I thought that next year's London Marathon would be popular but the figures released this morning are pretty astonishing:
- A world record 1,338,544 people have applied for the 2027 London Marathon
- Over one million from the UK and 300,000 international applications
- Almost two percent of the entire UK adult population entered the ballot
- More than double the applications for the 2024 London Marathon (578,304)
- Almost 100k people from the US (92k) applied
- Highest number of UK applicants were women aged 20-29 (179k)
๐๏ธ On This Day | 2004
Liverpool 3-1 Olympiacos | Wednesday 8th December
โฝ๏ธ Florent Sinama-Pongolle 47'
โฝ๏ธ Neil Mellor 80'
โฝ๏ธ Steven Gerrard 86'
"Mellor... lovely cushioned header, for GERRAAAAAARRRRRDDDD!!!!!!"
First time watching Merthyr in 20 years. Brilliant game of football. Had been told by a colleague the full-back has a wand of a right foot. He did this at 2-0 down. The chest down gives it the Mellor to Gerrard Olympiakos vibe. Several rainbows followed this hit. Rightly so.
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Another ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐ to add to the Tom Handley collection ๐
#OurTownOurClub | @tomhandley_
@cmckennasport The quality of the work on Hatton is super pal. Youโre superb at what you do and Iโll look forward to see what is next in line. Hope youโre all good.
Every single Liverpool player on the pitch was involved in Rio Ngumoha's match-winning goal against Newcastle last night.
The only involvement that Ngumoha had in the move was the shot - his first in the Premier League.
@mprwilson Defo going to need the options as it wears on. Thereโs a lot to be said for players in a squad who keep covering grass when itโs not going well. Sometimes those guys turn your luck or shift the flow. As well as he did at RB, we missed his legs in middle in that battle I felt.
Liverpool, who were without any fully fit right backs vs. Newcastle, had to play midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai at RB.
He put in a shift playing out of position and capped it off with an incredible dummy to set up the winning goal ๐