David Mcgivern

A Geordie in Caversham

[David Mcgivern @davemcg1]

Can we stop the bullshit from tossers like Bailey.

[Luke Edwards @LukeEdwardsTele]

Newcastle have liked Kees Smit for a while but they have never been convinced he wanted to join them and have not pursued anything this summer.

A number of clubs are interested but Newcastle are not currently active in that conversation. Keep an eye on Liverpool but there are others keen #nufc

[Ron Manager Remembers Nottingham @ronmanagernottm]

Sußkleineboxschmecken - the German word for sweets that taste better from small boxes.

[David Mcgivern @davemcg1]

Pleased Arsenal lost obviously.
The idea that a financially doped Middle Eastern vanity project "saved football?"
Fuck off.

[David Mcgivern @davemcg1]

@GianfrancoShoIa

[David Mcgivern @davemcg1]

Perfect

[S T Best @helloIamBesty]

Couldn’t have happened to a nicer player. I hope he dreams of it every night for the rest of his days

[Pete @GallowgatePete]

Fletch….its not a penalty no many how many replays you get

[Freddie Costanzo @FredCostanzo8]

Only thing that will redeem this for me is a PSG goal.

Preferably a Gabriel OG.

In the final second.

And from an Arsenal corner.

#PSGARS #champi̇onsleague

[David Mcgivern @davemcg1]

Want a turd on top of #nufc shite season?
Milan are in the Europa League.

So.....have you ever seen a ...... in .....?

[David Mcgivern @davemcg1]

@bdope43 👍

[David Mcgivern @davemcg1]

Anyone found which channel is showing our match today? Can't find it

[David Mcgivern @davemcg1]

@peterr395 Yeah I can't find the actual channel though

[Peter @peterr395]

Nobody, NOBODY wants interviews mid game FFS 🤯

[Memecastle United @Memecastle_Utd]

The last home game of the season...

IT'S MATCHDAYYYY! 🐓⬛⬜

[David Mcgivern @davemcg1]

@AsiEsNoticiasVe Fvo php p. guess you are 7

[North East Heritage Library @neheritagelib]

Butch Cassidy’s mam lived on this street at the bottom of Jesmond.

[David Mcgivern @davemcg1]

@NUFCThreatLevel Tonali

[David Mcgivern @davemcg1]

Fuck me. Peak modern football.

[Aston Villa Updates @avfcbreaking]

There was a time when a European final belonged to the supporters who dragged their club there.

Not anymore.

When Aston Villa were handed roughly 11,000 tickets for a Europa League final in a 70,000-plus stadium, the number itself told the story. UEFA can package the event however it likes — “festival of football”, “European showpiece”, “global celebration” — but the modern European final is no longer built around supporters. It is built around clients.

The supporters fund the journey. The corporates inherit the destination.

Villa fans will have spent thousands following the club across Europe. Flights, hotels, time off work, loyalty schemes built over years. Yet when the final arrives, huge sections of the stadium are reserved for sponsors, hospitality guests, executives, delegates and “neutral” allocations that often end up on resale sites within hours.

And supporters are expected to accept it.

UEFA’s defence is familiar. Sponsors fund competitions. Broadcasters need space. Hospitality drives revenue. All true. But football crossed a line when the event surrounding the final became more important than the supporters inside it.

The optics are awful because fans can see it themselves.

A finalist gets 11,000 tickets while corporate packages costing thousands remain available. Genuine supporters scramble through ballots with lottery-like odds, while neutral areas fill with tourists taking photos during the warm-up.

And UEFA wonders why resentment grows.

Supporters are constantly called “the lifeblood of the game” until ticket allocations are discussed. Then they become an inconvenience to work around premium inventory.

Football did not become Europe’s dominant sport because sponsors created atmosphere. The noise, colour and emotion UEFA sells globally every season is generated by match-going supporters — the same people increasingly pushed aside at the biggest games.

The “neutral fan” concept is perhaps the biggest fiction of all. In theory it promotes access. In reality it fuels resale markets, inflated prices and thousands travelling ticketless out of desperation.

UEFA could change it tomorrow. Finalists could receive 70 per cent of the stadium combined. Corporate sections could shrink. Hospitality would still exist.

But that would mean sacrificing revenue.

And modern football has shown repeatedly which side wins that argument.
#AVFC #scfreiburg

[David Mcgivern @davemcg1]

@SlaterTony It can move. Cup final Sat 16th so Premier League matches are Friday/Sunday/Monday.

Should be confirmed this Wednesday

[David Mcgivern @davemcg1]

@NUFC @anthonygordon 15 seconds from Ramsdale to the net.
Love it.

[David Mcgivern @davemcg1]

@toonpete85