Chief pedant. Ex-World Soccer

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Joined March 2009
Big exclusive from SportBusiness today!
A proposed agreement between Infront and the Football Association to sell FA Cup broadcast rights in international markets has not been signed off despite the agency being selected as the preferred bidder, SportBusiness understands. sportbusiness.com/news/exclu…
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Brilliant Daily M**l delusion this AM Poll of 29,000 Mail+ headbangers who wanted Lineker sacked is proof he was wrong to criticise a ‘popular policy from a democratically elected govt’ Hurrah for the Blackshirts!
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Is there a better pundit than @Tim_Vickery? Absolute masterclass on Brazil from the Maestro on 5Live
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Barcelona and Juventus set to re-launch plans for Euro Super League, beginning in February, provisional title: Europa League
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How many other Premier League clubs charge season ticket holders to transfer one-off digital tickets to friends/family? Just Palace?
Passing on tickets amongst friends and family is a part of fan culture and something the FSA generally supports. Putting the ability to do that behind a £50 paywall & dumping the admin onto fans isn't exactly progress.
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EXCLUSIVE: Nottingham Forest is holding out for a front-of-shirt sponsorship deal in the region of £10m after rebuffing at least two multi-million-pound offers (£) tiny.cc/bfutuz
Not sure we can read too much into the Govt briefing that Abramovich is stalling on Chelsea sale. His people will deny it, Govt are trying to move things along to avoid missing May 31 deadline. Extending beyond May 31 would be embarrassing, but Govt has the power to do that
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Delighted to be joining SportBusines.com as an editor. Will mostly be editing stories but will be writing the occasional one, like this today. Premier League (with a 5th CL place) still the big winner from Uefa's climbdown sportbusiness.com/news/uefa-…
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Gavin Hamilton retweeted
Reaction to the World Cup draw from Rob Page & @GavinHamiltonEd, @helenwardie10 on the song inspiring Wales’ WWC bid + plenty of rugby chat with @thinusdelport @MissLJJ @VanGough4 & @alecs_donovan inc a look at today’s W6N, live from the Arms Park from 4 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0015r…
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Great thread on Abramovich. Don't believe the PR hype
There is an elephant in the negotiation room. Its name is Roman Abramovich. Allow me to give you some context on who this guy actually is and how his participation in the Ukraine-Russia peace talks should be viewed.
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Interesting stats, these. Written from a Palace perspective but could apply to all PL teams outside the top three. City and Liverpool, in particular, are getting away with heavy rotation fouling (especially the forwards)
➡️ N E W - T E B - A R T I C L E ⬅️ The facts are clear on the tactics employed by the current top three against Palace 📝 Jon Sayers #CPFC #PremierLeague #FACup theeaglesbeak.com/2022/03/24…
Fit and proper people, apparently
Saudi Arabia says it has executed 81 prisoners in one day, including those convicted of killings and convicted members of al-Qaida and the Islamic State group. The capital punishment appears to be the largest execution in the kingdom in recent memory. apne.ws/mvoFRNr
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Yes, amazing news about Abramovich, but…
The EU yesterday sanctioned a further 160 individuals. The UK has just managed 7 today.
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Before anybody asks why weren’t we warned about Abramovich, take a closer look at UK libel laws. A lot of London lawyers have enriched themselves thanks to the Oligarchs
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Alexei Sayle had the measure of Priti Patel when he said she was the sort person who’d unplug your life support to recharge her phone
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This is utterly shameful. Priti Patel and this government have deliberately chosen this course of action. We won’t forget your heartlessness
Remember my story of the Ukrainian women in Aberdeen trying to get their family a UK family scheme visa to flee Ukraine? They found out after a whole day filling out one application that the visitor visas (they were granted before war broke out but which were lost by UK) mean
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If you haven’t listened, we’re going for a flavour of the @5liveSport EuroLeagues, with a dash of the awesome World Football Phone-in and a touch of the storytelling feel of the @GavinHamiltonEd Euros Road Trip. So it’s inspired by many. Also, we have to do it all in 10 min eps!
Really enjoying working on this podcast with @BBCSounds. We’re building a starting XI of the most talented young players in the world. Ep 4 out now, a centre back going into the side. Meet Kaiky, the excellent ⁦@Fernando_Duarte⁩ tells us his story bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0bmrw…
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Turns out the great philanthropist is a con man after all
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