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Lou Macari should be very proud of himself. Merry Christmas to the residents of the Macari Centre
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It should be noted that Abu Dhabi have spent approx £1.4bn on 66 first team players since take over of Man City ten years ago Sept 1. Pep is their 4th manager. 3 titles. That is how much it has taken to get City where they are. Three survivors from the 2012 title team. Consider
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Woodward is not up to the job. This summer provides absolute proof. Mourinho has been badly let down by the exec vice chairman in terms of bringing in his targets
Manchester United could/should have got their transfer business done by early June, as Jose Mourinho requested.
Whatever happens now, this last gasp scramble for a defender confirms the club's agenda is no longer fully aligned with that of their manager
#MUFC
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Bury FC still alive. Four bids at least in being considered by EFL. One bid of £7M. Mark Farnell and Dave Jones continue to work tirelessly to save the Shakers. Their principles are a credit to football. If Bury survive they deserve enormous credit.
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Interviewed Sean Maguire of PNE for Saturday’s Sun. What a put-together nice young man. He is a credit to himself and football and Ireland. Hope he and
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There were 27 protesters at Oldham today but they were protesting for good reason. Yup the JR stand was open and apologies for mis leading about that in my article. But OAFC fans need to see that this is a club in serious danger and I make no apologies for that.
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Time EFL took a look at OAFC and the running of the club or there is a danger they will sleep walk into another Bury. Such as the number of players registered and the on-going refusal by the owners to understand and accept certain legal and financial responsibilities
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I covered Huddersfield v Tottenham today. The Terriers are unquestionably the worst team I have ever seen at top flight level. Non football taken to a whole new lower level. They will be at a lower level for sure next season
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Dave Jones has demanded a full enquiry into the Bury debacle.EFL had the chance to save Bury and refused to pursue it. Shame on them. The EFL have presided over a scandal partly of their own making.
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Vincent Kompany enjoys a pint with fans after City become Prem champs
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I understand that the plan is to offer former FA Cup winners a place in the NW Counties league. The man who fronts SJ Global has a personal fortune of $550M btw. But nobody at EFL would consider him. Dale bought Bury for £1 and as I understand it was the only £1 he put in
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Those close to the Bury situation are suggesting to me there is real hope for L2/20/21
More later. 134 years may not yet be consigned to history.
There will be a story in tomorrow’s Sun.
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Sun Sport has worked on and illustrated the financial problems surrounding Latics for almost two years now: proof that this paper cares about the little guy too. As we show every week in our unrivalled EFL coverage.
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This from 2 minutes ago from Blitz legal team: to white directly from my source: “Bassini buying Oldham is absolute bollocks” unquote
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Devastated by the news of the the passing of Paul Jiggins. One of the warmest human beings you could ever meet and I was lucky enough to work with him. Jiggo never had a bad word to say about anyone. But he saw the best in everyone.
Jiggo: legend. ❤️
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OAFC fans have to come to a point where they either watch the club go down the pan or stop with the rival factions and get behind a cohesive movement towards saving it. Believe me, unless things change a founding club of Prem Lg will be non league next season
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The EFL would not deal with anyone other than Steve Dale. And so the good offices of those including SJ Global who put £7M on the table to save the club we’re ignored. The only bid they looked at was C&N which to my mind was not much more than a PR stunt always doomed to fail.
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Chris Farnell and thosevtrying to save Bury had an offer that would have sown requisite money by 9.00AM Wednesday morning
It was ignored by EFL
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BT Sport is a fraud. It is a fanzine. The response to the Liverpool half being swept only underlined a lack of credibility and integrity that continually shows through.
The BT Sport commentary last night was absolutely shameful.
Imagine being a Leicester fan that pays a monthly subscription to listen to two Liverpool fans willing the ball into the net and being biased to the point of delusion.
Stop paying them, fellow football fans.
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I took the trouble to turn up and write about it
Who else did?
At least somebody from the media cares
Or do you not care?
Do you want to see your club, a fantastic club, just either and die for lack of interest?
