Jon /// Retro Devils

Shetland Red. Host of Retro Devils on YouTube. Contributor to @SensibleMUFC

[United Arts 🔴⚪️⚫️ @UtdArts1]

🇾🇪 Remembering Tommy Taylor

A Yorkshire lad who started life down the pit at Wharncliffe Colliery, Tommy became one of the finest centre-forwards to ever wear the Manchester United shirt. His remarkable goalscoring record, 131 goals in 191 appearances, remains unmatched at the club, a ratio of two goals every three games that still stands as the best in United's history.

They called him 'The Smiling Executioner', a nickname that captured both his deadly finishing and the warmth that made him beloved by teammates and fans alike. Even the great Alfredo Di Stefano called him 'Magnifico'. Sir Bobby Charlton remembered him as someone who was "very fast, immensely strong, and absolutely sensational in the air."

His striking partner Dennis Viollet, who knew him best on the pitch, spoke of Tommy's "beautiful, graceful movements" and recalled how Tommy would say, "If you feel like you need a breather, just pass the ball to me." Jimmy Greaves described him simply as "a truly great centre-forward...a brilliant player with bags of old-fashioned guts."

What many don't know is that Tommy nearly had his career ended before it truly began, a serious knee injury during his National Service threatened everything. Or that Matt Busby paid £29,999 for him from Barnsley, famously giving the extra pound to the tea lady, because he didn't want the young man burdened with being football's first £30,000 player.

On February 6, 1958, Tommy lost his life in the Munich Air Disaster at just 26 years old. He was at the peak of his powers, England's first-choice striker heading into the 1958 World Cup, and had recently rejected a then-astronomical £65,000 offer from Inter Milan because Matt Busby wouldn't let him go.

The world was at his feet. Gone far too soon, but his smile, his goals, and his legacy live on forever in the heart of every Red.

Gone, but never forgotten 🌹⚪⚫

#MUFC #ManchesterUnited #TommyTaylor

[Jon /// Retro Devils @RetroDevilsPod]

Honestly considering boycotting the World Cup at this point

[Supertanskiii @supertanskiii]

Just in case you weren’t aware, the so called “patriots” are now calling Henry Nowak’s sister a “mud shark race traitor” because she has a mixed race child.

The “protests” in Southampton aren’t about his death.

They’re about rabid racism and male violence.

[Leyla Hamed @leylahamed]

We all knew these situations were going to happen, and so did FIFA. Yet they still allowed the World Cup to go ahead in the U.S. They are not receiving anywhere near the level of scrutiny they should.

[Scotland National Team @ScotlandNT]

🎶 He loves the Tartan Aaaarmy!

Scott McTominay doubles our lead in New Jersey 💪

#BOLSCO

[SophieSpring97 @SophieP25397]

If Keir Starmer, Ed Davey or Zack Polanski or even Badenoch took a £5million bung or used the language Farage has twice..

They would be GONE. The media alone would have hounded them out of their job within a week.

There's your two tiers alright.

And it is the media.

[G.T @gingerrtom]

Tommy Robinson and Nigel Farage should be arrested for inciting riots.

Any normal person would've already been charged released on bail!

The problem is, they aren't normal people, and this is what actual "two-tier" policing looks like in the UK.

[Oliver @OWS1892]

"Fuck Henry Nowak's family's wishes. My career relies on hatred & division, and I'm not passing up this opportunity."

[Jimmy McBride @jimmymcbride1]

Glad he’s leaving on a high & not on the back of those disrespectful words used by Carragher … Casemiro is a footballing legend & I’m glad he’s not tainted his legacy by joining Man Utd

[90s Football @90sfootball]

David Beckham, 1999.

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Nigel Farage hasn't bothered to vote in Parliament for the last 11 weeks.

During that time he will have collected about £50,000 in wages and expenses.

But he will tell you Disabled People and immigrants are the problem.

No, it's rich lazy parasites like him.

[Antifa_Ultras @ultras_antifaa]

“Fascists? I don’t like them! In every town, factory, school, housing estate - wherever fascists attempt to organise - they must be opposed.”

— Jack Charlton

[Cantona Collars AKA Larry @Cantona_Collars]

15 years ago today – Sir Bobby Charlton at the Premier League winners parade.

RIP Bobby 🙏

[90s Football @90sfootball]

1⃣9⃣9⃣9⃣

[Alex Stepney @AlexStepney1]

58 years ago today 🍷

[Jon /// Retro Devils @RetroDevilsPod]

https://t.co/sxifI7mUoy

[Statman Dave @StatmanDave]

Bruno Fernandes created more chances from open play in the Premier League last season (88) than any other players created from open play and set-pieces combined.

On another level. 🔝

[Jack @jackunheard]

It’s not “having sex”

It’s rape.

[Colin MUFC🇮🇪🇵🇸 @colinmufc2]

Rashford is far more proven a player than Gordon

And he actually contributed to Barcelona winning trophies last season

Yet Barcelona think he’s worth about 4 times less than Gordon

Makes zero sense

[Jon /// Retro Devils @RetroDevilsPod]

Absolutely disgraceful. Shame on @FIFAcom @FIFAWorldCup and the US Government

[Zona Concacaf @ZConcacaf]

¡¡TOTALMENTE INSÓLITO!! 😳

Estados Unidos se convierte en el primer anfitrión mundialista en negar la estadía a una selección que se ganó su boleto de participar en el torneo.

Sí, así como lo leen. EE.UU. LE DIJO A LA FIFA QUE NO QUERÍA A IRÁN DENTRO DE SU TERRITORIO durante el torneo. Y eso a pesar de que los tres partidos del grupo iraní se juegan en suelo estadounidense.

Irán entrenará, dormirá y vivirá el Mundial en TIJUANA. Partido a partido, cruzarán la frontera, jugarán en Los Ángeles o Seattle, y esa misma noche de regreso a México. Sin concentración fija. Sin hotel en EE.UU. Sin quedarse ni una noche.

Ninguna selección en la historia del fútbol había competido en un Mundial bajo una logística así.