Sunderland of England in 1977. When Maradona was just 17 years old and making a name for himself in Argentina, the English club tried to sign him. The young player was so excited about the possibility of playing at Roker Park that he even threatened to retire from football if the club didn't complete the transfer.
I received an interesting update to my post about FIFA dumping inventory onto 3rd-party resale platforms from an expert industry insider:
"One thing you didn't notice/mention in your Seatgeek tweet, is those seats are marked as INSTANT DELIVERY. Not just "In-Hand Now". [...] These listings from FIFA show up on Seatgeek as "Instant Delivery" meaning, the tickets are instantly deposited into the buyer's FIFA account directly. No transfer required.
So when you click on "Show Instant Delivery Only" on Seatgeek on the various matches, it will instantly show you all the listings that are from FIFA directly.
They have been listing Cat 1 for M4, the high row 200-levels, on Seatgeek for several weeks now at $1,300ish (face value $2,735). Also instant delivery. And if you zoom into those sections on FIFA marketplace, none of those were ever posted there. Because they were never sold."
I was expecting BBC and ITV to have daily morning highlights shows but it seems not. So if I want to wake up and watch highlights of the overnight matches without knowing the scores what do I do please?
When football really did come home! 🏴
Today on @ItWasPod we begin @jonawils brilliant 4-part look back at the origin year of England’s hurt
It’s 60 years since Jules Rimet, Geoff Hurst, 1966 and all that
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A review of Sunderland's finances after a very impressive first season back in the Premier League, when they finished 7th and qualified for the Europa League. Figures largely from the promotion-winning season in 2024/25, but also some thoughts on earnings since then #SAFC
Much more in today's Sunderland blog, including potential Europa League earnings, big crowds, commercial growth, detailed look at transfer spend, debt, owner funding, cash flow, PSR (including UEFA version) and comparatives with other clubs #SAFC
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