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Martin Calladine

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Author of 'No Questions Asked: How football joined the crypto con' (), 'Fit and Proper People' with @againstleague3 and 'The Ugly Game.'

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Martin Calladine

4 months

🚨 Out now 🚨 NO QUESTIONS ASKED How football joined the crypto con What happened when football got into crypto? It's a tale of fraudsters, ghostship firms, bogus investments, pyramid schemes, gigantic losses and organised crime. Get your copy here:

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No Questions Asked: How football joined the crypto con

No Questions Asked: How football joined the crypto con

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Martin Calladine

5 months

We have a government that scraps high-speed rail infrastructure but wants to pushes through a giant, 100m high, 360° illuminated billboard.

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Rachael Burford

@RachaelBurford

6 months

🚨NEW: The Government has stepped in to prevent Sadiq Khan torpedoing plans for the MSG Sphere in east London. Michael Gove is considering whether to call in the Mayor's decision to block the development

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Newcastle United's owner has had more people put to death this calendar year (31) than his team has scored goals (22). Seven executed this week alone. Howay the lads.

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Saudi Arabia puts seven men to death in largest execution in years

State media says men were convicted by court which has been criticised for punishing activists and protesters under guise of terrorism

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3 years

If Wigan got a 12-point deduction for going into administration, how many points is it for trying to send 86 clubs into administration?

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4 months

His mission to end systemic homophobia and misogyny in Saudi Arabia complete, Jordan Henderson is ready for the next stage of his global civil rights campaign.

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Mail Sport

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EXCLUSIVE 🚨 Jordan Henderson wants to leave Saudi Arabia and RETURN to the Premier League - it would cost him millions 😱 ✍️ @MattHughesDM

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The Newcastle United owner, himself a mass murderer, warmly greeting Vladimir Putin, the Russian dictator and war criminal, while remaining a Premier League club owner in good standing.

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@TheInsiderPaper

5 months

BREAKING: Saudi Prince MbS warmly welcomes Putin in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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After an outstanding season, Newcastle United's owner prepares to execute seven men who were children at the time they were alledged to have committed their crimes. One was just 12 years old. Howay the lads.

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Saudi Arabia: Imminent execution of seven young men would violate kingdom’s promise to abolish...

Despite the Saudi authorities’ commitment to end their use of the death penalty against children under 18 at the time of the crime, seven young men are at risk of imminent execution after an appeals...

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Martin Calladine

9 months

Another sports star/celeb agreeing to provide a friendly public face for an American venture capital firm investing in a sports team. Same setup as always: celeb is announced as part-owner and creates impression this is all about fun/glory/giving back. But...

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Birmingham City FC

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Welcome to the Blues family, @TomBrady ! 💙

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1 year

Exclusive: Newcastle United FC is in advanced talks to sign a multimillion pound shirt sponsorship deal with Sela, a Saudi-based events company - an alliance that would provide a litmus test of new Premier League rules on related-party transactions.

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4 months

This is a tremendous paragraph.

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The Athletic | Football

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Joey Barton has been jailed, banned and sparked countless controversies. Now, his offensive tweets about female pundits seem to have killed his hopes of one last comeback. This is how football finally disowned one of its most toxic characters. 📝 @PJBuckingham

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3 years

Appears the Falcons forgot their kicking net and so have improvised one using two step ladders and a goal net.

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8 months

Newcastle United's owner has executed "at least 100 people this year" as he engages in a "relentless killing spree." Howay the lads.

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DW News

8 months

Saudi authorities appear to be on a "relentless killing spree," having executed at least 100 people this year, a rights group reports. The executions are widely seen as part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's efforts to eradicate dissenting voices.

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Martin Calladine

7 months

Five years ago today, Jamal Khashoggi was murdered and his body dismembered. Killed on the orders of Newcastle United's owner by assassins travelling on two PIF planes. Howay the lads.

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Martin Calladine

9 months

Britain in miniature: retirees overwhelmingly oppose the rest of the nation having a day off work.