@kenlawrence__
Battered them for the first half.. they scored on the break. How come 27 protesters on Saturday deserves two separate write ups?
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Blitz prepared to sell Boundary Park to Abdallah Lemsagam, confirmed to me by Blitz one hour ago. If he can pay £570K debt to Blitz then show he has £6M for ground.
Admin hearing on Friday likely to be adjourned. I guess money talks- if there is any... and I guess talk is cheap
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People should appreciate that JM started with a team not fit for purpose. It should have been a wipe out and start again. Morinho can be “difficult “ but I actually admire what he’s done so far. Utd were and are miles behind City in terms of recruitment
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I might add that The Sun, which I work for , is not the most popular in some parts of the country but has backed the fight of Bury FC to the hilt
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Doing an interview with Dino M next week. Should be very interesting....
Morning lads. Just a reminder that, although it's fantastic to see young lads break into the team, we have 34 players signed on and we have had to turn to the Youth Team for players. And the guy who has recruited most of them reckons he's done a good job...
#oafc
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This rag actually cares. And this rag did everything it could to highlight the Bury scandal, indeed The Sun civets every EFL club. Not bad for a rag
@MikeKeegan_DM
@OfficialOAFC
@kenlawrence__
Cheers. I think the article is needed, even if it is via that rag. Quite a vivid chance that we are rapidly careering down the path Bury went down. Shambolic.
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Further update: no word from EFL to Chris Farnell re SJ Global bid. Ivan Lewis is now asking hard questions te EFL stance. I believe that at the least as of time of this post people within EFL are considering the whole position.
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Bless Lenny. A wonderful, courageous man. Meeting him made my life richer.
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I have a tape and note of everything AL said. Plus a witness. He repeated his claims to me on Thursday night by text. Which of course I have kept. And which are in today’s Sun
@kenlawrence__
Is it possible to show proof of AL making these quotes however they were made. Just to add another of many nails into his coffin as the are so adamant he is an angel and our saviour
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£7M and a £3.7M ground loan equate to a round of drinks for SJ Global. Which leads me to this point: why would EFL not see that in the first place instead of firing the gun? Lack of vision lack of humanity. And Dale gets his £200,000. Like that or lump it.
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The really sad part is that he went on air and said all of that in all seriousness and with a straight face. I mean. Really?
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SJ Global who were prepared to pay £7M for Bury are still interested in going ahead. Even if in L2 according to a source very close to the club.
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All the allegations are coming from Lemsagam. Such as £5.2M missing money. Those allegations were made to The Sun by Abdallah on November 20. Appreciate the kind words Mike. BTW the North Stand is going to be closed for the foreseeable future
@wheatabeat
@OfficialOAFC
I know
@kenlawrence__
and he’s a good guy. And - let’s be honest - if he’s looking to be sensationalist he wouldn’t be writing about Latics. Having been at the Blitz Q & A, I’d say there’s nothing in there that’s dramatised.
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All good mate. Proud of my work on this👍
@kenlawrence__
Don’t bite at that nonsense, Ken. People who know you are pefecrly aware that you’re a good guy.
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A deal for BFC was accepted by Steve Dale on Tuesday night and would have been financially ratified it is understood to 9.00 Wednesday morning. So why did EFL pull the trigger forvs few hours more?
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There were 7 players today either playing or on the bench who were brought in from as low as tier 5 in French football plus a French manager. Worried? I would be. Third bottom L2
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Interesting to note that David Conn of the Guardian today wrote essentially my same story of Abdallah Lemsagam’s claims against the previous owners of OAFC and included the detail that Sun Sport had already detailed over the whole sorry affair that could leave the club homeless
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The Railway, Hale, Altrincham
Well deserved pint being enjoyed by Vincent Kompany
#mancitychampions
#playon
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For those following this an update : as of 60 seconds ago at 22.44 the EFL, according to Chris Farnell, had not been back in touch with him following a 16.30pm conversation about SJG potential takeover of BFC. The EFL are thinking...so we will see
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Mike Keegan is a good lad with Oldham at heart. He is one of yours and fair play to him.
