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football, cricket and middle age...
nufc 1981-2021, zero loyalty points...
one day i'll get my club back...

[Celtic Football Club @CelticFC]

🚀 One for the ages...

#CELRAN | #CelticFC🍀

[Birmingham City Women @BCFCWomen]

WE ARE CHAMPIONS. 🏆

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

Newcastle United Supporters Trust donate £59,000 to construction of the Sir Bobby Robson Institute, a world-leading cancer drug trials centre in Newcastle. Lisa Mole (left) & Felicity Thow @nufctrust👇Generous donation, vital work, a great man's incredible enduring legacy🙌#NUFC

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game #40 (1111) / 26.04.2026…
birmingham city 0 ipswich town 3 (wsl2)…
three goals down after fifteen minutes, so we go to the final day... or possibly a play-off...

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game #39 (1110) / 25.04.2026…
birmingham city 2 bristol city 1 (eflc)…
finishing the season at st. andrew's with a win...
i'd have taken 10th at the start of the season, but given the way that the league has been this year, it does feel like a bit of a missed opportunity...

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game #38 (1109) / 24.04.2026…
leicester city 1 millwall 1 (eflc)…
very much reminded me of a game played in similar circumstances, against the same opponents, at a half empty sjp back in may 1989...

[York City F(C) @YorkCityFC]

This Saturday’s game brings an end to one of the most thrilling, exciting and unpredictable title races in football history. Both ourselves and Rochdale have the chance to write our names in National League history.

The National League is no longer a non-league competition. It is effectively a League 3, with fully professional clubs operating at a level equal to or higher than many of those in League 2.

We both understand how important this game is to both clubs and supporters. We both pledge now that whatever happens tomorrow, we will both continue to fight for 3UP.

Both clubs sit on over 100 points. One of us will have to fight once more in the National League Play-Offs. However, we both strongly believe that this shouldn’t have to be the case.

We call on the National League, Football Regulator, EFL and Premier League to come together immediately and resolve this issue, so that we do not have to highlight this injustice year after year.

For both sets of supporters attending the Crown Oil Arena this weekend, we say thank you for being with us all season. The passion you’ve shown for both clubs has been felt across the world. This game will be seen far and wide. We want to showcase this league for all its potential. Keep your support in the stands, not on the pitch, and let’s all protect the game we love.

Thank you!

Rochdale AFC & York City FC

#YCFC🔴🔵

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game #37 (1108) / 22.04.2026…
birmingham city 2 preston north end 1 (eflc)…
distinctly end of season…

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@kingstonbob01 i went and hid out in the hollies when the rain came…
typically, about a minute after this announcement the heavens opened again… :)

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day #01…
warwickshire v essex (cc1_d2/4)…
a couple of sessions of play before the heavens opened, but it’s always good to be back…

[George Frizzell @toonarmy59]

Today Wor Flags supported the ‘First 11 Black Players’ project and was more than a tribute to some great players from our club’s history, it’s also a mark supporting of the work of Show Racism the Red Card are doing - lets all stamp it out! @worflags @SRTRC_England @NUSCuk

[ed_bell @edjbell]

they all trigger memories though, to varying degrees...

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ten years ago, which doesn't seem possible...

a time when my motivation to log everything was still high, physical tickets were a given, and there was always a programme...

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the following season (16/17) was the point at which it started to became really difficult to get hold of away tickets as a non-season ticket holder...

it was also the season where i first took a wander up to st. andrew's...

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

Today marks the 36th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster. As always, our thoughts are with all those affected and the 97 fans who will never be forgotten.

You’ll Never Walk Alone.

[Spencer Vignes @SpencerVignes]

Remembering George Robledo, the former Barnsley & Newcastle United goal machine and creator, generally regarded as the first overseas star of English football, born 100 years ago today in Iquique, Chile. Very, very proud, so I am, to be this great man's biographer.

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game #36 (1107) / 12.04.2026…
birmingham city 2 wrexham 0 (eflc)…
a comfortable win for blues...

[Gateshead FC @GatesheadFC]

WE ARE STAYING UP!!! 🤩⬆️

#WorClub ⚫️🟡

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game #35 (1106) / 11.04.2026…
leicester city 0 swansea city 1 (eflc)…
things aren't looking good for the foxes...