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YouGov

9 months

Should there be a bank holiday if the Lionesses win the world cup? All England Should: 41% Should not: 48% 18-24yr olds Should: 66% Should not: 19% 65+yr olds Should: 16% Should not: 73% Men Should: 40% Should not: 51% Women Should: 41% Shd not: 45%

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9 months

Newcastle United's owner to have man put to death for tweeting about the problems of "unemployment, inflation, and government mismanagement of resources" in Saudi Arabia and for calling "for the release of political prisoners." Howay the lads.

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Dania Akkad

9 months

🚨 Mohammed al-Ghamdi, brother of prominent Saudi scholar, sentenced to death over tweets in escalation of ongoing social media crackdown:

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Martin Calladine

4 months

A football club owed by a foreign government obtained a face-to-face meeting with the minister responsible for a new piece of regulation directly affecting that government's investment. And the British public aren't allowed to know what was discussed.

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Russell Scott

4 months

Manchester City held a meeting with Sports Minister Stuart Andrew last May. The meeting was to discuss the Football Governance White Paper. I sent in an FOI request for a copy of the minutes - they’ve refused to provide them. Ministers think it’s not in the public interest 🧵

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Martin Calladine

6 months

Highly paid man confirms he likes his boss continuing to pay him.

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Match of the Day

6 months

"We were well looked after..." Eddie Howe says a World Cup in Saudi Arabia would be "structurally really good" 🇸🇦 They're the only bidder to host the 2034 men's World Cup 🏆

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9 months

This would be an abomination. A world famous club, with 19 Portuguese league titles, reduced to a feeder club for a Premier League team. Multi-club groups are inimical to the soul of football.

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Felix

@FelixJohnston_

9 months

Chelsea are exploring an opportunity with Sporting Lisbon to acquire a majority, but not full, stake at the club. Chelsea were initially looking at deals with Portimonense and other Portuguese clubs, but those have been paused while they explore Sporting.

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The sheer crushing inevitably of this, the fact that everyone knows both that it's wrong and, because everyone with influence has been bought, that it will happen, is profoundly depressing.

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الشرق الأوسط - رياضة

7 months

🎥 | الإنجليزي هندرسون قائد منتخب إنجلترا وفريق #الاتفاق في حديث خاص لـ"الشرق الأوسط" بعد إعلان السعودية نية الترشح لاستضافة مونديال 2034. #السعودية2034

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Martin Calladine

5 months

Man who, in just the last four years, has accepted the role of Transport Secretary, Home Secretary, Business Secretary, Energy Secretary and Defence Secretary urges people to stop meddling in areas they don't understand.

@ITVNewsPolitics

ITV News Politics

@ITVNewsPolitics

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'I just think @GaryLineker should get on with commenting on football and stop meddling in these other areas' The Defence Secretary @grantshapps defends the government's Rwanda scheme after high-profile figures sign a letter calling for it to be scrapped

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Martin Calladine

8 months

Reminder for the "you can't turn that kind of money down" brigade that playing in Saudi isn't just like getting a new job with a big payrise. You are obliged to become become a cheerleader for a totalitarian dictatorship.

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Jordan Henderson

8 months

المملكة العربية السعودية، كرم الاستضافة، وحماس الجماهير، الدوري الممتع وإحساس الفوز الذي لا يعوض. القادم أفضل 🟢🔴 Great win, looking forward to meeting up with the lads now 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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3 months

Jim Ratcliffe has no shame. Pitching for government subsidies to rebuild a stadium, he says, "The people in the north pay their taxes," but fails to note that this doesn't include him. Both his home and his other businesses moved abroad specifically to avoid paying taxes.

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Duncan Castles

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Jim Ratcliffe on the case for state funding of a rebuilt Old Trafford: ‘The people in the north pay their taxes like the people in the south pay their taxes, but where’s the national stadium for football? It’s in the south. ‘Where’s the national stadium for rugby? It’s in the…

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Martin Calladine

2 years

The narrative of endless suffering under Mike Ashley is one of the greatest acts of self-deception in English football history and has enabled Newcastle fans to achieve something Ashley could never manage: to make people lose respect for their football club.

