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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 4h

Beyond absurdity. Illegal sports betting platform BK8, suspected of operating from the notorious Victory Paradise compound in Cambodia, is one of Burnley FC's partners, as well as the main sponsor of Moto GP Team Gresini - which just won the Indonesian GP, with the BK8 logo visible everywhere... 1/3

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scarey @whistlingspy.bsky.social · 3h

PSA

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Si Lloyd @smnllyd5.bsky.social · 3h

Need to hear more about him driving you to lunch!

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Si Lloyd @smnllyd5.bsky.social · 7h

Today would have been Bobby Charlton’s 88th birthday. I always remember my dad telling me how strangely bittersweet it felt watching him score goals in the years after Munich.

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Si Lloyd @smnllyd5.bsky.social · 10h

Climbing Scafell for the first time tomorrow morning. Not Scafell Pike, the other one. Probably taking an easy route up. Any tips?

Si Lloyd @smnllyd5.bsky.social · 2d

Can’t believe the England band is still a thing. Bin.

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Si Lloyd @smnllyd5.bsky.social · 2d

Twitter’s halcyon days

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Si Lloyd @smnllyd5.bsky.social · 2d

Yes. I was alive for this day

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Emily ✨🎃 @emilyoram.bsky.social · 2d

Oh god these fans with dementia 😢 My heart.

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Thariq Amir @lefalsenumber12.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t like Ratcliffe, despise the Glazers

Still better than the club becoming some kind of geopolitical football

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Si Lloyd @smnllyd5.bsky.social · 2d

LUCKHURST

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Si Lloyd @smnllyd5.bsky.social · 3d

So much respect for Barry here. He’s dead right

Barry Glendenning @barryglendenning.bsky.social · 4d

Simon Jordan on TalkSport, unchallenged yet again.

As a Talksport employee, I am embarrassed by this rebuttal of what Neville said. This moron pontificates without question. It is bonkers.

And yeah, i'll probably be sacked. Fuck it.

youtube.com/watch?v=FrXr...

"APPALLING STANCE!" Simon Jordan rages at "COWARD" Gary Neville after Union Jack REMOVAL admission!

YouTube video by talkSPORT

youtube.com

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Si Lloyd @smnllyd5.bsky.social · 3d

Superb from Barry. Plenty of time for that. Cannot (absolutely can) believe the head loss over what Neville’s said. People are too thick or too racist to or both to understand the very simple points he’s making

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Si Lloyd @smnllyd5.bsky.social · 3d

The thing I’ve loved about the book is how many people have done what you’ve just done and shared what going to the game means. I always looks at the crowd and am fascinated by the tens of thousands of stories that have led all the people there

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Si Lloyd @smnllyd5.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks for buying mate. Noz is a fantastic writer and a lovely bloke. He helped me out a lot during the time period the book covers.

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Si Lloyd @smnllyd5.bsky.social · 4d

Scary times. Been really surprised at some people i followed for a while

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Si Lloyd @smnllyd5.bsky.social · 4d

Probably the best way mate

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Richard Buxton @rbuxtonmedia.com · 5d

What’s been so strange about it all is that these people previously only felt emboldened to spout racist tropes while pissed on public transport. Now it’s done under the guise of ‘patriotism’ and ‘just asking questions’. Most can’t bring themselves to admit they’re racist while ticking every box

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Si Lloyd @smnllyd5.bsky.social · 4d

And yet if you put that to them, they kick off and pretend they’re outraged

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Si Lloyd @smnllyd5.bsky.social · 5d

It’s terrifying how some folk who you’ve interacted with for years are all of a sudden not what you thought

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akhlaq1386.bsky.social @akhlaq1386.bsky.social · 5d

"Patriotism"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Doncaster chippy owner 'scared for his children' after vandalism

Poseidon's Fish Bar had the word

www.bbc.co.uk

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Si Lloyd @smnllyd5.bsky.social · 5d

There are actually people who think this sudden flag-waving craze is just patriotism - and not, at least a little bit, racism.

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Greg Johnson @gregianjohnson.bsky.social · 5d

Them: “you can’t say anything these days!”

[someone says something]

Them: “YOU CANT SAY THAT!!!”

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Si Lloyd @smnllyd5.bsky.social · 5d

Made the mistake of saying something similar on there last night and the replies have been a flood of idiocy, some of it openly racist. Just proves Neville’s point really.

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Si Lloyd @smnllyd5.bsky.social · 5d

The other place - unsurprisingly, given what a cesspit it’s become - has lost its collective mind over the Neville video. Even if it’s a bit clumsy, the message is clear: we’re being divided. It’s a general point, not some wild claim directly blaming white men for a synagogue attack.

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