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I don't have many fond memories of 2024 for many reasons, and can't say I'm overly optimistic for 2025.
However, a notable action from this year was waving goodbye to Facebook and LinkedIn and X 👋🏽
#HappyNewYear
However, a notable action from this year was waving goodbye to Facebook and LinkedIn and X 👋🏽
#HappyNewYear
I don't have many fond memories of 2025 for many reasons, and can't say I'm overly optimistic for 2026.
Everything is just shit 😒
Hope your year is much more optimistic and successful!
#HappyNewYear
Everything is just shit 😒
Hope your year is much more optimistic and successful!
#HappyNewYear
And in other news, water is wet.
October 3, 2026 at 12:18 PM
And in other news, water is wet.
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#MUFC won the title in those years despite frequently paying significantly less than rivals:
• 2006-07: 33% less than Chelsea
• 2007-08: 45% less than Chelsea
• 2008-09: 35% less than Chelsea
• 2010-11: 9% less than Chelsea
• 2012-13: 29% less than Man City
• 2006-07: 33% less than Chelsea
• 2007-08: 45% less than Chelsea
• 2008-09: 35% less than Chelsea
• 2010-11: 9% less than Chelsea
• 2012-13: 29% less than Man City
October 2, 2026 at 8:07 AM
#MUFC won the title in those years despite frequently paying significantly less than rivals:
• 2006-07: 33% less than Chelsea
• 2007-08: 45% less than Chelsea
• 2008-09: 35% less than Chelsea
• 2010-11: 9% less than Chelsea
• 2012-13: 29% less than Man City
• 2006-07: 33% less than Chelsea
• 2007-08: 45% less than Chelsea
• 2008-09: 35% less than Chelsea
• 2010-11: 9% less than Chelsea
• 2012-13: 29% less than Man City
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Many examples of Sir Alex Ferguson's genius but if we're to boil it down to money (because, well, everything else is these days) perhaps his most impressive achievement is in his final 10 years #MUFC were not the highest wage payers in PL once, yet they won the league five times
October 2, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Many examples of Sir Alex Ferguson's genius but if we're to boil it down to money (because, well, everything else is these days) perhaps his most impressive achievement is in his final 10 years #MUFC were not the highest wage payers in PL once, yet they won the league five times
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Excellent as always from @dtathletic.bsky.social 👏🏼
‘At this stage, the narrative changes. No longer should it be a debate about whether the Premier League would dare to drum Manchester City out of England’s top division. Now the question takes another form: how can you justify anything else?’
‘At this stage, the narrative changes. No longer should it be a debate about whether the Premier League would dare to drum Manchester City out of England’s top division. Now the question takes another form: how can you justify anything else?’
Manchester City have become ‘Sham FC’. They deserve the heaviest punishment (Gift Article)
Nine years of wrongdoing - as laid out in the independent commission's damning judgment - disfigured English football
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Excellent as always from @dtathletic.bsky.social 👏🏼
‘At this stage, the narrative changes. No longer should it be a debate about whether the Premier League would dare to drum Manchester City out of England’s top division. Now the question takes another form: how can you justify anything else?’
‘At this stage, the narrative changes. No longer should it be a debate about whether the Premier League would dare to drum Manchester City out of England’s top division. Now the question takes another form: how can you justify anything else?’
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Yes!! 👏🏼
I hope Manchester United supporters are dusting off that banner to put on the Stretford End when they take on Spurs after the break
October 1, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Yes!! 👏🏼
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It's incumbent on the fans of every team they face for the rest of the season to really go to town on the banners. We must hope they rise to the occasion.
October 1, 2026 at 3:36 PM
It's incumbent on the fans of every team they face for the rest of the season to really go to town on the banners. We must hope they rise to the occasion.
On the BBC Euros pod, Balague suggests Pep turned the likes of Aguero(!), Haaland, De Bruyne, Rodri into world class players 🙄
Almost as if they had an extra £100m each summer to spend to get those players.
Almost as if they had an extra £100m each summer to spend to get those players.
"You can hold Man City to account and still admire what Pep Guardiola has done."
@GuillemBalague weighs in on Guardiola's achievements with Manchester City as financial charges loom over the club's future 👀
@GuillemBalague weighs in on Guardiola's achievements with Manchester City as financial charges loom over the club's future 👀
October 1, 2026 at 3:32 PM
On the BBC Euros pod, Balague suggests Pep turned the likes of Aguero(!), Haaland, De Bruyne, Rodri into world class players 🙄
Almost as if they had an extra £100m each summer to spend to get those players.
Almost as if they had an extra £100m each summer to spend to get those players.
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Burnham may appear to have more emotional intelligence than Starmer but if he can’t lift the ridiculous proscription of Palestine Action then he’s obviously compromised and shouldn’t be PM
She's a 94 year old Jewish human rights lawyer.
She's been arrested under terrorism legislation for opposing genocide.
The least we can do is to listen.
She's been arrested under terrorism legislation for opposing genocide.
The least we can do is to listen.