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Keith Downie

@SkySports_Keith

2 years

👏🏼 @worflags @SkySportsNews

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2 years

🚨Exclusive 🚨 The people behind 3Key, Man City's ghostship crypto partner, have been unmasked as the masterminds of a £1.1bn+ chain of alleged frauds. Full story here. 1/3

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Ex-Man City crypto partner linked to alleged £1.1bn+ fraud

3Key, the ghostship crypto company that City partnered with late last year, turns out to be run by a group of German promoters who are accused of being part of a massive pyramid scheme.

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4 months

"I've always said that football has the power to bring about change and I hope that, by playing in Amsterdam, I can positively engage with the sea and help reduce the risk of flooding in low-lying metropolitan areas in a time of climate change," he said.

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Oliver Kay

4 months

Jordan Henderson has reached an agreement to terminate his Al Ettifaq contract and is close to joining Ajax, reports @David_Ornstein @TheAthleticFC The Saudi move was a disaster. Who could ever have predicted that?

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Martin Calladine

10 months

Two-footed, studs-up. As it should be.

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Football365

10 months

Forest Green Rovers have appointed *a woman* as caretaker manager after sacking Duncan Ferguson – and the ‘PR stunt’ rankles with one Newcastle reporter...

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Chelsea are not cheating, they just have an owner who thinks he's a genius because he's discovered interest-free credit. It's like Todd Boehly went to DFS one weekend and can't stop telling people how he owns 25 sofas with not a penny to pay for two years.

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Martin Calladine

4 months

Joey Barton: How dare you call me far right. Also Joey Barton: "We’ve all had enough of your ‘Woke’, ‘DEI’ bullshit." Also Joey Barton: "Commie cowards. Stop forcing your Woke, Racist nonsense on us." He's just Laurence Fox for people who like a man with a criminal record.

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Martin Calladine

4 months

In a new first for English football, the chair of a Premier League football club is facing a lawsuit for carrying out a campaign of persecution against a spymaster on behalf of the owner of that Premier League club - who also happens to be a murderous dictator. Howay the lads.

@TheAthleticFC

The Athletic | Football

4 months

Newcastle's executive chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan is facing a $74m lawsuit for ‘carrying out’ malicious instructions of Mohammed Bin Salman. Legal papers were dispatched to Al-Rumayyan at multiple high-profile locations — including St James’ Park. Full story from @AdamCrafton_

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7 months

Significant changes to the English football schedule - and the long-standing structure of historic competitions - to accommodate the demands of half-a-dozen clubs who already suck up a disproportionate quantity of money, trophies and attention.

@BBCSport

BBC Sport

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FA Cup replays and two-legged League Cup semi-finals could be scrapped under proposed reforms to English the football calendar ❌ More information ⤵️ #BBCFootball

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1 year

At a time of national emergency, when people were dying alone and scared in their tens of thousands, many Tories' first thought was to loot the country.

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Firm won £25.8m PPE contract after Greg Hands approached by Tory activist

Exclusive: New Tory chair referred Luxe Lifestyle in April 2020 despite it apparently having no history of supplying PPE

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6 years

@mrjamesob By Rees-Mogg's age, Major had already been Prime Minister for two years, as well as Chancellor, Foreign Secretary & Chief Secretary to the Treasury. Jacob Rees-Mogg hasn't yet been a junior minister despite Chris Grayling, Andrea Leadsom and Gavin Williamson being in the cabinet.

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4 years

Nothing lifts the spirits like watching half-fit teams playing in a neutral stadium in front of empty stands with players unavailable because they're self-isolating so clubs owned by billionaires can avoid refunding a TV station owned by a billionaire. Pure streamed happiness.

