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I've written a lot of stuff about sustainability in football - and there are a lot of well-meaning initiatives.
But there's always an elephant in the room: short-haul flights.
Last night, after beating Newcastle, Liverpool took a 33-minute flight home.
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Chelsea are flying from London to Leicester today - a journey of 105 miles.
The train from St Pancras to Leicester takes just over an hour.
Chelsea played at home against Dortmund on Tuesday. They have no excuse for this one.
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The Matt Le Tissier interview in The Times is, on the whole, maddening. But the way he describes himself as a non-conformist by *checks notes* talking about the fact he drinks Malibu and coke instead of lager is genuinely hilarious.
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Pep Guardiola is unhappy Man City can't fly back from Newcastle tonight
His comments underline the Premier League addiction to short-haul flights
They're 25-30 times worse for the environment than driving
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Alex McCarthy by the way.
Not only does he make amazing saves he makes tactical decisions too. Clonks Jan Bednarek out cold in the heat of battle to get Manolo Gabbiadini on to score the winner. Genius.
#saintsfc
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These sorts of flights happened every weekend in the Premier League.
Liverpool finished top of the BBC's sustainability league last year, yet winning matches trumps all else.
They choose the ease of a private flight to save a three-hour drive
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On the one hand, Liverpool can trumpet the news that they are "the first Premier League club to be awarded the British Standards Institute certificate for sustainability"
On the other they will continue to take unnecessary flights for performance reasons
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Obviously this is not just about Liverpool.
Nottingham Forest received some negative press for taking a 20-minute flight to Blackpool - just after extending an agreement with EON to "raise awareness of the climate crisis".
Steve Cooper's response was telling.
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This is why initiatives like the recent Green Football Weekend one need to be taken with a pinch of salt.
There is a complete lack of joined-up thinking between the football side of clubs and the operations side.
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I went to Arsenal's training ground last week to see
@leahcwilliamson
, who spoke really well on a whole host of topics
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I spoke to the former youth coaches of Ibrahima Konate (Paris FC) and Luis Diaz (Atletico Junior) to learn about their pathways to the Champions League final.
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Everyone will remember the 9-0s.
But Ralph Hasenhuttl also beat Man City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham with
#saintsfc
He kept them in the Premier League for four straight seasons, despite many limitations.
His time is up, but he undoubtedly did a good job.
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A year ago
#saintsfc
were taken over by Sport Republic.
CEO Martin Semmens hailed their arrival as the "perfect solution" because they have a "clear understanding" of how to push the club on.
Southampton are bottom of the Premier League and have won 8/36 league games since.
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@ScouseRunner
Indeed. And like I say, lots of teams do the same thing. I am not singling Liverpool out. We might find out the circumstances - I have asked the club for comment
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Lovely to see so much interest in sustainability in football!
Here is the story about what happened. Liverpool decided to take the flight home for performance reasons ahead of their Champions League tie against Real Madrid on Tuesday.
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A reminder: this isn't about Chelsea.
These sorts of flights are commonplace in the Premier League.
They happen every single weekend.
Many have no real excuse.
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@JonBloggs66
Indeed, the train network in this country is pretty awful, which certainly doesn't help
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I'm writing a piece for
@ManUtdMEN
on Wayne Rooney's famous overhead back in the Manchester Derby, which happened 10 days ago on 12th Feb.
I am keen to speak to anyone who was there to get a flavour of what it was like to see such a spectacular goal live.
#journorequests
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Chelsea's flight from Farnborough to East Midlands Airport yesterday took 35 minutes.
They travelled on Friday, a day before their 3pm kick-off. The performance benefits for their players are surely negligible, compared with the train.
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🚨Job tweet🚨
I am no longer freelance. Today is my first day as a national network sports writer with Reach, which means I will be writing for the Mirror, Star and Express.
Thanks to everyone who I've worked with over the past nine months. Excited to start a full-time role.
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Think Ralph Hasenhuttl deserves a lot of credit for the past week.
It's been shaky at times, but today, coming from behind against the league leaders with no right-backs, was impressive.
They are playing for him and that's important.
#saintsfc
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The sight of Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo dancing in front of the Atletico Madrid fans, after some of them openly sang racist songs pre-match, was brilliant.
