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2 years
Unbelievably awesome last six months. 🎤
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1 year
Good luck to @FabrizioRomano - 48 hours with no sleep incoming! 👏🏻
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5 months
That’s one heck of a name drop from Kalvin.
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6 years
Prince William looked stunning in a navy suit jacket, black trousers & light blue shirt. He cut a glowing figure, his skin appearing radiant in spite of such an early start. His hair styled before leaving, he stepped out alongside Catherine for the photographers. #RoyalBaby
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“OK Rishi, we will be starting with an opening link, both you and Keir in the background. Just give us a nice, natural look to the camera”. #ITVDebate
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2 years
BBC1: Will Mellor dancing beautifully on #strictly to a song dedicated to his dad who died when he was unable to comfort his family due to Covid restrictions. ITV: Matt Hancock sitting in #ImACeleb jungle pocketing £400,000 whilst a sitting MP, having broken lockdown guidelines.
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3 years
I know Raphinha scored, I know the team put in a shift… but without doubt, hands down, you’ve just watched Dallas perform an absolute masterclass on Zaha. Best battle of the season. And our guy came out on top. #MOT
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3 years
36,000 chanting ‘We all love Leeds’ from the 85th-93rd minute, like we’ve just won the game. Leeds fans, that. #MOT
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4 years
If Leeds do end up signing Rodrigo de Paul having already signed Rodrigo, then it will be a huge disappointment if LUTV don't do a sit down special interview with one of their current pundits called: 'Rodrigo & Rodrigo Meet Tony Dorigo'. #lufc #mot
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1 year
Sam Ryder has become the fastest person ever to gain national treasure status. 👏🏻
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2 years
Massive fan of Norwich supporters singing ‘You’re not singing any more’ just before we scored and Wolves supporters singing ‘Leeds are falling apart again’ just before we scored. #MOT
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23 days
Devastating & heartbreaking day. The #RobBurrow Centre for MND is around £1m short of the £6m needed. The last bit of fundraising is always the hardest. So along with tweeting about Rob, please donate, big or small, and hopefully today’s awful news can catapult it over the line.
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3 years
Leeds disallowed goals this season now include a kneecap, a pointed finger and a hand. Standby for future offsides for Bamford’s nose, Harrison’s eyelashes and Raphinha’s left knuckle.
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3 years
Bielsa’s Burnout Boys. #MOT
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6 years
Sky Exec: Great news, we’d love you to report on the #RoyalWedding . Reporter: Wow. Thanks. Where will you need me? At the castle? Long Walk? Windsor High Street...?
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22 days
Probably the hardest thing I’ll ever read in a stadium, but every single England fan at St James’ Park gave the warmest, most heartfelt applause, from the first word to well beyond the last, as Rob’s image towered above us all before tonight’s match.
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2 years
Wolves fans, with their club currently joint bottom of the PL, are singing Leeds Are Falling Apart Again to a team on the back of two straight wins in the PL, playing the kids tonight in the cup. Ok, lads. #MOT
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3 years
Imagine putting in a masterclass display, winning 7-0 and then looking to the stands and seeing half your home support couldn’t be bothered waiting for the full time whistle to clap you off.
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2 years
That first game vs Stoke blew us away. The Swansea win to all but seal promotion was incredible. City away with 10 was ridiculous. But given the circumstances, the injuries, the depleted squad & the calibre of opposition… this could be Bielsa’s most impressive win at Leeds. #MOT
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2 years
Bruno Fernandes is a wonderful player but the way he pretended to be injured and was rolling around faking pain when he was fairly tackled before our second goal… is an actual embarrassment.
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8 years
New iPhone is waterproof. Sales of rice to drop dramatically. #AppleEvent
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3 years
If you’re abusing a footballer on Twitter after a match, you’re a moron. If you’re abusing a footballer on Twitter after a match & including their Twitter handle in the tweet… there’s no words for you.