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Martin Calladine

2 years

Yesterday Man City signed a commercial partnership with a company about which nothing is known, not even who works for it, as all its named staff appear to be fake identities.

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Martin Calladine

2 years

*Online sleuthing challenge* Today Man City signed a deal with 3key, a crypto company. This news piece has four named staff members. Your challenge, for which there will be a prize, is to find an online identity that clearly corresponds to one of them.

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A very happy first Todd Boehly is a Genius Day to all those who celebrate.

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Port Vale fans bought tickets and paid travel to a game that was abandoned because of Reading fans. But instead of complaining, they supported the protest. To say thank you, Reading fans are now donating to a Port Vale project. Solidarity is a wonderful thing.

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Sell Before We Dai

@SellBeforeWeDai

4 months

Following yesterday, many have commented about the support #PVFC fans showed & their understanding Reading fans have begun to donate to a fundraiser for a statue of a legendary ex manager that @ValeSupporters have set up as way of thanks, link attached

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Martin Calladine

9 months

Would never want to get sent off playing for Sarina Wiegman. Her 'I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed in you' face must be one of the most terrifying things in world football.

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Martin Calladine

1 year

Congrats to Forest on their new sponsor, , a gambling firm without even a working website and which is licenced, as they always are, through Isle of Man white label shop, TGP. #NFFC

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Martin Calladine

10 months

Don't get a much better example of the shallow commit most companies display in supporting LGBT people than Liverpool wishing a one-time proud ally well in his big move to a state that tortures LGBT people while displaying the pride flag on their socials.

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Liverpool FC

10 months

We can confirm @JHenderson has completed a transfer to Al-Ettifaq. As his Anfield chapter now comes to a close, everyone at the club wishes to place on record their thanks and gratitude for everything Jordan did for us during his 12 years as a Red 👏

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2 years

Wanna hear a story of one of football’s fastest ever crypto partner collapses? Then turn your clocks back to 28 Feb 22, when Birmingham City announced a two-year deal with “Ultimo GG” which would see the club being the “first Club from the EFL to enter the Metaverse.” #BCFC 1/14

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1 year

In case you missed this, PIF - which, to spare MBS having to go through the Premier League Owners and Directors Test, maintains it is not controlled by the Saudi government - had argued in a US court that, as part of the Saudi government, it was entitled to sovereign immunity...

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The Wall Street Journal

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A federal judge ruled that LIV Golf’s Saudi backers aren’t entitled to sovereign immunity and must turn over information as part of the upstart circuit’s courtroom battle with the PGA Tour

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Martin Calladine

2 years

I listened to Michael so you didn't have to. In essence, the idea is that the system simply won't allow the NFTs to be sold for a price below the initial sale price. But, unless they are offering a buy-back option, which they don't seem to be, it's worthless. [Thread]

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2 years

*Breaking* Man City has suspended its partnership with ghostship crypto partner 3Key, “pending further investigations.” This comes less than two hours before 3Key had been due to provide documentary evidence of its existence. 1/

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Martin Calladine

20 days

An article in which Mark Clattenburg criticises the appointment of an official who's a Luton fan, presumably on the grounds of the potential for unconscious bias, without acknowledging anywhere in the piece that he's a paid consultant for Nottingham Forest.

@MailSport

Mail Sport

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🚨 MARK CLATTENBURG EXCLUSIVE 🚨 ✍ 'One of these errors would have been bad enough. Three was a joke, and that is why Nottingham Forest were left feeling victimised after another defeat in which zero big decisions went their way' Read more 👇

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Martin Calladine

7 years

Chalobah is 22 and was at Chelsea for seven years, under seven managers, making just ten appearance, but, sure - impatience was the issue.

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Darren Lewis

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‘Today’s kids are too impatient’ says Chelsea boss Conte after Chalobah, Ake & Solanke quit club. @Mirrorfootball

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Martin Calladine

9 months

It's incredible that we keep buying this bullshit. The next 48 hours will be full of stories about how Tom Brady has bought into Birmingham and we'll be reminded about his NFL achievements. But almost no one will ask: what percentage did he buy and how much did he pay?

