Harry Kane has said in an interview that: "England hasn't won anything as a nation for a long, long time."
This is ridiculous as the women came second in the last World Cup and won the previous two Euros tournaments... 🏴
Absolute nail on the head, trying to get back to Wroclaw city centre after the Conference League final last year was murders, fair old walk, broken down tram and an overcharging cabbie later I was exhausted so didn't celebrate properly. 5pm makes sense for the real fans
I hope you know that UEFA has moved the Champions League final to 5pm BST. And the reaction tells you everything about how attached people are to a tradition they never stopped to question.
For years the Champions League final at 8pm was treated as sacred. The build-up through the afternoon, the tension of the evening, the sense that the biggest game in club football deserved the biggest primetime slot. It felt right and it became part of the ritual. Maybe because the UCL is played at night on weekdays normally.
But UEFA made a deliberate policy decision on 28 August 2025 and it is not a one-off experiment. This is the permanent new kickoff time for future finals. Arsenal against PSG at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest on 30 May kicks off at 5pm BST, 6pm local time, and finishes around 7 to 8pm at the latest.
The reasoning is more considered than the reaction suggests.
Now before you oppose the idea, think about what the 8pm kickoff actually meant for the tens of thousands of fans travelling to a new country for a final.
A game finishing after 11pm in a foreign city, trying to navigate public transport that has either reduced its service or stopped entirely, queuing for hours outside a stadium while trying to find a taxi at midnight, families with children completely exhausted before the trophy has been lifted.
UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin framed the change clearly, saying the federation was placing the fans experience at the heart of its planning, and for once that is not just corporate language.
The earlier slot gives travelling supporters their evening back. Forty thousand plus fans landing in Budapest now have hours after the final whistle to celebrate in the city, use functioning public transport, and reach hotels and airports at reasonable times.
The host city benefits commercially. Families can attend or watch without the game bleeding into midnight. And the global broadcast window actually improves across the Americas and parts of Asia where an 8pm European kickoff would have landed at deeply inconvenient hours.
The people frustrated by the change are overwhelmingly the ones watching at home. The people who actually have tickets are largely relieved.
That distinction is worth sitting with.
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After winning 4-1 at #AVFC on March 4, #CFC picked up just four points from their last nine league games. Only relegated Burnley (three) won fewer from their last 9 fixtures. Chelsea needed only six points from their last nine matches to qualify for the Europa League.
@N17WHI@FA_PGMOL Van de Ven knows what he's doing here, they're both holding and he spins and collapses,your man's a 6ft 4 Centre half, if he can't hold off Cucurella on a corner, it's probably best you get someone who can as Lincoln are alot more physical at set pieces
@FFulbright Because they're not actually doing anything about it are they?Whatever traction & support they had, they lost by allowing it to be taken over by those AFTV light wallies that hang about outside the So Bar
Extraordinary reaction to the postponement of tomorrow’s planned action against Spurs.
We believe it’s important to remain practical and measured when it comes to supporter action. We completely understand why some supporters are frustrated by the decision and why many wanted to see continued visible action inside Stamford Bridge.
However, there are a few important points people need to bear in mind.
Firstly, we have never attempted or executed organised in stadium action before. As a group, we felt that for this to land properly and carry the level of impact required, it needed broader backing from supporter groups and organisations. Following conversations and lobbying efforts, we were informed that those groups were unfortunately not in a position to publicly support the action at this stage.
We also appreciate that privately there are individuals within those supporter structures who do support the principle of what we are trying to achieve, whilst others understandably do not support this type of action at all.
Secondly, we’ve always been explicit that our primary aim is to generate media attention, scrutiny and ultimately pressure around the ownership and direction of Chelsea Football Club. Since Brentford, the United protest alongside Strasbourg supporters and Wembley, we have consistently achieved that objective through coverage across Sky, TNT, TalkSPORT and wider mainstream media.
Given the timing of the Alonso news and the significance of tomorrow’s match itself, we simply do not believe a one minute turning of backs on the 22nd minute would receive the level of attention or amplification required for the action to land effectively.
That does not mean we are retreating.
It’s important supporters recognise the work that has already been done over recent months to highlight the glaring issues this club faces under the current ownership structure. We fundamentally do not believe Chelsea Football Club can sustainably move forward under this model and we will continue to organise and support action moving forward whether that’s alongside thousands of supporters or just a handful of us.
We’re proud of what has been achieved so far.
We appreciate those who continue to support us and equally recognise the frustrations of those disappointed by the postponement.
🚨❗️Tomorrow's in-stadium demonstration/protest against BlueCo at tomorrow’s match against Tottenham has been CANCELLED.
See below for full information regarding why it's not going ahead. 👇
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