Football writer & columnist
@TheSun
Views are mine & all that jazz. First national newspaper journalist to interview Harry Kane.
#EFL
#PremierLeague
Man of Kent
Two
#EFL
players came to blows & another put crickets into a team-mate’s car! 😂
Wycombe’s Jack Grimmer reveals all to me in our latest episode of What The EFL?!
@EFL
#WWFC
#Chairboys
👇🏻
@hollywills
Sorry Holly but I have lost all respect for you and Phillip Schofield. When I see people in the 80s queueing 12-14 hours and you think it’s acceptable and right to jump the queue. Appalling. Are you going to apologise?
Come on - explain how this was a penalty? Anyone who has played the game, even at pub league level, will tell you: never a pen. In fact, it’s a foul on Phillips.
Rob Jones thought it was though .. terrible ref. Had a stinker today and shouldn’t ref again
#WHUFC
#WestHam
#WHU
Even our ex-prime minister bothered to queue
@hollywills
&
@Schofe
.
Full respect to
@theresa_may
& David Beckham for not thinking they are “above” you and I.
Verstappen has got to be the luckiest F1 champion. Completely undeserved. Rules on safety cards and tyre changes make it a complete.mockery.
#FormulaOne
Mike Ashley is a disgrace. To have the tenacity to say Sports Direct staff are "essential workers" must be, even by his low standards, the most disgusting thing he's done. The British people should boycott his businesses. He has shown his disregard for people's lives
#Coronavirus
It annoys me when TV companies pick Crystal Palace v Everton & Spurs v Burnley on
#FACup
third-round weekend and snub teams like Maidstone United & Gillingham. This is what the real FA Cup is about!
#Gills
#Maidstone
#EFL
My thoughts 👇 Am I wrong or do you agree?
Piers Morgan bangs on about wanting to hold the government to account in interviews where he doesn't let ministers get a word in edgeways. Yet he hates being held to account himself. A big hypocrite.
@piersmorgan
I'd like the
@FA_PGMOL
to explain why they have allowed a Luton fan to be the VAR official for Nottingham Forest's game today despite being told by the club about their concerns? They will probably not explain themselves as usual.
#NFFC
#PremierLeague
Steve Clarke has tactically beat Gareth Southgate. I said it at the last World Cup. We have a coach who isn't tactically good enough. But I am sure we will knight "Sir Gareth" very soon.
God, I ❤️ watching Leeds United. What a breath of fresh air they are to the
#PremierLeague
. A lot of this
#LUFC
team were mid-table Championship fodder before Bielsa took over. Incredible what a coach does.
"If we had used VAR this season, we'd not be in the play offs. We'd be automatically promoted. That's a fact."
Leeds boss Daniel Farke says he has TWELVE letters of apologies from officials for wrong decisions. Today they got another one wrong.
#LUFC
#NUFC
#EFL
@FA_PGMOL
Mike Ashley putting non-playing
#NUFC
staff on furlough leave (80 per cent paid by government) - while millionaire players get paid in full - is another low in the swamp of this awful individual. Just when you thought he couldn't plunge further depths.
#Coronavirus
#PremierLeague
So
@PiersMorgan
is raging about how we should have closed borders to help control
#Covid19
. I agree. BUT this is the same man who went to the Carribean just last month. Massive hypocrite.
#GMB
#Covid19UK
Gary Neville is a hypocrite. I joined
@darrengrimes_
on his show Real Britain today to ponder why Neville has an opinion on everything our Government does, yet he doesn’t seem to have as much an opinion on the Qatar Government. I wonder why that is?
#FIFAWorldCup
#WorldCup
#Qatar
'He's a man who has an opinion on everything our Government does, yet he doesn't seem to have as much of an opinion on the Qatar Government and I wonder why that is.'
Justin Allen on Gary Neville signing a deal with the Qatari broadcaster beIN SPORTS ahead of the 2022 World Cup.
Nottingham Forest have been brilliant tonight. Liverpool so lucky to pinch that. I have been boring everyone who knows me about how good a manager Steve Cooper is. He is a Prem manager in waiting.
#NFFC
#EFL
Congratulations Gareth Southgate! You lost again! 😡😡😡 And wasted another chance to win something.
A manager that sadly the cheerleaders have kept in the job & who are complicit in wasting such incredible talent.
Please go!
#EURO2024
#England
What a night at Elland Road. Scenes as local lad Archie Gray put Leeds in front! There is not a ground in the Championship that creates the type of atmosphere this place does.
#LUFC
#EFL
Class gesture from Leeds boss Daniel Farke today, applauding all four sides of Carrow Road. He did a great job at Norwich so good to see the mutual respect between him and their fans.
#NCFC
#EFL
#EFLPlayOffs
@ryanbeard2012
It doesn’t matter how long it takes .. it’s not a penalty. I was shouting at the screen for him to clear it but he doesn’t foul Gordon. And the footage clearly show three things: Gordon never plays the ball, never in possession and he made contact first with Phillips. No pen.
