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Netflix insists that Fallon Sherrock and other faces from the PDC circuit were made to queue up and audition alongside thousands of hopefuls before being selected for Beat Luke Littler. Show faced backlash after it was billed as a chance for pub players to him on. @cityam.bsky.social

Harry Kane could've been a goalkeeper... 🧤🧤🧤 www.theguardian.com/football/202...

AFC Wimbledon fans are used to historic moments. Now they face a vote to decide whether to accept external investment in a move that many predict is the beginning of the end of fan ownership. But do they really have any choice? Read via @telegraph.co.uk www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...

AFC Wimbledon fans are used to historic moments. Now they face a vote to decide whether to accept external investment in a move that many predict is the beginning of the end of fan ownership. But do they really have any choice? Read via @telegraph.co.uk www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...

Newcastle MPs have been urged to stop accepting hospitality and gifts from the club amid concerns it has softened their criticism of the Saudi owners. Dame Chi Onwurah's vociferous criticism has waned since taking almost £5,000 in freebies. Full details in my @cityam.bsky.social column

Newcastle MPs have been urged to stop accepting hospitality and gifts from the club amid concerns it has softened their criticism of the Saudi owners. Dame Chi Onwurah's vociferous criticism has waned since taking almost £5,000 in freebies. Full details in my @cityam.bsky.social column

Everton’s uncertainty off the field is starting to seep into what had been certainty on it. Six-game unbeaten start ends eight days after the owners announced the club was for sale. For @theobserveruk.bsky.social from Hill Dickinson Stadium

The FA spent 25% more on Wembley hospitality and freebies for FA Council members last season. While fans protest against rising ticket prices and football becomes increasingly unaffordable, the FA upgraded its hospitality for VIPs. Full story @sport.theguardian.com

The FA spent 25% more on Wembley hospitality and freebies for FA Council members last season. While fans protest against rising ticket prices and football becomes increasingly unaffordable, the FA upgraded its hospitality for VIPs. Full story @sport.theguardian.com

They say it never rains but it pours: struggling Tottenham's latest problem is Drip, the canned-water company owned by celebrity chef Big Zuu, whose liquidation has left the club high and dry. Full details of why Spurs will not get a drop of the money in this week's @cityam.bsky.social column 👇

So many puns to be made from this, so little time.

They say it never rains but it pours: struggling Tottenham's latest problem is Drip, the canned-water company owned by celebrity chef Big Zuu, whose liquidation has left the club high and dry. Full details of why Spurs will not get a drop of the money in this week's @cityam.bsky.social column 👇

What we've learned from Sunday's Premier League matches 🔙 Returning Doku gives Man City attack fresh impetus 🧤 Benitez's BIG save can be turning point for Palace 🦸‍♂️ Hull's promoted heroes inspire impressive start ➕️ More

Robbie Savage: panto villain, prankster, eccentric... good manager? Piece for @sport.theguardian.com from his first lesgue game as Peterborough manager against his old club Leicester. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Robbie Savage: panto villain, prankster, eccentric... good manager? Piece for @sport.theguardian.com from his first lesgue game as Peterborough manager against his old club Leicester. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

🚨 Manchester United have made JJ Gabriel an official scholarship contract offer, but remain at risk of losing the teenage forward for as little as £350,000. Full details @sport.theguardian.com

🚨 Manchester United have made JJ Gabriel an official scholarship contract offer, but remain at risk of losing the teenage forward for as little as £350,000. Full details @sport.theguardian.com

Nottingham Forest face a backlash from local residents who could be left out of pocket by the club’s £790m expansion of the City Ground. Full details in my @cityam.bsky.social column

Nottingham Forest face a backlash from local residents who could be left out of pocket by the club’s £790m expansion of the City Ground. Full details in my @cityam.bsky.social column

Bradford City were flying top of League One. Then their manager left for Preston - an entire league but only two places above them in the pyramid. Can they continue their rise without Graham Alexander? For @sport.theguardian.com

In another world, Raheem Sterling would be in this England team playing for the manager who made him the No 1 target of the new Chelsea era after the Todd Boehly-Clearlake Capital takeover. Special report @sport.theguardian.com: What happened to Raheem Sterling?

