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David Phillips

@lovefutebol

5 years

Raul Meireles is living his best life.

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@lovefutebol

5 months

Bournemouth v Liverpool on Sunday kicks-off at 16:30, broadcast on Sky. The last train from Bournemouth to Liverpool is at 17:06.

Sky Sports News

@SkySportsNews

5 months

David Garrido explains how you can play your part in the upcoming Green Football Weekend which uses the power of football to tackle climate change 🌎

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@lovefutebol

7 years

For those Manchester Utd fans singing "sign on": the unemployment rate (Apr 16-Mar 17) in Manchester was 7.6%, higher than Liverpool (6.5%).

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@lovefutebol

3 years

I don't recall seeing a refereeing performance as poor as this for a long time, summed up by the failure to award anything for Walcott's late two-footed challenge on Milner. All the credit goes to Southampton for their victory, and none whatsoever to Andre Marriner.

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@lovefutebol

4 months

It's Jürgen's little shake of the head at 1:54 that got me. #lfc

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@lovefutebol

4 years

#lfc have just pipped Man Utd to the Premier League title in 1996-97, are one win away from topping Arsenal in 1997-98, and four points off treble winning Man Utd in 1998-99. It's February.

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David Phillips

@lovefutebol

2 years

So the French Sports Minister @AOC1978 said that "between 30,000 and 40,000" #lfc fans without tickets turned up at the stadium. Let's consider this claim with reference to the UK's own Guide to Safety at Sports Grounds.

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@lovefutebol

3 years

🤷 #lfc

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@lovefutebol

10 months

I'd be wary of a certain journalist who seems to have developed a very particular narrative regarding Caicedo.

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@lovefutebol

5 years

One of the best women's goals I've ever seen. Just a brilliant passage of play from @corinthians

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@lovefutebol

7 years

Suing an ex-player for breach of contract whilst allegedly advising a desired player to breach theirs is my fave thing this transfer window.

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@lovefutebol

4 years

Minamino left Japan for Liverpool and #lfc yesterday.

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@lovefutebol

2 years

In the history of unorthodox free-kick routines, Ring-a-Ring o Roses is a new one. Bravo, Takagawa Gakuen High School.

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@lovefutebol

4 years

Klopp's full seasons as #lfc manager after 29 games: 16-17: 56 points 17-18: 60 points 18-19: 70 points 19-20: 82 points

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@lovefutebol

2 months

Premier League refereeing and its application of VAR is truly incomprehensible if you can award a penalty for Lamptey's challenge on Jesus but not award a penalty for the challenge by Doku on Mac Allister.

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@lovefutebol

3 months

If the penalty is given for the Doku challenge, there is zero chance VAR suggests a second look, and it's astonishing he wasn't asked to review. An absolutely dreadful, potentially season-altering decision by Michael Oliver. #lfc

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@lovefutebol

1 year

There are zero reports in the main Qatari press - including Al Watan, Al Sharq, Al Raya, Gulf Times, Al Jazeera, BeIN, Qatar Media Corp - saying a bid has been made, never mind a deal being done.

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@lovefutebol

1 month

That's the quote on the statue, right there. #lfc

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@TheoSquiresECHO

1 month

Klopp: "This is a very special club. I didn't make them believe, I reminded them what happens when you believe." #LFC

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@lovefutebol

2 years

@AndyBurnhamGM I live in the Netherlands. Prices are capped here at a maximum of €27.90 for a single journey in 2nd, €46.59 for 1st. I pay €5 per month to receive a further 40% discount on off-peak and weekend travel.

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@lovefutebol

7 years

Find it terribly hard to be offended by BBC salaries when the greatest broadcaster in the world costs a household less than 40p per day.

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@lovefutebol

6 years

Woah.

