Laura Williamson
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It’s remarkable that a game so preoccupied with how it looks doesn't stop for a second and think just how bad this looks.
As ever, women have been made to feel like the outsiders in the football industry - or, worse, are forgotten altogether.
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Asked an Iranian fan why she wanted to be here today.
“Because I have a right to be happy.”
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Premier League referees will be told to show greater leniency in handball decisions from this weekend, report
@David_Ornstein
and
@mjshrimper
for
@TheAthleticUK
:
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An attempt by
@TheAthleticFC
to explain the situation with Mason Greenwood + MUFC.
Today, of all days, was not the one for this to break but perhaps it sums up the whole sorry mess.
(And replies aren't off to stifle debate but for legal reasons)
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* Found guilty of sexual assault + sentenced to 4yrs in prison last May
* Almost 200 matches for Valencia + Celta Vigo since accused
* Loan move to Al Shabab in Saudi Arabia
What message does this send, yet again?
@dermotmcorrigan
on Santi Mina
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This piece from
@CaoimheSport
isn’t really about Leeds, it’s about how it feels to stick your hand up and see people try and batter it to the ground.
Disagree and debate but don’t resort to personal abuse, that’s all we ask.
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On
#InternationalWomensDay
, this is what it’s like to be a woman in football by
@charlotteharpur
.
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#MUFC
put beds for the players in corporate boxes at Old Trafford this afternoon to try and ensure tonight's match v
#LFC
kicked off on time.
@lauriewhitwell
@David_Ornstein
@DTathletic
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Greg Clarke is the chairman of an organisation which aims to work "for the greater good of English football". Do me a favour...
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We're looking for a football news correspondent and a women's football correspondent
@TheAthleticUK
. You'll have to work with me but there are perks, I promise!
Women's football:
Football news:
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👀 England players asked to give 👍 to reporting for pre-World Cup camp on June 19 or 23
⚽️ Warm-up v Portugal in MK on July 1 in doubt
(It is June 7 and ENG's first WC match is on July 22 🤯)
@charlotteharpur
+
@FloydTweet
for
@TheAthleticFC
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Football Index, was "in the unsustainable position of paying out higher dividends without additional money coming into the platform”, acc to govt review.
Action not taken, possibly wrong gambling licence, FCA asleep etc.
@josephmdurso
all over it...
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We felt it was important to explain the allegations that have been made against Cristiano Ronaldo, which he denies. This is where we are.
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Quite the grandstanding performance from Rubiales, who is not standing down and has instead opted to lecture us all about feminism. Extraordinary.
@GuillermoRai_
in the room for
@TheAthleticFC
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Not sure there has been much of a dress rehearsal for this at Lusail…
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It's 10 years since
@FulhamFC
got to the Europa League final.
@stujames75
and I got the band back together...
That Juventus match, the ash cloud, 'Bobby for England', Dempsey's hand through a window and Roy dancing - told by those who lived it.
#FFC
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So a chat in the tunnel is not OK but hugs on the pitch, travelling on a bus or a plane and playing table tennis is all right?
@PJBuckingham
@OliverKay
@charlotteharpur
unpick
#ENG
,
#SCO
, “close contact” and COVID-19…
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Kick off a minute late to raise awareness of mental health, but then the only place you can view the match live in the UK is on a betting app. Just not good enough. Story last night from
@lauriewhitwell
for
@TheAthleticUK
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The absolute cheek of Oliver Dowden bleating about a poss legacy of COVID-19 being a "fitter, healthier Britain". I wish! Kids' PE and rec sport has been at the bottom of the pile unless prioritised by individual parents, schools or volunteers.
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All the love in the UK for taekwondo reminds me of my handball crush after
#London2012
.
Emailed a local club to ask if I could try it out and got a snotty reply along lines of: “Would you get in touch Manchester Utd and ask to have a go?” Oops! 😂
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“I couldn’t stop crying. You want to be strong but I couldn’t help it. Every match was more difficult.”
The World Cup circus might have moved on but what now for the women who came to Qatar to watch Iran?
