Jim Small

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[Jim Small @JimSmallUK]

@FollowMeAndLUFC @LowfieldsLad77 Remember going into that ticket office for my souvenir photos of my favourite players of the time, Tommy Wright, Scott Sellars, John Sheridan. Simpler times!

[Jonny Cooper @JRCooper26]

Despite being in the Championship in two seasons in that time, since 2020-21 Leeds are one of only two teams to win away at each of Manchester City, Liverpool and Manchester United in the Premier League, along with Crystal Palace. #lufc

[Mexico86HQ 🇲🇽🌵⚽ @Mexico86HQ]

What happened to the stars of your Mexico 86 sticker album?! As the World Cup returns to Mexico 40 years on, “The Heroes of Mexico 86” book tells the full story of those players you swapped and stuck in. It's the perfect read for the retro fan ahead of this World Cup summer..What happened to the stars of your Mexico 86 sticker album?! As the World Cup returns to Mexico 40 years on, “The Heroes of Mexico 86” book tells the full story of those players you swapped and stuck in. It's the perfect read for the retro fan ahead of this World Cup summer..What happened to the stars of your Mexico 86 sticker album?! As the World Cup returns to Mexico 40 years on, “The Heroes of Mexico 86” book tells the full story of those players you swapped and stuck in. It's the perfect read for the retro fan ahead of this World Cup summer..What happened to the stars of your Mexico 86 sticker album?! As the World Cup returns to Mexico 40 years on, “The Heroes of Mexico 86” book tells the full story of those players you swapped and stuck in. It's the perfect read for the retro fan ahead of this World Cup summer..What happened to the stars of your Mexico 86 sticker album?! As the World Cup returns to Mexico 40 years on, “The Heroes of Mexico 86” book tells the full story of those players you swapped and stuck in. It's the perfect read for the retro fan ahead of this World Cup summer...

[Jonny Cooper @JRCooper26]

Leeds United in 2025-26 are the first newly promoted side in Premier League history to remain unbeaten against both Chelsea and Liverpool in a season. #lufc

[Nicky Allt. @NickyAllt]

John Lennon: “Working class people around the world have no innate desire to go to war with each other. They have to be conned into it by the sociopaths who will profit from it.” #JohnLennon #War #Peace

[Brad @BraddrofliT]

"EVERY RECORD HAS BEEN FALSIFIED, EVERY BOOK REWRITTEN, EVERY PICTURE REPAINTED, EVERY STATUE AND STREET BUILDING RENAMED, EVERY DATE ALTERED..." - GEORGE ORWELL, "1984"

[Jim Small @JimSmallUK]

@Channel4News I’m too angry to even comment

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

The Adoration of the Maga. A few thoughts. It all felt a step too far by Gianni Infantino. The award of the inaugural Fifa Peace Prize felt more to do with its president’s desire to please powerful politicians as much as Donald Trump’s love of such glitzy, expensive offerings of loyalty last seen in medieval courts.

It felt more about politics than sport, a risky game for Fifa to play whenever it wants to bring a national association into line for perceived interference by government in the future. The Trump trophy weakens Fifa statutes. It also distracted from the real trophy, the World Cup, and the group-stage draw, traditionally a celebration about bringing countries together. Infantino took his eye off the balls.

A football draw designed to work out who plays who and (eventually) where and when is not the time or place for such politics. Infantino wasn’t speaking for the world in bestowing the Peace Prize, as he claimed. So presumptuous. So out of touch. Many probably agree that Trump has been a force for good in geopolitics, some might disagree. Most would probably feel such decisions should be left to experienced experts like the Nobel Committee and, please, can we get on with a football draw.

It’s spectacularly naïve or simply arrogant for Fifa to enter such non-football areas. It feels more and more that this was as much an Infantino initiative as Fifa’s. Infantino was supposed to drain the swamp when he arrived at Fifa in 2016 in the wake of assorted corruption scandals bedevilling the governing body of world football. How fitting that the nadir of Infantino’s propensity for self-aggrandisement as leader of what’s supposed to be a team game came in Washington. It was there that Trump promised to transform politics with his “drain the swamp” rhetoric, also in 2016.

