Andy Brassell @andybrassell Twitter profile

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Andy Brassell

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2 years

While Milan were winning the Scudetto, Mario Balotelli was scoring five (!) in Adana Demirspor 7-0 v Göztepe in last game of season. This is the fifth 👀

beIN SPORTS Türkiye

@beINSPORTS_TR

2 years

🎩 Mario Balotelli'nin 5. golü! #Seviyoruz İşte 💬 "Bu gole bir yorum rica edeyim..." #beINS üperLig

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Worth emphasising re #LFC interest in Luis Diaz that highlight reel is great, but he’s a lot more than that. At FCP gone from being impact player to essential starter, scorer of great goals to consistent goalscorer & workrate is excellent (that’s working under Conceição for you)

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9 months

Spoke to Mario Gomez in a round table at the weekend & he couldn’t have spoken about his former teammate in more glowing terms. Unheralded but a very smart footballer, a leader with real character & resolve

David Ornstein

@David_Ornstein

9 months

🚨 Liverpool closing in on signing Stuttgart defensive midfielder Wataru Endo. #VfB wanted to renew contract (2024) but Liverpool in advanced talks + 30yo granted permission to travel to Merseyside to complete move @TheAthleticFC after @FabrizioRomano #LFC

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6 years

Really impressed by Liverpool signing Fabinho. One of the very best - and smartest - defensive midfielders in Europe, plus Monaco asked PSG for €60m for him last summer. Great start to getting over Saturday & proving it’s the start, not the end, of something.

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8 months

This is just horrendous. I realise scale comes into it but if half as many people were bothered about what’s going on here and at Scunthorpe as are about VAR, football would be better for it

The Athletic | Football

@TheAthleticFC

8 months

117-year-old Southend could be liquidated on Wednesday. Under owner Ron Martin, they are staring into abyss. They’ve had: ▪️ Just 13 players for some games ▪️ 18 winding up petitions since 2009 ▪️ Failed stadium project ▪️ Players playing with injury 📝 @michaeljbailey

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4 years

Home.

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6 years

It's not often you would say north of €100m for a 33-year-old is a bargain, but that's exactly what Cristiano Ronaldo is for Juventus. A player who knows himself better and better and will continue to be the best penalty box player in the world for a while yet.

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4 years

The only “unsightly” thing here is the contempt shown to a respected writer @AndyMitten who is excellent & works his tail off. Also think as a profession journalists are way up our own arses if we think the public could or should give a damn about our little accreditation dramas

Mail Sport

@MailSport

4 years

Manchester United fail European test after press pass was handed to fanzine writer | @MikeKeegan_DM

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5 years

Very cool

Galatasaray SK

@GalatasaraySK

5 years

Daha hızlı, daha çabuk... #DahaSeri ! 🌪 Galatasaray'a hoş geldin Jean Michael Seri!

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6 years

Now this is special, even for VAR. Half-time whistle goes in Mainz v Freiburg, players go off, then pen to Mainz given for handball on last action of half. Players called back out, De Blasis scores, players go off again.

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2 years

If #NUFC do end up getting Bruno Guimarães, it's huge. Would provide a lot of what they need in midfield - athleticism, great on the ball, an organiser - and as effective in a team that doesn't have much possession as one that does ( #1 of short thread)

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5 years

Mallorca are up!

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3 years

It was amazing to have France, Portugal and Germany in the same group. It would be even more amazing if they were all out before the quarter-finals

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3 years

They've done it! Sporting are the champions for the first time in 19 years

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2 years

Villa have played a blinder here. Absolutely essential for OM in the past two seasons since moving from central defence to holding midfield

Aston Villa

@AVFCOfficial

2 years

Aston Villa is delighted to announce the signing of @BoubaKamara_4 on a five-year contract! ✅

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5 years

João Félix also became the youngest-ever Portuguese player to score a hat-trick in Europe tonight. Previous record holder? Eusébio.

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5 years

Reckon Di María has probably succeeded Arjen Robben as the most underrated elite player in the world

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3 years

Love and prayers for Christian Eriksen and family

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3 years

That is what you call emphatic

SportsCenter

@SportsCenter

3 years

LeBron responded after Zlatan Ibrahimovic criticized him for his activism. “I’m kind of the wrong guy to actually go at because I do my homework.”

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Andy Brassell

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1 month

Leverkusen’s act of winning the Bundesliga isn’t just A Good Thing For Football, in Germany and in Europe. They have played exhilarating, daring football all season & are winning it this afternoon in totally fitting fashion

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4 years

And some say modern footballers have no knowledge of the game's history. Top trash talk

Tancredi Palmeri

@tancredipalmeri

4 years

Banega a Conte: “Hai i capelli o una parrucca?” Conte: “Ti aspetto fuori”

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6 years

Fulham getting Jean Michael Seri is woooooow. Really impressive. He’ll do brilliantly for them, and make them a fortune in 18 months/two years.

