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It’s time to look back on the highs and lows of 2025! ⏪

Our highlight was seeing footballers stand up for the climate by demanding an end to oil sponsorship! 💪

We hope there's much more positive player advocacy to come ✊
Unacceptable FIFA deal is final straw - they must stop advertising fossil fuels
A group of footballers, led by David Wheeler, have come together to demand meaningful action from FIFA on the climate crisis ahead of the Club World Cup in the United States
www.mirror.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
It's amazing how this exceptional specimen of a human being keeps racking up prizes!!
FIFA President Gianni Infantino Wins Inaugural "Football Climate Impact Prize"​ 🏆

As he prepares to hand out FIFA's Peace Prize, Infantino's extraordinary impact on our climate has been recognised with this special new award 😅🧵
December 5, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Saudi Arabia’s fossil fuel foreign policy: buy football soft power, block the climate action needed to protect football fans and players from the biggest threat humanity faces.
Fifa partners with Saudi Arabia and pledges $1bn to fund football infrastructure
Under the new deal, discounted loans will go towards the construction of stadiums with priority given to developing nations
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Many are saying Troy Parrott is the Owen O'Malley of international football.
Troy Parrott. Echos of Robbie Keane's goal against Germany in 2002. What a moment. #COYBIG 🇮🇪
November 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Today we carry on our tradition of being united and loud. Forever in defiance of corruption, violence, and hate. Forever hopeful. See you in the streets. #NoKings #UTFG
October 18, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Shouldn't need to be a thing, even: "anti-fascist"
Football against fascism, always and forever.
September 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Apologies to everyone who gets the ick from football fan groups posting text app screengrabs on social media, but following the events of today's game against @claptoncfc.co.uk, it felt important to say something

#dhfc
May 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
💚💚💚
The 2025 season by the numbers ⭐

This one will need little explanation. Moussa Ndiaye led the team in starts (18) and minutes played (1,680). The stoic & immovable captain of the Green missed just one match in 2025, otherwise starting every USL League Two match without ever being substituted.
September 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Set in stone
That's settled then!

#fcsp
Moin! Derbyspieltag!

Predicting a win today. St. Ellingen won’t stand a chance. Usual reminder that all my predictions are, of course, strictly impartial. #meow

#hsvFCSP #StPauli #Derbysieg
August 29, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Awww, Lovely Worm... Why do you continue to take the fun out of everything! 🙎
August 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
No one wants antisocial marketing on the football shirt they buy their kids at Christmas 😬👇

❌ Not tobacco
❌ Not betting
❌ Not fossil fuels

Harmful sponsors must have no place in our game 📢 ⚽️
Premier League rule change sparks fears clubs could exploit gambling loophole
Premier League clubs will have to get rid of their front-of-shirt gambling sponsors by next summer, but there are worries they could circumvent the ban they voted for
www.mirror.co.uk
August 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Full-time. Two late goals earn the #BoysInBrown a well deserved point against Dortmund at the Millerntor.

#fcsp | #fcspbvb 3-3
August 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Wonderful sentiment - very important, too
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Completely out of touch with reality, these people
August 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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🔴Two back to back news items, that offer an important warning for FIFA and 2030 World Cup organisers 👇

🔴 It's time to take this threat seriously. It's time to kick out the big polluters fuelling the fire 🌡️
August 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Tonight the bhoys defeated Standard de Liège : 3 - 0 !

Brrrrrrrrrrrrruuuuuuuuuuuuuu........
Sérénité et efficacité, l’Union Saint-Gilloise inflige sa première défaite de la saison à un Standard de Liège confus - RTBF Actus
Dès l’entame de match, les locaux prennent le jeu à leur compte. Les hommes de Sebastien Pocognoli sont inspirés en...
www.rtbf.be
August 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
😲
Nikola #Vasilj saves Norderstedt's fifth and final penalty from Jonas Behounek! We're through to the second round. Phew!

#fcsp | #fcenfcsp 2-3
August 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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3 FROM 3 💥

We're back at Champion Hill next Saturday as we host Canvey Island. Get your tickets ⬇️

app.fanbaseclub.com/Fan/Tickets/...
August 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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USL League Two announced today that Moussa Ndiaye and Zach Zengue have been named to the 2025 Eastern Conference Team of the Year.

Ndiaye was also named Player of the Conference.
Ndiaye, Zengue Named to Eastern Conference Team of the Year - Vermont Green Football Club
Moussa Ndiaye and Zach Zengue have been named to the 2025 Eastern Conference Team of the Year. Ndiaye was also named Player of the Conference.
vermontgreenfc.com
August 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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🔴 FIFA and UEFA need to get serious about heat dangers. It can't just be left to players 👇
🔴 Dangerous heat will impact the next two Men's World Cups in North America, Spain, Morocco 🌡️
🔴 Future proofing football means serious climate policy. Ending fossil fuel sponsorship is a common sense start 📣
FIFPRO, SJPF and Portuguese Football Federation conduct scientific study to better understand how extreme heat affects players - FIFPRO World Players' Union
The study, which was conducted on 12 out-of-contract footballers taking part in the union’s training camp in Odivelas, Portugal, analysed the effects intense heat has on the players’ core temperature ...
www.fifpro.org
August 15, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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"...the club’s core identity is inextricable from its founding commitment to social issues. Political advocacy is not just a silver lining, Jenack said — it’s part of why people show up in the first place."

vtdigger.org/2025/08/10/f...
For Vermont Green FC, soccer and social advocacy go hand in hand - VTDigger
Political officials, environmental advocates and organizers speak at halftime breaks, and a recent fan-organized fundraiser collected over $25,000 for assistance to immigrant communities.
vtdigger.org
August 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM