🎙️ Luka Modrić on his grandfather Luka:
"I proudly carry his name. He taught me how to clear snow, stack hay, and herd sheep. I think I learned to play football there, among sheep and stones." [Corriere Della Sera]
775 clubs participated and Sydney United are once again knocking about with A-League teams in the final 16
Cup football in Edensor Park tomorrow, love it
Sydney United with some of the wildest Hahn #AustraliaCup scenes of the season! 🤯
3-2 down until the final seconds of regular time. Penalties that went all the way to the goalkeepers. And the celebrations were special! ❤️🤍💙
🎥: ubfpodcast x AustraliaCup
#MagicOfTheCup
"To fund his golfing ambitions, McIlroy's parents took on extra jobs. Gerry worked 100 hours a week; he cleaned toilets and showers at a local sports club in the mornings, served as a bartender at Holywood Golf Club from 12 to 6 pm, then returned to the sports club to work behind the bar in the evenings. Rosie looked after Rory during the day, and worked night shifts packaging rolls of tape at a 3M factory in Bangor, County Down. Due to their conflicting schedules, McIlroy's parents rarely saw each other during this period. Gerry later said: "I had no idea what else to do. I’m a working-class man. We wanted to give our only child a chance."
After finding success as a professional golfer, McIlroy bought his parents a house in 2009, and stated: "I’ll never be able to repay Mum and Dad for what they did, but at least they know they’ll never have to work another day. I’ll do whatever it takes to look after them."
A group of 150 Southend United fans hired a ‘party boat’ to take them down The Thames to their match away to Sutton on Saturday, and they soon noticed that an American tourist called Evan was sitting quietly by himself, so they asked him if he was OK. It turned out that he had got on the boat by accident and thought he was doing a sightseeing tour of London 😂⛴️
They instantly adopted him as a new Shrimper, got the beers in, and even gave him a ticket to the match that ended 1-1. If you kept hearing the chant ‘Evan is a Shrimper’ on the radio - now you know why!