David Webber 🇵🇸
@drdavewebber.bsky.social
#6MusicDad to Daniel, Evie, and Reuben. A lifelong Red playing on the Left. Thinks a lot and writes a bit on the political economy of football.
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How the Premier League is Complicit in Genocide
@neilsammonds.bsky.social of @waronwant.bsky.social joins to discuss how the world’s preeminent football league sportswashes Israel’s atrocities in Palestine.
open.spotify.com/episode/04uD...
@neilsammonds.bsky.social of @waronwant.bsky.social joins to discuss how the world’s preeminent football league sportswashes Israel’s atrocities in Palestine.
open.spotify.com/episode/04uD...
August 20, 2026 at 12:39 PM
How the Premier League is Complicit in Genocide
@neilsammonds.bsky.social of @waronwant.bsky.social joins to discuss how the world’s preeminent football league sportswashes Israel’s atrocities in Palestine.
open.spotify.com/episode/04uD...
@neilsammonds.bsky.social of @waronwant.bsky.social joins to discuss how the world’s preeminent football league sportswashes Israel’s atrocities in Palestine.
open.spotify.com/episode/04uD...
Absolutely this.
I met Jason a few years ago. He was a gentle, humble soul, and the last person to deserve the vicious treatment he has been subject to over the last few weeks.
I met Jason a few years ago. He was a gentle, humble soul, and the last person to deserve the vicious treatment he has been subject to over the last few weeks.
This is horrific. Jason was a kind man who made mistakes. How many of us could endure a daily trial by media; a profession that studiously ignores the vices & lies of friends in their profession (see the glowing tributes to Rod Liddle) or friends in government.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jason Arday: Former Cambridge university professor found dead
Jason Arday was found "unresponsive" at an address in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon, officials said.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 14, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Absolutely this.
I met Jason a few years ago. He was a gentle, humble soul, and the last person to deserve the vicious treatment he has been subject to over the last few weeks.
I met Jason a few years ago. He was a gentle, humble soul, and the last person to deserve the vicious treatment he has been subject to over the last few weeks.
Trial and execution by media. Fucking ghouls.
Rest easy, Jason.
Rest easy, Jason.
Jason Arday is dead. The UK media won’t learn a thing from this. Because they’re racist bastards. He has two children.
August 14, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Trial and execution by media. Fucking ghouls.
Rest easy, Jason.
Rest easy, Jason.
This. 👇🏻
The very fabric of football is being cut up and sold off to already extraordinarily wealthy individuals who care not one little bit for the sport itself, its institutions or social basis. True supporters of *our* game should be alarmed at this sale.
The very fabric of football is being cut up and sold off to already extraordinarily wealthy individuals who care not one little bit for the sport itself, its institutions or social basis. True supporters of *our* game should be alarmed at this sale.
The idea that a team like Liverpool is even partly owned by a figure like Bezos will be anathema to a lot of traditionalists. Hot on the heels of FIFA’s attempted sell off of the World Cup to similar characters, this further underlines who is increasingly calling the shots and where power is.
August 14, 2026 at 6:08 PM
This. 👇🏻
The very fabric of football is being cut up and sold off to already extraordinarily wealthy individuals who care not one little bit for the sport itself, its institutions or social basis. True supporters of *our* game should be alarmed at this sale.
The very fabric of football is being cut up and sold off to already extraordinarily wealthy individuals who care not one little bit for the sport itself, its institutions or social basis. True supporters of *our* game should be alarmed at this sale.
Something doesn’t add up here. Why are we only being told this now, when Infantino is clearly a busted flush? Why not earlier?
Gianni Infantino held talks about rebranding the ill-fated European breakaway the ‘Fifa Super League’ in 2021. Full contents of the term sheet revealed, by @nickames82.bsky.social
Fifa Super League: Infantino discussed having governing body’s name on European breakaway
A document has shown how Fifa staff were involved in the European breakaway and that the global governing body was prepared to sideline member associations
www.theguardian.com
August 5, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Something doesn’t add up here. Why are we only being told this now, when Infantino is clearly a busted flush? Why not earlier?
I have to sit in meetings and listen to “how amazing AI is”, “it’s the future”, etc, etc.
And then I come across this on my socials.
Absolute garbage. Zoom in for a giggle.
And then I come across this on my socials.
Absolute garbage. Zoom in for a giggle.
August 5, 2026 at 8:11 PM
I have to sit in meetings and listen to “how amazing AI is”, “it’s the future”, etc, etc.
And then I come across this on my socials.
Absolute garbage. Zoom in for a giggle.
And then I come across this on my socials.
Absolute garbage. Zoom in for a giggle.
A lot can happen in twenty years.
If someone had said to me that Wrexham would be playing Liverpool in pre-season friendly at the Yankee Stadium in New York, I’d have laughed in their face.
If someone had said to me that Wrexham would be playing Liverpool in pre-season friendly at the Yankee Stadium in New York, I’d have laughed in their face.
July 29, 2026 at 10:37 PM
A lot can happen in twenty years.
If someone had said to me that Wrexham would be playing Liverpool in pre-season friendly at the Yankee Stadium in New York, I’d have laughed in their face.
If someone had said to me that Wrexham would be playing Liverpool in pre-season friendly at the Yankee Stadium in New York, I’d have laughed in their face.