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Martin Calladine

2 years

Really would like to hear Everton asked to explain how rewarding people for gambling $5,000 in a single week can possibly be squared with a commitment to responsible gambling.

@Stake

Stake.com

2 years

Everton Road to Glory Cash Drops 💰 Here's the first of two bonus drops thanks to @Everton 's win in the #CarabaoCup 🤑 Code: evertonrtg1 Value: $10 Requirements: $5,000 wagered in the last 7 days Total Drop Limit: $25,000 Under settings, go to offers & redeem the bonus drop 💧

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Martin Calladine

6 years

Was walking past what turned out to be the George Michael memorial in Oxfordshire and someone had left a...

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Martin Calladine

2 years

If I were a multimillionaire footballer who'd used his social platform to encourage his hundreds of thousands of fans to buy into a bogus scheme that crashed and burned just a few months later, I might've managed a, "sorry, everyone, I shouldn't have recommended this," by now.

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Martin Calladine

9 months

As with Lewis Hamilton with the Denver Broncos or Ryan Reynolds in F1, the shareholding is likely to be tiny and either acquired at below market value or for nothing. These are paid endorsement deals, with celebs diverting attention from the real question: what do the VCs want?

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@OfficialTM_3

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I am very clever

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2 years

I once spent 25 minutes at a party but mistook it for a work event.

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Martin Calladine

3 years

With the political obituaries being written, and lots of fawning about his huge brain, it's worth remembering that of all the media, it was the Daily Star who got Dominic Cummings right, insisting that he was ridiculous, not a flawed genius, and refusing to let Barnard Castle go.

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Martin Calladine

11 months

@Quarterb4ckPunk I absolutely would stop going and, frankly, I can't understand why we accept the notion that there are no circumstances in which fans could be expected to boycott their team.

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Martin Calladine

11 months

I think it would be very interesting to measure public attitudes in Newcastle over the next five or ten years towards democracy, civil and human rights and the rule of law. I wonder if fans in this proudly left-wing city will be able to sustain their doublethink.

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Martin Calladine

1 year

It's a perfect illustration of why the Tories and the right-wing press demonise unions and the right to strike. The power of workplace solidarity is astonishing if only people can find the courage to stand by their colleagues and fight for what's right.

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Martin Calladine

9 months

-Golden Gloves keeper's shirt not on sale -FA president and UK PM not present at final -Spanish FA president manhandling a WC winner -Fifa president takes holiday during tournament then patronises the players A great World Cup, punctuated by men continuously disrespecting women.

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Martin Calladine

2 years

The current Newcastle owner is qualitatively different to every other owner in English football history and his presence in the game should be considered an indelible stain on the whole of football. IMO, until he's gone, the club should be considered a pariah.

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Martin Calladine

1 year

In their entire lives, psychopaths Ted Bundy, the Zodiac, Son of Sam, Jeffrey Dahmer, Richard Ramirez, the Moors Murderers, Dennis Nilsen, Jack the Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe and J. W. Gacy killed fewer people (142) than Newcastle United's owner had executed (147) in 2022. #EFLCup

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Martin Calladine

8 months

Mindboggling that one of England's most historic clubs could be sold to a group of financial cowboys with more red flags than a Chinese communist party parade. You wouldn't trust these people with a tenner, let alone a football club.

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Everton takeover: Farhad Moshiri in 'advanced talks' with 777 Partners

Reports suggest that a deal is close between the US investment firm777 partners and the Everton owner Farhad Moshiri

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Martin Calladine

4 years

"The FA have decided not to take any England games to Anfield because of Liverpool’s ban on journalists from The Sun." To be clear, the FA are snivelling fucking cowards and there is no purpose to them if they won't stand up for dead football fans.

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Anfield loses England game over ban on Sun journalists

AHEAD OF THE GAME: The FA have decided not to take England games to Anfield because of the ban on journalists from The Sun, despite struggling to find a suitable ground in the north next summer.