#EFL
clubs, many in danger of going out of business, still stepped forward to make sure kids didn't go hungry during half-term. This is further proof of how important the 72
@EFL
clubs are for the communities they represent. The government must do all they can to safeguard them.
Cannot believe what Eni Aluko just suggested: Wales can “probably afford to rest Gareth Bale” for the Iran game. Huh? It’s a must-win game for them I would say. Blimey. That is awful punditry.
It is appalling Gareth Southgate has thrown
@sterling7
under a bus in the way he has. He could have dealt with that internally. It amazes me how Southgate is able to.dine out on beating the might of Tunisia, Panama, Colombia and Sweden like that was some amazing achievement.
Well done
@WatfordFC
for agreeing to play
@DoverAthletic
in a friendly against a club managed by their ex-midfielder Andy Hessenthaler. The club were hit with an unfair
@TheVanaramaNL
£40k fine for deciding not to go £500k in debt. Gestures like this help towards paying that fine
I just couldn’t imagine this country without the Queen. What a remarkable woman she is. We have been so lucky to have such a great monarch for all these years.
Just enjoyed a lovely pint at The Griffin ahead of
#BrentfordFC
's first
#Championship
home game at their new stadium. Just been reminiscing about Griffin Park with the landlord.
#EFL
@gary_halman
You have clearly, like Rob Jones, missed Gordon making contact with Phillips first! That is a foul on him. Had Phillips fallen, it would have been given as such.
But unlike “clever” Gordon (I call it “dishonest” and “cheating”) he stayed on his feet.
@themoronlegion
@No_Bikers
@hollywills
So did all those who queued for 12-hours plus!! Sorry but it’s not the main thing at all. It’s about their sense of entitlement due to their B-list celebrity status. Theresa May and David Beckham queued!
There is a reason why Jordan Henderson has never scored for
#England
. Should not have taken the ball to take the penalty. Very selfish.
#ENGROM
#Euro2021
#Euro2021
"I didn't want to be Thierry Henry ... I wanted to be Chris Brunt"
#WestBrom
midfielder
@RomaineSawyers
dreamed of being the
#WBA
legend & talks to me today about how setbacks in his career inspired him to a fairytale comeback |
@EFL
@WBA
#EFL
#WBA
Why are traffic wardens still working? Disgusting to see that these snoops have been issuing tickets to
#NHS
staff & people dropping off food & supplies to our sick & vulnerable. They're not key workers & shouldn't even be out. Disgusting.
#coronavirus
Hope everyone takes a stand today & snubs the
@premierleague
#PPV
. If you pay to watch your team today, it'll become the norm. Fans are already being ripped off enough without having to cough up more. The greed of our top division knows no boundaries even during a global pandemic
As much as I like Ollie Watkins, £33million for a striker who has never played in the Premier League is bonkers. Well played
#BrentfordFC
though. Obviously Dean Smith has great faith in him and Thomas Frank rates him as a complete striker.
The game has gone mad. Never ever a penalty. Sorry but that is an awful decision. The foul was originally on Phillips!!!
#WHUFC
#VAR
🤬🤬🤬 Ruining football.
Great news for
#BuryFC
fans. Administrators have confirmed they agreed a deal with a fans-led group to buy the
#Shakers
and Gigg Lane.
#TheFA
are happy with the deal too and club expected to resume playing football next season. 😀😀😀
#BuryFC
#EFL
Today's sacking of Liam Rosenior at Hull is absolute madness.
Some club owners are brain dead when it comes to understanding that simply chucking money about doesn't guarantee quick results.
Rosenior was building a good culture at
#HCAFC
. Should've stuck with him |
#EFL
I reckon Mike Ashley has got to be right up there with the worst owners in football. Plenty of candidates but the way he is handling
#NUFC
is certainly putting him among the contenders!
No-one in power, even football, should be free from scrutiny.
Sometimes you must challenge them.
The
@FA_PGMOL
should be held accountable & answer questions. Or allow officials to explain why they’ve made certain decisions. It’d be transparent & kill conspiracy theories
#NFFC
The Premier League was extremely disappointed to read the comments made by Nottingham Forest on social media yesterday, following its match against Everton.
We note The FA has confirmed it will be investigating the club’s statement. It is never appropriate to improperly question
#Leeds
fans worried about losing Kemar Roofe can relax – he has told me he's going nowhere. Newcastle, Crystal Palace, Southampton, Wolves and even Turkish giants Galatasarray have been linked. He said: "I'm going nowhere. I want to help get the club into the Prem."
#LUFC
#EFL
Pep Guardiola is moaning that his precious little
#ManCity
lambs must travel three hours on a bus tonight after the
#Newcastle
game. He should swap places with many
#EFL
managers .. I love Pep but this is unbelievable whinging.
