“Is relegation from #PremierLeague end of the world?” Perspective is needed.
Football wasn’t actually invented by TV execs in 1992. #Tottenham were relegated in the 1970s. It wasn’t exactly a tragedy. One of the themes of my piece:
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#Spurs #LivSpu
It’s #WorldBookDay. Many of the stories in my book Football Fables are still being played out for real.
From greed to ghastly #VAR to epic cup runs.
Please do buy a copy if you don’t have one and do keep spreading the word! Thank you! :)
Here: tiny.cc/7jqtzz
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#PremierLeague football is made for screens not fans. Many of you have had enough. They have stolen your clubs. I have written about it ✍🏼⚽️
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New from The Sports Specialist on Substack
Ten years of #GianniInfantino as #FIFA President.
How the most powerful man in world football enjoys the spotlight…
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The #T20WorldCup in India and Sri Lanka is underway.🏏
20 teams are taking part including, for the first time…Italy.
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#Italycricket
New from The Sports Specialist…
‘The Scott Hanson Appreciation Society’
A tribute to the best in the business, from the UK
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#ScottHanson #NFL #NFLRedZone #SuperBowl 🏈
New from The Sports Specialist….
Is the Premier League boring?
(Spoiler, yes it is)
“The fluency, pace and purpose of Norwegian underdogs #BodoGlimt was embarrassing for Pep and a reminder of how stale the Premier league is in comparison”
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#Guardiola #Pepball
Norwegians #BodoGlimt have taken a 2-0 lead against #ManchesterCity in the #ChampionsLeague. 🇳🇴
Fact can be stranger than fiction. I’d written a fable about a Norwegian team in yellow who shock Europe. As I explain here:
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New from ‘The Sports Specialist’ on Substack. As #MichaelCarrick starts his caretaker manager role at #ManchesterUnited
“It can’t get any worse.”
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(Please do subscribe in 2026 and share this link)
What should be a highlight of the football year arrives. The #FACup 3rd round. But many kick-offs are scheduled to suit (global) TV audiences,
I wrote about fans being treated like mugs overall and posted this video. Please do watch, read and share it.
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Subscribe to The Sports Specialist in 2026….
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First article of the year for The Sports Specialist. Important subject.
“They show smiling, wisecracking fans on their way to the stadiums, creating the illusion they know and care that football is about fans. “
“Don’t Treat Fans Like Mugs”
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THE EPIC FAIL
“It’s like a piece of work designed to shock. Perhaps we should consider Piero Manzoni’s infamous 1961 piece of ‘art’, where he literally filled 90 tin cans with faeces and displayed them. England’s performances feel like they are from the same scene.”
#TheAshes
It’s #WorldChampionshipDarts time.
Time for DARTS BABY!👶🏻🎯
It’s my fable about an 11-month-old darts phenomenon who becomes a superstar player at the tournament.
It’s a much needed bit of fun. Enjoy!
#LukeLittler #Darts #Lovethedarts
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The #WorldCupdraw.
Starring…
Donald J #Trump
Mr Gianni #Infantino
Reintroducin’ #RobbieWilliams
Toooooom BirmingHAM #Brady
Those #VillagePeople & more.
The biggest, most beautiful, tremendous star-studded draw EVER!🤩
(at some stage we’ll see who plays who🙏🏼)
#wc2026
Please do read and share this ! It’s a two-minute read :)
#FootballFables #Booksky
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New from The Sports Specialist:
Party like it’s 1998. How Scotland changed the story.
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#Scotland #WorldCupQualifiers #McTominay #McLean #Hampden
‘The win that Jack built’
A piece on sport giving us the story we crave where the good guy wins after turmoil. Emotional doesn’t cover it.
A beautiful night in Belfast where #JackLisowski did himself proud. He wasn’t the only one.
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The dust has settled, but the disgraceful scenes in New York at the #RyderCup will not be forgotten.
Sport reflects society. And the lairy, unruly mob on the Saturday summed up exactly where we are..
Please read:
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New from ‘The Sports Specialist’ on Substack.
#JamieVardy in Lombardy!
He’s not always easy to like - maybe that’s why he remains underrated - but there are few more remarkable ⚽️ careers.
And his late move to #SerieA with #Cremonese is fascinating!
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New from The Sports Specialist.
This article will be like nothing else you read on #VAR.
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“Good people are out there”.
On trolling and genuine kindness.
Please read.
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#SkyeStout #KilmarnockWomen
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#FootballFables
Are #Chelsea really now the ‘world’s best team’?
And yes, I do realize this article could have been a single word only!
But #Infantino claimed #FIFAs #ClubWorldCup would prove who is world’s best….I’ve examined the case.
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Fed up of the money & greed in sport?
Read this! Sport how it should be😍
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The #islandGames is about to start in Orkney. 12 sports, 2 thousand competitors, 900 volunteers.
It’s the 40th anniversary and needs celebrating! :)
#orkney2025
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Alien Football Fan:
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Who is the Alien Football Fan?
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My new fable is released today.
‘The Red Ball’ explores the pressures of life through cricket.
Link to fable:
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About ‘The Red Ball’
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#EngvInd #TestCricket #redball #Headingley