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Martin Calladine

7 months

At least when Russia and Qatar were given the World Cup, following a prolonged campaign of corruption and bribery, there was an element of surprise. This time, it's just a gold-plated steamroller, crushing any opposition with deadening inevitably.

@saudiFF

الاتحاد السعودي لكرة القدم

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It’s official! We have submitted our Letter of Intent to FIFA for hosting the 2034 FIFA World Cup ✅ This move marks the first formal step in our bid process and confirms our complete commitment to #Saudi2034 . This comes after SAFF received support from over 70 Member…

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Martin Calladine

9 months

Lots of Birmingham City fans saying, "let us just enjoy it" or "we don't care if it works." And fair enough. Birmingham have had a shit time and deserve some success. But it's just unlikely the Brady is anything more than a paid endorsement. And it's worth asking why.

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Martin Calladine

9 months

Having delayed, lied, attempted to manipulate public opinion and avoid taking responsibility, Manchester United's leadership have, finally, having tried everything else, done the right thing.

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Telegraph Football

9 months

BREAKING: Mason Greenwood to leave Manchester United. ✍️ @TelegraphDucker #TelegraphFootball | #MUFC | #TelgraphSport

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Martin Calladine

11 months

This is mindboggling. Man who has spent six months being unable to pass the EFL Owners and Directors Test to buy Morecambe is now presenting himself as a suitor for Wigan? This is terrible news for at least one, probably both clubs.

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Gregg Evans

11 months

Sarbjot Johal, 21, from Solihull is trying to take over at crisis club Wigan Athletic #wafc Players still haven't been paid + bills are stacking up so urgent investment is needed. Exclusive @TheAthleticFC w/ @mjshrimper

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Martin Calladine

2 years

Gary Neville: I'm going to get to the real truth about having a World Cup in Qatar. Gary Neville five minutes later...

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Martin Calladine

1 year

Increasingly hard to avoid the conclusion that Infantino is far worse than Blatter.

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Martyn Ziegler

1 year

Infantino appears to take selfie in front of Pelé’s open casket - after calling for every country in the world to name a stadium after the Brazil great

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Martin Calladine

4 years

Worse even than expected. To be clear, this is the effective privatisation of the Premier League, with the top flight of English football passing into the hands of the Big 6. This is an abomination.

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Telegraph Football

4 years

World exclusive: Man Utd and Liverpool driving 'Project Big Picture' - football’s biggest shake-up in a generation. Full story from @SamWallaceTel

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Martin Calladine

7 years

Your regular reminder that Kelvin MacKenzie is an awful human being who'd use any tragedy to sell copies of The Sun. Via @PrivateEyeNews

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Martin Calladine

1 year

I don't doubt the sincerity of the England players, but this seems a good illustration of the fact that many large organisations see diversity and inclusion as a subset of marketing and PR rather than a genuine core value. Support is contingent on it being largely cost free.

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Rob Harris

1 year

As it stands, England and Wales now undecided whether to wear the One Love armbands after they were threatened with sanctions by FIFA - including potential yellow cards for Harry Kane & Gareth Bale. FAs feeling FIFA put them in a difficult position. Now in talks about what to do

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Martin Calladine

1 year

He's a one-man public sector.

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Martin Calladine

11 months

Good man, Clive. (Via @Bkasparas )

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11 months

Commentator Clive Tyldesley to step down from talkSPORT

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Martin Calladine

1 year

Feels like the entire state of modern Britain has been compressed into a single sentence.

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Martin Calladine

5 months

When Joey Barton - self-proclaimed arbiter of who knows football despite just one sub appearance at international level and a failed managerial career - was charged with betting offences, the FA listed his 30 'most pertinent' football bets. He lost 28 of them.

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Martin Calladine

2 months

Watching United play, with £41m Varane coming on and then £80m+ Anthony equalising, all I can think is: taxpayers should build these guys a new stadium.

