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Congratulations to Rohan Luthra, who has signed his first pro contract with Premier League side Crystal Palace.
He has been part of the Palace academy since 2010 and has also represented England U15.
#asiansinfootball
#desiballers
#rohanluthra
#luthra
#crystalpalace
#eagles
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Victories for
@arjanraikhy20
(div 2) and
@DilanMarkanday
(div 1) in tonight's Premier League 2 action
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Crystal Palace lead scout…how long you been carrying this viewpoint? This ain’t even unconscious bias….
@CPFC
you may wanna have a word with Michael
#FA
#SouthAsian
#Football
#Bias
#Scouting
#PL
#CPFC
#Premierleague
#Grassroots
#TalentID
#unconsciousbias
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#onthisday
(2007): Anwar Uddin made history on this day as the first British Asian captain in the Football League with Dagenham & Redbridge against Stockport County.
#asiansinfootball
#desiballers
#historymaking
#anwaruddin
#daggers
#dagenhamandredbridge
#stockportcounty
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Things you like to see x 2
@DilanMarkanday
return to the pitch and
@BhupsGill_ARef
running the line!
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Congratulations to
@arjanraikhy20
on signing his first pro contract!
#UTV
#DESIBALLERS
#asiansinfootball
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With all the recent news and moves specifically relating to south Asians in football, it feels like there’s a lot of good energy about for a better future… ⏰
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Congratulations to
@BhupsyGill
on being promoted to Select Group 2 (Championship) for next season!
#asiansinfootball
#familygoals
#championship
#referee
#desiballers
#news
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I would love to host a Twitter Spaces of British South Asians in football who are in decision-making and influential positions - directors, board members, key influencers at regional and National level etc. We can learn so much from them and champion them as well 💪🏽
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ON THIS DAY: 1999 - .
@AnwarU01
and a strong West Ham United side beat Coventry City 9-0 over two legs to win the FA Youth Cup.
#asiansinfootball
#desiballers
#baller
#onthisday
#anwaruddin
#westham
#whufc
#coyi
#ballers
#joecole
#michaelcarrick
#fayouthcup
#facup
#youngballers
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Just reflecting on my visit to
@Rovers
yesterday and it truly was a privilege to be at Ewood Park. I’ve read and heard so much about the work the club, especially
@yasirsufi
have done in becoming a reflection of the local community.
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#onthisday
2007 -
@AnwarU01
becomes the first south Asian to captain in the EFL in
@Dag_RedFC
League Two clash with Stockport County
#history
#desiballers
#asiansinfootball
#southasiansinfootball
#anwaruddin
#daggers
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#ONTHISDAY
(2010): ANWAR UDDIN signed for League Two side
@BarnetFC
and made captain.
Uddin joined after 6 years with
@Dag_RedFC
where he celebrated two promotions fom the Conference to League One.
#anwaruddin
#barnet
#bees
#leaguetwo
#daggers
#dagenhamandredbridge
#football
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Yeh, nah, this ain’t an apology.
“We stand against racism” - you obviously don’t.
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Congratulations to
@DilanMarkanday
for signing a contract extension at
@SpursOfficial
We are delighted to announce that
@DilanMarkanday
has signed a new contract with the Club which runs until 2022 💪
#THFC
⚪️
#COYS
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It will be a family affair in the FA Vase Final for twins Amar and Arjun Purewal.
Amar's Hebburn Town beat Corinthian FC 4-3 on pens after the game finished 2-2 while Arjun's Consett AFC beat Bitton 1-0 AET
#asiansinfootball
#favase
#purewaltwins
#hebburntown
#consettafc
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Absolutely amazing to collaborate with you
@DevTrehan
and bring this project to life. 🙏🏽💪🏽 A pleasure to complement your work in shining a light on ballers from the community 🙌🏽
Thrilled to collaborate with
@desiballers
and share a first-of-its-kind combined XI as we celebrate the contribution made by British South Asians in football during the 2022/2023 season 🙌
#SouthAsiansInFootball
⚽️
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Yup, we know, it's a day late. But how could we not mark the 10th anniversary of Barnet's great escape on the final day of the League Two season with
@AnwarU01
and Giuliano Grazioli in the dugout!
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The boy
@sunnygillref
talking about his pride of becoming an EFL ref at tonight’s
@FA_PGMOL
event at Selhurst Park
@CPFC
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So many good vibes following yesterday’s
@SAFNofficial
event at Leyton Orient. I’ll share more thoughts later but all I wanna say first is thank you to
@Abdul_Habib9
and
@SoccerSocialLDN
@FootballGrf
and
@AnwarU01
- positive conversation, positive intent, positive outcome 🙏🏽
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WATCH: Rajpal Virk's equaliser for
@PanjabFA
in their game with England C earlier today [ Video copyright:
@sikhchannel
]
#asiansinfootball
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It's official... let's have good, quality conversations on April 11!
