Hi all, Alex here! I am pleased and proud to announce my new book, 'For the Love: How Football Supporters Can Change the World' 🎉!
It's about football supporters, community activism and hope at a time when that can feel hard to come by.
Author copies have arrived and I absolutely love them.
Will be released to the public early in July - get your copy reserved by pre-ordering here via @HalcyonPublish1 (and with a 20% discount too!)
https://t.co/9gsN7JElaN
Last night's results take some of the pressure off England, and put it all on Portugal - perfect viewing circumstances for our World Cup Bluesday watchalong! 👀
Join us at a town centre venue to watch the games with fellow Blues. Details & free registration link below👇
WORLD CUP BLUESDAY ⚽️🩵
4 sides with City players are in action next Tuesday! Come & watch with fellow Blues in town, hosted by The Citizens Trust in our first social event 🤝
📆 Tuesday 23rd June
📍 Sureshot Taproom, by Piccadilly Station
🔗 Free reg: https://t.co/KMGzRZWbJR
Morning all ☀️
Royal Ascot week is here!! 👑🎩
Buckle in, it’s going to be a lot of fun.
I’ve already got a few bets lined up for tomorrow which will be posted in the Night Before service later this morning.
If you’ve never tried the service before and would like a FREE 7-day trial
- like this post
- DM me ‘Ascot Week’
Let’s have a big week! 🔥
When I was growing up my dad gave me and our kid fuck all, Tightest Scot’s man ever and the bookies and drink came first.
So as a kid I never did a sticker album for the World Cup so at 53 I’m finally doing one 👍🏻
#childhoodgoals
Royal Mail - Czech
National Grid - Australian
Thames Water - Canadian/Qatar
British Petroleum - American
British Gas - American
British Telecom - Indian
Rolls Royce - German
Your uncle’s will get sky-high blood pressure reading this - but Pep is way more patriotic about England than someone who loves leaving a tattered St George’s flag up a lamppost for six months.
He loves the culture, the history, and everything good about this country.
🏴 🇬🇧
And so it begins.. The UK Media PR campaign to sell you a Mandelson trained, Palantir owned, backstabbing, pet shop burning, Israeli dickrider, by trying to allude that he’s a ‘working class’, man of the people & none of the things you’ve seen with your own fucking eyes.
We're giving away a pair of tickets to #ManCity vs Brentford this weekend! 🚨
All you have to do is like and repost this, and follow @City_Xtra for a chance to win! 🩵
The winner will be selected at random and contacted at 5PM on Wednesday 6 May. Good luck! 🎫
🚨🎙️| Micah Richards on why Barry’s goal against Manchester City should have been ruled out for offside under IFAB Law 11, points out a missed sending-off for a challenge on Doku:
🗣️ “I’m trying to stay calm here but I genuinely can’t understand how Manchester City have come out of this game empty-handed, because for me, this is two massive decisions, both wrong, and both going the same way.
Let’s start with the goal. People keep saying it’s ‘tight’ or ‘subjective’ no, it’s not. Under the IFAB Law 11, if you’re in an offside position and you’re interfering with an opponent, that includes impacting a defender’s ability to play the ball or gaining an advantage from a deflection or phase of play. That’s in black and white.
Barry is in that position, the defenders are reacting to him, there’s hesitation, there’s chaos and he benefits from it. That’s interfering. I don’t care if he doesn’t touch it first, he’s influencing the situation. That goal should not stand for Everton. Simple as that.
Now the second one… this is the one that really gets me.
Michael Keane on Jérémy Doku, how on earth is that not a red card? Honestly, explain it to me. Because when I look at it, I see a player going in late, with force, and he’s not in control. That’s serious foul play all day.
The law says if you endanger the safety of an opponent with excessive force, it’s a sending-off. There’s no grey area there. Doku’s planted, Keane comes through him, that’s dangerous. We’ve seen those given all season.
And this is where the frustration comes in, VAR is there to correct ‘clear and obvious’ errors. So if they’re not intervening for that, then what’s the point? What are we actually doing?
Because now you’ve got a situation where:
a goal that, by the law, should be ruled out… stands
a red card offence… gets waved away
And people will say ‘it evens out over the season’, no it doesn’t! Not at this level, not in a title race.
You’ve got Michael Oliver on the pitch, VAR in his ear, and between them they’ve still got both calls wrong. That’s not pressure, that’s poor officiating.
I’m telling you now, if that’s the standard, then we’re going to be having this same conversation every single week. And Professional Game Match Officials Limited have got to answer it, because right now, it just looks like inconsistency at the highest level.”
Going into the final day of April… 🔥
+133 points – Night Before
+46 points – Day Service
A big month overall, with most of the heavy lifting done early.
It can feel frustrating if you join after a run like that as things naturally quieten - but that’s the game.
It’s not about a few days, it’s what builds up over time.
May free trials open - DM to get involved.