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5 months
Faked an injury to get a player sent off in the reverse fixture. Kicked us off the park today. Time wasted at every opportunity. Preston got exactly what they deserved… nothing. Big three points. Still unbeaten at home midway through January, did I hear you say?! #MOT
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3 years
Boris ends press conference announcement with the words: “Please everybody, do your part”. We have, mate. It’s your lot that haven’t.
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1 year
@GaryLineker There was a moment in every living room where a mild panic ensued that the noises were coming from people’s personal phones and not the MOTD studio!
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2 years
Football fans are always so sympathetic when you miss a sitter.
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1 year
@piersmorgan BREAKING: Arsenal.
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4 years
7yo son was only allowed to stay up to watch Leeds until HT. Tomorrow I get to wake him up with the brilliant news that we turned around a two goal deficit to win... But also the unfortunate news that he’s clearly bad luck & is now banned from watching any future matches. #mot
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2 years
9yo son just asked me why Leeds fans say ‘Leeds United…. Aaaahhhh’ when a visiting team goalkeeper takes a goal kick at Elland Road. Gonna embrace his naivety whilst it’s still there! #MOT
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4 years
Tonight is the 5,970th night you’ll be going to sleep, still waiting for Leeds to kick off in a Premier League fixture. And, thankfully, the last! #mot #lufc
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3 years
The noise inside Elland Road is astounding. Nobody can ever say that Leeds fans don’t do their bit. #MOT
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1 year
Dear Marcelo, Please, don’t. Regards, All Leeds fans.
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7 years
"I don't think you're too old to pull off wearing a tracksuit, mate". Ta, @Louis_Tomlinson . Hear our chat Friday @HeartYorkshire Breakfast.
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4 years
I sat in the Brentford main stand. During the game and on the way out, their fans... to a man, woman and child... were talking about one thing and one thing only... How good Kalvin Phillips is. #mot #lufc
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2 years
- Signed for £17m, sold for heaps more. - Lit up first PL season when we were locked out of ER. - Got us on our feet when we were back in the stadium. - Scored goals that kept us up. - Central to one of the most iconic Leeds crowd pics ever. Go well, Raph, you deserve it. #MOT
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3 years
The last 12 months has been weird for everyone, but nothing typifies this more than the fact that Leeds fans seem to like Gary Neville now... and Gary Neville seems to like Leeds fans. 🤷🏻‍♂️
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2 years
Exactly what Twitter should be. Well played @LUFC , well played @MarkWright_ 🙌🏻
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2 years
The fact that you will not see one tweet today showing any negativity towards KP tells you everything you need to know. Go well, Kalvin. #MOT
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5 years
Leeds United manager, MarceLego Bielsa. Thanks @whiteroseleeds for sending! #MOT #LUFC
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2 years
Leeds have done a lot over the past 12 months in particular to support the Jewish community. I know I speak not just for myself, as a Jewish Leeds fan, that it is much appreciated.
