Kevin Scott
@kev-scott.bsky.social
Part of @thepitchinspection.bsky.social
Substack: https://substack.com/@thepitchinspection?r=4avelq&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile
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DNA sample to enter the U.S?
If you are travelling to the World Cup and require an ESTA be prepared to handover a lot of data.
Extract from new rules seeking approval in Feb 2026.
Trump’s America does not “Unite the World” no matter what FIFA tries to sell.
More in our latest Substack ⬇️
If you are travelling to the World Cup and require an ESTA be prepared to handover a lot of data.
Extract from new rules seeking approval in Feb 2026.
Trump’s America does not “Unite the World” no matter what FIFA tries to sell.
More in our latest Substack ⬇️
December 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
DNA sample to enter the U.S?
If you are travelling to the World Cup and require an ESTA be prepared to handover a lot of data.
Extract from new rules seeking approval in Feb 2026.
Trump’s America does not “Unite the World” no matter what FIFA tries to sell.
More in our latest Substack ⬇️
If you are travelling to the World Cup and require an ESTA be prepared to handover a lot of data.
Extract from new rules seeking approval in Feb 2026.
Trump’s America does not “Unite the World” no matter what FIFA tries to sell.
More in our latest Substack ⬇️
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How U.S. immigration policies and visa reforms spell disaster for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
A thread. 🧵
A thread. 🧵
December 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
How U.S. immigration policies and visa reforms spell disaster for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
A thread. 🧵
A thread. 🧵
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Our new Substack is up.
America First, Football Last.
How U.S. immigration policies and visa reforms spell disaster for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Please read, comment or share.
Thank you.
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America First, Football Last.
How U.S. immigration policies and visa reforms spell disaster for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Please read, comment or share.
Thank you.
open.substack.com/pub/thepitch...
America First, Football Last
How U.S. immigration policies and visa reforms spell disaster for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
open.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Our new Substack is up.
America First, Football Last.
How U.S. immigration policies and visa reforms spell disaster for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Please read, comment or share.
Thank you.
open.substack.com/pub/thepitch...
America First, Football Last.
How U.S. immigration policies and visa reforms spell disaster for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Please read, comment or share.
Thank you.
open.substack.com/pub/thepitch...
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The actions & words of the Opposition & former members of Parliament who are using the #Bondi shootings to try to sew more division and hate shows what motivates them. They are not interested in unity & attempting to bring people together. They are shameful.
December 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
The actions & words of the Opposition & former members of Parliament who are using the #Bondi shootings to try to sew more division and hate shows what motivates them. They are not interested in unity & attempting to bring people together. They are shameful.
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Days back in office: 332
Epstein clients arrested: 0
Epstein clients arrested: 0
December 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Days back in office: 332
Epstein clients arrested: 0
Epstein clients arrested: 0
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FIFA plan to setup a new "post-conflict recovery fund”
Gianni Infantino saying “It’s a fund that will be open to donators, private ones or governments,”
Sportswashing in plain sight?
A busy end to the year for FIFA and its financial dealings with governments.
A mini thread
1/4
Gianni Infantino saying “It’s a fund that will be open to donators, private ones or governments,”
Sportswashing in plain sight?
A busy end to the year for FIFA and its financial dealings with governments.
A mini thread
1/4
December 18, 2025 at 6:24 AM
FIFA plan to setup a new "post-conflict recovery fund”
Gianni Infantino saying “It’s a fund that will be open to donators, private ones or governments,”
Sportswashing in plain sight?
A busy end to the year for FIFA and its financial dealings with governments.
A mini thread
1/4
Gianni Infantino saying “It’s a fund that will be open to donators, private ones or governments,”
Sportswashing in plain sight?
A busy end to the year for FIFA and its financial dealings with governments.
A mini thread
1/4
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A graphic from Football Supporters Europe showing how many tickets FIFA's new $60 tier actually accounts for.
December 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
A graphic from Football Supporters Europe showing how many tickets FIFA's new $60 tier actually accounts for.
This is one crazy story.