Confirmed ✍️ delighted
@desiballers
founder Zohaib Rashid👌will be joining us & speaking at our
#SouthAsianFootballNetwork
event
@leytonorientfc
11/4/22 🙏
▪️Grassroots to Pro Game
▪️Listen, Discuss & Network
▪️Guest Panel
▪️Q&A
▪️Iftar
Register here 👉
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A competitive shortlist but I’m very surprised not to see
@DevTrehan
on this list. No one has done more than him to give us south Asians a space on a mainstream platform.
Sports Journalist of the Year 2021 Finalists:
@VaiBhardwaj
- Reporter & Presenter,
@SachinNakrani
- Writer & Editor
@guardian_sport
,
@1AaronPaul
-Reporter, Commentator & Presenter
@bbc5live
,
@KalSajad
- Broadcast Journalist
@BBCSport
,
@mimwalkerkhan
- Freelance Sports Journalist
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Congratulations to
@Amit_Bhatia99
and
@tonyfernandes
-
@OfficialQPR
back in the
@premierleague
#PlayOffFinal
http://t.co/lm1ynGUY4U
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If you don’t document it, then you can’t measure how far things have come. Respect to
@DevTrehan
and
@SkySports
for the platform they’ve provided. 2021 may go down as a pivotal year for the community, at all levels.
Now is the time to crank up the dial for 2022 and beyond 💪🏽
How 2021 turned into the biggest year for British South Asians in football in the history of the English game⚽️
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Beaconsfield Town are top of the Evo-Stik South East division following a run of 7 games unbeaten. Midfielder Aaron Minhas has been an integral part of the team.
#beaconsfieldtown
#aaronminhas
#minhas
#panjabfa
#evostik
#asiansinfootball
#desiballers
#conifa
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The thing with numbers is…
There has been a 29% increase in the number of South Asian heritage players in English professional football, according to the PFA 📈
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A little wrap of the 2021/22 season - bring on the new season
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.
@sunnygillgill
has been promoted to panel select level 2a and will ref in the National League as well as be 4th official in the Football League (Championship. League One, League Two)
Well done Sunny!
#asiansinfootball
#desiballers
#maninblack
#referee
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What an eventful year it has been for south Asians in football in 2021.
We’ll be doing a review of the year on one of our platforms. Just toying whether it will be on Twitter Spaces, Insta live or another way 🤔
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We held our second DB Spaces last night and all I’ll say is, wow! 4 hours of top quality conversation on coaching.
I’d like to express my thanks and respect to those who came on and spoke and listened to the chat. Over 200 minutes of value. Can’t wait for the next chat 💪🏽
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Thinking of changing our bio to:
Covering south Asians on the pro IT scene and certain levels of accounting firms as well as other STEM industries
What do you guys think?
#cheersgreg
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One more effort 💪
@arjanraikhy20
@officialgtfc
v
@SolihullMoors
Vanarama National League Promotion Final
London Stadium
Kick-off 3pm
Live on BT Sport
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It was low-key but Mirror website did a series of articles on South Asians in football. Nice to see 👍 Hopefully it's a regular feature rather than a one-off thing, we need that constant visibility on mainstream platforms
@MirrorDarren
@GarrickOmar
@RenukaOdedra
@AnilKandola
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We shall be there 👍🏽 - if you guys can, make sure to register and come down!
Save the date 📆 Tickets will be available tomorrow! South Asian Football Network @ Leyton Orient Football Club! In collaboration with
@FootballGrf
@AnwarU01
🎫 🤝⚽️😁
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So Kick Racism out of football = 500 Quid fine and a few weeks suspension, got it.
@kickitout
@SkySports
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Congratulations to
@Sarpreetsingh88
who has won his first Bundesliga title with Bayern Munich in just his first season with the German giants! What a year it has been for Singh!
#sarpreetsingh
#bundesliga
#bayernmunich
#champions
#newzealand
#munich
#asiansinfootball
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Another highlight for me: watching these two masters of their craft at work
@DevTrehan
@1AaronPaul
#AMC
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Our first Twitter Spaces was pretty decent. There’s a desire to take action and make things happen. We also need to have Continuous Quality Conversations, which lead to better understanding, compassion, empathy and communication. From that, good things will happen organically 💪🏽
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Also big up the guy
@tochsingh
on his cup success!!