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@lovefutebol

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Feyenoord fans bidding farewell to Arne Slot with a standing ovation and a rendition of YNWA. #lfc

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@lovefutebol

3 years

A 61,000 capacity Anfield financed internally for a projected total cost of c.£174m (Main Stand and Anfield Road) and at very limited to zero loss of matchday revenue during construction is a pretty impressive result. #lfc

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@lovefutebol

3 years

As a fan I'm thrilled by the successes since he became #lfc manager six year ago, but I may be more pleased by Jürgen Klopp demonstrating how in elite football you can still be thoughtful, generous, compassionate, and political. As a coach, brilliant. As a person, better.

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@lovefutebol

7 years

I dare say your use of that newspaper to justify an opinion says a great deal more about you, @Lord_Sugar .

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@lovefutebol

6 years

Honda genuinely is one of the most interesting personalities to have emerged in Japanese football in past decades. This is really good.

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@lovefutebol

1 year

@SpiderVerse Widow. 🐎

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@lovefutebol

1 year

@SpiderVerse Also just love this detail - how this is a sketch incorporated into and becoming part of the overall animation. It's not just the "pencil lines", but see the top right corner and colour detail ("Imperial violet, crimson red"). So much to discover.

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@lovefutebol

3 years

Amidst all of this, a manager lost his mother, and a goalkeeper lost his father. Neither have been able to grieve in the way they would have wished. I hope, more than anything else that's taken place, that they're able to find the peace, comfort, and solace they need and deserve.

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@lovefutebol

5 years

Mourinho: Sacked, or Shaqed?

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3 years

(1) The 'quote' is a combination of two different things Klopp said over 10 minutes apart. (2) Looking at the transcript he didn't use the words "don't understand". (3) He said "I don't know exactly how they do it", but that was in reference to MUFC.

Telegraph Football

@TeleFootball

3 years

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp: 'I don't understand Man City's spending - they have no limits' | @mcgrathmike #LFC #MCFC

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@lovefutebol

9 months

#lfc could, presumably, request that the Premier League board act under Section W of the Premier League rules (Disciplinary) via its Power of Inquiry, which also applies to Match Officials (definition of Match Official as per the second image).

Adam Crafton

@AdamCrafton_

9 months

Much sympathy for Liverpool on those calls yesterday but you can’t “escalate and resolve” a refs cock-up.

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@lovefutebol

7 years

Neymar was clearly holding Messi back.

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@lovefutebol

1 year

You swear you'll never love a player like you did Alonso, or Torres. You're much too old and you're much too sensible for that. And then along comes Bobby - the smile, the joy, the skill, the sacrifice - and you fall in love all over again. #lfc

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@lovefutebol

1 year

It says an enormous amount about the state of football that while West Ham's Conference League victory was, if not celebrated, then at the very least welcomed by fans of other Premier League teams, a Man City treble will largely be met with a great deal of indifference.

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@lovefutebol

9 months

Is that Szoboszlai joining in the chant? ❤️

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@lovefutebol

2 years

#lfc has one of the highest vaccination rates, and is one of the most open when it comes to detailing cases. If it's necessary to close a training ground in coordination with a health authority, the initial reaction should be something other than scepticism or "play the kids".

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@lovefutebol

7 years

That's Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua, the son of a Nigerian mother and Nigerian/Irish father.

Leave.EU

@LeaveEUOfficial

7 years

Knocked out and grovelling, how the EU will be feeling in just under two years time🥊Britain triumphant #JoshuaKlitchsko #Article50

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@lovefutebol

7 years

Never seen this footage before. Fabulous. 🇫🇷

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@lovefutebol

5 years

#lfc 's earnings from 2019-20 UEFA competition to date (fixed fees excl. market pool/broadcast): €4.5m (Super Cup victory) €15.25m (group stage qualification) €11.7m (group stage performance) €27.7m (club coefficient) €9.5m (Ro16 guaranteed) €68.65m

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@lovefutebol

7 years

All player images at #lfc club stores bar Anfield was removed from windows yesterday for new campaign. Planned, nothing to do with Coutinho.