@ricmetty
@PaddyNoWheels
@kenlawrence__
Always thought Mike Keegan was from round here.. hes a nob though granted
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First person to get it. I have no personal axe to grind. I was right there when Bury went and it was upsetting. OAFC are a great club and it is in big trouble. End of
@Mcgoo_84
@justinallen1976
@kenlawrence__
@OfficialOAFC
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Have to say i believed him straight away as well dont see what agenda he could have that would have him make up those claims. Just hope it all gets sorted before it all goes totally tits up.
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They brought him in. His modus operandi was there for all to see. I’m not Jose fan per se but he did get MU back in the CL with half a team (of decent players plus injuries)
Zlatan was a one season master stroke. But it’s been about rebuilding
@kenlawrence__
With the negative and boring style of football no CEO of any club will be willing to spend millions on players that are between the ages of 29-31.The earlier
#mufc
sack him the better it would be for the club.
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Just passing on info because this means a lot to a lot of people. As of right now no new word so tomorrow will tell. Good luck to those trying to save a great old club and the BFC fans. Onward to Oldham and more grief
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My dad may be dying right now. But I can’t visit him in Scotland because I’d be denied entry to the hospital. I have to wait on a call saying he is about to die then they might let me in. Might. Dominic? Boris? Can you help and pull a few strings?
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Really got to be honest having spent so much time working on stories with those trying to save Bury. I would be very upset now if they ultimately fail. The EFL should be hanging their heads. They knew what was going on at Bury and did nothing but go through the motions.
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Steve Bruce to undergo tests for dementia after heading footballs in 20 year career
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I already put my hands up to inaccuracies but they were corrected in Monday’s article. What is not inaccurate is that OAFC are on a downward spiral. Investigations continue
@wroteforluck87
@kenlawrence__
His column this morning was spot on, Josh. Saturdays had inaccuracies, which was frustrating, but I applaud this guy for highlighting the plight of our club. There's a local journalist who is doing some serious digging on our club now as well...
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Anybody who knows the MLS like I do will tell you that the standard of referees is very poor. We have just seen that illustrated in the England game. The ref is England’s most dangerous opponent
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Would any Utd fan care if any of them were not signed other than perhaps Pogba? Even then? Compare the signings of City/Liverpool to the majority of the Utd signings. No matter ability of individuals it’s about attitude, mentality and a plan. Utd have no core recruitment plan.
And people say the Glazers have held us back🤷🏻♂️
#MUFC
Not sure what to think Managers? Ed? Board? yet is it the players? No easy answer
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Absolutely
Personally I would sell Pogba to the highest bidder, sell Lukaku, allow Mata to follow Herrera, dump Jones, Smalling, Young, Rojo, Darmian and Bailly and start again. The place needs cleaning out. Too many cracks to paper over.
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Lack of money lack of leadership. The team is full of nobodies from nowheresville in France. 3rd bottom. That kind of thing
@kenlawrence__
@stringer_oafc
Fair play but what makes you think we ar win danger as an outsider?
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As I suggested earlier Bassini is not, repeat not, buying Oldham. Lemsagam has paid off some of £570K owed too Blitz and after administration hearing was adjourned today has until April 21 to settle the debt completely. He wants to buy the leasehold from Blitz but we’ll see.
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Believe me, the people working on it are dogged. SJ Global is a $500M company and they do not want to walk away. Depends if EFL heads are extracted from the sand. I don’t think the fat lady has yet sung but that’s just my gut
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Some but not all cyclists have to be amongst the most self-centred, arrogant people in our communities right now.
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You have no idea about my job.
My office is in London. My place of work is Manchester. Work out the puzzle smartass. Somebody made a mistake.
Seriously. What a total tosser. Shaun.
@justinallen1976
@kenlawrence__
@OfficialOAFC
@EFL
So great that he put the wrong picture against Simon Blitz. Embarrassing
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Steve Dale wants a minimum £560,000 to sell Bury. Rising to £810.000 He bought the club for £1 eight months ago. The EFL have to help BFC to overcome this scandal with three parties interested in saving the club.