Middlesex Senior Cup Winners 2020-21 😍🖤🤍
@gianni_100
@dannycarr999
@AndyOBrown
@tochsingh
@GarethChendlik
@hugosobte
@23HarryRush
@UKWillGeorge
@anzala__
@georgenicholas4
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Two media powerhouses with their No.1 fan!
@1AaronPaul
@DevTrehan
@asianmediaaward
- keep on shining, lads
#desiexcellence
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Amrit Bansal-Mcnulty is amongst a host of youngsters who have penned a new deal at QPR.
The 20-year-old winger has been with the Championship side since 2014.
#asiansinfootball
#desiballers
#amrit
#bansalmcnulty
#championship
#qpr
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ICYMI: Hamza Choudhury was given the skipper’s armband Leicester City in their Carabao Cup win over Brighton last night
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That’s great, now make a statement about the pitiful punishment for the offender who called Rohan Luthra a “d**** p***” and then follow up the statement with action please
@kickitout
Proud to have won silver for this award at
@The_FCAs
, there’s lots more to come… 🔜
Congrats to winners
@HerGameToo
Enjoy the evening 🙌🏼
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Maybe next year there will be two Team of the Season’s to promote and celebrate? 🤔
@alan_zp_lau
@DevTrehan
Celebrating South Asians in Football!
I came to support, I left inspired!✊Amazing event tonight at
@SportingKhalsa
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Aqsa Mushtaq has joined Serie A side Napoli.
The striker was voted South Atlantic Conference Player of the Year, scoring 13 goals in 17 games for Lenoir Rhyne University last year.
#desiballers
#asiansinfootball
#aqsamushtaq
#napoli
#seriea
#transfercentre
#transfernews
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SUNDAY 18th September
DB Spaces
8pm till we run out of things to say
The premier South Asians in Football on Spaces!
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Danny Batth (Stoke City v Reading), Yan Dhanda (Swansea City v Middlesbrough) and Hamza Choudhury (Leicester City v Watford) all came off the bench for their respective teams on Saturday.
#asiansinfootball
#desiballers
#yandhanda
#dannybatth
#hamzachoudhury
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It’s not banter
The word p*ki has come back into the public eye, so we thought it might be useful to give a brief overview of the words racist history.
A THREAD 👇🏽🧵
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TABISH HUSSAIN has joined
@Bradford_P_A
for the upcoming National League North season after a successful preseason trial.
He’s previously played for Eccleshill United and Guiseley and made his int. debut for Pakistan v Cambodia last year
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ON THIS DAY: (2010) .
@AnwarU01
enjoyed a second promotion in three years with Dagenham & Redbridge, beating Rotherham United 3-2 at Wembley Stadium in the 2010 League Two play-off final.
#asiansinfootball
#desiballers
#anwaruddin
#playofffinal
#onthisday
#daggers
#dagandred
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That’s exactly what Sir Alex Ferguson said back in 2004…
🗣️"We should be looking at how we scout. We've got to be creative in getting into the places where some of these kids might be playing."
Gareth Southgate on what must happen for South Asian talent to progress🏴🦁
#SouthAsianHeritageMonth
@EnglandFootball
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You know it’s mad how close Arsenal’s academy is to east London. Time for the talent in the ends to shine 🙌🏽
🗣️"This project is about looking to the future and spurring on change by creating opportunities."
@ArsenalAcademy
hosted an event at Hale End alongside
@PFA
to help boost South Asian academy representation and encourage participation⚽️
#AFC
🔴⚪️
#Arsenal
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We’re all about backing our own 🙂 hope this isn’t a one-off 🤞🏽
🔵FOOTBALL FOCUS🔵
I’m back on ya Telly tomorrow! Sharing a special piece for you all on
@bbcone
- about South Asian Representation in Football!
If you’re all about backing your OWN, then please give it a watch tomorrow!
#FootballFocus
- BBC One - 12pm ☺️
#ForTheCulture
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Here’s a question: how many ppl own a team shirt with the name of an Asian player on it?
How many have a Choudhury, Taylor, Batth, Rehman, Ahmed, Uddin, Benning, Dhanda, Nabi, Suliman, Thandi shirt?
#showsupportifyouwantchange
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DID YOU KNOW: more than 11 British South Asians have played pro football in England?
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Doesn’t need to be clarified, we see all the excellent work you’re doing
@yasirsufi
🙏🏽💪🏽
Just want to clarify something as seen a few comments on here re "handouts to certain sections of the community".
Besides one game right at the start of season none of the tickets are free. All the work we've done to bring in diverse groups on 'Ewood Express' are paid tickets.
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⚽️ Will we see a better injury time equaliser this season than this stunning strike from Sameron Dool?
