Simon L. Read

Doctor of Philosophy.
Associate Lecturer.
Writer.

#AVFC

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@GraemeFriday It's really weird because numerous college football stadiums have a higher capacity than the biggest NFL stadium, meaning a lot of these students are playing in front of bigger crowds before they turn pro. It's, like, backwards to what it should be.

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@joshpearson180 We need Beat Andrew Gilding next. Give the people what they want.

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@premierleague 'outfield' is surely redundant here.

Although I would be pleasantly surprised if a goalkeeper was a Premier League club's all-time top goalscorer.

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@MiamiMarlins_UK I'm going one further and saying, in terms of the all-round experience and feel, Indian Wells is better than the US Open. It should be the US Open, really.

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It's like asking who's the best racehorse, but the actual best racehorse has to run the race with two of their legs tied together... and STILL gets placed!
UTV

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🚨🌕 OFFICIAL: Coach of the Year nominees at the Ballon d’Or 2026!

🇪🇸 Luis Enrique
🇪🇸 Luis de la Fuente
🇪🇸 Mikel Arteta
🇪🇸 Unai Emery
🇧🇪 Vincent Kompany

Who deserves to win in your opinion? 👔

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@WhatTheForkAVFC The terms 'food chain' and 'generational wealth' need to get in the bin.

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@GeorgeOnTap Muting the term 'offsides' on here has been the best decision I've made all week. Can't recommend it enough.

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@retrophisch Americans: "the hydration breaks are for player wellbeing."

Also Americans: "no penalty shootouts. Run them into the ground. Grind their bones into dust."

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@rwakie Not sure if you've noticed, but players continue to do this, despite your oddly beloved "Hydration/Commercial breaks".

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Brazil fans having 'nam flashbacks over this Germany vs. Curaçao scoreline.

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@hthieblot Geocities.

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@AVFCchats It's not AI, they've just put a retro video filter on it.

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@AVFCOfficial

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@WhatTheForkAVFC I'd lay in the path of a moving lorry if he asked me to. What a guy.

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@mymarvelouslife @_CM_67_ Millennium Stadium (to us locals), 74k capacity, smack bang in the middle of the city centre, no public car park, often hosts major/televised events (ex: we've hosted the Champions League final, a WWE PPV, and the biggest music acts), never much of an issue arriving or leaving.

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In completely unrelated news, Premier League 'big six' darlings, Spurs, are on the brink of relegation...

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Aston Villa's week - 19/01/2026 ~ 22/01/2026

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@TheGennadiy @creepydotorg The impressive thing about Independence Day is how little CGI was used. A lot of it (ex: the city explosions) were done with models & the city-destroyer ships were done by photographing models and layering them into the shots. On the making-of doc, they said it was about 5% CGI.

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The worst thing about PSR is they've tricked lower-table/league clubs into believing it's in-place to protect them against spending beyond their means, so they're unlikely to vote against it, handing the clubs it 'truly' protects the majority vote any time it comes up for review.