Dropping 9 July at Pro:Direct Soccer 🦂
The Nike Mercurial Scorpion Pack will be worn by Vini Jr and Mbappé in the World Cup knockout stages 🇧🇷🇫🇷
The design is inspired by the iconic 'Scorpion' campaigns of 2002.
Superfly = explosive speed 💨
Vapor = quick cuts ⚡️
Someone just sent me this - seen on the London Underground.
I once dreamed of a successful career at the Bar. Perhaps the occasional mention in the law reports, or even the Evening Standard. Respectability at last.
Never imagined it might involve appearing on a Middlesbrough fans’ Wembley banner somewhere on the Metropolitan Line…
Good luck today, Boro.
Anyone with any knowledge of English football history will know that it is ridiculous for Southampton’s chief executive, Phil Parsons, to claim that their expulsion from the Championship play-offs is a bigger punishment than the 30-point deduction imposed on Luton Town in 2008 which led to relegation and almost throttled the life out of the club. Absolutely no comparison and completely weakens Southampton’s attempted argument that being thrown out of the play-offs is “manifestly disproportionate to every previous sanction in the history of the English game”.
There is some good stuff in Parsons’ statement: accepting culpability for Spygate, apologising to those clubs they spied on and apologising to their fans “whose extraordinary loyalty and support this season deserved better from the club”. Well said. But… the rules changed since Leeds United’s “similar offence” in 2019, there is no right to the £200m (it’s not a fine), and to play the whataboutery game and make the comparison with the Hatters is, fittingly, mad. Southampton’s reputation is certainly damaged but at least their very existence is not at risk. #SaintsFC #LTFC
It’s been a fascinating case. Well done to all involved. We shall all look forward to reading the written reasons. For now, good luck Boro for the final!
🔟 years since this unforgettable memory. @Boro and the club's fans will forever be in my heart. I hope history repeats itself in a few weeks and you get back to the Premier League. I wish you all the best.