thelongfella

[YBI @YeboahBelieveIt]

Still one of the most magical FA cup moments we've ever seen 🎯 #lufc #FACup

[binface @binface]

Joe Hart's going home in a U-Boat.

[AC Milan @acmilan]

Current situation 💁‍♂️

#RealMilan #UCL #SempreMilan

[Jack Kenmare @jackkenmare_]

Still don’t know how Aldershot manager Mark Molesley kept a straight face in this. An all-timer

[Sky News @SkyNews]

Footage released by US military officials shows the Russian fighter jet swooping past the intercepting US plane, coming within feet of the aircraft.

https://t.co/S26aTae3Jn

[Sky News @SkyNews]

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer mistakenly calls for the 'return of the sausages' instead of the hostages in Gaza during the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.

Follow live politics updates | https://t.co/xItZsH7tea

[The 44 ⚽️ @The_Forty_Four]

Micah Richards said “I got David Beckhams sticky stuff”😳

Jamie Carragher’s face when he said that🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Kalshi Football @KalshiFB]

What did he expect was gonna happen 💀

[Empire State Building Observation Deck @EmpireStateBldg]

Rest in Peace Lord Vader

[Omid Djalili @omid9]

Quick story about Sven-Goran Ericksson (RIP). Such a good man, open and easy to talk to. You needed humility being the first “foreign” England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 manager, but one night we realised just how humble (and witty) he was.

At a charity dinner after the World Cup in 2006, when he was no longer England manager, I was lucky enough to be on his table. Finding my moment, I asked “why did you include a 17 year old Theo Walcott in the World Cup squad when he hadn’t played a single game in the Premier league?”

I didn’t want to upset him because it was a controversial decision at the time - he took an injured Wayne Rooney and a struggling Michael Owen but left out a fit and well Jermaine Defoe. But he replied “no, it’s a good question. Many would like to know. I could not say then, but I can now…” and explained his thinking with a measured response:

“You know, the countries that do well at World Cups always have a ‘secret weapon’. A player unknown to the other teams, to bring on as a substitute to help win a game in the latter stages. This was Theo. And we agreed to use him only in a semi-final or the final.” He and his assistant Tord Grip had seen Walcott in a reserve game at Arsenal and said Theo had “lightening pace” and was “extremely skilful.” Theo was “the perfect unknown quantity to surprise teams and steal a goal and win a championship. That’s why we took him, not Jermaine” he concluded.

I then offered “but Sven, in the quarter final v Portugal we lost on penalties. After Rooney got sent off, surely that was the time to bring on Walcott - not Peter Crouch as you did - to use Theo’s pace and score an extra time winner when we were down to 10 men?”

He looked at me as if it was the first time anyone had ever suggested the idea. He looked ruefully at all of us on the table and said “well now that you say it, yes maybe I should have. In retrospect, this was a mistake.”

The table went silent. We all seemed to be contemplating what could have been, for England and for Theo Walcott. Sven broke the silence with “Omid. Tell us a joke.” I laughed coz it was a delightfully off beat way to deflect, and without thinking, I did. A really inappropriate joke that got absolutely nothing. With a wink and a smile Sven then said “you see, it’s not always easy to think of the right thing to do in the moment, as Mr. Djalili just showed us, and so well.” Cue big laugh.

We understood at that moment, sometimes even the best laid plans can go to cock. And that’s life. It was new information and no one judged him.

Personally I was just thrilled he knew my name.

#SvenGoranEriksson

[🇨🇩🇸🇱 @8Flavs]

The Jamie Vardy experience (37 years old with no preseason):

• Downs a can of red bull before the second half
• Scores the equaliser against Spurs (earned his team a point)
• Reminds them that he has 1 PL title and they have 0
• Tells Romero to f off

[Today Years Old @todayyearsold]

Jack Karlson, the man who had the funniest arrest ever, has died. He deserves a statue.

Long live this legend.

[thelongfella @thelongfella]

Great to be here but 0% 1664 really!

[NBC Sports Cycling @NBCSCycling]

“We’re just fighting to stay in this beautiful race…and show the Tour de France the respect it deserves.”

Mark Cavendish on what the Tour de France has taught him about perseverance through the hard stages. #TDF2024

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

Can’t start a fire… #ENG #FODEN #ESPENG #EURO2024

[Cramsniggud @1981marc]

Got me did this. Don’t struggle out their lads. Doesn’t matter whether your Blues or Villa on matters like this. Well played Danny #talksport #BCFC #Villa #staystrong

[Football Fights @Footballfights]

Kieran Trippier saying hello to Lamine Yamal tonight 🤣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇦

[Cricket Shouts 🏏 @crickshouts]

Five years ago today.

The most iconic cricket commentary of all time.

via @ICC

[long since dead @1899INE]

England - Somewhere Only We Know