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🤍 Today, we remember the millions of victims of the Holocaust. We remember the past, so that it's never repeated. #HMD2022
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I don’t care what team you are or where you are in the league… 10 points from 12 (and 4 matches undefeated) is one heck of an achievement in the Premier League. Phenomenal stuff. #MOT
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9 months
Lovely post-match stuff. #MOT
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4 years
If we do go up, things we won’t miss from the Championship: 1. Trips to Cardiff 2. Playing Cardiff 3. Anything to do with Cardiff 4. Cardiff
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2 years
I don’t care who the team you’re discussing is or what their opposition are… what it takes to go 5 unbeaten in the PL shouldn’t be underestimated. #MOT
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4 years
We got a tonking. We also won 5-2 this week. It’s been 16 years out of the Premier League. Perspective... and enjoy the ride. 🙌🏻 #mot #alaw #lufc
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9 months
Lovely chat with today’s Man Of The Match, Georginio Rutter. Happy, smiling, honest about his time at Leeds so far and how special it feels to now hear the fans sing his name. Top performance. #MOT
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3 years
This hurts. A lot. Much more than last season. However… Leeds under Bielsa always bounce back. Leeds under Bielsa always put things right. Leeds under Bielsa always keep faith in the players. Leeds under Bielsa will be just fine. #MOT
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Rich Williams
7 years
When the club you have supported all your life want you to work on their TV channel. That'd be a "YES PLEASE!" 👍🏻 #MOT
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Leeds United
7 years
📺 LUTV is now free as #LUFC announce live streaming with presenters @elj90 and @richontheradio . Find out more at
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1 year
Our lot get everywhere, don’t they?! #MOT
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5 years
Tell ya what; nobody embodies ‘Side Before Self’ more than Alioski at the moment for Leeds. He’s running through brick walls for this team. Deserves the recognition. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #MOT #lufc
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4 years
That guard of honour Derby had to give Leeds has really got into their heads! 😳
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2 years
Sometimes a player at your club does something on the pitch that makes you feel proud. Sometimes a player at your club does something off the pitch and makes you feel that much prouder. The latter ones are the most important. Absolute credit to himself and our club. #MOT
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2 years
Class and respect from Tyler Adams with the way he handled this question today 👏 (via @relevo )
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5 years
Must be a tad disappointing for Harry and Meghan that their baby news has been completely overshadowed by Leeds United U23s becoming PDL Champions! #MOT #RoyalBaby
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3 years
“Goal coming here…” 🤷🏻‍♂️ #MOT
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4 years
If you’re not a Leeds fan, I gently suggest you might be best off stepping away from Twitter for a little while!!! #mot #lufc
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4 years
What’s that??? Guard of honour at Derby??? 👀
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2 years
If. It. Takes. That. Long. It’s. Not. Clear. And. Obvious. 🥴 #MOT
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3 years
First half analysis: Leeds playing football for 45 minutes. Burnley practising MMA for 45 minutes.
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2 years
@GrahamSmyth FA rule 10.4 ‘if it’s against Leeds, give it’.
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30 days
I took my 11 year old son to the final and I said to myself beforehand that whatever happened, having that father son moment was what it’s all about. But it turns out I was wrong, we are thoroughly miserable, hate football and are currently sat in silence. #MOT
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1 year
It’s not rocket science. Whether you think it’s ‘banter’ or not… the player doesn’t want it to continue. So even if you don’t see the issue (which I would suggest is a fairly obvious one) the player and head coach have said stop. That should be enough.
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1 year
💬 "We always want to be respectful" Jesse on Willy's chant
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1 month
Taken a 4 goal cushion with just 19 minutes remaining for Leeds fans to feel comfortable enough to belt out Que Sera Sera around Elland Road. That’s a fanbase with severe PTSD (Playoff Traumatic Stress Disorder). #MOT
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2 years
She made it!!! Grandma Shirley, 💯 today!!! 🎉🍰🥰
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6 years
Little bit of light reading before the #WorldCup gets underway. #mot 😉
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1 year
Just saying that “…he’s better than Messi” is much more respectful and actually rhymes. And I know every time I mention this some people express their anger… but I’m not gonna stop saying something I believe is right and important. #MOT ✌🏻
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4 years
Of course I wasn’t crying... 🥴 #mot #leeds #weareback
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4 years
Mitrovic. That’s a shame. Real shame. Hard luck from all Leeds fans everywhere.
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2 years
Everton and Burnley results this last week mean that for the first time, neither can catch us by winning any games in hand they had. Solely down to us now. Big few weeks... starting on Monday! #MOT
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3 years
LEED5 UNITED. 👌🏻
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3 years
A story, in two parts.
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3 years
Pontus interview has been 75% about how much he loves Leeds and him thanking Bielsa... He knows!
