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Football person. Footballing history, ephemera (nonsense). 72/91
Bracknell, Berkshire, UK
Joined October 2009
Goals conceded by Wales. A thread. 1 - Trifon Ivanov - Wales 0 Bulgaria 3 (14/12/1994)
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UEFA should schedule in Sweden vs Bulgaria for 2pm today. No one would notice neither are actually in the Euros and it'd keep the football going.
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Is this the first statue depicting a player committing a bookable offence?.
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Rio Ferdinand slagging off Maradona now. At least Diego went to his drug test.
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Can BBC and ITV please do a deal where they advertise each other's games? We're all adults here. We know how it works.
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This is stupid. If something terrible happens at work, you don't put it on your CV.
Jamie Vardy is about to have a relegation on his CV but apparently heโs had a better career than Kane ๐
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Photo from the first England vs Scotland international match on 30th November 1872. It was a very different game then.
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Rugby needs to find a better way to promote itself past "we are not football". It's not going to be enough.
Don't say it.Don't say it.Don't say it. ๐ฌ Wouldn't happen in rugby.
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Real Madrid's Gareth Bale and Wigan Athletic's Kieffer Moore have never come to blows during a Wales camp despite the clubs' bitter rivalry.
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I'm not sure if this is the most unselfish assist I've ever seen, or the laziest player.
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As bad as Ireland's 1-0 loss to Luxembourg seems, the goal was scored by a Dynamo Kiev striker against a Rochdale goalkeeper.
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The goal scored by @Daniel_James_97 for @SwansOfficial sounds much better with South American commentary
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A remarkable management career. Managed Lazio, Juve and then Sweden to a World Cup Final. His reward? The Skegness Town job.
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I would have appointed Andy Cole as the new Manchester United manager. Then replace him with Solskjaer with a few games to go.
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@CiaranBloo Fine them all โฌ75,000 Euros at the start of the competition and then let them get on with it.
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This is the beauty and terror of international football. Wales are currently in their era of no professional goalkeepers. It's tough.
Why did they all have to play at the same time? We needed them to come every 5-8 years instead ๐ญ
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Fair play to Jake Humphrey, still going at 12.30am Turkish time. He has to be up in 4ยฝ hours time! ๐๐.
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Euro 2020 should be rescheduled for the summer of 2021. 10% corona virus 90% Joe Allen recovery.
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Georgia treating the Euros like they're a provincial town in England whose team has reached the second round of the FA Cup.
๐ฌ๐ช๐ฉ || At Dunkinโ Doughnuts in Tbilisi, Georgia, you can get doughnuts with the Georgian players names on them. Delicious.
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I've just read the small print and apparently if Wales qualify all three of their group games will be in Baku.
EURO 2028 bid:. The following stadium have been included on the list. No Anfield or Old Trafford leaps out. โCompact & Connectedโ is a major sell. โProposed semi-final & final at Wembley offering convenience for teams & spectatorsโ ๐ค
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@utdBrett 2 and a funny story about it would be fine. Even Reiss Nelson doesn't have this many Reiss Nelson shirts (cos this chap has them all).
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Wales fans not too enthused by recent performances. Big issue for many is they're not used to watching Wales sober.
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SHILTON.
JOKER. CRUELLA. MALIFICENT. Whatโs the next villain solo film youโd like to see?.
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"What an incentive for Wales and Scotland players. A game against England.". Thanks Radio 5 but trying to qualify for the World Cup is enough incentive ๐.
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My son told me today that in school lunchtime football when someone blazes it over the bar, everyone shouts "Heskeee". No one knows why, or how it started. It's been passed down year to year. #footballfolklore.
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I like @sgorio because to them (quite rightly) Welsh football is the most important thing in the world. For other broadcasters it feels like something else they happen to have rights to cover. Sgorio coverage is always full of nervous excitement. Anhygoel bob amser.
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Sorry you CAN NOT use a CORNER FLAG to cancel a clothing range launch. This will not do.
Due to further medical treatment ahead of our upcoming Emirates FA Cup 1st Round clash, Ollie Palmer will not be available to appear in the club shop this afternoon, affecting the launch of his clothing range. Please read below for further details. ๐. ๐ดโช #WxmAFC.
