The English Football Thread

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4 clean sheets in a row as well. 

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Elon Musk’s father has claimed his billionaire son is interested in buying Liverpool.

Errol Musk said his son, the world’s richest man who is embroiled in an extraordinary feud with Sir Keir Starmer’s Government, was eager to add the Premier League leaders to his business empire.

Telegraph

Good match - the most cuntish club owned by a massive cunt

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Isak putting on a CF clinic.

[Pizy 18,453]

Newcastle and oursleves have completely swapped fortunes. We were flying and looking fantastic whilst they were poor. Now they’re on fire and we look poor.

They're a huge threat to our top 4 chances in the league when it looked just a couple weeks ago like we didn’t have to be concerned about them at all.

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5 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Newcastle and oursleves have completely swapped fortunes. We were flying and looking fantastic whilst they were poor. Now they’re on fire and we look poor.

They're a huge threat to our top 4 chances in the league when it looked just a couple weeks ago like we didn’t have to be concerned about them at all.

if top5 is enough for ucl, I think we will be fine

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Barcodes like Forest play more as team

 

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English Ref Ken Aston bit of a legend. Came up with idea of Yellow and Red cards - well actually his wife made the first cards !

Bobby Charlton didnt know if he'd been booked in a game and Ken Aston while driving through Chelsea stopped at traffic lights then came up with the idea of Red and Yellow cards from the traffic lights, it had to transcend all languages. Been used ever since.

He also made linesmans flags uniform colours (they used to be in the colours of the home team} and if that wasnt enough came up with the idea of sub refs which became the 'fourth official'

 

Probably the most violent match ever -Chile v Italy reffed by Ken Aston. One player sent off actually sneaked back on. Known as Battle of Santiago.

 

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9 hours ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Barcodes like Forest play more as team

 

 

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Elon Musk buying Liverpool would be a disaster – we won't be part of his game of Monopoly'

Elon Musk is interested in buying Liverpool but The Anfield Wrap's Josh Sexton says "winning transfer windows" isn't worth what Liverpool would risk with the tech nerd billionaire as owner

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Carabao Cup Tottenham Hotspur vs Liverpool

https://www.vipleague.pm/carabao-cup/tottenham-hotspur-vs-liverpool-1-live-streaming

https://www.vipleague.pm/carabao-cup/tottenham-hotspur-vs-liverpool-2-live-streaming

 

• Tоttеnhаm – Lіvеrрооl
  England. League Cup / 8 January at 21:00

https://redditsoccerstreams.org/event/tottenham-hotspur-liverpool/1502241

Edited 16 hours ago by Vesper

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West Ham agree deal to appoint Graham Potter as new head coach

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5968828/2025/01/08/graham-potter-west-ham-next-manager/

West Ham United have agreed a deal to appoint Graham Potter as their new head coach on a two-and-a-half-year contract.

The Athletic reported on Wednesday that West Ham were progressing in their talks with Potter, with the club later confirming the departure of  Julen Lopetegui after six months in charge.

Potter is set to take charge of West Ham for the first time on Friday as his side travel to Aston Villa in the FA Cup third round.

The 49-year-old has been out of work since being sacked by Chelsea in April 2023 and will return to Premier League management after a 21-month break.

Lopetegui won just seven of his 21 games at the helm since being appointed in the summer with Saturday’s 4-1 defeat at Manchester City their 10th of the campaign.

Potter was not the only candidate who had been under consideration but was the club’s preferred option in the event of a change of management taking place.

West Ham are 14th in the Premier League after winning just six of their opening 20 league matches.

The Athletic reported in December that West Ham’s board were discussing Lopetegui’s future, with the 58-year-old fighting to save his job as the club considered all options.

That came following a 5-2 home defeat against Arsenal and a 3-1 away loss against newly-promoted Leicester City.

Since then, West Ham have beaten Wolverhampton Wanderers and Southampton, drawn against Bournemouth and Brighton & Hove Albion and suffered a 5-0 home loss against Liverpool and 4-1 loss at Manchester City on Saturday.

Lopetegui was appointed to replace David Moyes in May and signed a two-year deal with the option of a further 12 months. A busy summer followed at West Ham, with Max Kilman, Crysencio Summerville and Niclas Fullkrug among nine signings made under technical director Tim Steidten.

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West Ham end 2024 with their calling card - conceding a heap of goals

Potter has been linked to several jobs over the last year and declined the chance to take over at Dutch side Ajax last May, after previously turning down a similar approach from French club Lyon. He was also under consideration for the Leicester City vacancy in June and was a candidate for the England men’s job after Gareth Southgate stepped down a month later.

Potter appeared on Amazon Prime’s coverage of West Ham’s defeat at Leicester City in December and said he was “open to everything” when asked about his future.

Potter was appointed at Chelsea in September 2022, leaving his position as Brighton & Hove Albion head coach to replace Thomas Tuchel. Despite signing a five-year contract at Stamford Bridge, Potter was sacked after fewer than seven months in charge after winning just 12 of his 31 matches at the helm.

Potter spent seven and a half seasons in charge of Ostersund — whom he guided from the Swedish fourth division to the knockout stages of the Europa League in 2018 — before taking over Swansea City for the 2018-19 Championship season.

He then spent three seasons at Brighton before his tenure at Chelsea, guiding them to 15th-, 16th- and ninth-place finishes while garnering praise for an expansive and entertaining brand of football.

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What now, Graham Potter?

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how the fuck did spuds not score there

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12 hours ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Barcodes like Forest play more as team

 

If they merged this could be their crest

 

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1 nil

Solanke

pending VAR

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LiVARpool

goal chalked off

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1 nil

Bergvall

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absolute beast CF play by Solanke

what an assist

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1 nil FT