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3 years

This tournament is an absolute bloody joy

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4 years

Best bit of an absolutely sensational game

Football on TNT Sports

@footballontnt

4 years

Julian Brandt, that turn is just 😍 Dortmund find themselves 2-0 up against the league leaders! Two assists for a certain Jadon Sancho...

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6 years

The World Cup has had plenty of great moments so far, but as pleased with Radamel Falcao getting his goal v Poland yesterday as anything. So desperate to be involved four years ago he almost wrecked his career trying to make it. Not sure many have more desire than him.

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2 years

My new book Football Murals - loads of *beautiful* pictures, with me musing on some of the game's biggest personalities & themes - is out on October 13 @BloomsburyBooks . Pre-order via the link in my bio. Thanks!

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3 years

Lukaku is absolutely unreal

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3 years

Yes, we have maybe been spoiled by the ability to watch a lot of matches consecutively on TV in the UK in recent months, but I’ve still not quite come to terms with City-Dortmund & Real Madrid-Liverpool being on at the same time this evening

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3 years

There has surely never been a player better named for his team than Étienne Green, the 20-year-old goalkeeper who is making his Saint-Étienne debut at Nîmes this afternoon

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2 years

Hands up if you had Scamacca going to West Ham instead of Paris on 'why PSG will implode this season' bingo card? #mbappe

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2 years

If Jan Molby's word isn't enough for them there really is no helping these people

Troy Hawke

@TroyHawke

2 years

👋WELCOME TO WAITROSE👋 latest instalment of The Greeters Guild #troyhawke #greetersguild #MetalGearSolid #janmolby

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5 years

The best thing about this is Big Phil reacting *exactly* as you'd expect him to

ESPN FC

@ESPNFC

5 years

Luiz Felipe Scolari got drenched by his Palmeiras players after winning the Brazilian league title 😂

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Andy Brassell

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3 years

What a brilliant story, superbly told by @sidlowe

Iñaki Williams: ‘My parents crossed the desert barefoot to get to Spain’ | Sid Lowe

The striker tells of his parents’ remarkable journey, rejecting Ghana and playing a record 203 league games in a row

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3 years

Strongly believe all Man of the Match photos would be enhanced by a dejected opponent slinking off in the background

Borussia Dortmund

@BVB

3 years

🏅 @Sanchooo10

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3 years

And that's why you don't send on Sissoko for Griezmann with a few minutes left

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4 years

That....was glorious.

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5 years

This Bundesliga title race....Leipzig v Bayern deserves your full attention but Dortmund - at both ends of the pitch - keep on drawing you in.

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5 years

Jack Leach, a hero who polishes his glasses like a young Sven-Göran Eriksson 🙌

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7 years

You’ll have read clips out of it but if you haven’t read the whole lot, do. This is unbelievable by Nuri Sahin

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3 years

It won't be felt anywhere more keenly than Napoli, of course. When you go to a game at San Paolo he's everywhere - on shirts, snack bars, cafés. Everywhere. It's as if he still plays for them. He gave them everything, and they did him.

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3 years

Shaqiri in whatever nick he's in at the time will score a beauty in a summer international championship - it's the law

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4 years

Whatever you should they be/shouldn't they be thoughts on the resumption of the Bundesliga, the quality of play so far after such a lengthy unscheduled break has been way higher than could have been reasonably expected

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2 years

I will never tire of the look on Inzaghi’s face here

Dale Johnson

@DaleJohnsonESPN

2 years

"VAR works perfectly in the Champions League"

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2 years

@FootballRamble Turkey will surprise a few people

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4 years

Would go easy on criticising PSG, who lost to an outstanding side. One question - do you regret signing permanently if you're Mauro Icardi? Your team is desperate for a goal, you're an incredible finisher & the coach says no thanks? #UCLfinal

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2 years

I think they need to win through a few more rounds so people get the name right @larssivertsen

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18 days

Sad to see Marco Reus leaving Dortmund, even if it was inevitable. No doubt lots of chat to come on the player he could have been if it wasn't for the injuries, which is the wrong way to see it. Look at the player he actually was *despite* the injuries.

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3 years

Perennially treated as underdogs but a legitimate top bracket team now. Leicester = PL's answer to Atalanta

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2 years

Off to Doha today. Read/heard people for months saying journalists shouldn't be going, which I think totally misunderstands what the work is about. Going in with the same attitude as Brazil or Russia - see with your own eyes, and listen to people whose lives it affects

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Andy Brassell

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6 years

Incredibly moving tribute to Davide Astori before Fiorentina v Benevento. Can’t remember hearing a silence quite like it in the minutes before a game. Ciao Davide

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3 years

Also - Estádio do Dragão is a great, great place to have a Champions League final. Still not over how wonderful it is to hear fans in full voice either.