Well worth a read ⤵️
Well worth a read ⤵️
From the crazy world of illegal gambling, one of the craziest stories we at @josimarfootball.bsky.social have come across in our investigations (and that is saying something). Who is "William Anderson", "founder" of Milan's new Asian betting partner sureWin? josimarfootball.com/2025/12/15/t...
The Magnificent Anderson - josimarfootball.com
Illegal betting operators routinely use actors to impersonate their owners and executives, but none of them has ever gone as far in this respect as AC Milan's brand new "official betting partner in As...
josimarfootball.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This is one crazy story.
Well worth a read ⤵️
Well worth a read ⤵️
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1. BREAKING
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is referring to the Bondi Beach massacre as a “targeted attack on Jewish Australians,” and says that “an attack on Jewish Australians is an attack on every Australian.”
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is referring to the Bondi Beach massacre as a “targeted attack on Jewish Australians,” and says that “an attack on Jewish Australians is an attack on every Australian.”
December 14, 2025 at 12:24 PM
1. BREAKING
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is referring to the Bondi Beach massacre as a “targeted attack on Jewish Australians,” and says that “an attack on Jewish Australians is an attack on every Australian.”
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is referring to the Bondi Beach massacre as a “targeted attack on Jewish Australians,” and says that “an attack on Jewish Australians is an attack on every Australian.”
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Where do we start Gianni…
December 14, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Where do we start Gianni…
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Video piece on World Cup tickets
One of the most baffling arguments I've found in this is people just saying "this is supply and demand" or pointing to US prices... when the response should surely be "why not try and get Fifa to make this better?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGIr...
One of the most baffling arguments I've found in this is people just saying "this is supply and demand" or pointing to US prices... when the response should surely be "why not try and get Fifa to make this better?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGIr...
Miguel Delaney inside football Fifa tickets
YouTube video by Independent Sport
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Video piece on World Cup tickets
One of the most baffling arguments I've found in this is people just saying "this is supply and demand" or pointing to US prices... when the response should surely be "why not try and get Fifa to make this better?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGIr...
One of the most baffling arguments I've found in this is people just saying "this is supply and demand" or pointing to US prices... when the response should surely be "why not try and get Fifa to make this better?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGIr...
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Latest ticketing insult from FIFA.
Qatar Airways are now actively selling ludicrous ticketing packages.
As football fans try their luck with FIFA’s Random Selection Draw, FIFA prioritises Qatar Airways and hands them thousands of tickets.
The FIFA WC ticketing rort continues on.
Thread 1/10.
Qatar Airways are now actively selling ludicrous ticketing packages.
As football fans try their luck with FIFA’s Random Selection Draw, FIFA prioritises Qatar Airways and hands them thousands of tickets.
The FIFA WC ticketing rort continues on.
Thread 1/10.
December 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Latest ticketing insult from FIFA.
Qatar Airways are now actively selling ludicrous ticketing packages.
As football fans try their luck with FIFA’s Random Selection Draw, FIFA prioritises Qatar Airways and hands them thousands of tickets.
The FIFA WC ticketing rort continues on.
Thread 1/10.
Qatar Airways are now actively selling ludicrous ticketing packages.
As football fans try their luck with FIFA’s Random Selection Draw, FIFA prioritises Qatar Airways and hands them thousands of tickets.
The FIFA WC ticketing rort continues on.
Thread 1/10.
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🚨Farage is paid £11,250/hour to push “tax-free gold”.
Direct Bullion pay him more in 4hrs than the average Brit earns/year
🚨The firm that controls DB has no employees and just £96 cash in bank according to latest accounts.
Farage has pocketed £415,000 from DB 🤷♂️ bylinetimes.com/2025/12/11/n...
Direct Bullion pay him more in 4hrs than the average Brit earns/year
🚨The firm that controls DB has no employees and just £96 cash in bank according to latest accounts.
Farage has pocketed £415,000 from DB 🤷♂️ bylinetimes.com/2025/12/11/n...
Nigel Farage Accepts Another £135,000 From Gold Bullion Firm for Just 12 Hours Work
The Reform UK leader has pocketed £415,500 so far this year to act as the company's “Brand Ambassador”
bylinetimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🚨Farage is paid £11,250/hour to push “tax-free gold”.