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I would urge all interested in OAFC to read the club statement. I will make no comment on the wording but will say there is no on-going litigation
A report to GMP, yes, but funnily enough cops haven’t been in touch with Blitz either
I have a tape and note of everything AL said. Plus a witness. He repeated his claims to me on Thursday night by text. Which of course I have kept. And which are in today’s Sun
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My heart goes out to the people of Lebanon. Wonderful, generous people. I speak from experience.
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Didn’t type that well. Anyway, me and JR and Latics go ‘way back. I am not an in-roader. I would like to help if I can. By telling the truth
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Covered Newport v Man City today. On Monday in
@thesun
read about how Michael Flynn and his players rave about how classy -as people, not just players - Pep and his team were. Refreshing👏
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No problem. I understand the concerns but I am only passing on info I know to be true. This is a great club st stake and I am not trying to create headlines for the sake of them
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I saw the happy clappers on Saturday. Not actually interested. Just want to watch a game. They walked past the 27 like they were vermin. Deeply troubling
@bcoleman1989
@wroteforluck87
@kenlawrence__
No axe to grind with him here. He got grief for reporting a load of factual stuff about our current owner about 18 months ago. Happy clappers were, and still are, going round with their eyes closed.
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I can’t say. Wish I could say more. Sorry. But it could go to High Court for sure
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Unless I am utterly mistaken, the impression given me by Blitz is that he would never be part to a sale involving Bassini
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The more Utd play with the freedom we’ve seen again tonight the more it condemns Mourinho as Stone Age. The only thing he got right was the defence being bad and he brought in two of those who are clearly not up to it. Guess what? Pogba’s really good.
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Has a serious point. The players let down the club. They were so pissed off with JM they downed tools. It’s about the badge, not the boss
“It leaves a nasty taste.”
Neil Warnock tells us he’s disappointed at how Jose Mourinho’s been treated.
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@mikeparry8
He was told in several of my articles. Only this week the owner ripped up a player’s contract. The EFL need to look a lot harder at the owner
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Well Alex, I’m not sure where you are coming from with that comment. But I do think OAFC is a story and I do think that the problems with the club should be investigated. And I’m good at it. I get the Brassbank thing. However these issues take time. Let’s see. Insight?
@kenlawrence__
hi ken, since you care about oldhams troubles, why don’t you ask the FLG or Brassbank about this?
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Perhaps Europe’s greatest home win in the Ryder Cup. Molinari has to be one of the world’s coolest most genuine sportsmen. If not the ultimate right now
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As things stand, from thin air
@kenlawrence__
Where on earth is he getting 6.5 million from if we can't even pay wages on time?
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Oldham has become a rehab unit for unknown players from lower league French clubs so the club can turn them into money. Maouche is the best and he wouldn’t get into any other L2 team because he wants too much time on the ball. He has talent but this is not tier 3 of France
@kenlawrence__
Keep going Ken. How many of the players we are signing have obvious or opaque links to this lot?
#oafc
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Lenny Johnrose. A true football hero. Read about how he is fighting MND in Monday’s Sun.
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@johncrossmirror
Very sad news. Ralph was a proper journalist but more importantly a proper bloke. I feel really upset about this. RIP Ralph Ellis
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Fuck Putin
Think about the children in Ukraine being slaughtered.
Don’t be upset.
Rebel against your insane leader
Who gives a shit about your football in the face of Putin’s madness?
The decision to exclude our team from Europa League is upsetting.
We believe that sport, even in the most difficult times, should aim to build bridges, and not burn them.
We will focus on domestic competitions and hope for a speedy achievement of peace that everybody needs.
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RIP Harry. It was always a pleasure and a privilege to be in your company👏
Man Utd hero Harry Gregg had the safest hands in football - but they couldn't let go of Munich guilt |
@kenlawrence__
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Steely Dan and a glass of red wine goes a long way to helping. If there is anybody out there I can aid in any way please ask and if I can help, I will.🏴
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Trevor Birch as new CEO is a brilliant appointment by EFL exactly at a time when his football/business acumen is needed most
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I have been told categorically that Bassini is not involved at all. Now let’s see if truth is being told
@kenlawrence__
Would Blitz be able to seek proof Bassini isn't the reason Lemsagam has sudden access to the money though Ken?