You sense, at least from UEFA’s perspective, that Infantino has gone full Colonel Kurtz here.
Very Obviously He Has Gone Insane - Apocalypse Now
ALT: Very Obviously He Has Gone Insane - Apocalypse Now
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July 28, 2026 at 5:19 PM
You sense, at least from UEFA’s perspective, that Infantino has gone full Colonel Kurtz here.
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Ian Wright saying we shouldn’t forget the way the Iranian team and the Somali referee were treated. Correct.
July 19, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Ian Wright saying we shouldn’t forget the way the Iranian team and the Somali referee were treated. Correct.
This is the only World Cup replica that matters.
July 19, 2026 at 10:33 PM
This is the only World Cup replica that matters.
The absolute state of that sack of orange shite there.
July 19, 2026 at 10:29 PM
The absolute state of that sack of orange shite there.
Not to be that guy, but *this* is how you defend a 1-nil lead against Argentina, Tommy lad.
July 19, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Not to be that guy, but *this* is how you defend a 1-nil lead against Argentina, Tommy lad.
Enzo Fernandez is a racist and transphobic little rat. The prick had it coming.
July 19, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Enzo Fernandez is a racist and transphobic little rat. The prick had it coming.
This half-time show is so syrupy I feel I’m developing type II diabetes. 🤢
July 19, 2026 at 8:13 PM
This half-time show is so syrupy I feel I’m developing type II diabetes. 🤢
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Who enjoys this sort of thing at any sporting event? People who don’t like sport.
July 19, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Who enjoys this sort of thing at any sporting event? People who don’t like sport.
Would this be the same White House that is banning anyone from entering the United States who has posted anti-Trump messages on their social media?
July 18, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Would this be the same White House that is banning anyone from entering the United States who has posted anti-Trump messages on their social media?
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🏆⚽"I don't think there's been a tournament quite like this."
@drdavewebber.bsky.social tells #F24Debate this "celebrity-driven" #FIFAWorldCup has "repackaged football as a luxury product", driving up ticket demand and prices ➡️https://go.france24.com/Ocdc
@drdavewebber.bsky.social tells #F24Debate this "celebrity-driven" #FIFAWorldCup has "repackaged football as a luxury product", driving up ticket demand and prices ➡️https://go.france24.com/Ocdc
July 16, 2026 at 8:15 PM
🏆⚽"I don't think there's been a tournament quite like this."
@drdavewebber.bsky.social tells #F24Debate this "celebrity-driven" #FIFAWorldCup has "repackaged football as a luxury product", driving up ticket demand and prices ➡️https://go.france24.com/Ocdc
@drdavewebber.bsky.social tells #F24Debate this "celebrity-driven" #FIFAWorldCup has "repackaged football as a luxury product", driving up ticket demand and prices ➡️https://go.france24.com/Ocdc
Someone at Liverpool Football Club signed off on this.
Still, at least everyone still fuming that Trent joined Madrid on a free can get their hands on a cut-price voodoo doll.
Still, at least everyone still fuming that Trent joined Madrid on a free can get their hands on a cut-price voodoo doll.
July 17, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Someone at Liverpool Football Club signed off on this.
Still, at least everyone still fuming that Trent joined Madrid on a free can get their hands on a cut-price voodoo doll.
Still, at least everyone still fuming that Trent joined Madrid on a free can get their hands on a cut-price voodoo doll.
“Played so dirty”. Honestly, this anti-Argentinian narrative is as tiresome as it is xenophobic. Do better.
You might not like *how* they play, but Argentina are set up to grind down and outpower their opponents, and have an indefatigable desire to win.
You might not like *how* they play, but Argentina are set up to grind down and outpower their opponents, and have an indefatigable desire to win.
England have put in the most phenomenal shift this World Cup.
It feels especially gutting to lose out to a team that has played so dirty throughout the tournament, but every single one of our players has done England proud. 1/3
It feels especially gutting to lose out to a team that has played so dirty throughout the tournament, but every single one of our players has done England proud. 1/3
July 15, 2026 at 10:05 PM
“Played so dirty”. Honestly, this anti-Argentinian narrative is as tiresome as it is xenophobic. Do better.
You might not like *how* they play, but Argentina are set up to grind down and outpower their opponents, and have an indefatigable desire to win.
You might not like *how* they play, but Argentina are set up to grind down and outpower their opponents, and have an indefatigable desire to win.
Tuchel shit the bed there.
July 15, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Tuchel shit the bed there.
Borderline criminal.
England up 1 deciding to sit back and do nothing with 9 in the box for a half hour against Argentina in the World Cup
July 15, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Borderline criminal.
Could Tuchel give Matterface and Dixon a bollocking too?
July 11, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Could Tuchel give Matterface and Dixon a bollocking too?
It’s all ‘Wonderwall’ now but you get the feeling we’re not far off ‘Stop Crying Your Heart Out’ territory.
July 1, 2026 at 8:53 PM
It’s all ‘Wonderwall’ now but you get the feeling we’re not far off ‘Stop Crying Your Heart Out’ territory.
In Madrid mate.
lol, where tf is the england right back?
July 1, 2026 at 4:12 PM
In Madrid mate.