Adam Gibson

Football, politics, science, and history in that order. Maybe the odd Karl Pilkington quote as well.

[Adam Gibson @Gib11]

@Birdiex94x In the past I've always supported the home nations at major competitions. I even cheered Ireland on in '94 when they beat Italy.
However, I think social media has changed things. Everyone is looking for a rivalry nowadays.
Having said that, their qualification was immense.

[Adam Gibson @Gib11]

@Elm_665 Probably still louder than the home fans

[Adam Gibson @Gib11]

@lee1978lcfc Cambiasso, Kante and Izzet for me

[Football On The Soar @FootballOTSoar]

Leicester City fans have confirmed some more of the legends named for the 5000/1 anniversary match at the end of the month.

Long live the internet.

[Adam Gibson @Gib11]

I miss Youri 😢

#lcfc

[Adam Gibson @Gib11]

@JakeBarker1212 Nope. Come on Boro.

[Adam Gibson @Gib11]

Can't wait for the next James Bond film

#efl #playoffs
#saintsfc #southampton
#spygate

[Adam Gibson @Gib11]

@IamBalhamMatt The next James Bond film is gonna be epic

[Adam Gibson @Gib11]

Southampton being expelled from the playoffs is crazy.

Middlesbrough will 100% win the final and get promoted. The footballing gods have spoken. Its written in the stars.

#sfc
#mfc
#hcfc

[Sky Sports Football @SkyFootball]

BREAKING: Southampton have been expelled from the Championship Play-Offs with Middlesbrough reinstated 🚨

[Adam Gibson @Gib11]

@StanCollymore I agree with everything except offsides. I think it can be proven and wrapped up fairly quickly if a plauer is offside or not.

But everything else should be on field refereeing decision. It has taken out all the joy of the beautiful game.

[Adam Gibson @Gib11]

@chris_sutton73 You might have a point. But ask yourself why people can't stand Celtic winning? Is it because their fans? Blatant cheating? Corruption?

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@caim67 @JamTarts Fuck off. I'd do the same if that scumbag was coming for my teammate. And so would any self respecting person.

[Adam Gibson @Gib11]

@JamTarts Expect nothing less from Celtic fans. The behaviour of everyone involved, from fans, players, staff, and even the ball boys, was typical of what we have come to expect.

[Adam Gibson @Gib11]

@RobSchneider 😂😂😂

[Adam Gibson @Gib11]

Congratulations to Celtic on winning the VAR league title.

Never seen such an undeserving, obviously rigged title challenge in all my years.

#hearts
#celhea
#spl
#var
#varout

[Adam Gibson @Gib11]

@joshholland39 Managed to get a season ticket for my little boy who wouldn't have stood a chance if they didn't go on general sale.
If it wasnt for that I would have cancelled my own ST to be honest.

[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

[Adam Gibson @Gib11]

@anon_opin

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@Ashleypp1986 I refuse to believe people who respond with this kind of thing are being serious. I'm certain they just do it for clicks. Although nothing surprises me these days.

[Adam Gibson @Gib11]

@TheFLZone