Patrick Easby

[Middlesbrough FC @Boro]

A statement from MFC:

Middlesbrough Football Club welcomes the outcome of today’s Disciplinary Commission hearing.

We believe this sends out a clear message for the future of our game regarding sporting integrity and conduct.

As a club, we are now focused on our game against Hull City at Wembley on Saturday.

Ticket information for our supporters will be available shortly.

[Boropolis @Boropolis]

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[Matt @MattPB_]

🔴 Spying before 1st leg
🔴 Throwing objects at our bus
🔴 HB saying discriminative words to Ayling
🔴 Ball boys sitting on the ball.

Far prouder to be on the losing side with my club tonight, than be on the winning side of theirs.

EFL, do whats right. 👊

#UTB

[Max Scott @maxbscott]

With the allegations already being levelled at him and Southampton, Tonda Eckert’s behaviour here is embarrassing.

The referee is informing him of an allegation of discrimination against his captain, while he reacts like an overstimulated toddler. Do better.

[Patrick Easby @patrick_easby]

@AJPfx_ @Teessideracko @Boro Whatever punishment happens is a punishment to the fans as well you can’t separate fans from the club so something that punishes the club will always punish the fans. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t punish the club though

[Patrick Easby @patrick_easby]

Southampton are completely classless club from the staff to the players to the fans, absolute joke if the efl don’t kick them out

[luke @louorns]

Southampton one of the most embarrassing clubs you’ll see. From players to club to fans

[• Phil • 🏆🏆🏆 @Phillyconcarne]

When I first saw Big John everywhere I cringed because I didn’t think we needed another Thomas Skinner.

Been so nice to learn over time that he seems like a genuinely lovely guy. Would be nice if everyone could learn that you can love your country and not be filled with hate for everyone else.

[Patrick Easby @patrick_easby]

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[Indianapolis Colts @Colts]

Got him. #ForTheShoe

[The72 - We Love the #EFL @_The72]

With news that DAZN plan to broadcast every EFL game live, there’s no better time to explain why the 3pm blackout is so important.

England has the deepest pyramid, in terms of attendances, and no other league has such a traditional and sacrosanct time for football for ALL games. There’ll be thousands of walk-up, casual fans who’ll stop going to watch their local team because they can watch the big boys on telly.
It's these casual fans who pay their £10-25 on the turnstile, plus other spends, which helps to keep these clubs running in terms of a weekly cash flow because season ticket holders pay in one at the start of the season. Think of the amount of away fans that would stop going and travelling hours on a coach cos they can watch it on telly. It's also not about 1 game, or 1 weekend. It's about habit-forming, it's about behavioural patterns. It's about how removing the blackout could, in the long-term, have an irreversible effect on parts of the pyramid.

England is the only country in Europe where we have one time slot. 73% of match kick off at 3pm on a Saturday. As opposed to 28% in Germany which is the next highest.

You’ll then open up the possibility for people going to watch it at their mates or decide to stay in the pub and watch it. Again this is habit forming.

It’s so dangerous and could kill what’s brilliant about English football. You get 40,000 at a ground in the championship. Three League One teams get around 30,000. A League Two team get 20,000. There’s a National League team that got 15,000+ this season. South Shields who play in the 7th tier average 2,000 fans. You can’t risk losing the beauty of that just to pander to those who don’t already go to football matches. I completely understand that there are circumstances that mean unfortunately some supporters are unable to attend. But the power of English football, it’s supporters and it’s attendances far outweigh that.

A lot of this has been taken from @DaleJohnsonESPN who articulates this point so well. Let’s hope the 3pm blackout never gets scrapped.

[Patrick Easby @patrick_easby]

As a Colts fan I’m loving this

[Ian Rapoport @RapSheet]

Sources: The #Eagles are trading for #Titans WR AJ Brown. Tennessee gets the No. 18 pick and more.

[Patrick Easby @patrick_easby]

@Nathaniel_D97 NOT ON THE TIMELINE NATHANIEL

[Lars Sivertsen @larssivertsen]

If your club has become a frozen asset because the owner is linked to a despot engaged in ongoing war crimes, yet you've been generously allowed to keep trading in a limited way to fulfill fixtures, "matters of sporting integrity" is maybe not a phrase you want on people's minds.

[Chris Wheatley @ChrisWheatley]

Middlesbrough: “Given the reasons for these sanctions, for Chelsea to seek to invoke sporting "integrity" as reason for the game being played behind closed doors is ironic in the extreme.”

[Middlesbrough FC @Boro]

Has anyone seen A-A-Ron? 🤔 #UTB

[Indianapolis Colts @Colts]

game worn @MikePitt_Jr jersey 🤩

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@blue picks the winner.. 👀

[Stephen Tries @StephenTries]

Thousands died in a pandemic, over 11% of the population are in poverty and they’ve had more scandals than a series of towie. How the fuck does that deserve a xmas party? Are they working hard to undo the mess they’ve made? No. They’re doing cocaine and playing twister