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I really don't believe the destabling thing. Especially not of Custis who, in actually fact, has gone against the flow and supported JM. United are a very, very difficult club to deal with. When I was chief northern football writer on the Daily Mail we were banned for four years!
@kenlawrence__
Ken. You’re a top fella, and so is
@ncustisTheSun
The problem I think most people have is that the definition of News (I.e Noteworthy) being served up is anything but when it comes to United. I know the club is a big media draw, but why the continuous push to destabilise?
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No TV company interested, apparently, John. Says it all about telly really
Why aren’t Burnley on the telly? I’m sure I’m not the only football addict who’d be watching... Bizarre why people don’t take Europa League seriously.
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There was a suggestion of a takeover but it has gone away . I know the details but I’m bound to confidentiality I’m afraid
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There were a few fans today who walked past the protest today sneering at them. I found that strange. I understand that most would not be part of a demo. Fine. But there has to be an awakening at some point. I found it depressing
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@kenlawrence__
@MikeMinay
@reluctantnicko
@KieranMaguire
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For me the most important thing at this stage is fans trying to find an alternative. It’s all well and good protesting but there has to be a Plan B, which is very difficult to find.
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Anybody given a thought to Ron Atkinson, the manager who brought the Three Degrees of West Brom together and who Cyrille Regis always thanked for helping him? Big Ron was portrayed as a racist when, in fact, he did so much to encourage footballers like Big Cyrille, Laurie and BB
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This is true.
Understood EFL were sent a signed letter at 1am with an offer to buy
#BuryFC
. It’s claimed EFL were aware of the offer, from a wealthy individual, at 23:05. The EFL said in their statement that 'all available options' had been explored - EFL asked for comment.
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Latics are in grave danger. The EFL must step in now. Another Bury?
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Just been to see the Stones. Best entertainment I’ve had at Old Trafford in years
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MUFC players deserve applause for doing the right thing in making what will be a £1M donation to NHS Manchester. All other top earners in the Premier should follow their example👏
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Apparently. A two month investigation downgraded to somebody in London getting a picture wrong. Shouldn’t happen btw but unless I’m mistaken we all make mistakes. Or at least some of us🤬
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@Paulmcgrath5
Incredible image of a great, great player. And one of the genuinely nicest human beings you could ever wish to meet. Fair play to you, big McGrath👏
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Didn’t condemn it mate just wasn’t there . But I stood outside tonight with my family and we clapped our hearts out like the rest of this country. God Bless, Big Reg, and I hope we’ll be around to remain on opposite sides🤞
@kenlawrence__
I agree with your condemnation of that article too. Me and you were clapping together. Glad you're proud to write for The Sun. Have a good night. Keep safe.
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Check the date
I’m a human being not a cypher. But hey, stereotyping is the new racism
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G Neville’s analysis of Man City’s ethos he just delivered on Sky - of Pep sticking to his philosophy under pressure from Liverpool’s assault on the title - marks him as the best current assessor of the game on TV. Brilliant insight. Brilliantly put.👏👏👏
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Great to be at Morecambe t’day to see Mike Flynn’s Exiles reach L2 play-offs. What he has done in last two years is remarkable. Very highly thought of in the game and should be for what he’s achieved at Newport on buttons 👏. Big things ahead for him.
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Mourinho is paranoid. He says the team is United. They just lost 3-0 at home. Blames the media. But : Defending was pathetic. The spirit of United is no more which is tragic to see. Get another hair-do, lads.
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Nobody cares. Least of all Sanchez. His most important figures are £500,00 a week. And they criticise Mourinho?
Alexis Sanchez will end 2018 with fewer Premier League goals than Chris Smalling & Patrick van Aanholt, the same number as Oumar Niasse & Lewis Dunk and only one more than Shane Long.
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