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Do yourself a favour and follow the master
@TimSpiers
's coverage of
#PORURU
...
(He's practically Portuguese after covering Wolves for so long)
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There might actually be dust on this bad boy but bloody hell I’m excited about watching them again today!
#GTFC
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Only 67% of all UK schools offer football equally to girls and boys but now that must change. Victory for the Lionesses! Get your boots on girls… 👏 👏 👏
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Messi just sitting on the stage with family as the stadium empties.
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It’s OK to be watching Vernam’s absolute beauty for GTFC on loop, isn’t it? Asking for a friend....
#utm
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Really enjoyed this from
@JordanC1107
on the Midtjylland kitman who is obsessed with Liverpool. Great idea and brought to life beautifully.
@TheAthleticUK
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If you're wondering why the Iran anthem was loudly booed just now, have a read of this...
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Former NYCFC intern Skyler Badillo tells
@MLSist
about alleged sexual harassment by David Villa. "With him I just freeze and feel small.”
@TheAthleticSCCR
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Just home from Stamford Bridge. GTFC hammered. Terrible start, worse ending. Don’t care. My boy and I loved it. And that goal... 😘
#utm
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Iranian women - who can't attend matches at home - fear state 'spotters' are watching them at World Cup games.
With
@AdamCrafton_
in Doha for
@TheAthleticFC
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“Grimsby are doing non-Grimsby things!”
Great to finally speak to
@krispygreen84
about all things
#GTFC
.
#utm
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It was all just words, wasn’t it?
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Remarkable attendances in non-League this season.
#GTFC
took 1,251 to Altrincham (Step 5). There were 3,003 at Macclesfield (9). South Shields (7) getting more than 2,000. 950 watched Newcastle Blue Star (11).
Something's going on…
@mwalker2771
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Three years after the Chapecoense disaster, survivor Neto, tells
@jacklang
: "I’ve heard people say things like: ‘Not only was he fortunate enough to stay alive, but his life must be sorted now.’ But the truth is the complete opposite of that.”
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Paid far less for my family to watch the blooming Olympics than I’ve just shelled out to watch
#GTFC
at the London Stadium.
And I haven’t got to get there from Grimsby!
Scandalous.
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We're going to penalties and we've got a DJ trying to rev up the crowd. It's penalties in a World Cup quarter-final - just let the drama of the football speak for itself!
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Two years of
@TheAthleticUK
! Blimey.
A pleasure to work with such a talented bunch and so proud of our brilliant young reporters. Give people a chance and they will fly!
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Fulham's "glory days" in that 19-match Europa League run: Hodgson having a "strop" in Rome, Harrods hampers, a 27-hour bus trip, a "clockwork" defensive unit "getting near perfection" and some remarkable goals and performances...
#ffc
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Reading
@alanshearer
’s interview with Kevin Keegan, can’t help but feel energised.
(Must go for a run now. Probably do a marathon 😂)
“I feel 7ft tall again and long to stand up and sprint across my front room with my right arm aloft...”
#nufc
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“I think it’s bizarre that FIFA has looked to have a Visit Saudi sponsorship for the Women’s WC when I, myself, Alex Morgan, would not even be accepted and supported in that country.”
Eloquent, powerful words but why is it players who have to speak out?
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💷 1st time one country has provided more than half of the rich list
💷
#MCFC
top for 2nd year,
#LFC
up to 3rd
💷
#LUFC
and
#NUFC
back in top 20
@mjshrimper
for
@TheAthleticFC
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A year of
@TheAthleticUK
. Wow! Thanks so much to everyone who has subscribed.
A joy (most of the time!) to work with such a talented bunch, and particularly proud of what our young guns have achieved over the past 12 months.
Onwards and upwards!
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Presented the Rising Star awards at the
#NWFA2021
last night on behalf of
@TheAthleticUK
.
Apt one as we have a few rising stars of our own. ⭐️
Here are a few of our brilliant young guns to follow if you don’t already…
(& did we mention there’s a sale on?!)
