Beyond The Last Man

Retro world football writing and nostalgia. Part of The Guardian Sports Network. Sister account @Brut_Football

[Beyond The Last Man @BeyondTLM]

@sportingintel @phlwll @paolinho14 @Sjopinion10 @bbclaurak So if she knew nothing about the unaccounted for money, surely she would have been enthusiastic to empower the auditors to find out the state of play - then been perturbed when they all left because they were given no access?

[Beyond The Last Man @BeyondTLM]

Superstars at Barca, PSG & Bayern Munich press like demons because that's the modern game in which every player has to contribute, on and off the ball. Florentino Perez indulges his stars & the team suffers. What's Mbappe really going to go if he's told to work harder - leave?

[S🕊️🇸🇪 @8bdrssss]

Players across Opta’s top 20 leagues who average more defensive contributions per 90 than Kylian Mbappé:

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Premier League — 336/336
🇩🇪 Bundesliga — 297/297
🇪🇸 La Liga — 343/343
🇮🇹 Serie A — 338/338
🇫🇷 Ligue 1 — 280/280
🇧🇷 Série A — 330/330
🇧🇪 Pro League — 240/240
🇵🇹 Primeira Liga — 288/288
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Championship — 369/369
🇦🇷 Primera División — 442/442
🇩🇰 Superliga — 193/193
🇵🇱 Ekstraklasa — 285/285
🇳🇴 Eliteserien — 261/261
🇭🇷 HNL — 152/152
🇹🇷 Süper Lig — 292/292
🇪🇨 LigaPro — 270/271
🇨🇴 Primera A — 316/316
🇳🇱 Eredivisie — 292/292
🇵🇾 Primera División — 205/205
🇺🇸 MLS — 514/514

Total — 6,043/6,044

[Beyond The Last Man @BeyondTLM]

Last call on the site: Through the Lens of Henk Blansjaar. Portrait shots of the players of Dutch team Be Quick 1887 from the 60s by the cult photographer.
https://t.co/PkJ7VZ7HdQ

[Beyond The Last Man @BeyondTLM]

Do these idiots deliberately post miles -off stats as they know they’ll get more engagement that way from people telling them they’re wrong? Is this good social media strategy these days?

[Tirvo @tirvo_]

Top 10 Teams with the Most Champions League Final Defeats

10. Valencia 🇪🇸 - 2 Finals Lost
9. Manchester United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 - 2 Finals Lost
8. Inter Milan 🇮🇹 - 2 Finals Lost
7. Dortmund 🇩🇪 - 2 Finals Lost
6. Atletico Madrid 🇪🇸 …. look down

[Beyond The Last Man @BeyondTLM]

This week on BTLM: Through the Lens of Henk Blansjaar. Portrait shots of the players of Dutch team Be Quick 1887 from the 60s from the cult photographer.
https://t.co/PkJ7VZ7HdQ

[Beyond The Last Man @BeyondTLM]

On BTLM: Through the Lens of Henk Blansjaar. Portrait shots of the players of Dutch team Be Quick 1887 from the 60s.
https://t.co/PkJ7VZ7HdQ

[Beyond The Last Man @BeyondTLM]

This is the sort of take I did not know I needed in my life until now.

[Aristocratic Fury @LandsknechtPike]

Italian top coaches switching jobs between the same few top Italian teams is hilariously similar to 14th century mercenary commanders in Italy switching allegiances between the same small pool of powerful states in the peninsula.

The 14th Century condottieri carousel:

[Beyond The Last Man @BeyondTLM]

Genius!

[Jonny Mac @JonnyMc1]

Anthony Gordon after doing 7 kick ups at his Barca unveiling in the July sun.

[Beyond The Last Man @BeyondTLM]

@AndrewTaylor85 I bet they won't

[Beyond The Last Man @BeyondTLM]

Absolutely nothing against Palace here, but this competition needs a non-English winner to properly land.

[Beyond The Last Man @BeyondTLM]

@RobPurcell82 As I said, nothing against CP but them winning just acerbates the issue the competition has. It was intended to give lower & middle order clubs in Europe a platform, but all it gives is an easy cup win for whatever English side is in it because of the financial gulf to the rest.

[Beyond The Last Man @BeyondTLM]

The most flattering adjective I could come up with for Rayo Vallecano tonight is earnest.

[Beyond The Last Man @BeyondTLM]

This Final is following the same pattern as last year in which the non-English team puts so much into the game for a half or an hour to stay with the English team, then tires and gets galloped all over the top of.

[Beyond The Last Man @BeyondTLM]

Today on BTLM: Through the Lens of Henk Blansjaar. Portrait shots of the players of Dutch team Be Quick 1887 from the 60s.
https://t.co/PkJ7VZ7HdQ

[Beyond The Last Man @BeyondTLM]

As much as I miss the old days of the European Cup, that eastern European clubs ceased to be competitive is down to huge geopolitical changes post 1989, not the Champions League.

[Gingertabs Trading @GingertabsT]

@Watson_SLdn Steaua and Red Star were the pinnacle. Every country had fantastic clubs. Now its utter garbage

[Beyond The Last Man @BeyondTLM]

New on BTLM: Through the Lens of Henk Blansjaar. Portrait shots of the players of Dutch team, Be Quick 1887 from the 60s.
https://t.co/PkJ7VZ7HdQ

[Beyond The Last Man @BeyondTLM]

It happened three times in the 1930s and early 40s, but post war there have only been three seasons when neither Milan nor Juventus have finished in the top four places in Serie A - 1965/66, 1984/85 and this one.

[Beyond The Last Man @BeyondTLM]

Risible nonsense. Claims to not remember anything about how his crash came about, suggests the car was not right then, comically, speaks of a recurring dream he subsequently had in which a white van swerves in front of him causing the crash, offering this as a potential reality

[Times Sport @TimesSport]

⚽ My bulky leg absorbed the crash. It's probably what saved me

In an extract from his new book, Michail Antonio opens up on the December 2024 car accident that almost killed him, and the toll it has taken ⤵️

https://t.co/VFWUfm9Y4l

[Beyond The Last Man @BeyondTLM]

They said Pep's love wouldn't pay the rent
Before it's earned, Man City's money's never came close to been spent

[Chompy @lukestanley03]

They said he’d struggle in English football.

He won the league with 100 points.

They said he couldn’t win it back to back.

He won the Domestic Quadruple.

They said he’d never win the European Cup, he’d never win 3 leagues in a row and he’d definitely never win the Treble.

He did all three in one season.

He then did the unthinkable and won 4 leagues in a row.

The greatest manager of all time.

[Barney Ronay @barneyronay]

Appeal. Hire 20 of the world's top lawyers. Delay. Escalate costs. Terrify the league. Will be fine