⏰ 94th minute stunner to get a point for
@the_nomads
👏🏽 Take a bow Sameron!
#asiansinfootball
#samerondool
#thenomads
#welshpremierleague
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Good luck to
@Mal_1993
on his move to Port Vale!
#asiansinfootball
#desiballers
#portvale
#benning
#malbenning
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Priceless 🙌🏽👏🏽💪🏽
Best day of my life!!!! Scoring at Wembley and getting promoted with
@OfficialPVFC
what dreams are made of! Hi🙏🏽😍 UP THE VALE 🖤🤍 You fans 🫡😍…. Again nothing but the upmost respect for
@mansfieldtownfc
👏🏽
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This is a significant moment, no doubt. Now it’s time to see what everyone else is bringing to the table to keep the momentum going...
Great to see brothers
@sunnygillref
@BhupsyGill
on
@BBCSport
#footballfocus
. Wonderful to see role models from underrepresented communities being given the spotlight. Never has there been more momentum than NOW
#ForAll
#Equality
#Diversity
@AppgBritSikhs
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Public announcement:
DB Spaces
SUNDAY 30th JULY
TIME: TBC
- Premier League Emerging Talent Festival
- Pre-Season
- Any Other Business
#continuousqualityconversations
Let’s Talk 👍🏽
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Another week, another DB Space - tonight at 9pm - let’s elevate together 🙌🏽
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🔸DB Vision 2030🔸
Manifesting the things we want to see by the year 2030.
Will be discussed on a DB Spaces chat real soon…
DB Spaces will return. Just trying to make the Space for it to be better than Season 1 🙏🏽
The dotcom is also pending…one line of coding at a time…
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Neil Taylor makes his Boro debut v Bournemouth today. Game is live on Sky Sports now!
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Another conversation we enjoyed listening to was between coaching trio
@lits_zaman
@ImrulGazi
@Abdul_Habib9
CHECK IT OUT HERE:
#asiansinfootball
#desiballers
#pillartopost
#pillar2post
#footballpodcast
#footballinterviews
#podcast
#video
#youtube
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.
@SportingBengal
set up derby clash in FA cup with rivals .
@ClaptonFootball
after replay win
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Shout out to
@360fisheye
- one of the real ones out there. Documenting the scene which otherwise would go unreported
#respect
💪🏽
Back in August 2015 I photographed a young man taking his first steps as a football coach....wonder what happened to
@CoachRuudy
.....🤔
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On to the next
@arjanraikhy20
💪🏽
The Club can confirm that midfielder Arjan Raikhy has today returned to parent club Aston Villa.
We would like to thank Arjan for all his efforts whilst at the Club, and wish him all the best upon his return to Villa Park.
#StockportCounty
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Great to hear from
@RizRrehman
@SanjayKickItOut
@AnwarU01
@DevTrehan
on the panel at today’s Raise Your Game event at
@Rovers
-
@yasirsufi
Hosted by
@Kickitout
and supported by
@WeAreFSA
, Raise Your Game highlights the opportunities for people of South Asian heritage to work in the game.
👇 Register by midday Wednesday to hear from an inspiring panel about the work being done across the country.
#Rovers
🔵⚪️
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Congratulations to Shahdab Iftikhar!
WELCOME SHAHDAB! 🤩
Shahdab is a UEFA A licensed Manager and Coach and has previously worked with the Belgium National Team, Everton Football Club and Wigan Athletic.
Shahdab will be leading the U-19 Football Team as the Head Coach in the upcoming SAFF U-19 Championship 🏆
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Adil & Samir Nabi both score as
@WBAFCofficial
beat
@SwansOfficial
2-1 in the Barclays U21 lge
http://t.co/iHAZ1Zq6ce
http://t.co/OYbM1TIEk4
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There's just a few weeks to go before
@PanjabFA
begin their quest to win the
@CONIFAOfficial
World Football Club, sponsored by
@paddypower
in London
#conifa
#worldfootballcup
#worldcup
#paddypower
#panjabfa
#asiansinfootball
#desiballers
#london
#barawa
#somalia
#football
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MILLIE CHANDARANA has joined San Marino Academy ahead of the new Serie A season in Italy.
San Marino Academy kick off their season against Empoli on Sunday 23rd August.
#desiballers
#asiansinfootball
#milliechandarana
#sanmarinoacademy
#seriea
#transfercentre
#transfernews
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EXCLUSIVE: Punjabi twins Amar & Arjun Singh Purewal set to make history as the first British South Asian brothers to face each other under the arch in a
@wembleystadium
Cup final👇👇
#SinghPurewalTwinsMakeHistory
@P70AMA
@Arjunp6
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