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So proud to say I have joined the editorial team
@TheAthleticUK
. Our brilliant writers will bring you the best football stories on the things which matter to you. Simple! Subscribe today for 50% off: And this is why I’m here: ⚽️
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“You see how different angles of view can have different meanings?”
We didn’t hear a lot from women in or from Qatar during the World Cup. Or from many women at all, actually.
I know what I experienced but how was it for others?
@TheAthleticFC
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Just realised I've dressed in black and white. Have Grimsby on my mind, clearly! Today's the day...
#utm
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We're hiring
@TheAthleticFC
- do apply/get in touch if you'd like to join our team:
⚽️ Women's football writer:
🚦Senior editor:
🏀 Sports writer/explainer journalist:
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We’re looking for a football writer to cover
#SaintsFC
here
@TheAthleticUK
.
If you think that could be you, please apply. (Usual rules - don’t think about it/convince yourself you’re not good enough - just do it!)
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Can’t even wear my favourite hat today… and that pillock definitely shouldn’t be wearing one.
#GTFC
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This very much reminds me of being on a cricket tour in India and a cameraman declining a visit to the Taj Mahal because "I've already seen it on the internet". Each to their own!
Go to the Grand Canyon, they said.
It'll be great, they said.
Sean Dyche... 🤷♂️
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@VivianneMiedema
on watching Lewandowski in training as she analyses the strikers at
#EURO2020
for
@TheAthleticUK
.
"When a team-mate has a shot, his eyes... are already looking at the goal, and anticipating where the ball might ricochet."
£1/month:
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“I’d say 90 per cent of Town fans would say they’d rather have been relegated and have new owners than remain in the EFL with Fenty.”
After so much madness and misery, there is hope at
#GTFC
.
@Simon_Hughes__
@PJBuckingham
#utm
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Ten years on from Keys and Gray's fall from grace,
@JackPittBrooke
revisits a very particular time and asks... what's changed?
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City Football Group by
@TheAthleticUK
and
@TheAthleticSCCR
🏙 Empire-building:
💰Does it work - and what’s next?
👉 Subscribe for £1/month here:
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Enjoyed this column on the plight of the sub goalkeeper from
@JamesPearceLFC
, inc how Jorgen Nielsen’s shirt only ever made it on to the pitch...
#lfc
@TheAthleticUK
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The phrase he's a "football man" can get in the bin as well. Usually used with a knowing look, nod and for added effect: "He's a real football man." Which makes no sense whatsoever!
What Graeme Souness said on Sunday made me feel less a part of the game.
Yes, he was literally commenting on a men’s match. But calling it a ‘man’s game’ was old fashioned + out of touch. Particularly after Euro 2022.
A column for
@TheAthleticUK
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Boris getting a Grimsby shirt.🤬
Probably better not to speak to me today...
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Surely all over for Birmingham City now as Jutkiewicz makes it 2-0 to Bolton. And yet the away fans keep on singing...
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A plan that could see top-four Premier League clubs having to play at least one qualifying round to reach the Champions League group stage is gathering support across Europe...
@mjshrimper
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Pakistan international,
#GTFC
,
#MUFC
academy graduate and Ninja Warrior semi-finalist…
Lucky
@alihumayun33
had a trip to Grimsby to meet
@OtisKhan63
for
@TheAthleticFC
(I didn’t even commission this - honest!)
#UTM
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“The town of Scunthorpe needs its football club.”
Scunny in awful trouble, on and off the pitch, and hoping a new owner comes in soon.
Can’t help thinking this could apply to so many of our clubs. They are precious things - we must look after them. 🙏
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So many talented young reporters
@TheAthleticUK
- sign up and you can follow them too for just £1/month for 12 months.
Very proud of all of them but here's a taste of what you can expect...
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Kenny Shiels claims females are more susceptible to conceding goals in clusters because “women are more emotional than men”.
This is international football not bloody Bridgerton! Shocking.
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Ralf Rangnick agrees deal to become
#MUFC
interim manager.