Direct Bullion pay him more in 4hrs than the average Brit earns/year
🚨The firm that controls DB has no employees and just £96 cash in bank according to latest accounts.
Farage has pocketed £415,000 from DB 🤷♂️ bylinetimes.com/2025/12/11/n...
Direct Bullion pay him more in 4hrs than the average Brit earns/year
🚨The firm that controls DB has no employees and just £96 cash in bank according to latest accounts.
Farage has pocketed £415,000 from DB 🤷♂️ bylinetimes.com/2025/12/11/n...
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@fanseurope.org "call on FIFA to immediately halt PMA ticket sales, engage in a consultation with all impacted parties, and review ticket prices and category distribution" 👏 www.fanseurope.org/news/stateme...
STATEMENT: HISTORICALLY HIGH WORLD CUP TICKET PRICES – FSE CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE HALT TO TICKET SALES - Football Supporters Europe
Football Supporters Europe is astonished by the extortionate ticket prices imposed by FIFA on the most dedicated supporters for next year’s FIFA World Cup. In the price tables gradually and confidenti...
www.fanseurope.org
December 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
@fanseurope.org "call on FIFA to immediately halt PMA ticket sales, engage in a consultation with all impacted parties, and review ticket prices and category distribution" 👏 www.fanseurope.org/news/stateme...
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Important to understand that a significant contributor to these huge losses was an excitable and wilfully under-informed media who genuinely talked up the idea that crypto was a transformational technology that could make everyone rich.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Crypto mogul Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years in prison for fraud
Co-founder of Singapore-based Terraform Labs given more jail time by US judge than prosecutors sought
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Important to understand that a significant contributor to these huge losses was an excitable and wilfully under-informed media who genuinely talked up the idea that crypto was a transformational technology that could make everyone rich.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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A year after FIFA awarded Saudi Arabia the 2034 World Cup, serious risks remain unaddressed and grave abuses persist.
ALQST and partner groups call on FIFA to take urgent action and make hosting rights conditional on meaningful human rights reforms.
www.alqst.org/en/post/glob...
ALQST and partner groups call on FIFA to take urgent action and make hosting rights conditional on meaningful human rights reforms.
www.alqst.org/en/post/glob...
Global coalition urges FIFA to act on mounting human rights risks ahead of 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia
A coalition of 15 rights NGOs, trade unions, fan groups, and organisations representing migrant workers has issued an urgent warning over the escalating human rights risks linked to the 2034 FIFA Worl...
www.alqst.org
December 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
A year after FIFA awarded Saudi Arabia the 2034 World Cup, serious risks remain unaddressed and grave abuses persist.
ALQST and partner groups call on FIFA to take urgent action and make hosting rights conditional on meaningful human rights reforms.
www.alqst.org/en/post/glob...
ALQST and partner groups call on FIFA to take urgent action and make hosting rights conditional on meaningful human rights reforms.
www.alqst.org/en/post/glob...
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“Going to the World Cup” used to be something normal people did.
Not with these ticket prices.
@theathleticfc.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/688...
Not with these ticket prices.
@theathleticfc.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/688...
‘Going to the World Cup’ used to be something ordinary people did. Not with these ticket prices
The World Cup is about so much more than just the football. FIFA's pricing structure for next summer's tournament ignores that
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
“Going to the World Cup” used to be something normal people did.
Not with these ticket prices.
@theathleticfc.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/688...
Not with these ticket prices.
@theathleticfc.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/688...
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Producer @grovejoel.bsky.social advises me to advise you that the new @footballweekly.bsky.social podcast has landed, with @maxrushden.bsky.social, @barryglendenning.bsky.social, Mark Langdon and myself, with added @sidlowe.bsky.social in the football paella. www.theguardian.com/football/aud...
Is Xabi Alonso’s time up at Real Madrid? – Football Weekly Extra
Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Mark Langdon, Philippe Auclair and Sid Lowe as Manchester City’s win at Real Madrid piles the pressure on Xabi Alonso
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Producer @grovejoel.bsky.social advises me to advise you that the new @footballweekly.bsky.social podcast has landed, with @maxrushden.bsky.social, @barryglendenning.bsky.social, Mark Langdon and myself, with added @sidlowe.bsky.social in the football paella. www.theguardian.com/football/aud...
