Tom Roberts

Yr3 Teacher. 🧑‍🏫
FA Level 4 Referee. ⚽🏃
9yrs PE/Primary Sports Lead.
2yrs Higher Education Sports Lead.
Gym & FA Level 3 Coach.

[Tom Roberts @TomRoberts_]

Top 18 of national league from season before (obviously 2 promoted sides already in it) should get a group on the following year's EFL trophy. Not U21 sides.

[EFL Trophy @EFLTrophy]

🏆 The draw for the 2026/27 #EFLTrophy Group Stages has been confirmed 👇

#EFL

[EFL Trophy @EFLTrophy]

🏆 The draw for the 2026/27 #EFLTrophy Group Stages has been confirmed 👇

#EFL

[Curiosity @CuriosityonX]

🚨It’s Official: Voyager 1 will cross the 1 Light-Day threshold on November 18, 2026.

That's almost 16 billion miles away.

[Xavi Ruiz @xruiztru]

On the longest day of the year, the sun sets in eastern Brazil before Ireland or Scotland.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

To George and Laura, Bill and Hillary — we're grateful for your friendship, counsel, and devotion to this country. And to Joe and Jill, thank you for being on this journey with us.

[The Best @TheBestqueenx]

A man photographed the Sun every day for three years from the same spot and at the same time.
He then combined all the images to reveal the Sun’s movement across the sky throughout the year.

[Daisy Christodoulou @daisychristo]

I was on 5 Live on Thursday talking about VAR and the World Cup. I predicted that all the new innovations might sound good but there would inevitably be unintended consequences that would annoy everyone...

[Oliver Kay @OliverKay]

@katiehind Not wondering at all, no. It's very obviously to save money.

If the BBC had gone down the ITV route and hired/built a studio in a prime location with a Manhattan backdrop, the Mail/Telegraph would be demanding someone write a column expressing faux outrage about that

[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

Qatar v Switzerland is the World Cup’s only group-stage match where one country’s highest point is lower than the other country’s lowest point.

Qatar tops out at just 103m. Switzerland bottoms out at Lake Maggiore, ~193m.

Stay tuned for more cutting-edge, geography-based World Cup analysis.

[Adam Boxer @adamboxer1]

What % of teachers in England today were not teachers in 2019?

I estimate 35-40%.

@miss_mcinerney? @JackWorthNFER?

[Joel Kenyon @joel120193]

I started my teacher training in 2017. Last month, there was only me and one other person who I did my PGCE with that was still teaching.

Now, I am the only person who was on my course that is still a teacher today.

The speed teachers leave the profession is immense.

[John Barnes @JohnBarnes01]

Imagine having the privilege of working at the World Cup as a co commentator and moaning about the time he has to get up to travel to next venue. Lee Dixon just did that.

[Jeff Kassouf @JeffKassouf]

From USSF: The misconduct summary from USWNT v Brazil last night.

[Adam Taylor @2footgiraffe]

After 23 years of teaching I resigned yesterday.
Here are some of the reasons why...

1. Pay - but I never complained while I was a teacher because I knew the history.

2. Time required to be effective - 2-3 hours after school - 4-8 hours on the weekend. Planning and grading

3. Student behavior during class. Most students are reasonable but many are not. Constantly waking kids up, dealing with cell phones....

4. Dress code enforcement. I'm glad we have a dresscode but it is a pain when so many kids push the envelope

5. The need for differentiated instruction. Preparing a main lesson with possibly 5-6 versions of the same lesson for different IEP needs or language barriers.

@jenteach13

[Tom Roberts @TomRoberts_]

Neither of them were handball.

[Dubois @CFC_Dubois]

Havertz goal should’ve been ruled out for handball by Trossard. PSG should’ve had a penalty because of Saka’s handball.

We are witnessing corruption in real time.

[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

The longest line of sight in England is from The Cheviot in Northumberland. From its summit (815m) it's possible to see Ben Macdui (1,309m) in the Cairngorms, some 201 km (125 miles) away.

Link: https://t.co/doUwcJRlAB

[Tom Collomosse @TomCollomosse]

No problem at all with Bournemouth, who have a fabulous season and are an example to many. But six teams in the ‘Champions’ League is a nonsense. It felt odd enough when it was two and then three, but six? Come on

[Toby Wood @TobyWoody]

Play-offs are currently all at Wembley. Could they have been …

Middlesbrough v Hull City - St James’s Park?

Bolton v Stockport- Old Trafford?

Salford v Notts County - Villa Park?

Surely we need to think about distance travelled/environmental concerns

@henrywinter

[Dale Johnson @DaleJohnsonBBC]

Ahead of the play-offs this weekend, there remains just 5 of the 92 league teams who haven't played at the *new* Wembley since it opened in 2007:

Accrington
Barnet
Blackburn
Colchester
Ipswich

Accrington are the only team in the 92 to have never played at Wembley old or new.

[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

The longest line of sight in the U.K. has been seen only a few times, and photographed once. In 2015, Kris Williams was atop Snowdon in perfect conditions and managed to snap The Merrick in Southern Scotland. A remarkable distance of 232km (144 miles).