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You might have read my stuff once upon a time. Still collecting football stadiums for fun.
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Planning to do a long, slow train holiday through Europe this summer with the pooch. Start in Gothenburg end up in Girona. Anyone have any insight on which countries are easiest with the dog when it comes to rail? Germany wants me to muzzle my 35cm tall poodle đź« 

submitted 7 hours ago • 1 comment

Spanish sports radio now granularly debating the meaning of "fack off" vs "fack you" because of Bellingham I'm dying

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

Put out a new EP, if you're in the market for music for the mentally exhausted: pblee.bandcamp.com/album/cloud-...

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Looking forward to this

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Neighbours under me kick off around 10pm every night so now I'm treating them to a daily new 10pm playlist which just so happens to be very bass heavy. Mrs says I'm petty and that's not the right way but I disagree, I'm petty and it's the right way

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Feels weird this, you can now bid on (among other things) Sven Göran Eriksson's medal for winning Serie A with Lazio bna.nu/auktion/obje...

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

To be fair "Roman" salutes have famously been utilised by the likes of Paolo Di Canio so there's no... Oh, wait, nevermind.

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

Turns out Sven Göran Eriksson died more than €5 million in debt (accounting for total debt minus assets), including around €1m debt to HMRC in the UK. Explains some of the career choices in his latter phase.... The romance of football.

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

Fortaleza signing David Luiz for a Copa Libertadores run is exactly what my life needed.

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

NEW: I've obtained internal Meta docs revealing an array of sample posts that are now allowed under new hate speech rules. Examples include calling children "trannies," “Jews are flat out greedier than Christians," and “immigrants are grubby, filthy pieces of shit” theintercept.com/2025/01/09/f...

submitted 55 days ago • 374 comments

Makes you realise how many big games have been played in Gothenburg. Aberdeen Cup Winners Cup final scarf, Brazil (58 World Cup?), Barça getting an almighty scare in the European Cup

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

Sørloth's finish there is very difficult. The kind a player who isn't confident would absolutely balls up

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

Feel like I've seen this Barça-Atleti game a thousand times before

submitted 74 days ago • 1 comment

My sister understood the assignment

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

Nah shut up this is too good. Basic person: “Hur hur the Murdochs are acting just like an episode of Succession!!!!” Overly clever person: “Well actually it’s not that simple, there’s a lot of nuance.” The Murdochs, watching Succession: “We should copy that.” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/b...

submitted 86 days ago • 43 comments

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg. Far too big to be in the second division, but absolutely hilarious that it still is.

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

Adding a twice monthly seven hour train commute to my work routine has done absolute wonders for my irritability levels. Reminds me of the heady days of doing it on budget airlines

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

I find myself habitually scrolling my Bluesky feed two or three times a day in a way I didn't done on Twitter for a good few years. Uh oh

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

I am joining my colleagues at the Guardian and Observer who are on strike for 48 hours. I will be back at work on Friday. For more information please follow bsky.app/profile/gonu... and @NUJofficial, or visit nuj.org.uk/savetheobserver

submitted 92 days ago • 4 comments

Korea Expert here. I’ll explain what’s going on over there because the Orient can be confusing to Westerners. In Korea, there is a concept known as “the law.” (법) This is a set of rules which are enforced to encourage prosocial behavior and ensure stability which leaders aren’t allowed to break.

submitted 92 days ago • 176 comments

Research from @playthegame-org.bsky.social lays bare the extent of Saudi Arabia’s hold on global sport - particularly football. Story: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

submitted 93 days ago • 3 comments

Morumbi, SĂŁo Paulo. Classic Brazilian ground. Running track and gap with the pitch goes a long way towards ruining an otherwise interesting design. Unbelievably cool city

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

It's almost like Mbappe's mind is somewhere else. Stockholm, for example

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments

Parken, Copenhagen. Probably my favourite design of all the Scandinavian grounds - proper old school stands. Every time I've been there the home team always loses

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

David Villa's competitive Barça debut, 2010 v Sevilla in the Supercopa. In that brief window where Ibrahimovic was still in the squad and about to be sold. Taken on something that definitely wasn't a smart phone hence the image quality...

submitted 99 days ago • 1 comment