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Martin Calladine

9 months

Lewis Hamilton was announced as "co-owner" of the Denver Broncos when they were bought for $4.65bn. Subsequent reporting suggests he holds a 0.2% stake, worth $9m, but sold to him at $6m. The vast majority of the team is owned by the Walmart family.

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Martin Calladine

11 months

When the Denver Broncos were bought last year for $4.65bn, there was a lot of publicity about Lewis Hamilton's involvement. Subsequent reporting suggests he holds a 0.2% stake, worth $9m, but sold to him at $6m. The vast majority of the team is owned by the Walmart family. 2/2

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Martin Calladine

9 months

What makes Brady so credible here is his cleverness, his incredible work ethic, his known interest in business and branding. Which is exactly why so many people bought into, and lost everything, on his FTX endorsement - and are now suing him for huge sums. He's a paid pitchman.

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Martin Calladine

2 years

They're not even the club that's suffered most within a 20 mile radius of Newcastle and people should stop pretending the self-pity, and its use to justify welcoming a dictator, is anything other than embarrassing and morally enfeebled.

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Martin Calladine

5 months

The people who've used their financial power to destroy competitiveness in their national leagues would like to introduce you to their ideas for a new, open, competitive and equitable European league.

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A22 Sports

5 months

Our CEO Bernd Reichart explains why this is a historic day for football and how we can create an exciting future for #EuropeanClubFootball . #BetterForFootball

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Martin Calladine

2 years

How sportswashing works, pt. 839: Chelsea fans queue up to celebrate their owner using the courts to bully an investigative journalist, while the club issues a statement about the outcome of the case that appears misleading.

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Chelsea FC

2 years

Statement regarding Abramovich v. HarperCollins and other. ⤵️

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Martin Calladine

2 years

Sky Bet's deal with the EFL entitles clubs to a share of their own fans' gambling losses. Accrington aren't profiting from this, but you can bet other clubs are.

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Andyh

2 years

For quarter ended 30th June Q4 (last info received) I follow statement. 125 match day ticket sales in entire Q4 is a higher income for @ASFCofficial

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Martin Calladine

4 months

In 2023, Newcastle United's owner oversaw 172 executions, a 15% increase on 2022. Howay the lads.

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4 months

The annual report on executions in #SaudiArabia by the European Saudi Organization for Human Rights, for the year 2023: Ongoing Bloodshed with Unusual Sentences 🔵 #SaudiArabiaExecutions2023

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Martin Calladine

24 days

The Premier League has spent years trying to frighten the rest of football with talk of the "unintended consequences" of an Independent Regulator, all the while hoping no one will notice the intended consequences of having the Big 6 as de facto regulators of the English game.

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Martin Calladine

8 months

Disappointing to see Spurs start flogging fan tokens. Credit to the comms team, though, for getting through the entire release without mentioning crypto - which is what this is. Let's see how other PL fan tokens have done... 1/

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Tottenham Hotspur agrees multi-year partnership with Socios.com offering additional benefits to...

Tottenham Hotspur is launching a Spurs Fan Token in partnership with Socios.com to provide fans worldwide with access to a unique range of Club-related activities, rewards and experiences.

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Martin Calladine

4 years

If Wigan get the 12pt deduction and they go down with Hull and Charlton, that's all three relegated teams being clubs who were, in one way or another, fucked by their owners. Owners should be neither buying promotions nor bringing the house down.

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Martin Calladine

9 months

Ryan Reynolds bought into an F1 team. That was the headline. In fact, he was given 10% of the ownership group's stake - or 2.4% of the team. For free. Headline: He invested to become a co-owner. Reality: He was gifted a tiny fraction in return for PR.

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Nick Harris

11 months

Or maybe what Reynolds and McElhenney have actually paid for a stake in an F1 team, there's this:

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Martin Calladine

6 months

Premier League: We don't require an Independent Regulator. Also the Premier League: We can't agree to ban an anti-competitive practice, in no small part because it's part of the business model of so many owners.

