The Unofficial Football Archive

Turning football’s strangest quotes, stories and moments into the films, documentaries, adverts and TV programmes they never asked for.

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@tom_doodson Yes, he did.

Ladies and gentlemen, the pedantic mood hoover has arrived.

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We’ve reviewed the footage and can now understand why the linesman was so angry with Nathan Jones.

Case closed. 🐈⚽️🚩

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@secondtierpod https://t.co/z5vVd2lX29

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We’ve reviewed the footage and can now understand why the linesman was so angry with Nathan Jones.

Case closed. 🐈⚽️🚩

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Nathan Jones: “He looked at me like I’d volleyed his cat.”

Unfortunately, the archive footage backs up the linesman’s version of events. 🐈⚽

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We’ve reviewed the footage and can now understand why the linesman was so angry with Nathan Jones.

Case closed. 🐈⚽️🚩

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Liam Rosenior has entered his Kendall Roy era. 🎤

Touchline tactics by day. Questionable billionaire-heir rap energy by night.

All bangers. No succession plan.

#LiamRosenior #UFA #ligue1

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Kendall Roy

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Birmingham City v Wolves, 2026.

Somewhere, a new edition of Football Nightmares is crying out for this clip.

Nick Hancock knew exactly what was required.

SOUND ON 🔉

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VfL Osnabrück appear to have misunderstood the concept of a tifo and simply hired the engineering department from Alton Towers for the evening.

Can’t wait for the next home game when they unveil a log flume behind the goal. 🎢

[𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐔𝐥𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 @thecasualultra]

🤩🎢 VfL Osnabrück’s ultras brought the creativity tonight, unveiling an incredible working roller coaster tifo for their German Cup clash with Bayern München! 💜🇩🇪

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Never mind Fabrizio Romano.

Sky Sports have got a man with a guitar performing the Rainbow theme live on Deadline Day.

“Can you tell us anything about the deal?”

🎵 Up above the streets and houses… 🎵

Peak transfer window television. 🌈

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Following yesterday’s 2–0 defeat at Hull, the BBC have unearthed a forgotten classic…

ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES: TO HULL AND BACK

Three men head to Humberside in search of three points… and return with nothing.

Lovely jubbly. 🥴

#MUFC #HCAFC

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🚨 BREAKING: Tony Mowbray’s love of chocolate has finally paid off.

Blackburn Rovers have appointed Willy Wonka as his new assistant.

Mowbray’s got his chocolate. Wonka’s got the tactics.

Could this be Rovers’ golden ticket back to the big time? 🍫🎩🎫

#Rovers #UFA

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Double acts that belong together.

Ant & Dec.
Liam & Noel.
Morecambe & Wise.
Wallace & Gromit.
Del Boy & Rodney.

And, of course… Tony Mowbray & Chocolate.

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Find someone who talks about you the way Tony Mowbray talks about chocolate! 🍫❤️😂

#EFLisBack | @Rovers

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Turns out Gianni Infantino’s latest funding round was oversubscribed. 💸

After trying to sell a stake in the World Cup, he’s now collecting investments the old-fashioned way…

Sepp would be proud. ��️💵 #FIFA

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Pinky & the Brain was supposed to be a cartoon… not FIFA’s latest business strategy. 🐭🌍💰

Selling stakes in the World Cup? That sounds less like football governance and more like a private equity pitch deck.

“Narf!” 🤦‍♂️⚽

#FIFA #WorldCup #SportsBusiness #Satire

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🚨 WORLD CUP CLOSING CEREMONY SHOCK! 🚨

Jerry St. Clair made a surprise appearance, belting out Black Bin Bags to a packed stadium.

Thousands joined in, while baffled fans from around the world assumed it was England’s new national anthem. 🗑️🎤😂

#WorldCup #PhoenixNights

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“I was probably their best player, if we’re being honest.”

Donald Trump completes a full John Terry by changing into a Spain kit, collecting a winners’ medal and posing for the team photo despite not playing a single minute.

The No.1 shirt was reportedly non-negotiable. 😂

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🚨 KIT MIX-UP 🚨

Stoke City have accidentally unveiled Southampton’s 2026/27 away shirt.

Designed to blend seamlessly into the background on away days… and allegedly other occasions. 👀🌿

#SaintsFC #SCFC

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England fans…

Too harsh, or painfully accurate? 😅

Our latest Unofficial Football Archive commercial after the World Cup exit to Argentina. 🇦🇷💔👇

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🇨🇭 BREAKING: Switzerland have announced Breel Embolo will represent the nation at the next Olympic Games.

Not in football.

In diving. 🤿

Judges praised his commitment to artistic interpretation, but VAR still deducted points for “minimal contact”.

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Rare images have emerged of Switzerland head coach Murat Yakin performing a late-night DJ set at a house party in its basement.

The set was eventually cut short by repeated complaints about someone banging on the damn furnace. 🇨🇭🔊

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Fresh from guiding Switzerland through another World Cup battle, Murat Yakin finds time for a different kind of shoot. 🇨🇭📸

The Switzerland boss is this month’s GQ cover star — discussing the secret to keeping that hair immaculate through 90 minutes of tournament football.