Happy Thursday. Start your day with Mexican keeper Jorge Campos coming on as sub for Atlante in 1996, playing up front, and casually scoring a sensational volley.
Bonkers. Absolutely bonkers.
An amazing award-winning photograph by Darren Pateman as players in a 3rd grade game at Cessnock on October 19th 2002 realise how close to them the fire has come. Pateman was on his way to photograph the fire when he spotted the match in progress. The game went on. Asked why, Mark Williams, leaning on his bat, said: "We just wanted a result. And once you start, you don’t like to go off, do you?”
🗣️ Gareth Bale: "I loved working with Mourinho at Tottenham."
🗣️ José Mourinho: “At that time Bale was already thinking about winning the Masters at Augusta."
FIFA just sold football’s history to the highest bidder.
The removal of analytic data on @FBref is a calculated heist of public knowledge to protect a 2026 World Cup gambling monopoly.
Stats Perform (@OptaSTATS) is taking the heat but FIFA is equally to blame.
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Sad to hear the news of Terry Yorath’s passing. He was a warrior & won fans over wherever he played. He was great for us at Coventry & the reason I got Gabby a job at Sky. I had no idea who she was when we met but I knew her dad. RIP Terry. Your daughter did you proud.
Looking at that refusal by officials not to award a blatant penalty to Everton in their game , it’s pretty safe to assume the data lads are on Arsenal this evening