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@lovefutebol

4 years

Also to note: it seems #efc 's planning application includes confirmation that Liverpool fans outnumber Everton fans in the city by a ratio of roughly 2:1.

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@lovefutebol

3 years

"Not for me" is, naturally, irrelevant in the Laws. It's an obligation in this instance. "Where a player denies the opposing team a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by a handball offence, the player is sent off wherever the offence occurs."

Gary Lineker

@GaryLineker

3 years

Penalty yes, but red card? Not for me. Came off his thigh first.

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2 years

Essentially, this ludicrous, ridiculous claim is so spectacularly easy to debunk, why as a government minister would she go on to make it? Vous nous devez des excuses, @AOC1978 .

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@lovefutebol

2 years

The law re: serious foul play is clear: advantage is applied if there is a clear opportunity to score a goal, and the referee must then send off the player when the ball is next out of play. There is no exception in the Laws of the Game where the goal is scored, as far as I know.

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@lovefutebol

2 years

Also to note: Spurs are a very, very good team, who have played seven games fewer than #lfc this season, haven't played any non-Premier League matches for over two months, and had a week to prepare. It's a tough result in league terms but entirely understandable given demands.

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@lovefutebol

8 years

If Michael Phelps were a country, he'd currently rank 41st best in the all-time summer #Olympics medal table.

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@lovefutebol

2 months

There's no justification for #lfc missing chances or the way they've conceded, but there's also absolutely no justification for Anthony Taylor's performance. An utterly abysmal level of officiating, again.

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@lovefutebol

6 years

The most successful people I've met: 1. Express themselves 2. Create the space 3. Don't give up the chase 4. Beat the man 5. Take him on 6. Never give up, it's 1 on 1 7. Don't get caught 8. Make their own play 9. Defend and attack 10. Get round the back

Pomp 🌪

@APompliano

6 years

The most successful people I've met: 1. Read constantly 2. Workout daily 3. Are innately curious 4. Have laser focus 5. Believe in themselves 6. Build incredible teams 7. Admit they know very little 8. Constantly work to improve 9. Demand excellence in everything they do

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@lovefutebol

3 years

It's fun how Salah's solo effort has - entirely understandably - overshadowed this goal, which is sublime. Man City basically didn't do anything wrong, just scored against through perfect football against a press and Mané's outstanding movement.

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@lovefutebol

7 years

Duncan's "alternative facts". MUFC's "weakened" team cost c.£234m, av. age 26.9. #lfc 's weakened team c.£93m, 23.7.

Duncan Castles

@DuncanCastles

7 years

Note to Jurgen Klopp: How to knock a Championship club out of the FA Cup at home with a weakened starting XI. #MNUWIG #LIVWOL

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@lovefutebol

4 years

#lfc anticipate that the Anfield Road stadium development will take 22-23 months to complete and to open in time for the start of the football season. So with work expected to commence next summer/autumn - approval pending - it will be open for the start of the 2023-24 season.

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David Phillips

@lovefutebol

9 years

Superman was a refugee. He knew the score. http://t.co/m0S3vQW8hQ

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@lovefutebol

7 years

@marcorubio Oooh, tweet harder! Or maybe, take some action in the Senate with that shower of cowards in your party for a change.

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@lovefutebol

3 months

Everton might not be very good, but in a Liverpool derby at the very least they're never lacking in effort, aggression, or snide. That's an absolute embarrassment from Man Utd in comparison.

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@lovefutebol

7 years

No PK decision: 54:04 Opposition goal "scored": 54:24 PK decision awarded: 56:30 There's utility in VAR.

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@lovefutebol

6 years

@nytimes I went to Notting Hill, knocked on a door, and neither Hugh Grant nor Rhys Ifans answered, which contravenes The Misrepresentation Act 1967.

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@lovefutebol

11 months

The #lfc midfield rebuild that ideally should have taken around 18 months is likely to be concluded within approximately six weeks.

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@lovefutebol

6 months

Please take Tierney off #lfc games. That's a nonsense.