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3 years
Unnamed pundit just now on Sky Sports... "The way they play, you don't see many draws with Leeds". 5 so far from 11 matches... They do love to make up stuff when it comes to us! #MOT
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1 year
Gary Neville seems to love Gnonto more than I love my kids. #MOT
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1 month
And so it begins at the @LUFC fan zone… #MOT
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3 years
Happy Stuart Dallas Day. #MOT
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3 years
Gutted Northern Superchargers just missed out on @thehundred finals weekend… but what an absolute treat to watch this lady bat throughout the tournament and have a chat with her at the end. Total superstar @JemiRodrigues . 🙌🏻
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4 months
It's 28 points from 30. If you think it's possible to win every single game when the matches come with such frequency you're in cloud cuckoo land. This felt like the potential banana skin... derby, new manager etc & we came out of it, a goal down, with a draw. To the next... #MOT
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2 years
Never. Seen. Anything. Like. It. Elland Road has gone absolutely, totally and unapologetically potty!!! #MOT
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2 years
Inevitably, this Leeds game will end with a terrible VAR decision. #MOT
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2 years
9 year old son now insisting he can’t go to bed just yet because he just needs some time to ‘breathe it all in’! #MOT
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3 years
Spot the odd one out! #lufc
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4 years
Find me a happier human being. I’ll wait... #mot
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10 months
Good school report = new kit. ✔️ No messing about with the name & number! #MOT
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2 years
Unbeaten in all but one game against teams placed 8th & below. That’s some achievement halfway through the season. With an injury-ravaged squad. First 3 goal haul. Goals from different areas of the pitch today. Reasons for optimism. Bring on the second half of the campaign. #MOT
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5 months
Boring, boring Leeds. #MOT
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2 years
My timeline is full of people posting pictures of the Bielsa hug. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Twitter look as wholesome. #MOT
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2 years
Huw Edwards. Incredible job. The hardest job in broadcasting. Executed with the perfect tone, as you would expect from such a pro. 👏🏻
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2 years
Fathers hugging children. Friends hugging friends. Strangers hugging random people. That moment was huge. Simply cannot emphasise the magnitude of that win, in that manner, and what it has done for Elland Road. #MOT
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3 years
Think you’re back on now @jermainebecks83 😆
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Rich Williams
6 years
Got overtaken on the M1 last night by some plonker in a sports car who was flashing his lights when I was rightly in the fast lane. 'What a tit', I thought to myself. Twenty minutes later I ended up overtaking HIM... He'd been pulled over by the police. Magical moment. 👌
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3 years
After a week of wondering why every serve sounds like it’s hitting the net cord, I’ve found out tonight that the second noise is the feet of the serving player landing on the floor… and my mind has been somewhat blown! #USOpen
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4 years
Clearly I missed the new EFL ruling where it has to hit your hand three times before it’s a handball. #mot
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1 year
Good luck to @diego_2llorente . When Elland Rd was closed to fans & eerily quiet, he scored the equaliser vs Liverpool on the night the European Super League was announced. The stadium (of only a few hundred people) erupted! It was a goal for Leeds & the whole of football. #MOT
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1 year
Next… Everton play City, Leicester play Liverpool. Beat Newcastle at Elland Road (and assuming the other results go as you’d expect) and we are out the bottom 3 with 2 to play. Won’t be easy, but could put a totally different complexion on it. This isn’t done yet… #MOT
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4 months
I know it’s all Premier League this and Premier League that… but this is a lot of fun, isn’t it? #MOT
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6 years
These were my grandpa's. He died a couple of years ago. I loved the shoes so much I kept them. He was at my first ever Leeds match with me & my dad & I reckon he'd find it pretty awesome to see them standing on the centre circle at Elland Road. 👍🏻 #MOT
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2 years
Pontus, have a word with the boys, yeah? 👍🏻 #MOT
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4 years
The original self-isolator. (If ya know, ya know!)
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2 years
Walking through to the @leedsrhinos tunnel at Headingley ahead of today’s @RLWC2021 match and I see this image… What an unbelievable team. 👌🏻
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2 years
Daughter’s first ever footy match today. Looking forward to sending her back to primary school tomorrow with her newly-extended range of vocabulary. 😳
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3 years
Kim Kardashian-West (Stand). #MOT
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