Stephen J Ayling

Kaila, Clark & Keaton. Aspiring five-a-side footballer. Runner. Raith Rovers & Man Utd

[LPC @landpalestine]

Iran arrives at World Cup wearing pins of 168 schoolgirls killed by the United States

[Stephen J Ayling @StJude1982]

Close but no cigar.
Even got Raith legend Stevie McAnespie into the team - classed as a CB instead of RB for some reason

[Stephen J Ayling @StJude1982]

Determined to get a team full of Scottish players / Scottish caps in 38-0 game

[Sky Sports News @SkySportsNews]

BREAKING: FIFA president Gianni Infantino subject of criminal complaint from his former UEFA boss Michel Platini 🚨

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Soccer would not exist without immigrants. Immigrants play and coach the game, work in the stadiums, fill the stands, and make celebrations like the World Cup possible. Six of the players on the US Men's National Team are immigrants.

We will not allow ICE or anyone else to sow fear in our communities — especially at this moment. As the world comes to our city, we will stand proudly with our immigrant neighbors and reject these attacks for what they are: an attempt to divide us.

[Hussain Shiyam 🇵🇸❓🎈 @ShiyamHussain]

This is utter bullshit. When Indonesia refused to grant the Israeli under 17 team visa’s for the 2023 U-20 World Cup, FIFA stripped Indonesia’s hosting rights and moved it to Argentina. So @FIFAcom can stop with the lies.

[Anthony Joseph @AnthonyRJoseph]

Iran's football ‌federation have said their official ticket allocation ​for the World Cup has ​been pulled - leaving supporters who ​had ⁠already made ⁠travel plans unable to attend ‌their team's matches.

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

The 75 countries in red are the ones currently blocked from immigrating to the USA.

They also find it almost impossible to go to the World Cup, whether as a fan, journalist, player or even referee.

Why was the USA ever allowed to host the World Cup?

[Mukhtar @I_amMukhtar]

Big up, Uncle Ian Wright for speaking up, and he's 100% correct.

Look how Qatar got dragged when they were hosting the World Cup.

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

Been feeling bleak for the past week after I read an essay saying the market for middle-grade books has collapsed because kids can no longer read them. Two long-time publishers of middle-grades have shuttered, with more to come. We don’t appreciate what a crisis this is. +

[Derek Clark @derekclarksport]

Shameful this.

The USA are going to take some beating as the worst World Cup hosts of all time.

[Brooke Combe @brookecombe]

Just remember, if you’re having a hard week, you can always rely on gecko.8017578 to make it that little bit worse 🤠

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Nearly 100 fans from Morocco applied to go the USA.

The US blocked nearly 90% of their applications.

This is the most racist World Cup ever and it should be boycotted by everyone, the USA is refusing to let non-white people come.

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

The USA have blocked the Somali Referee Omar Artan from entering the USA, the Referee who is rated the best in Africa was blocked at entry, so he got the Somalian embassy to give him a Diplomatic Passport.

But the USA still refuses to let him in.

The USA need to be disqualified

[LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @LongTimeHistory]

ICE detain leading scorer for Iraq soccer team—interrogate him for 7 hours.

Inspect his phone & perform body search—he was just entering U.S. with teammates for World Cup.

Team's official photographer denied entry altogether—and sent back to Iraq for "classified information."

Aymen Hussein is Iraq's star striker and all-time leading scorer.

Fans were waiting to cheer the team on as they arrived at the airport in the early hours of the morning with Iraqi flags.

Customs and Border Protection released the following statement in response:
"All travelers seeking entry into the United States, including athletes, coaches, and staff, are subject to inspection and vetting. Admissibility determinations are made on a case-by-case basis."

Incident occurred at Chicago O'Hare International Airport in Illinois.

[T 🇫🇷 @Talhaa10_]

giving the world cup to the usa was a stupid decision.

this tournament was supposed to bring the world together. instead we’re talking about shootings, visa issues, travel restrictions and whether fans from certain countries will even be able to attend

[Politics For You @PoliticoForYou]

BREAKING 🚨🚨🚨

World Cup fever kicks off as America welcomes the world with a traditional display of their culture and traditions.

[Stephen J Ayling @StJude1982]

@rebekkarnold When I was younger and Raith Rovers played 2nd leg of UEFA cup against Bayern Munich; managed to find game on TV but commentary was in German. Muted TV and put radio.
One slight issue, I heard Danny Lennon's free kick go in before I saw it 😆

[The League Magazine @Theleaguemag]

Starks Park, home of Raith Rovers

[Football on TNT Sports @footballontnt]

Napoli fans attempt to describe Scott McTominay in one word 😂 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