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@lovefutebol

6 years

If there was an asteroid incoming which would destroy life as we know it, Dejan Lovren would head it clear. #lfc

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@lovefutebol

3 years

Amsterdam Tower currently lit up with Prince's symbol.

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@lovefutebol

2 years

物には時節、番茶も出花。

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@lovefutebol

10 years

Mario Balotelli trolls Man Utd. Gets this in return. http://t.co/rY2qK8GXOZ

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4 years

The significant part of the UK's soy sauce imports, as with much of Europe, is from Kikkoman's plant in ... Hoogezand Sappemeer, Netherlands, which produces (2013 figs) 22 million litres per year.

Department for Business and Trade

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The bakers used a lot of soya sauce in the first challenge on #GBBO , so it's a good thing it will be made cheaper thanks to our trade deal with Japan 🇯🇵

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4 years

My New Year's resolution is to make other countries have domestic versions of Ultraman Dash.

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@lovefutebol

11 months

Jonathan Kane moving to Newcastle from #lfc is a bit of a blow commercially. Very well respected.

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@lovefutebol

4 months

On the additional time in addition to the (minimum) eight minutes: 92:28 - Gibbs-White is booked for time-wasting (at a corner-kick). 96:09 - Play is stopped on account of Konate's blow to the head. There was nothing odd about 98:35 being the time of #lfc 's winner accordingly.

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@lovefutebol

5 years

One of those curious statistics: Should #lfc win in Qatar, they'll become the first English side to hold the Champions League, Super Cup, and Club World Cup (or their forerunners) in the same season.

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@lovefutebol

7 years

If #lfc really have bid €83m for Keita, it's €1.7m more than RB Leipzig's total income for the 2015-16 season (albeit then in 2.Bundesliga).

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@lovefutebol

5 years

1973-1985 - Umbro 1985-1996 - Adidas 1996-2006 - Reebok 2006-2012 - Adidas 2012-2015 - Warrior 2015-2020 - New Balance 2020 - Nike #lfc

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@lovefutebol

8 years

So the current criticism of FSG appears to be #lfc haven't spent the money Klopp doesn't want to spend on players Klopp doesn't want to buy.

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@lovefutebol

8 years

So Man Utd can spend close to £90m on a single player's fee alone, but still refuse to establish a professional women's team. Okay then.

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@lovefutebol

5 years

Virgil van Dijk is only the fourth defender in over 40 years to win the PFA Player of the Year award (Terry 2004-05, McGrath 92-93, Pallister 91-92). Before that, you have to go back to 1973-75, the first two years it was awarded. #lfc

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@lovefutebol

2 years

Thank you, BBC licence fee. #Glastonbury2022

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@lovefutebol

8 years

#ISL made €14m in prize money from #euro2016 , inspired a nation, made friends around the world & have a solid football development platform.

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@lovefutebol

2 years

Minister @AOC1978 wants press to believe an influx of people not holding a valid ticket which literally comprises 37.5-50% of the stadium's capacity was present, and further that they would have somehow been dispersed away from the ground. It's a lie.

Inzamam Rashid

@inzyrashid

2 years

Sports minister of France adds: “We will try to understand precisely what happened regarding the massive fraud of ticketing. 30k-40k people arrived without tickets or with fake tickets.” “We want there to be a detailed in depth inquiry with UEFA to what happened and why.”

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@lovefutebol

4 years

#lfc become the first English side to hold the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, and FIFA Club World Cup (or their forerunners) in the same season.

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@lovefutebol

8 months

Holding/pulling which denies an obvious goal-scoring opportunity inside the penalty area is always a red card.

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@lovefutebol

7 years

7 clean sheets in the last 9 Premier League games for #lfc .

