Long Reads: Football

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"This is not democracy; this is a meritocratic dictatorship. This cannot be an attitude that is acceptable in any way for someone who is the head of the governing body that controls 72 of the 92 clubs."

✍️ @Jack_Smail on Rick Parry & Project Big Picture

https://t.co/XMdB5tjkwf

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Willie Kirk: “People are now seeing us as a big team who can be up there and challenging for one of the top three places”

✍️ @Lauren_Black9 on @EvertonWomen #EFC #WSL

https://t.co/eJ8fy6giS7

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⚽️ The 100 Club: Just How Good Were They? 121-130 goals in focus

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✍️ @AdamPayne09

#EPL #PL

https://t.co/HKzIctrYU9

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💻 "The culture surrounding top-flight football is increasingly reliant on stats. This is born out of generations of people having grown up without the privilege of watching their team live from their seats inside the ground every week."

✍️ @Jack_Smail

https://t.co/EGg2qWbIOd

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🔴🔵 "It has been one of football’s greatest marriages but all good things must come to an end and after years of inconsistency, the Argentinian magician has done all he can to propel Barça to glory."

🗣️@AndyDavies17 on the future of Messi 👇

🔗https://t.co/Z04yoavosY

#Barça

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🦊🔵 "The takeover of the club is not just the best thing for the team right now but for the future of football, not just in Leicester but England as a whole"

🗣️ @Lauren_Black9 on the Leicester City Women takeover 👇

🔗 https://t.co/40OfSryBxg

#LCFC

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ICYMI: Exclusive interview with @AFTVMedia’s @ItsDonRobbie 🔴⚽️

#AFTV #AFC #FanCulture

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⚽️🔴 "My whole thing is about giving people value... that's why they love it. For free, they're getting great content and that's why they come back"

🗣️ EXCLUSIVE interview with @AFTVMedia's @ItsDonRobbie

✏️ @TravisCollier03

#AFTV #FanChannels #EPL #PL

https://t.co/Np0pgkPciV

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⚽️🔴 "My whole thing is about giving people value... that's why they love it. For free, they're getting great content and that's why they come back"

🗣️ EXCLUSIVE interview with @AFTVMedia's @ItsDonRobbie

✏️ @TravisCollier03

#AFTV #FanChannels #EPL #PL

https://t.co/Np0pgkPciV

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⚽️ "I have always felt uncomfortable with the male Journalists’ jokes about women...They know not to make sexist jokes around me anymore. They know I won’t shut up!” - @VictoriaLeiteM

✏️ @Aridaquino

#Brazil #Journalism #Football

https://t.co/n2gQ0vsKXF

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🏆❌ "The FA Cup is special and the disrespect it is increasingly being shown by the clubs at the top of the game undermines the fantastically unique footballing pyramid we have always had in this country."

✏️ @Jack_Smail

🔗 https://t.co/Nhz1DRoJdv

#FACup #Football

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EXCLUSIVE: Victoria Leite talks about her journey as a woman in Sports Journalism | @aridaquino #Brazil #SportsJournalism #Football @victorialeitem https://t.co/uFgx870Zk1

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Sarina Wiegman Appointed England Women's Manager | @Lauren_Black9 #Lionesses #England #lionhearts https://t.co/rEQRPjyX0S

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TalkSPORT: asking vital questions or all part of football's dumbing down? | @ewan_freeman_ #TalkSPORT #Football https://t.co/siMbrttfBg

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Adebayo Akinfenwa - The Beast | Andrew Sterling #BeastMode #Chairboys #WorldwideWanderers https://t.co/yxcE3eance

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Rachel Daly - The Shining Light For Houston Dash | @Lauren_Black9 #RachelDaly #DashOn #HoldItDown https://t.co/y7En7KWbB2

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Tranmere Rovers – One Game from the Camp Nou | @Jack_Smail #TRFC #SWA https://t.co/6SXx9TvMY4

[Peter Newman-Mann @petermannwriter]

As they prepare for another season away from the top flight of #EnglishFootball, I've penned a feature for @LongRFootball on the fall & hopeful return of @NFFC - from #EuropeanGlory to #LeagueOne mediocrity (& back again)
https://t.co/PUUynTxLyY
#NottinghamForest #Forest #Reds

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Nottingham Forest – from European Cup glory to League One mediocrity | @PeterMannWriter #NFFC #Forest #NottinghamForest https://t.co/enikK2uEM8

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Paul Pogba looks destined to stay at Old Trafford | Dominic Madar #MUFC #Pogba #UEL https://t.co/iBP8UVQlc9