Talking points as Real Madrid continued their perfect start to the season.
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🗣️ “Look at what Marcus Rashford did with school lunches. Personally, I’d like to see big sports names step up."
@Chris_Boardman
has issued a rallying cry to sports stars to lead the fight against climate change ⬇️
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Nathan Redmond's game by numbers vs. Burnley:
92% pass accuracy
5 shots
4 crosses
4 take-ons
1 chance created
1 goal
Ran the show.
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Ward-Prowse and Hojbjerg completed 85% of their passes, created four chances and had eight shots vs. Everton.
#saintsfc
Ran the show.
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You become so accustomed to seeing Liverpool's forwards bury half-chances that when they miss it really stands out. Darlow was brilliant, but Firmino and particularly Salah, were strangely sloppy in front of goal. My analysis:
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This week I had the pleasure of speaking to
@ChrisSmalling
. We discussed:
👔 Business
📗 Ethical investing
🍍Pineapple trainers
🌱Going vegan
🌐Drive towards sustainability
For
@MirrorFootball
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What a series. A lot of hype and it didn't disappoint at all: drama aplenty, Virat Kohli proving (as if he needed to) his class, Sam Curran emerging, Alastair Cook bowing out and Jimmy Anderson's perfect ending. Perfect way to finish the summer.
#ENGvIND
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Oriol Romeu won 7 tackles vs. Manchester City - more than any other player in the Premier League so far this weekend.
Brick wall.
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Dread to think what the Government has been putting into our lager to suppress individual thought, while Matt Le Tissier and his merry band of fellow non-conformists have kept their minds clear and unfettered by drinking the purist alcoholic beverage of all: Malibu.
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@MikeBorder
It's likely that Chelsea's empty coach drove up separately to pick them up from East Midlands Airport and drive them to their hotel. It will then will take them to the King Power Stadium later today.
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To emphasise the point, it appears that Liverpool flew down to Bournemouth yesterday, using the same company as Chelsea.
The flight was 37 minutes.
#LFC
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@Millar_Colin
But, there's this, at least
The Matt Le Tissier interview in The Times is, on the whole, maddening. But the way he describes himself as a non-conformist by *checks notes* talking about the fact he drinks Malibu and coke instead of lager is genuinely hilarious.
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@FootballCliches
Matt Taylor is on his way down, equalibrium demands that Gary O'Neil goes the other way
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Leyton Orient manager Ross Embleton with an absolute classic, right out of the
@FootballCliches
top drawer, on Yaya Toure.
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How county cricket is using live streaming to innovate, reach new fans and push back against its reductive stereotype.
With thanks to
@BenWarrenSCCC
and
@JonnySurtees
for their thoughts
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Did my final shift at BBC Sport last night. I'm moving out of the world of freelancing to join City A.M. as a sports writer from 28 May.
Cheers to everyone at the BBC, I've really enjoyed my time there. Aged 25 it's about time I got a 'proper' job. I'm excited to get started.
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The company that is the go-to for Premier League teams wanting to take short-haul flights is called 2Excel Aviation.
Their business is absolutely booming. The demand for their services - which isn't just charter flights, it should be noted - is always increasing.
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I spoke to
@leytonorientfc
vice-chairman and principle investor
@KentTeague
about how he's helped turn the club around over the last 18 months.
#LOFC
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One of the things that makes Dorking so interesting is the YouTube series about them, made by
@bunch_amateurs
Series has grown the club's supporter base - and got them ahead of the curve, with Netflix and Amazon following the trend
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.
@OriolRomeu
(22) has made more interceptions than any other midfielder in the Premier League so far this season.
#saintsfc
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Never thought I'd do a viral tweet about sustainability in football, but there we are...
Here's the story of why Liverpool took a 33-minute flight on Saturday night
I've written a lot of stuff about sustainability in football - and there are a lot of well-meaning initiatives.
But there's always an elephant in the room: short-haul flights.
Last night, after beating Newcastle, Liverpool took a 33-minute flight home.