The selfie moment was particularly cringe-worthy. Infantino forgets that football is the star of the show, not a 55-year lawyer. A senior football executive, who’s been at the heart of the English and European game for more than 20 years, messaged me during the drawn-out draw with his verdict on Infantino. “I feel revulsion, anger, shame, disgust – how has our sport been taken over by a Swiss ***** and turned into a total travesty???” He also pointed out that ensuring the leaders of USA, Mexico and Canada each somehow pulled out their own country’s name was not a good look for a draw based on chance.

Great for the cameras, though. Flash, bang, wallop, what a picture of Infantino's priorities. And who gets the next FIFA Peace Prize? And wouldn't Infantino have gained more respect had he used the money for the Trump trophy to subsidise excessive ticket costs? He's lost sight of what should be the real priorities for the leader of football. The game.

It's sad, really. Many sensible people work at Fifa, passionate about the game not their own ego, but it's alarming what happens to the leadership when they take power there. Even the great football manager Arsene Wenger has changed since becoming Chief of Global Football Development at Fifa. He now campaigns for more games, backing the expanded World Cup, which he would have railed against as a widely-admired, free-thinking club manager, fiercely protective of his players' well-being. "I believe that 48 teams is the right number." Arsene, just listen to yourself.

Many fans probably won’t lose much sleep that Wenger dances to Fifa's tune or that Infantino cosies up to Trump, Aramco and co. Some probably think Fifa’s a video game. Most just can’t wait for the football. The game’s about Mbappe and Messi, Haaland and Salah, Kane and Dembele, not Infantino and Trump.

The game’s about the Tartan Army, the brilliant Mexican following, the ever-hopeful English, the mobile carnival of Brazilians and the millions of other fans flocking to venue cities next summer, only a third with tickets. The USA is prepared for the party. I covered USA 94 and you couldn’t really tell there was a tournament on, certainly where I was in Detroit, Chicago and DC. You will this time, also in Canada. Mexico's total immersion was never in doubt given their passion for the game.

Infantino should remember this. He runs a great football organisation, not a political organisation. He needs to re-focus. Fifa is undeniably a force for good in many countries. The Fifa Foundation runs a new community programme that supports 154,924 people in 54 nations. Its new Digital Education Programme works on computer literacy amongst disadvantaged groups, helping them into the workplace. It’s easy to say it’s all about Infantino (Foundation board president), soft power and ensuring he keeps countries onside, voting for him, but the Foundation undeniably changes lives.

Infantino needs to look at his Adoration of the Maga and remember what he should be doing for football: serving it, not himself. #FIFAWorldCup.

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

All in one day:

Immigration Minister lied about me with a slur.

Wes Streeting then tried a different attack.

And the Evening Standard write yet another attack piece because I dare to say we need to tax the rich.

Want to help create our better future?

https://t.co/0qbagSvIYp

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations!

His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.

It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.

[Leeds United @LUFC]

Every 90 minutes, someone in the UK takes their own life. Leeds United and @PremierLeague are working with Samaritans to provide support for fans that need it most.

You support us, let us support you.

#TogetherAgainstSuicide #InsideMatters

[Jim Small @JimSmallUK]

@talkdants Remember that day well…

[Jim Small @JimSmallUK]

@LUFC

[Jim Small @JimSmallUK]

@eljonesuk Hahahahaha

[Leeds United @LUFC]

🏆 From Wembley agony to champions!

[Jonny Cooper @JRCooper26]

Dirty Leeds? We are only the third Championship champions to go through an entire season without receiving a single red card, along with Reading in 2005-06 and Burnley in 2015-16. #lufc

[Big Leigh Nicholson @LeighNicholson]

Monday will be my 187th game (not including friendlies, youth and women’s matches) announcing and playing the music at Elland Road. I’m asking each and every one of you to bring more noise than ever before. Together, we are more. Let’s go get it 🙌🏻🎤 #LUFC

[Jim Small @JimSmallUK]

@sportswebed Was quite fun wasn’t it?! 😍

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Evolution of Phones from 1991 2024

Can you remember any

[Leeds United @LUFC]

The EFL Rainbow Ball is back!

See it in every Sky Bet EFL match between 6-17 February, representing fans from the LGBTQ+ community – because football is for everyone

#EFLTogether