Exclusive from
@lauriewhitwell
&
@David_Ornstein
for
@TheAthleticUK
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Shocking detail in
@DTathletic
investigation - girls aged 13-15 who suffered alleged rape in UK had to make complaint within a year of incident from 1956-2004. Only applies to girls, not boys. NSPCC says rule “devastating” for those it works against.
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Very orange trousers, very big grin. Thank you to everyone who voted for us. This means a lot.
@TheAthleticFC
@WeAreTheFSA
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Incredibly proud to have done the
#GreatNorthRun
today for the brilliant
@SBRFoundation
with some fab
@TheAthleticFC
colleagues and fellow football writers.
Thank you to everyone who clapped, shouted my name or gave me a jelly baby. It was hot!! 🥵
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“It was the worst thing I’ve seen in football” -
@GregOK
and
@CDEccleshare
spoke to lots of players, staff and fans at Goodison Park last night to explain how Gomes’ awful injury impacted both clubs...
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Ajax director of football Marc Overmars leaves the club after a “series of inappropriate messages sent to several female colleagues”.
“I am ashamed," he says. “For someone in my position, this behaviour is unacceptable."
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We’re looking for a Head of U.S. Soccer, based in the United States, to keep driving our coverage of the men’s and women’s games forward.
Let me know if you think this could be you!
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ITV Digital and the Football League. “That sounds too good to be true.”
@JackPittBrooke
explains where it all went wrong...
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Watched Lionel Messi walk his way to deliver "euphoria" for Argentina against Mexico last night...🚶♂️
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"When Michail Antonio drove a Lamborghini into my garden dressed as a snowman on Christmas Day..."
Thankfully everyone was OK, as
@RoshaneSport
found out..
@TheAthleticUK
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A little kickabout on the pitch for the kids with the Croatian team after they knocked out Brazil. Can you imagine?
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Wigan sold Jensen Weir to Brighton, Alfie Devine to Spurs and Joe Gelhardt to Leeds last summer for £1.7m up front to “save the club”.
But one “member of the football family offered... £400,000 for the first two… some family!”
@mjshrimper
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Super Cup ref Stephanie Frappart might only be 5ft 4ins but 'you don't want to mess with her'.
@sophie_serbini
found out why for
@TheAthleticUK
.
#cfc
#lfc
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"For everyone who just wants to be a sportswriter and not a 'female sportswriter' every second of their day."
This searingly honest piece from my
@TheAthletic
colleague
@Britt_Ghiroli
really hit home:
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Exclusive: Liverpool being investigated by EFL over whether they fielded an ineligible player in League Cup win over MK Dons...
@JamesPearceLFC
@TheAthleticUK
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Agreement close on plan to give
#UCL
places to two teams that fail to qualify via leagues but have strong European records.
Compromise would use UEFA’s country coefficient, not club ranking, & cut no of seasons from five to one.
@mjshrimper
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Thought Leagues One and Two had been sorted out yesterday? Think again. Lots still up in the air.
@mjshrimper
explains the fall-out from those lively EFL meetings:
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#THFC
's Daniel Levy to replace
#MUFC
's Ed Woodward as
#PL
rep on ECA board, the committee of Europe's leading clubs. Quite a turnaround from Super League shenanigans!
@mjshrimper
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Have the pleasure of chatting to
@Ankaman616
about football most days, and I very often come off the phone thinking about something in a different way. So we thought we would share him out a bit! Here is Carl’s brilliant debut column for
@TheAthleticUK
:
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An investigation by
@TheAthleticFC
has found that a man we strongly believe to be Scunthorpe owner David Hilton was sentenced to two years in prison for 15 counts of fraud by false representation under the name of David Anderson.
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.
@stujames75
went to speak to Wilfried Bony about his next move - and he got calls from clubs in Brazil and Russia while they chatted...
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Everton and 777. What now?
@mjshrimper
explains the scenarios (spoiler - the first one’s not looking likely):
🔵 777 deal goes through
➡️ New buyer emerges
❗️ Administration
💷 Main creditors take control
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