Samuel Ketch

gainfully employed journalist.

[judy murray @JudyMurray]

Not one Scot good enough to get into junior singles @Wimbledon for 2nd successive year.
And all 11 British teens lost 1st round 2day. 6 boys. 5 girls.
Incredibly disappointing.
The pathway is flawed. Follow the Italian model. Invest in clubs + coaches. Not centralised systems.

[Samuel Ketch @samuelketch]

How on earth journalists are reporting with a straight face that the world’s top singles players are doing a protest over Grand Slam prize money then being so chipper about the end of the doubles tour?

[Ben Rothenberg @BenRothenberg]

The doubles players put out this statement objecting to the ATP overhauls to reduce doubles that I reported on in the below article.

I don’t see any convincing counter arguments here, really. More transparency, sure, but “tradition” is a weak card and it seems to be their best.

[Samuel Ketch @samuelketch]

As the old saying goes: Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, Germany lose on penalties.

[Samuel Ketch @samuelketch]

@AnnaK_4ever Possibly the last line of the second screenshot? Maybe Fritz hasn’t submitted the paperwork?

[Tim Stanley @timothy_stanley]

A child spends 9 hours online and can think of nothing else to do but stare at the wall & self professed “conservatives,” think it’s hilarious or cool or ironic. Once again I have no idea what “civilisation” the right thinks it’s protecting.

[Samuel Ketch @samuelketch]

Genuinely just Darren Fletcher’d at this getting a mention, knowing full well it had nothing to do with me

[Samuel Ketch @samuelketch]

I feel like I’ve heard too many “dreamlands” this tournament @FootballCliches? Are they trying to be featured on the podcast?

[Samuel Ketch @samuelketch]

BBC and ITV having fun on the overnight games.

No way the commentator drops a Coldplay - Yellow reference during the 8pm game preamble

[Samuel Ketch @samuelketch]

Cundy having lighthearted fun.

Everyone else being way too serious.

[talkSPORT @talkSPORT]

🫣 "How unlucky am I?"

😡. "You're a disgrace!"

Jason Cundy tries to explain how he's ended up wearing a Haiti shirt live on-air, ahead of their game against Scotland in the FIFA World Cup!

[Samuel Ketch @samuelketch]

While I think the Beeb should be over in the States… That studio actually looks quite nice

[Samuel Ketch @samuelketch]

PSG playing like a team who forgot they conceded

[Samuel Ketch @samuelketch]

This story reminds me of the excellent @praddenkeefe podcast ‘Winds of Change’.

Will be listening.

[Gabriel Gatehouse @ggatehouse]

I’ve spent the last 3 years investigating whether the CIA poisoned Gordon Banks, the England goalkeeper, at the 1970 World Cup. Front page of the Observer today and from 28 May a 7-part podcast series. https://t.co/mW870I4zZL

[Samuel Ketch @samuelketch]

@Tom_Parker12 lol

[Samuel Ketch @samuelketch]

Never mind, I’ll find someone like Yuuuuuuuuuuuuu 🐯🇯🇵

[Tom Burrows @TBurrows16]

Hull City’s players and fans join together to belt out Adele’s ‘Someone Like You’ in the Wembley sunshine

Promotion back to the Premier League for the first time since 2017

[Samuel Ketch @samuelketch]

Fuck me lads, I can’t drink and watch this stuff. 🥲

[Hull City @HullCity]

Good luck, Tigers 🧡

#hcafc

[Samuel Ketch @samuelketch]

You ‘Ull.

Class from the club. Tomorrow is going to be a great day.

#UTT #hcafc

[Rich Walker @bigbadwalks]

Isn't it a shame that instead of the colours and imagery of the teams competing, it's just betting ads running down Wembley Way. #hcafc

[Samuel Ketch @samuelketch]

@tobysomeoneb Nothing went over my head? I responded to your point. Yes he’s celebrating, yes he’s very highly regarded, but also Boro are his clients and that’s what he was celebrating.

I don’t think EFL are daft enough to reverse - but we literally do not know yet.

[Samuel Ketch @samuelketch]

What happens if the EFL decide to take this to CAS if the ruling is overturned? Or are they just going to put their hands up and say “sorry we were too mean the first time”?

The only conclusion to this that draws a line under it all is City winning on Saturday

[EFL Communications @EFL_Comms]

Saturday's Sky Bet Championship Play-Off Final between Hull City and Middlesbrough will kick-off at 15:30.

Should the outcome of the ongoing appeal process result in the Final being contested by Hull City and Southampton, the kick-off time for the fixture will remain at 16:30.

#EFL

[Samuel Ketch @samuelketch]

@tobysomeoneb He is working for Boro on the case and he’s done a great job for them, but ultimately Boro aren’t involved in this case (EFL vs Southampton).
Who knows what’s going to happen? I’m making a wider point about how stupid the whole thing has been.