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The idea that football and politics can truly be separated is basically bullshit. But football can be a distraction. And football can generate pride way beyond its importance.
A day with Iran in SoFi Stadium that I won’t forget.
Daniel Storey
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Daniel Storey
@danielstorey85
Nottingham, England
Born September 19, 1985
Joined December 2010
- No spoilers, but this is the cleverest football advert I've ever seen.
00:00 - Making the armbands black and white so you can't see the rainbow. We see you.
- Was a Premier League goal scored by an Ian? 05-06: No 06-07: Yes, Pearce. 07-08: No 08-09: Yes, Ashbee 09-10: No 10-11: Yes, Evatt 11-12: No 12-13: No 13-14: No 14-15: No 15-16: No 16-17: No 17-18: No 18-19: No 19-20: No 20-21: No 21-22: No 22-23: No 23-24: No 24-25: Yes, Maatsen
- Why is the mirror image of David Beckham in the window Paul Chuckle?
- A three-match ban costs Chelsea about £1.2m. Incredible
- I'm not saying it's going badly, but Bury have won away from home more recently than Manchester United and they aren't a club anymore.
- Wolves fans chanting "Raheem Sterling, he's top of the league" That has *not* gone down well at Anfield.
- Mad stat: Lenny Yoro has been at Manchester United for 13 months and still hasn't started in a win against a current Premier League side.
- Big fan of Adnan Januzaj playing for Man United, Sunderland and now joining Real Sociedad, like he's on a weird David Moyes tribute tour.
- My favourite criticism of Alex Scott getting the Football Focus gig (which she will be great at) is that "she didn't play at the highest level", as if Dan Walker took off his shin pads after his last England hattrick and walked straight to the studios.
- Cunha and Mbeumo miss the penalties, Sesko tries not to take one. You really can write it.
- AFCON 2021 QFs: Senegal, Egypt, Morocco, Burkina Faso, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Cameroon, Tunisia AFCON 2023 QFs: Nigeria, DR Congo, Angola, South Africa, Mali, Cape Verde, Guinea, Ivory Coast Every single nation replaced by another. Unprecedented in major tournament history.