#CarabaoCup
"We cannot come back by plane because
Newcastle takeover process is still in motion. I can't report anything more than that I am afraid. I know how frustrating this must be for all
#NUFC
fans.
#PremierLeague
#Newcastle
Thoughts with Christian Eriksen and his family. Hope he will be OK. I interviewed Christian a couple of times at Spurs and always found him to be a lovely bloke.
#Euro2021
#EURO202
#Derby
are the latest club not to pay their players on time. I keep saying this but the
#EFL
need to make their rules state thatpoints will be deducted each time staff are not paid on time. It might channel club owners to do the first basic thing required - PAY YOUR STAFF.
#Rams
Gareth Southgate: He is absolutely useless. I have been saying this since the Croatia semi final defeat. We must get rid of him now to give ourselves a proper stab at the World Cup later this year.
This is another reason to celebrate the work our fantastic medical professionals do - saving people's lives. One day they could be saving one of us. Total respect. Glad to see Christian Eriksen responded to their efforts & regained consciousness
#Euro2021
#Euro2020
#Charlton
owner
@SandgaardThomas
enjoys beers with me at the Anchor & Hope pub. "Anchor & Hope, that’s my promise to
#CAFC
fans," he says. “The club needed an anchor - I’ll bring stability. They needed hope – I want us top half of the Premier League & playing European football."
@RishiSunak
How about also sorting the energy crisis, paying NHS nurses a fair wage so we don’t lose them in their droves, sorting unaffordable housing, getting our roads and train networks into the 21st century, etc, etc, etc.
EXCLUSIVE:
#BuryFC
hope to reopen Gigg Lane & stage fundraising matches in the new year as The FA promise them a place in the National League North if they sort a change of ownership. Steve Dale confirms his preference is for
@Forever_Bury
to take over.
Thank you
@metpoliceuk
! Despite having my iPhone stolen last year & knowing exactly the West London address where it was located, the police simply rang me several times, sometimes for 20 mins, rather than knocking on the door when the phone was. It’s now in Dubai! Useless.
#Charlton
are heading the same way as
#BuryFC
unless owners ESI sell the club. Here is my report on a worrying time for long-suffering
#CAFC
fans whose beloved
#Addicks
are in a shambles |
#EFL
Pele's sad death today is football's equivalent to losing our Queen. He was the greatest. He was before my time but I remember as a kid watching so many documentaries about him and videos of the 1970 World Cup. In my view, that Brazil team was the best of all time. RIP Pele.
@Richie_TCSE
@NUFC
Mike Ashley has agreed to sell the club for.£350m to the Bin Zayed Group. FACT. Contracts have been signed. FACT. That paperwork is with the Premier League. FACT.
I also refer you to two public on-the-record statements since I broke the story from the group.
@RobbieRinder
In the Second World War, people had to make do with what they could get their hands on. I am fed up with this hysterical over-reaction to things like a “tomato shortage” … so bloody what!
You will live. I will live. And very soon tomatoes will be plentiful again.
Tony Blair talked so much sense this morning. We need to bring in the army & get half the population vaccinated by March. It absolutely can be done. The government should ignore the "computer says no" and the "nay sayer" idiots & get proper military people in who get things done.
Striker Jayden Stockley tells me in this exclusive interview he wants to sign permanently for
#Charlton
- after loving life at The Valley on loan from
#Preston
. Tomorrow they have a chance to gatecrash the League One play-offs |
#CAFC
#PNE
#Addicks
#EFL
@Anna_Soubry
You epitomise what is wrong with this country, Anna.. He simply had an opinion on something. Er, and that's it. Let's deal with the actual issue rather than whether someone takes the knee or not.
It’s going to be a humongous step up just to be competitive in the Premier League - but right now we must revel in this moment.
Kieran McKenna talks to me after Ipswich’s historic promotion to the top flight after 22 years |
#EFL
#PremierLeague
#ITFC
👍
The changes to the
#FACup
announced today further devalues the world’s oldest domestic cup competition to accommodate Premier League & European elites.
The amount of revenue smaller clubs will lose is huge.
It’s sad to see this gradual erosion of the magic of the cup 😔
"Frank Lampard sent me a message saying how happy he is, that my work at
#Charlton
isn’t going unnoticed & everyone is talking about me”
#ChelseaFC
wonderkid Conor Gallagher's been a revelation on loan at
#Addicks
. Read my exclusive interview here
#CFC
@GaryLineker
Well done. The right call. I would also like to see every national newspaper as well as every UK TV and radio station to boycott giving it any coverage.
West Ham will now sit around mid-table after failing to sign a striker. For all the hard work done to get into a great position, they blow it with their lack of ambition in the transfer market. A great shame for Hammers fans.
#WHU
#WestHam
This Paul Elliott court injunction decision with regards to
#CAFC
is a complete joke. He failed the
#EFL
OADT so how can a court issue an injunction against a club selling to someone more credible? Feel for
#Chartlon
fans tonight.
@SandgaardThomas
, hang in there.