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@lovefutebol

2 years

Nothing better in football than a team that spends 90 minutes wasting time then loses in the final seconds of added time. #lfc

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@lovefutebol

3 months

A more serious point: I'm generally philosophically opposed to multi-club ownership, regardless of the pedigree of ownership, and it requires far greater regulatory oversight. Michael Edwards having a remit to pursue additional club acquisitions does not sit well with me. #lfc

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@lovefutebol

4 years

This tweet and so many of the replies are awful. Not only was he not "at fault", he's an inexperienced teen trying to perform in place of a teammate with a reasonable claim to be the world's best RB, yesterday up against one of the world's best forwards.

Anfield Edition

@AnfieldEdition

4 years

At fault for the goal — is Neco Williams ready, or would he benefit more from a loan?

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@lovefutebol

3 years

Assistant referee, perfectly positioned, perhaps Marriner's line of sight partially obscured. See how Walcott challenges for the ball and how his feet are off the ground to attempt to challenge for a tackle he failed to make.

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@lovefutebol

5 years

Just to confirm, the Laporte/no goal decision was the correct one.

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@lovefutebol

4 years

Quite remarkable how Conservative politicians have lurched from saying players should take a pay cut and were operating in a moral vacuum during the pandemic, to centrally generating attack lines against the player doing the most to support people.

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@lovefutebol

2 years

A minimum 5,555 people/tickets to be processed per hour. That's +92 people/tickets to be processed per minute. That's 1.5 people/tickets to be processed per second.

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@lovefutebol

2 years

Then, even if you want to believe that the seriously understaffed Stade de France was presumably capable of setting an incredible world record for ticket validation, you have to ask yourself, where did those 30-40,000 people alleged to have been without tickets go?

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@lovefutebol

4 years

こんにちは、 @takumina0116 。すみません、私は日本語が少し分かります。新年おめでとうございます。私たちのクラブへのご入会を歓迎します。君努力はきっと成功をおさめるだろう。君将来が幸せでありますよに。君なら成功できるよ、がんばって。僕は見捨てない。もう一人で歩くことはありませんよ。

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@lovefutebol

7 years

I've never seen Germans win a war, but I've seen them with lower unemployment, better language skills & greater compassion than the English.

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@lovefutebol

7 years

Really enjoying all this attacking football from Man Utd. Today they're attacking Eden Hazard.

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@lovefutebol

7 years

Whomever - presumably at #lfc - was responsible for briefing the press in June about Van Dijk committed quite the act of self-sabotage.

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@lovefutebol

5 years

Imagine making 67 in a first innings just because you wanted to give Ben Stokes an interesting challenge.

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@lovefutebol

4 years

Don't ever take football for granted. The stupidity, the absurdity, the pleasure, the joy football can bring to you and what it means to you. The ridiculousness. There really is absolutely nothing like it on the planet, and there's nothing like you, the fan, and that moment.

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@lovefutebol

8 years

#lfc 's official new capacity for the start of the season is confirmed at 54,167.

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@lovefutebol

7 years

Michael Edwards gets paid double time on bank holidays. All makes sense now. #lfc

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@lovefutebol

4 years

And we're back to this account being about Minamino fashion. #lfc

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@lovefutebol

6 years

I'd suggest controversy is when the system fails, not when it leads to two correct decisions being made following the appropriate use of the technology.

BBC 5 Live Sport

@5liveSport

6 years

1-2 VAR rears its ugly head... Controversy as VAR rules out a third West Brom goal. Gareth Barry was inches offside. And now Liverpool have a penalty using the same system. #LIVWBA 🏆📻: #bbcfacup

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David Phillips

@lovefutebol

4 years

Also to note: it seems #efc 's planning application includes confirmation that Liverpool fans outnumber Everton fans in the city by a ratio of roughly 2:1.

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7 years

Lots of tweets with "FSG only interested in profit". If so, they're not very good at it. +£20m losses in 4 of 6 FYs since #lfc takeover.

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6 years

After a night like this you understand why football is a quasi-religious experience, a communion, a community of fervent believers, where hope is the greatest currency, doubt its mortal enemy. #lfc

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