Do you remember when Jim Ratcliffe fired a bunch of working class normal people and told Gary Neville that United were on the brink of going bust?
A couple months later, with no European football and no major sales, they’ve spent £208m on 3 players.
Concorde ended up simply taking rich people across the Atlantic, but it remains a sterling example of post-war government led R&D, ambition and visions of the future. We are now administered by governments of managed decline and rent extraction and told there is no alternative.
I know some people moan about how Wimbledon dominates television schedules but I find it fantastic that in 2025 it’s a sport available to millions rather than behind a huge paywall.
People might laugh at ‘Spud Bros’ on PNE’s new kit but two local lads, sponsoring the team they’ve grown up supporting beats a rogue gambling company from the other side of the world every time.
Also the Motorways are a shambles.
Nobody has a fucking clue how they work anymore.
I’ve stopped caring. If you are hogging a lane I’m going past on whatever side works for me. Fuck you. Fuck off.
FIFA has spent over $50 million on marketing to promote this summer’s Club World Cup tournament in the United States, including increasing their original budget by millions in the past month as they sought to drive attendances for the tournament, according to multiple people briefed on their budget.
The Club World Cup, a project driven by the organisation’s President Gianni Infantino, had been beset by organisational challenges as FIFA sought to make a splash for the first edition of the revamped 32-team tournament in the U.S.
In a statement released last week, FIFA said they “anticipate great attendances and electric atmospheres” across the twelve venues and eleven cities hosting the competition.
They claimed the tournament will ultimately “stand as the undisputed pinnacle of club world football.”
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How about my 80 yr old Dad? Followed you since 1956. You forced him to move last season, he can't properly see game where we are now. You then upped his season tkt price by 30%. He's still renewed. You don't deserve his support
If Crystal Palace are made an example out of in this never ending world of top clubs committing whatever footballing crimes they feel like, then honestly what is the point of football anymore?
Streets will remember Massa and Kubica dogfight in Fuji , no track limits , no i was ahead of you in the apex ahh radios , no SuSpEnD RaCe ItS ToO WeT , just racing
FA Cup replays scrapped to “protect players” yet MUFC can fly 6,500 miles for two pointless friendlies in 48 hours.
The Glazers & Ratcliffe don’t care about welfare or tradition. Meanwhile, the Premier League big club owners get more powerful. Their greed is destroying football