Doodle ⚽️

Novice football punter. Brit abroad.

[Doodle ⚽️ @doodle_bets]

@Alex_CAFC47 Or not #cafc

[Luton Town FC @LutonTown]

So, let’s make some new ones 😉

[Doodle ⚽️ @doodle_bets]

@Tombrownlee England 3/1 mega value bosh

[England @England]

Come Together.

[Doodle ⚽️ @doodle_bets]

@epower99_ @Marriott110 @EFL @swfc @SkyBet Corr yeah, proper back and forth 5-1 - was a close one, what a classic.

It doesn’t come close to the 1998 game.

[Doodle ⚽️ @doodle_bets]

There is absolutely zero chance Henry said all this 😂 #saintsfc

[Vfynn_🥷🏼 𐙚 @Vfynn_]

🚨🎙️Thierry Henry on Southampton expelled for spying drama against Middlesbrough:

“I have to be honest, this is a difficult one. Spying on another team’s training is wrong. Full stop. It crosses a line, it undermines the trust that should exist between clubs, and I understand why Middlesbrough are furious and why the EFL felt they had to act strongly. Integrity matters in this game.

At the same time, I find myself questioning whether expulsion from the play-offs is the right punishment. It feels… heavy. Almost like using a sledgehammer when a precise scalpel was needed.

Let’s be clear: this wasn’t match-fixing or doping. It was analysts pushing boundaries for tactical information, something that, sadly, has happened in different forms across the game for years.

Marcelo Bielsa did it openly at Derby and Leeds, admitted it, and people called him a genius, not a criminal. Drones, analysts in trees, whatever, in the modern game with data and marginal gains everywhere, clubs push boundaries.

Southampton admitted it, yes, and they deserve punishment. A heavy fine, points deduction, maybe even a ban for the staff involved. But kicking the entire club out after they earned their place on the pitch? That punishes players, coaches, and fans who had nothing to do with one or two analysts doing something stupid.

What troubles me most is the collateral damage. The players who battled through a tough Championship season after relegation, who went to extra time and scored that late goal to beat Middlesbrough on the pitch, they earned their place in the final through merit.

Now that achievement is being erased because of actions taken by a small number of staff members. That feels disproportionate to me. A significant fine, a points deduction for next season, and sanctions against the individuals responsible, those would be strong, meaningful punishments that address the breach without nullifying an entire season’s competitive work.

Sport has to balance two things: protecting fairness and recognising that human error and ambition sometimes lead people astray. If every rules breach in high-stakes moments leads to rewriting results, we risk turning the disciplinary process into something more powerful than the football itself. I’ve sat in dressing rooms where we prepared meticulously for opponents. Everyone does. The difference is getting caught.

I hope Southampton appeal and that the final decision finds a better equilibrium. Middlesbrough deserve respect, they were wronged but the players of Southampton also deserve not to have their legitimate efforts wiped away. Football is emotional, passionate, and imperfect.

The response to this should reflect wisdom as much as outrage. We need clearer rules going forward so incidents like this become rare, but we must be careful not to let one mistake destroy what was built legitimately on the grass.

[Doodle ⚽️ @doodle_bets]

@betangel Caught cheating in a knockout competition, you should be kicked out. Regardless of the reward.

Southampton feel cheated out of a potential £200m. I wonder how Middlesbrough or even Wrexham who finished 7th feel about being cheated out of that same opportunity.

[Doodle ⚽️ @doodle_bets]

Southampton on paper are a better team so the cheating likely didn’t effect the result of the game at the Valley

But it was only one of two occasions last season where we conceded more than 2 goals in a league game at home #cafc

01101105201020031012221

[Doodle ⚽️ @doodle_bets]

Evidence from December!

They’ve clearly been at it since Eckert took over in November. He and others behind this operation should face a lengthy ban if the FA have any sense.

Incredibly suspicious of that 1-5 result at the Valley. #cafc

[Just Saints @JustSaints_]

🚨 The whistleblower provided an image that was shared internally at #SaintsFC from December. The picture showed a soldier in full camouflage gear. The face of the soldier had been replaced with an image of Will Salt.

[via @TeleFootball]

[Doodle ⚽️ @doodle_bets]

@betangel Man City should’ve been punished a long time ago & every fan is frustrated by it.

That doesn’t mean that other clubs, when found guilty of cheating, should skirt punishments too.

I’m glad the EFL have kicked Soton out. It’s the last time we’ll ever see an EFL club do this.

[Doodle ⚽️ @doodle_bets]

@Tombrownlee Will there be a video? I like videos

[Doodle ⚽️ @doodle_bets]

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary

There was almost no football going on, none of the top leagues still playing. Suddenly everyone was an expert in Belarusian football.

[Doodle ⚽️ @doodle_bets]

@Tombrownlee Enjoy!

[Doodle ⚽️ @doodle_bets]

@Tombrownlee @Tgb456123 https://t.co/W9Q30009RQ

Page 80, annex C lists all 495 possible combinations (12 choose 8) and which matches the 8 3rd placed teams are allocated to in each of those 495 scenarios.

[Doodle ⚽️ @doodle_bets]

@Tombrownlee @Tgb456123 73 2A v 2B
74 1E v 3A/B/C/D/F
75 1F v 2C
76 1C v 2F
77 1I v 3C/D/F/G/H
78 2E v 2I
79 1A v 3C/E/F/H/I
80 1L v 3E/H/I/J/K
81 1D v 3B/E/F/I/J
82 1G v 3A/E/H/I/J
83 2K v 2L
84 1H v 2J
85 1B v 3E/F/G/I/J
86 1J v 2H
87 1K v 3D/E/I/J/L
88 2D v 2G

[Doodle ⚽️ @doodle_bets]

Never been more true. Everyone loves Millwall these days. They’ve gone soft. #cafc

[Ed Aarons @ed_aarons]

The Hull supporters are taunting the Millwall fans by singing “No one hates you, no one cares”

[Doodle ⚽️ @doodle_bets]

How do you manage to get done 1-5 at home by Hull City this season??? #Millwall

Couldn’t be us #cafc

[Doodle ⚽️ @doodle_bets]

#cafc

[. @mqpr_8]

Is that who I think it is?

[Doodle ⚽️ @doodle_bets]

Mon the Tigers, into em boys #hcafc #cafc

[Hull City @HullCity]

PLAY-OFF TIGERS 🐯

#hcafc @Hull_Trains

[Doodle ⚽️ @doodle_bets]

You lads crack on and enjoy your success but don’t be surprised that everyone else puts you in the same bucket as the Red Bulls of the world.

[Doodle ⚽️ @doodle_bets]

@Wrexham_AFC what #WxmAFC fans fail to understand is that every club in EFL knows their story, they bang on about it enough.

You might think you’re the same club from those days, but to everyone else, you’re not. Same as Man City aren’t the same club who played at Maine Road.

[Keiran Evans @keevs_89]

@klbskyblue As I’ve said to others, you DON’T know our story. The fans raised 100k with a few hours left before liquidation. That is beating the odds. That is the fairytale part. I agree nothing after is a fairytale. The media points to that narrative not the fans who saved the club.