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This sort of thing has happened in the SPL at least twice.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-31549343

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-38195527

Though those probably were the best two goals scored in Scotland in those months, amirite?

You've set a frankly terrible precedent there

Five-year-old Sunderland supporter Bradley Lowery has terminal cancer, but he scored a penalty for his beloved Black Cats in the warm-up against Chelsea on Tuesday night.

There is a growing social media campaign with players, media and fans calling for it to be the official Premier League goal of the month.

Goalie should've stopped it imo

Never a penalty if you ask me

What's with this obsession to show footage of people leaving a match early?

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Ben Dunbar: Comment les aimez-vous les pommes?

I cannot footcelsior what I wish to and I cannot say why

a) Michael B

b) the kid is dead

p funny tho

maybe the follow-up is funnier still actually

Nothing inherently funny in the death of a child tbf lj

Although it's mildly amusing that I had to type that

footselfior

we allowing this 1992 liveblog

gonna say it's more tragic than fun.

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/live-experience/cps/800/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2017/8/15/799bba1a-d646-4dec-bca9-1388cf59ec50.jpg

anything which includes a coventry premier league fantasy is a+ imo

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41684602

all the highest-rated comments to this are rightly calling it out for the clickbait shite it is

Heh, same with this one, also from today: http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/41828734

Are you analysing a football piece using the comments like count

come now

What like on a three count or just whenever I'm ready or what

does it not strike you of all people as tedious that any spurs player who emerges above a certain media-dictated parapet of excellence is destined for a 'bigger club' (population: real madrid)

or are you actually quite cheered with the bernabeu feeder club motif

I like to think that we're above reacting to this stuff as if it required our attn tbh

the wiser discourse

I think the media gets in a tizzy at the idea of an English player being good enough to play for a major team outside England.

It's understandable but curiously honestly humble

Think Tom's otm. An English player succeeding - or even just going - abroad always seems to create huge waves with yr press. Probably because so few succeeded.

But it's still clickbait that deserves to be called out imo.

Count yerselves lucky you don't have to watch on rte. For twenty years George Hamilton has been a second ahead of the picture and it has spoiled every moment of football ever and is currently doing so for spurs madrid

rip armfield, have fond memories of the man

Ah, shame, good guy. RIP Jimmy.

LIVE FA Cup - De Bruyne with cheeky free-kick v Cardiff

FFS! If only he had attempted a deferential free-kick, cos I hate that word.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-45194443

literally end the bbc here

privatised, shut down, fucked off. over.

AHAHAHA LOOK IT'S NOLE GALLAGER I WROTE A "JOEK" ABOUT DEFINITELY MAYBE THAT WAS WORTH EDITING IN

cunts

Oh, well, OK, Sutton was talking about the Premier League. But I refuse to recognise that backstop, which exists in these discussions simply to excuse people with no sense/knowledge of history.

— Richard Williams (@rwilliams1947) February 7, 2019

the former old grey whistle test presenter mugging off Chris Sutton goodstyle!

RW is a contributor to Mark S's book and was at the launch party a few weeks back. I regret not having a word with him. He seems like a righteous fellow.

Sutton doing the clod-hopping football shock jock thing is currently vying with zombie Humphrys as the worst thing about BBC radio.

I like him a lot, despite him stanning for Nicola Sturgeon! It's probably counter to everything ILM/ILX represents but I liked his music blog (that is currently on hiatus) as well. His knowledge of 70'/80's footballers is unfuckwithable and he seems to realise it actually existed before Murdoch. Yeah and that fucking high-octane talksport twat style of punditry that is so prevalent these days - he's about as far opposite of *that* as it gets.

Tim otm, out-Savaging Savage is no way to go thru life

we have this twat (ex-goalie matt glennon) as a summariser on local bbc radio, and he's done the same course I think.

god I just want make clear I was repping for RW in xxp in case it sounds like CS.

That was clear.

Though the idea that you're an avid reader of Chris Sutton's music blog is a happy one.

The only thing I don't like about RW's blog was that he kept reviewing great-sounding shows that happened within a mile of our flat and the first I heard of it would be his review.

virgil van dijk is great tho

I don't have words for the degree of my contempt for the cunt Lawrenson