October 1, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Burnham may appear to have more emotional intelligence than Starmer but if he can’t lift the ridiculous proscription of Palestine Action then he’s obviously compromised and shouldn’t be PM
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well at least now we know why he was crying in that speech
September 30, 2026 at 5:47 PM
well at least now we know why he was crying in that speech
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It seems apt that Manchester City fans adopted the Poznan, a celebration where everybody looks the other way.
September 30, 2026 at 12:39 AM
It seems apt that Manchester City fans adopted the Poznan, a celebration where everybody looks the other way.
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Al Jazeera did a lovely summary of the Manchester City cheating scandal.
September 29, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Al Jazeera did a lovely summary of the Manchester City cheating scandal.
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Btw Omar Berrada worked for City in the business and operations department. He took part in this corruption and should be fired imo
September 29, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Btw Omar Berrada worked for City in the business and operations department. He took part in this corruption and should be fired imo
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Harry Redknapp doesn't think Man City should be punished for fiddling the books. That's Harry Redknapp who opened a bank account in Monaco in the name of his dog to avoid tax.
September 29, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Harry Redknapp doesn't think Man City should be punished for fiddling the books. That's Harry Redknapp who opened a bank account in Monaco in the name of his dog to avoid tax.
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Cannot get over the beauty of this GIF: it’s Zidane celebrating last night after Olise scored a last minute winner for France. It looks like something from a movie or a high-end fashion advert. Probably the most elegant footballer of all time.
September 29, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Cannot get over the beauty of this GIF: it’s Zidane celebrating last night after Olise scored a last minute winner for France. It looks like something from a movie or a high-end fashion advert. Probably the most elegant footballer of all time.
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And that’s why I’ve blocked “the overlap”/“stick to football”.
A new week. Monday morning. What is their discussion point? Surely the biggest story of the week?
Nope. An episode titled; ‘United in Crisis’
A new week. Monday morning. What is their discussion point? Surely the biggest story of the week?
Nope. An episode titled; ‘United in Crisis’
September 28, 2026 at 8:09 AM
And that’s why I’ve blocked “the overlap”/“stick to football”.
A new week. Monday morning. What is their discussion point? Surely the biggest story of the week?
Nope. An episode titled; ‘United in Crisis’
A new week. Monday morning. What is their discussion point? Surely the biggest story of the week?
Nope. An episode titled; ‘United in Crisis’
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🇵🇸 This photograph of a football match amidst the rubble of #Gaza was withdrawn from the Deauville Sport Images Festival exhibition in France following pressure from pro-Israel activists.
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August 25, 2026 at 6:41 AM
🇵🇸 This photograph of a football match amidst the rubble of #Gaza was withdrawn from the Deauville Sport Images Festival exhibition in France following pressure from pro-Israel activists.
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Read @karimzidan.com on "The Art of Not Banning Israel" from world soccer: "The Ireland-Israel fixtures expose the hypocrisy of the sport's balancing act on Palestine & the illusion that 'football unites the world'." www.sportspolitika.news/p/ireland-is...
The Art of Not Banning Israel
The Ireland-Israel fixtures expose the hypocrisy of the sport's balancing act on Palestine and the illusion that “football unites the world.”
www.sportspolitika.news
September 25, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Read @karimzidan.com on "The Art of Not Banning Israel" from world soccer: "The Ireland-Israel fixtures expose the hypocrisy of the sport's balancing act on Palestine & the illusion that 'football unites the world'." www.sportspolitika.news/p/ireland-is...
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I won’t be watching the football. The game simply should not be going ahead. 🇮🇪
September 27, 2026 at 4:39 PM
I won’t be watching the football. The game simply should not be going ahead. 🇮🇪
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Condemnation is pure hot air if in the next breath you’re telling everyone you’re doing your best to give the fascists what they want, just without the masks
September 27, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Condemnation is pure hot air if in the next breath you’re telling everyone you’re doing your best to give the fascists what they want, just without the masks
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Sometimes you just ignore the A.I. slop cos the message is important. And fucking hilarious!
This is class. 😂
Erling Haaland on what teams he's excited to play next season.
[🎬 People’s Republic of Liverpool on X]
Erling Haaland on what teams he's excited to play next season.
[🎬 People’s Republic of Liverpool on X]
September 27, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sometimes you just ignore the A.I. slop cos the message is important. And fucking hilarious!
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Weird how we can instantly arrest the peaceful protesters on the most extreme of charges but it takes days to arrest the violent racists on the most minimal & penalty free of charges huh
NEW: Massive Attack frontman Robert Del Naja has been arrested on suspicion of showing support for a proscribed organisation outside of Labour's party conference in Liverpool – the first under the tenure of Andy Burnham
Massive Attack musician arrested at Palestine protest outside Labour conference
www.thenational.scot
September 26, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Weird how we can instantly arrest the peaceful protesters on the most extreme of charges but it takes days to arrest the violent racists on the most minimal & penalty free of charges huh
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Gavin Bazunu statement on withdrawing from Ireland squad
September 26, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Gavin Bazunu statement on withdrawing from Ireland squad