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2 years

Actually think there's something to be said for this. Happens in France too - if you were banned or weren't there for the original fixture, you can't play in the rearranged one

The Athletic | Football

@TheAthleticFC

2 years

Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl wants the Premier League to consider preventing January signings from playing in rearranged fixtures. “We should think about it because of the integrity of the league." #SaintsFC More from @dansheldonsport

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Andy Brassell

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3 years

After the last few days of breathtakingly arrogant club presidents telling us what the fans want, need and deserve, I spent last night at Plough Lane - and even if our club's not perfect, I've never been more grateful to be part of a genuine community initiative

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4 years

The level of grift in trying to pin this on the general public never ceases to take your breath away

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3 years

Portugal and Italy not finishing top may be exciting as shocks but it's an absolute nightmare for the other teams in the playoffs

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5 years

At The Match in Istanbul pt 2: the white-hot atmosphere of Galatasaray v Besiktas, where @EmreUtkucan explains how Fatih Terim made his boyhood passion into a top-level career & @Fernando_Reges tells us why there's no place like the SüperLig

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3 years

Seeing Sterling start to rule this tournament is thrilling

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2 years

If you’ve had your eyes on Anfield, you might have missed this. OMG

Football on TNT Sports

@footballontnt

2 years

CATASTROPHIC! 😲 It's a nightmare for Inter Milan's second choice goalkeeper, Ionuț Radu. Could that cost them the Serie A title?

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3 years

This is a simply magnificent trailer

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3 years

He's here! Must be @FootballRamble time 🙌🙌🙌

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4 years

Absolutely pumped for the new Football Ramble Presents feed - with the return of OTC (see you later this week), Book Club & loads of brilliant new stuff. Delighted to be part of such a talented @FootballRamble roaster & thanks to all there for their encouragement & support

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Andy Brassell

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3 years

RIP Diego Armando Maradona. The first time I ever realised that the greatest footballer in the world was a thing. Watching him as a kid it felt as if he'd been dropped from another planet & watching the old footage today, it doesn't feel much different.

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4 years

One of the things that makes the NBA so great is that the protagonists are socially engaged. An understanding that sport is an enriching part of life but not more important than life itself - & a will to meaningfully show that rather than just type out a few hashtags

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15 days

First and last word on this. As part of actual work on @talkSPORT Sunday night we talked Will Still leaving Reims. Joked (as I live in the north-east) I saw him house hunting on our road. Clearly not true, but somebody published as a serious 'report' by me to get clicks. The end.

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8 months

Kerem & Icardi just stole the Henry-Pires crown

beIN SPORTS Türkiye

@beINSPORTS_TR

8 months

❌ Galatasaray, penaltı atışından yararlanamadı! #TrendyolS üperLig #İSTvGS

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2 years

Diaz is absolutely ready for this. And FCP ready to sell, as they’ve been gradually integrating Pepê (ex-Grêmio, not Pepe!) to take his place, although a clear drop off for now. If #LFC deal is completed though they picked a good weekend to go 6 points clear at the top…

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5 years

@MarinoPeixoto A beautiful moment until he has to endure being slapped on the head five times by Samaris :)

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3 years

@mrjacktanner @MelissaReddy_ It isn't whataboutery when it's something that matters this much - and I think you can be against a Super League & still disgusted by other ills in the game

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1 year

Farewell Scott Parker. Went out in style last night in this rascal get up. Like he went on safari to Lisbon by mistake

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4 years

If Álvaro Morata isn't having a goal ruled out for offside, can it really be classified as a football match?

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@andybrassell

5 years

Very interesting CL draw. Happy if you're Barcelona, City, Liverpool. Also two best defences facing each other in Atleti & Juve = goals galore from last 8 onwards

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2 years

What is the point of this? A total failure of an organisation

FIFA Media

@fifamedia

2 years

Bureau of the FIFA Council takes initial measures with regard to war in Ukraine ▶️

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3 years

The only Süper Lig you'll ever need...

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5 years

Don't think I've seen anything like it in football. So let's break it down....how did PSG let in three at Nantes?

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2 years

So loud from start to finish, pyro, the underdogs fighting tooth & nail & finally a 22-y-o academy graduate coming off the bench to score an injury-time winner. Yep, the Skånederby really did it for me (& a bonus meet up with the brilliant @AlexandraJonson too)

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@andybrassell

2 years

Enjoyed @SkySportsNews as always - ta for having me @skysports_sheth @SkyKaveh @MelissaReddy_

Sky Sports Premier League

@SkySportsPL

2 years

Would Casemiro solve Manchester United's problems? 🔴

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4 years

Divorcing Barcelona by fax? Gutted to discover that the GOAT is actually football's Phil Collins 😭 #Messi

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@andybrassell

4 years

Really important French league properly investigate Neymar's complaints of racism. Did such a horrendously bad job of dealing with the abuse Balotelli received at Nice & a repeat would be intolerable.

