formed during Bradford’s UK City of Culture year, performing alongside the Band of the Household Cavalry before the FA Cup Final.

It was creative, distinctive and completely true to the club.

That is exactly what drew us to Bradford City in the first place.

“There is a real connection between Bradford City and the community around it,” says Vlad Lounegov, CEO of Mbanq. “You can see it in the supporters, in the culture around the club and in the confidence to do things differently. We are proud to see Mbanq on the shirt as part of the club’s next chapter.”

Football clubs matter because communities care about them across generations. Bradford City understands that better than most.

The FA Cup Final belonged to the teams on the pitch.

Bradford City still made part of the day their own.
#BradfordCity #BCAFC #FACup #Football #Mbanq #FootballBusiness Credit: BBC/TNT Sports