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I know a lot of Wales fans are celebrating #halrobsonkanuday today, however please show respect to those who celebrate #samvokesday on the same day. โค๏ธ. Important that these two denominations continue to get on.
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Joe Ledley retiring from (club) football. That last line about international football is just magnificent.
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Clive Tyldsley mentioning England when the France vs Switzerland penalty shootout was at 4-4 sudden death was peak ITV.
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Standard Wales XI. Someone from Real Madrid, lad from Luton, someome from Stoke City, Juventus etc.
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Wales will still end up playing two group games in Baku.
The United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland will make a joint bid to host the 2028 European Championship rather than the 2030 World Cup. More from @mjshrimper.
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๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Scotland have never got out of their group at a World Cup or Euros. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟWales have qualified from their group three times. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England have only won one Euros knockout game outside of their own country.๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Wales have won two. #euro2024.
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All we want is consistency!.Unless it's a derby.
Ashley Young can have no complaint over his second yellow but his first was harsh. Itโs a Derby. Itโs competitive. Where Young can really have legitimate complaint is in the inconsistency of Tsimikas not being booked for a similar challenge to Youngโs first. #LIVEVE.
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Wales are top scorers in UEFA Nations League history.
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Ben Davies playing in ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ.Gareth Bale playing in ๐บ๐ธ.Can only assume Aaron Ramsey is finalising a move to ๐ฎ๐ท. ๐ตโโ๏ธ.
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"Poor touch from Messi, a collector's item". It is indeed, I'll put it next to my "Misplaced pass from Modric" I picked up during the group stage.
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Wales have lost five times in their last twenty-six games. Denmark, Italy, France, Belgium and England. That's not too bad is it?.
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Did anyone notice the Starbucks cup at Anfield on the 17th minute?.
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Everyone has a go at Welsh and Scottish fans for "hating England" but no one hates England more than England national team fans. Crikey.
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Croatia haven't lost a home Euro qualifier since declaring independence in 1991. I'm off to join @Plaid_Cymru ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ.
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David Brooks' mum is from Llangollen. Deciding people's nationality for them is problematic at best. James McClean isn't the Brit who plays for Ireland. Raheem Sterling isn't the Jamaican who plays for England.
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Can't wait to find out what the mood in the England camp is during half-time of Wales' Euro 2020 group games.
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This is what a League One midfielder looks like when he's knows he's about to take on Luka Modriฤ.
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The decision to have a semi circle on the outside of the penalty area to prevent encroachments when penalty kicks are taken was made in Llandudno in 1937.
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Ryan Giggs should take the lead from Bryan Robson when it comes to being unveiled as a player-manager: http://t.co/oHmLckuFsM.
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Euro 2020 begins tonight. What channel do you prefer?
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Kwame Ampadu's son, Chris Pike's nephew and David Johnson's son.
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They could have put Norway vs Republic of Ireland on at 2pm. We'd have all watched it. No one would have suspected a thing.
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Waited my whole life for that and I hated every moment. Football is stupid. I hate it.
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England fans shouldn't give up hope yet. Wales had a disappointing result against a terrible team in their second match of Euro 2016 and still made the semi-finals.
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Football has lost its mind.
Does anyone know what EtH's "unbreakable commitment" was? It's really winding me up that it prevented him from going to Sir Bobby's funeral. Surely we should be told exactly what it was that prevented him from attending the funeral of one of the most important legends in Utd's.
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Great that Rob Page is announcing the squad at the Eisteddfod but I still yearn for the days of Chris Coleman revealing his squad on a Vauxhall windscreen.
๐ 30.05.23 CYHOEDDIAD CARFAN. Bydd Rob Page yn cyhoeddi carfan mis Mehefin ar faes @EisteddfodUrdd yn Llanymddyfri!. #TogetherStronger
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Aaron Ramsey playing for Nice on BT Sport 4 while his wife Colleen's cookery show Bywyd a Bwyd is on S4C. Power couple. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟโฝ๏ธ๐ฒ.
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I used to think of football like Roy Keane. It's really not worth it. Ian Wright is correct. Football is supposed to be fun. Let's get carried away.
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You can get knocked out of the Champions League. FA Cup wins last forever.
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Every time Wales have qualified the winners have beat them. Brazil 1958, Portugal 2016 and Italy 2020.
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Where are the "Keep Politics Out Of Sport" people when this happens?.