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Scott Wilson

@Scottwilsonecho

6 months

⚫️⚪️ FULL DETAILS as a proposed Premier League ruling that would have prevented #NUFC loaning players from PIF-owned clubs in Saudi Arabia in January FAILS to receive the required support. Seven PL clubs voted against the motion... Read here...⬇️

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Martin Calladine

9 months

The worst of this is that, because the club has failed to take a lead and do the right thing, the fans making this protest will themselves, inevitably, be the subject of misogynistic abuse.

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Daniel Taylor

9 months

'It's time for the club to stand up and make the right decision.' A group of #MUFC fans are planning protests to let the club know they don't want Mason Greenwood back. Their banner (see photo) will be on display before Monday's game v Wolves.

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Martin Calladine

2 years

Last year Socios told Arsenal fans that buying its cryptocurrency was like "buying foreign currency when you go on holiday." Early in 2021, the crypto was at 52p. Today it is at 7p. That's what it means for football clubs to be selling high-risk unregulated financial products.

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Martin Calladine

1 year

We, who have gathered more young players than we can possibly develop and who are unwilling to play them in our first team and risk their inevitable youthful mistakes, call upon small teams to allow us to reorganise the game for our benefit. Again.

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Training Ground Guru

1 year

ENGLISH football needs to seriously consider the B team model, because top young players are not getting enough exposure to senior football, Leeds United Academy Manager Adam Underwood has told TGG.

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Martin Calladine

1 year

Your football club is not a person. Its feelings cannot be hurt. It does not need you to defend it from perceived disrespect. If hearing people criticise an aspect of your club makes you angry, you should at least consider whether the problem is with how you relate to your club.

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Martin Calladine

8 days

Susan Hall fails to clap Sadiq Khan as his victory is announced and then shakes her head repeatedly during his speech. A graceless defeat after a classless campaign.

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Martin Calladine

1 month

Six-foot-four retired professional athlete, who spent seven years playing in Kennington, announces he has caught brainrot and is now too scared to enter London.

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Kevin Pietersen🦏

1 month

Gotta go into London today. NO WATCH and a plastic ring! Congrats, @SadiqKhan ! 👍🏼

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Martin Calladine

6 years

Cannot be said too often: it is the league that gives teams a platform not the other way round. When Man City were out of the top flight and Chelsea were also rans and Liverpool were only a decade into their title drought, the ratings still kept growing.

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Rob Harris

6 years

Exclusive: Liverpool owner John Henry says "everyone in the league knows what the large clubs bring to the value of foreign rights" as Premier League Big 6 push for larger slice of overseas TV cash at Thursday's annual meeting

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Martin Calladine

1 year

"We had 14 years under a dictatorship."

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Martin Calladine

8 months

"I was in no way amused by the comments."

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Dan Wootton

8 months

I want to reiterate my regret over last night’s exchange with Laurence on GB News. Having looked at the footage, I can see how inappropriate my reaction to his totally unacceptable remarks appears to be and want to be clear that I was in no way amused by the comments. I reacted…

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Martin Calladine

7 months

When Rich Energy, the drinks business of William Storey, the would-be buyer of Reading, went under, the liquidator received creditors’ claims for over £68m. The company had £1,700 in the bank. A bit about his business history… 1/

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Martin Calladine

1 year

We go live to Angus Kinnear for more on why self-regulation works.

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The Athletic | Football

1 year

Exclusive: Leeds United’s chairman Andrea Radrizzani offered to use the club’s Elland Road stadium as security for a £26m bank loan which his company, Aser, and a bidding partner, Gestio Capital, intended to use to complete a takeover of Sampdoria. 📝 @AdamCrafton_ and @PhilHay_

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Martin Calladine

5 months

Like all truly secure men, I am entirely at ease with myself right up until the point when a woman wins a sporting award. And then there's nothing for it but to cut my knob off and mail it to a female journalist. Please listen to my podcast.

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