The whistles at Galatasaray are coming out of huge speakers around the stadium. Dopey sausages played them before the home fans were even in the ground. #GALLIV#busted
The pitches at Buckley Hill are unplayable today and with tonight’s forecast it’s not going to improve. Pitches 1, 2 and 3 are unplayable , 16 had puddles on pitch, 14 is very heavy and might get one game on it 13, 5 and 6 the same. Games off tomorrow at Buckley Hill 5/1/25.
1️⃣ July 9 2008 July 3 2024 3️⃣5️⃣
16 years between his first victory and his last, it's a new Tour record. 🏆
16 ans entre sa première victoire et sa dernière, c'est un nouveau record sur le Tour. 🏆
#TDF2024
Sadden to hear this 😢 - No Ref No Game !
My son is one of the nicest, kindest people you will meet so it absolutely hurts my heart that as a referee - he has to put up with some of the most abusive comments & behaviour.
He has put hours of training, reading, DBS checks, health & safety training & more into something he always dreamed of doing.
Recently, he refereed at a tournament, where he encountered the most disgusting verbal abuse, personal comments & a frightening situation which could of escalated very quickly.
This was not banter, this was abuse at it's worse.
Luckily, the person there who was in charge of the referees dealt with this appropriately & removed the whole team from the tournament. They were disqualified on the spot.
My lad has been so put off by the level of abuse that he has witnessed directly & towards other referees in the last few months, that he has decided to chuck in a job he was so passionate about doing.
£30 to spend 90 minutes or more being told you are rubbish, blind, biased, incapable of doing your job, useless plus the personal comments & even threatened with "we will be waiting for you in the car park" is totally & utterly disgraceful behaviour.
Respect your referees or lose them. Countless qualified referees are walking away from this job every day as they are worth more than the abuse they receive.
These referees are also human, they have feelings, things going on in their lives that you know nothing about & these words can have consequences.
#respectinfootball #refereeappreciation #FootballRespect #TeamGrassroots
@empireofthekop@David_Ornstein An example to all young players. See how he scans all the time, checks his shoulders, makes time for his first time pass. Technically a fabulous player.
Agree or Disagree 🤔
Comedian & The Weakest Links Romesh Ranganathan on “some” parents in grassroots football.
#teamgrassroots#grassrootsfootball#GRF
🎥 Romesh Rananathan / INSTA
All back tomorrow for our first games since the start of December 23. Don’t forget, respect barriers and squad team sheets are mandatory. You have been warned! Good luck everyone for 2024.
I have written to @talkSPORT re the use of the term ‘victim culture’ by Simon Jordon. He is fully aware of its use by rival supporters against LFC, its connotations to Hillsborough & how its use undermines what many supporters are doing to tackle tragedy chanting.
#JFT97