In 2022, politics is injected into football so deeply, that the #EURO2024 qualifiers draw starts with this frame:
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If Bellamy is appointed Wales manager he'll become the fifth player in Gould's last selected XI (a 4-0 loss to Italy) to manage Wales (Hughes, Speed, Giggs & Page). Bellamy's first game in charge would be v Turkiye. Currently managed by Montella (on the bench for Italy that day)
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One of the weirder international football facts: Wales have never played France at home.
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The nonleaguematters forum can be a dark place at times.
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The TeamGB in football inevitably rears its head after the Games. But I watch a lot of football on TV/online but I've never seen a moment of the 2012 tournament where the mens team played. It's never mentioned. It forms no part of football culture in the UK. It's a black hole.
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Wales may have found a replacement for Hal Robson-Kanu in Tyler Roberts.
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Local facebook groups always deliver. The answer was "a televised FA Cup tie".
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Hope people give him a chance. A lot of people in Wales saying he's History already.
Hannes Wolf has joined Championship side @SwansOfficial on loan for the rest of the season ๐ค. All the best, Hannes! ๐๐. #DieFohlen
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Wales have played Harry Wilson, Dan James, Gareth Bale, David Brooks and Rabbi Matondo in forward positions over the last year. However it appears Wigan Athletic's Kieffer Moore was the missing ingredient all along.
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The Euros can't truly begin until a supermarket in Merthyr has to apologise after putting up an Euro 2020 England National Team display. We've not had one of those stories yet.
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However embarrassing floodlight failure is for Accrington Stanley, it's not as embarrassing as leaving a fake bomb in the toilets.
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This clock plays "You'll Never Walk Alone" on the hour and Kenny Dalglish pops out at the top. Incredible #YNWA
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My favourite football moment of 2017 was remembering and thinking about Euro 2016.
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@DavidHartrick The best one is snooker. The 2022 World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan played against the 1948 World Champion Fred Davis in 1992.
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Kirin Cup 2011 illustrating why groups of 3 is a bad idea.
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It would be hilarious to see what each club down to Step 6 would do with 1.2m. Utter carnage. ๐.
There are about 5,200 Saturday men's clubs in England. This ยฃ6.7bn will be split between 20 #PremierLeague clubs getting ยฃ335,000,000 each. If it was split between all clubs they would each get ยฃ1,288,461. What could 5,000 clubs do with ยฃ1.2m? . #MoneyFirstFootballNowhere.
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Tony Roberts looks like a bouncer in an understaffed club.
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With there being two days of no football there's no reason why the BBC vs ITV game shouldn't have been televised. A missed opportunity.
A day off for the @ITVSport team today in Doha so of course we played football ๐
. So enjoy this glorious moment as Roy Keane scores the golden goal against none other than special guest @MicahRichards ๐. Fancy a rematch @BBCSport? ๐
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A common response to these stories is to compare it to elite player wages. If Gareth Bale gave ยฃ500k to a League Two club, they'd spend ยฃ900k of it on new players.
Macclesfield Town Football Club has been wound up in the High Court over debts totalling more than ยฃ500,000.
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Who will let Billy Gilmour out of isolation if Scotland are going home? Will he be forever trapped like a Crystal Maze contestant the others decided not to buy out with a crystal?.
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The main problem appears to be that Denmark are a better team than Wales.
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@Zonal_Marking I remember being at an Under 9s game where a coach starting to shout "Don't shoot from th. he's scored. he'll never learn".
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Sometimes wonder what would it take for a Welsh sporting moment to get into the top 5? Geraint Thomas would have to win the Tour de France, or Gareth Bale would have to score an overhead kick winner in a Champions League final. Maybe next year. ;).
The nominees have been announced and now itโs over to you. What will you pick as the Greatest Sporting Moment of 2018 at @bbcspoty?. Vote here: Voting closes at 20:00 GMT on Friday, 14 December 2018. #SPOTY
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This may well be the greatest goalkeeping in history.
Maverick goalkeeping from Egypt
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Vinny Jones before Wales lost an 8 goal thriller in Eindhoven. Two legends of the game behind him look bemused.
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All four semi-finalists played group games at home. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ช๐ธ #EURO2020.
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Men are too emotional to play football. This always happens.
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