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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For much much more on the profiteers behind Britain's catastrophic pandemic failure, check out 'VIP Lane' by @russellscott1.bsky.social
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December 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
For much much more on the profiteers behind Britain's catastrophic pandemic failure, check out 'VIP Lane' by @russellscott1.bsky.social
All books are currently 15% off with code: TISTHESEASON
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All books are currently 15% off with code: TISTHESEASON
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FIFA Peace Prize to Trump
Trump calling Infantino “my boy”
Infantino invited to The White House more times than any world leader
FIFA HQ in NY is in Trump Tower
Infantino calling Eric Trump his “dear friend”
Ivanka Trump on board of FIFA charity
What needs to change?
New Substack long read ⤵️
Trump calling Infantino “my boy”
Infantino invited to The White House more times than any world leader
FIFA HQ in NY is in Trump Tower
Infantino calling Eric Trump his “dear friend”
Ivanka Trump on board of FIFA charity
What needs to change?
New Substack long read ⤵️
As FIFA President Gianni Infantino strengthens his ties with the Trump family and other global autocrats, this question needs answering; Is now the time for FIFA Reform 2.0?
Our latest substack long read.
Read | Share | Comment
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Our latest substack long read.
Read | Share | Comment
open.substack.com/pub/thepitch...
Gianni Infantino - "The Emperor of Football"
As FIFA President Gianni Infantino strengthens his ties with the Trump family and other global autocrats, this question needs answering; Is now the time for FIFA Reform 2.0?
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
FIFA Peace Prize to Trump
Trump calling Infantino “my boy”
Infantino invited to The White House more times than any world leader
FIFA HQ in NY is in Trump Tower
Infantino calling Eric Trump his “dear friend”
Ivanka Trump on board of FIFA charity
What needs to change?
New Substack long read ⤵️
Trump calling Infantino “my boy”
Infantino invited to The White House more times than any world leader
FIFA HQ in NY is in Trump Tower
Infantino calling Eric Trump his “dear friend”
Ivanka Trump on board of FIFA charity
What needs to change?
New Substack long read ⤵️
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As Trump and Infantino work the red carpet, bragging about setting records for ticket prices.
(video below)
Lets break down what “record prices" really mean for football fans and host countries.
An important thread.
1/10
(video below)
Lets break down what “record prices" really mean for football fans and host countries.
An important thread.
1/10
December 7, 2025 at 2:09 AM
As Trump and Infantino work the red carpet, bragging about setting records for ticket prices.
(video below)
Lets break down what “record prices" really mean for football fans and host countries.
An important thread.
1/10
(video below)
Lets break down what “record prices" really mean for football fans and host countries.
An important thread.
1/10
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As FIFA President Gianni Infantino strengthens his ties with the Trump family and other global autocrats, this question needs answering; Is now the time for FIFA Reform 2.0?
Our latest substack long read.
Read | Share | Comment
open.substack.com/pub/thepitch...
Our latest substack long read.
Read | Share | Comment
open.substack.com/pub/thepitch...
Gianni Infantino - "The Emperor of Football"
As FIFA President Gianni Infantino strengthens his ties with the Trump family and other global autocrats, this question needs answering; Is now the time for FIFA Reform 2.0?
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
As FIFA President Gianni Infantino strengthens his ties with the Trump family and other global autocrats, this question needs answering; Is now the time for FIFA Reform 2.0?
Our latest substack long read.
Read | Share | Comment
open.substack.com/pub/thepitch...
Our latest substack long read.
Read | Share | Comment
open.substack.com/pub/thepitch...
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@hrw.org has documented the case of a man who was arrested at the final of the FIFA Club World Cup, which he had been attending with his young sons, and deported. www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...
US: ICE Arrest at FIFA Event Spotlights Dangers for World Cup
The arrest and return of an asylum seeker who took his children to the Club World Cup soccer tournament final on July 13, 2025, raises serious concerns about the safety of noncitizens attending the 20...
www.hrw.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
@hrw.org has documented the case of a man who was arrested at the final of the FIFA Club World Cup, which he had been attending with his young sons, and deported. www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...