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« Reply #6360 on: Wednesday, June 14, 2023, 14:09:59 » |
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Not sure any American has ever heard of the World Cup TBF.
Reynolds is Canadian isn't he? I will give the Yanks their due. They have surprised me since moving over with the shift towards proper football. Atlanta United average around 50k per game and I would put good money on the 2026 World Cup being well attended. When I went to a local bar to watch the England vs USA game, it too me by surprise to find the place rammed with an hour to go before kick off and I would not call where I live a hotbed. Probably a lot to do with the changing demographics, but it's certainly growing in the more traditional bases as well. |
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Peter Venkman
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« Reply #6361 on: Wednesday, June 14, 2023, 14:38:50 » |
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Reynolds is Canadian isn't he?
No idea I dont follow him or his career, it was a joke anyway, obviously not taken as a joke by some. |
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« Reply #6362 on: Wednesday, June 14, 2023, 15:04:43 » |
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Wigan's lifeline answered and billionaire takeover is over the line.
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ChalkyWhiteIsGod
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« Reply #6363 on: Wednesday, June 14, 2023, 15:11:44 » |
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Reynolds is Canadian isn't he?
I will give the Yanks their due. They have surprised me since moving over with the shift towards proper football. Atlanta United average around 50k per game and I would put good money on the 2026 World Cup being well attended.
When I went to a local bar to watch the England vs USA game, it too me by surprise to find the place rammed with an hour to go before kick off and I would not call where I live a hotbed. Probably a lot to do with the changing demographics, but it's certainly growing in the more traditional bases as well.
The thing debating if something is "big" in the US is, its one giant fucking country. You can be doing big big numbers which anyone would clearly answer "yes, its big" but the next persons definition of big is being right in the forefront of the mainstream, which very little is. Oasis is a good example. Apparently never 'cracked' America yet was selling out MSG in their so called bad years on the same week so called mainstream American acts were playing to it half full. But people will still tell you they never made it anywhere big. People will try to argue with you that boxing has become a niche sport in the states because the likes of Terence Crawford aren't houshold names that every general sports fan knows. The standard some people set for being big or popular in a country as giant as The United States is ridiculous. |
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« Reply #6364 on: Wednesday, June 14, 2023, 15:22:37 » |
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Wigan's lifeline answered and billionaire takeover is over the line.
Interesting chap, fairly well known Man Utd supporter who also owns the New Statesman Magazine. |
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The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey
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« Reply #6365 on: Friday, June 16, 2023, 12:37:04 » |
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Reading have been charged by the EFL for failing to pay their players on three separate occasions last season💰❌
Wigan style points deduction?
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« Reply #6366 on: Monday, June 19, 2023, 13:03:58 » |
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I see that Chelsea (whose owners seem to have some sort of financial tie up with the Saudi PIF) are getting rid of loads of their high earners to Saudi clubs who are owned by... the Saudi PIF.... S'pose its one way of working round FFP!
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« Reply #6367 on: Friday, June 23, 2023, 08:20:11 » |
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Reading’s umbongo has been extended because of non payment of tax. Deep shit.
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« Reply #6368 on: Friday, June 23, 2023, 09:04:51 » |
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Reading’s umbongo has been extended because of non payment of tax. Deep shit.
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« Reply #6369 on: Friday, June 23, 2023, 09:08:47 » |
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Some fall from 'grace' for Reading isn't it. Could very well be the best stadium to have been in non-league at this rate.
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we've been to Aberdeen, we hate the Hibs, they make us spew up, so make some noise,
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ChalkyWhiteIsGod
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« Reply #6370 on: Friday, June 23, 2023, 12:03:45 » |
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Just one of a bunch of clubs overinflated by a rich owner for a brief period, while clubs with actual ready made fanbases suffer with cunts at the helm. Couldn't give a fuck about them from a 'local rival' stand point, because they're not. But as far as that goes, I'm happy to see it.
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« Reply #6371 on: Friday, June 23, 2023, 15:36:38 » |
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Darlington springs to mind.
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« Reply #6373 on: Saturday, June 24, 2023, 21:06:40 » |
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Bristol Rovers set to sign Jevani Brown, a player who admitted to a charge of assaulting women.
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« Reply #6374 on: Sunday, June 25, 2023, 06:26:44 » |
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