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Texan businessman and principle investor
@KentTeague
was in the away end at Solihull this afternoon to watch
@leytonorientfc
move one step away from promotion. I interviewed him in October to hear his remarkable story
#lofc
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Enjoyed speaking to
@SpencerOwen
and
@devs76
about
@hashtagutd
and how to reverse-engineer a football club
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James Ward-Prowse's game by numbers vs. Inter:
93% pass completion
4 shots
2 chances created
2 interceptions
2 clearances
#saintsfc
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Southampton's midfield of Romeu, Davis and Clasie completed 93% of their passes vs. Burnley, misplacing just 13 between them.
#saintsfc
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Knew
#saintsfc
were going to win as soon as I saw Ruben Selles wearing the turtleneck jumper and jacket.
Dress for the job you want and all that.
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So good to have Mark Chapman back on the BBC's NFL coverage for the Superbowl. Such a great broadcaster and exactly the man you want presenting an all-nighter
#bbcnfl
#SuperBowl
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What a way to celebrate Green Football Weekend!
Could take the train. Could take the team coach. But no, we'll fly.
Sure Man City would point to the perceived performance benefit for their players. But they last played five days ago. It's ridiculous.
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Fulham are in court this week with their former assistant director of football Craig Kline, who was sacked in October 2017 after an extraordinary turn of events
#FFC
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Nathan Redmond vs. Hapoel Be'er Sheva:
7 take-ons completed
1 cross completed in open play
Wasteful.
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Martin Odegaard has carried a heavy burden of expectation throughout his entire career.
He may finally be able to leave his cumbersome reputation behind at Arsenal.
For
@MirrorFootball
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Let's just say Saudi Arabia's offer moved me... TO A BIGGER HOUSE!
■ "Me playing in Saudi is a positive"
■ "It's not about money"
■ "I understand criticism from LGBTQ+ groups"
■ "You have to respect Saudi religion & culture"
■ "If one person at
#LFC
asked me to stay, I would have"
Jordan Henderson speaks to
@David_Ornstein
&
@AdamCrafton_
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Seri, Mitrovic, Schurrle, Mawson, Fabri and Le Marchand all bought. Chambers and Targett possibly on the way.
Cairney and Sessegnon ready to step up.
Exciting times at Fulham.
#FFC
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Really good research from the BBC into the Premier League's domestic flight problem.
The detail about 'positioning' flights is particularly interesting as it shows just how unnecessary the whole thing is
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Darwin Nunez is one of the most interesting players around at the moment.
Misses sitters, runs around like life depends on it, headbutts opponents, scores difficult chances, gets the crowd going.
He's going to come good for
#lfc
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For
@Squawka
: RB Leipzig - A club of the future or a commercial marketing branch of a drinks manufacturer?
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Another shout for this. I spoke to the two men who coach loads of the TV football pundits. We chatted about:
- Why it's more difficult than it looks
- The detail behind the opinions
- Developing a thick skin
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Antonio Conte is an incredibly demanding manager, famous for his gruelling pre-season training camps.
But he also has the happy knack of winning his players over. Many of his formers players have spoken about his personal touch.
For
@MirrorFootball
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I had a great time chatting to
@DorkingWDRS
manager, owner and chairman Marc White about the club
It's quite the story
#nonleagueday
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Since Virgil van Dijk joined the Premier League in September 2015 no defender has won more aerial duels (184)
#saintsfc
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Encouraging and sensible move from UEFA, who are giving fans with match tickets at Euro 2024 36-hour travel passes.
Shows what can be done when you stage a tournament in one country with good transport links.
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Chelsea were valued at £4,25bn by Todd Boehly's consortium, despite having only the 11th-biggest stadium in English football with several issues attached to redeveloping it.
What happens next? For
@MirrorFootball
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I spoke to
@wilsonscribbles
about football photography, chaos at West Ham, getting hit in the face by a ball and more for
@planetfutebol
. Contains some great pictures:
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An awful lot of Southampton slander from my so-called colleagues in here.
Against better judgement, I'm backing all three promoted sides to go straight back down.
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Why did the terrible events at the Stade de France unfold?
Why is France so bad at policing such events?
Why do authorities blame the fans?
What can be done to stop it happening again?