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3 years

Obviously feeling strongly about it to put Sevilla top 😂

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4 years

AVB says "Tuchel told me "you should have played the lottery." I replied "did you play it before Atalanta?" But I've got a lot of respect for him"

L'ÉQUIPE

@lequipe

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💬 André Villas-Boas : « Tuchel m’a dit : "Tu devrais jouer au loto" je lui ai répondu : "Tu as joué au Loto avant l’Atalanta ?" [...] Mais j’ai beaucoup de respect pour lui. » #PSGOM

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3 years

Just when you thought real politics couldn't mirror The Thick Of It any more - there's an *actual* irretrievable data loss

Over 400,000 crime records could be affected by police computer error

Fingerprint, DNA and arrest history records deleted and visa system thrown into disarray

www.theguardian.com

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5 years

When was the last time a coach won two doubles in two seasons and got fired?

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3 years

Interesting suggestion in today's L'Equipe that Pochettino has a hand in this, placing Mbappé at back post when defending corners to set up just this kind of counter

Football on TNT Sports

@footballontnt

3 years

Kylian Mbappé scores on his 1️⃣5️⃣0️⃣th appearance for PSG! Now that is a superb counter-attack from the visitors 👏

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3 years

So, so good from Chelsea. Tonight's performance totally in keeping with the consistency of their displays in the CL knockout stages. Individuals playing way beyond what many thought they were capable of under Tuchel. Well deserved 👏👏

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4 years

Proudest moment of my life

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3 years

Enjoyed this obituary of the late, great MF Doom from @guardianmusic - gets across very well just how varied & layered his work was. RIP

MF Doom: a hip-hop genius who built his own universe of poetry

The underground rap icon, who has died aged 49, was a voice like no other, plundering and splicing pop culture to deliver wilful, elliptical lines

www.theguardian.com

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2 years

Football Murals is out today! Available at all decent book stores (& the link in bio). Thanks for all the love and support x

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8 months

We Play On is out today. Thanks to everyone who helped & supported, to all at @LittleBrownUK & mainly to @FCShakhtar for letting me get close enough to tell their incredible story

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4 years

The layers on this.... absolutely crying. And the Chiellini cameo 😂

West Ham Clips

@WestHamClips

4 years

Tottenham 3-3 West Ham - Alternative Commentary

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4 years

5000 Lens supporters are making a genuine racket at tonight's home game with Paris Saint-Germain and it truly is a glorious sound

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4 years

One of the best, if not *the* best, goalkeeping performances I've seen in the flesh

UEFA Champions League

@ChampionsLeague

4 years

⏪ 21-year-old Manuel Neuer in sensational form back in 2008 👏👏👏 #UCL | #MondayMotivation

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4 years

How can Thomas Müller be on the pitch and manning the socials at the same time? Impressive

FC Bayern Munich

@FCBayernEN

4 years

ERIC MAXIM DEBUT-GOALTING ⚽ 🔴⚪ #FCDFCB 0-1 (24')

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4 years

When Alphonso Davies is reminding you of prime Fábio Coentrão but you dare not say it out loud...

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Of all the remarkable things about BVB’s victory, Marco Reus is going to sign off as a club legend in the UCL final at Wembley (again). Good for him

Dortmund’s date with destiny gives Marco Reus chance to sign off in style | Andy Brassell

Departing legend played his part in helping his hometown club approach the second leg against PSG with spirits high

www.theguardian.com

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2 years

On Darwin Nuñez joining Liverpool for @guardian_sport - his rapid rise, his ability to perform under pressure & accept criticism & the sheer physical power that will make him an immediate asset to LFC

Darwin Núñez: a rampaging bull who should be an ideal fit for Liverpool | Andy Brassell

Striker who has joined club on six-year deal plays with everything he has, spiritually and physically, and has so far taken a rapid ascent in his stride

www.theguardian.com

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8 years

Benfica received €2m loan fee for Talisca. Lost €1m in #UCL prize money when he scored 93rd-min free kick...

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5 years

João Félix to Atlético would be absolutely huge. Totally changes the whole dynamic of their rebuild. Also worth noting the extra financial flexibility afforded by him replacing Griezmann - x 8/10 his Benfica wage & you’re still only paying 1/3 or 1/4 of AG’s salary.

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3 years

Perfect last man challenge from Hummels. If it's 1997.

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Andy Brassell

@andybrassell

3 years

I will never not love Fernando Santos still looking annoyed even after Portugal have scored

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Andy Brassell

@andybrassell

2 years

Amazes me how many people don't understand that the erosion of local media is incredibly damaging to democracy. Having dedicated local pros who understand specialist issues to hold the untrustworthy to account will always be vital

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