With thanks to
@cliffordstott
for his thoughts. For
@MirrorFootball
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@rfdavo
Lots of them do take coaches and trains. The majority of journeys are done that way - but there is still a problem with too many short-haul flights, which are 25 to 30 times worse for the environment
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Easy to forget just how ludicrous Qatar winning the right to host the World Cup was 12 years ago.
17 of 22 FIFA Ex-Co committee members who voted to give them the tournament have since been accused, banned or indicted over allegations of corruption
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Don't you just hate it when you're trying to work hard but John or Edward off of popular music duo Jedward barge into the office?
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🟢 It's Green Football Weekend! 🟢
The initiative is very noble and should make a difference
But the sustainability movement is being hindered by a lack of direction from the top
Thanks to
@DaleVince
and
@ftblforfuturebw
for their thoughts
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I spoke to
@JARiiseOfficial
about retirement, punditry, playing poker, being an agent and his ambition to follow Steven Gerrard into management
#lfc
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#saintsfc
fans saw Sport Republic's strategy in action over the summer when they bought in 10 players with an average age of 21.4.
They were the equivalent of small bets.
They now need to lay some bigger ones in the January transfer window to protect their investment.
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🗣️ "It would only take a Marcus Rashford for climate change to make a real difference.”
I had a chat with
@djwheeler07
, who has found Premier League players are reluctant to speak up for fear of being labelled as hypocrites 👇
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I enjoyed chatting to Wycombe midfielder David Wheeler (
@djwheeler07
) about:
🟢 Why he would refuse to wear a shirt with a fossil fuel sponsor
💪 How fans can make a difference
👎 Why FIFA are failing in their moral responsibility
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“I love you more than all my Premier League appearances, which is a lot.”
Poetry.
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🚨Job news🚨
After a year of working across Reach's national titles, I've moved to just work for the Mirror.
Looking forward to covering the upcoming season and doing plenty more features. ✍️⚽🥳
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Another weekend of Premier League football, another batch of short-haul domestic flights.
Man City flew to and from Southampton - 36 minutes flight time there, 34 minutes back.
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@PcPresenter
@FootballCliches
some serious "football club"-ing here. Not sure I've seen an angry version like this before
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It's Green Football Weekend. Premier League sides are supporting the initiative - but they're still regularly taking short-haul flights 🛫
Clubs like Millwall are showing what's possible. The excuses are flimsy ⬇️
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After an agonising 10,776-day wait
@AFCWimbledon
are finally going
#BackToPloughLane
.
Tomorrow's game against Doncaster is the culmination of a 29-year story. It's a shame fans won't be allowed in, but it'll be worth the wait.
A piece for
@iPaperSport
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Now he's been sacked by Sky Sports, I really wish Matt Le Tissier would log off Twitter permanently. Maybe then, in time, we can all go back to enjoying the YouTube goal compilations, rather than being subjected to his idiotic and offensive personal views.
#saintsfc
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@TheCricketGeek
cheers for this. I have mercilessly stolen it and put it at the bottom of this
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🙌 Passion for the project
🤔 Misunderstanding about his work
💪 Huge improvements
Enjoyed chatting to
@ThomasThrowin
about his work at Liverpool
#LFC
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Nick Kyrgios may be Andrew Castle's colleague at the BBC, but that's not going to stop him from speaking his mind at
#Wimbledon
He says Castle's commentary shows he's "probably never played tennis at a high level"
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Middlesbrough 0-1 Chelsea: Player ratings as Diego Costa and David Luiz lead Blues to sixth-straight win -
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Sport Republic chairman Henrik Kraft said they chose
#saintsfc
because they're "already a well-run club that follows a clearly defined strategy".
They want to use Southampton as the lead club in a network of others.
That will be a lot harder if they're relegated.
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I spoke to Kumar Sangakkara and tournament organiser
@salmansarwarbut
about the
@UAET20X
- a competition which hopes to stand out in the crowded franchise Twenty20 market:
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I watched the Wayne Rooney documentary this week and was struck by how little help he got from his clubs for his off-field issues.
So I spoke to a psychotherapist and someone involved in academy player care to explore the topic for
@MirrorFootball
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@Zonal_Marking
Haha, yep, especially with a manager like Tuchel. That he'd just turn to his coaching staff and go "you know what lads, I've got a hunch about Kepa!"
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