Bradford City were flying top of League One. Then their manager left for Preston - an entire league but only two places above them in the pyramid. Can they continue their rise without Graham Alexander? For @sport.theguardian.com

In another world, Raheem Sterling would be in this England team playing for the manager who made him the No 1 target of the new Chelsea era after the Todd Boehly-Clearlake Capital takeover. Special report @sport.theguardian.com: What happened to Raheem Sterling?

Ivan Toney pleads not guilty to assault after being accused of head-butting and punching a member of the public at a Soho nightclub. Toney and Saber Da Silva squared up to each other before the attack. Report from Westminster magistrates court for @sport.theguardian.com

Manchester City are set to owe the Premier League tens of millions of pounds in compensation for legal costs after being found guilty of virtually all charges brought against them. Full story @sport.theguardian.com

Manchester City are set to owe the Premier League tens of millions of pounds in compensation for legal costs after being found guilty of virtually all charges brought against them. Full story @sport.theguardian.com

Hull took a loan from a billionaire whose previous hedge fund was fined $1.8bn for fraud and insider trading shortly before mandatory Independent Football Regulator scrutiny of such deals kicked in. Full details in my @cityam.bsky.social column 👇

Erling Haaland’s brand power shifted into a new stratosphere at the World Cup – and the proof is in Norway’s carrot sales... There was a 25.4 rise in carrot sales in Norway in what was described as the “Haaland-effekt”. Read why in my @cityam.bsky.social column

Oxygen in a can, cryoptherapy therapy chambers and k-tape... how football is being duped by pseudoscience. An interview @sport.theguardian.com with former Coventry performance director Claire-Marie Roberts (now McClaren's director of human performance).

Erling Haaland’s brand power shifted into a new stratosphere at the World Cup – and the proof is in Norway’s carrot sales... There was a 25.4 rise in carrot sales in Norway in what was described as the “Haaland-effekt”. Read why in my @cityam.bsky.social column

Oxygen in a can, cryoptherapy therapy chambers and k-tape... how football is being duped by pseudoscience. An interview @sport.theguardian.com with former Coventry performance director Claire-Marie Roberts (now McClaren's director of human performance).

Football v pseudoscience: 'It’s the science-practice gap, which is widening in my experience,' Dr Claire-Marie Roberts tells @samcunningham.bsky.social. 'I think it’s getting much worse. There’s so much sparkly marketing behind all these things. It’s bordering on exploitation'

Premier Leageue Saturday Wrap: Brighton stun Arsenal, Coventry and Villa get first wins. All the day's action 👇 www.premierleague.com/en/news/4721...

Roberto De Zerbi insists Sandro Tonali is not feeling the pressure of his price tag despite a mixed start to life at Tottenham. “It is not so easy to change city, to change everything, for the players. Sometimes the adaptation is immediate, sometimes you need more time.”

Roberto De Zerbi insists Sandro Tonali is not feeling the pressure of his price tag despite a mixed start to life at Tottenham. “It is not so easy to change city, to change everything, for the players. Sometimes the adaptation is immediate, sometimes you need more time.”

🚨 Manchester United’s new stadium may not open until 2035, according to official planning documentation. Full details in my @cityam.bsky.social column

🚨 Manchester United’s new stadium may not open until 2035, according to official planning documentation. Full details in my @cityam.bsky.social column

Dispatch from an extraordinary afternoon at Raheem Sterling's magistrates' court hearing for @sport.theguardian.com. He pleaded guilty to dangerous driving after driving his Lamborghini for over an hour on motorways during rush hour while inhaling nitrous oxide.

Went down to Southampton for @sport.theguardian.com and found a club still haunted by the spygate scandal and trying to move on while the case against Tonda Eckert drags on. Eckert: "Life isn’t always easy, if you have big goals then you need to find a way." www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Went down to Southampton for @sport.theguardian.com and found a club still haunted by the spygate scandal and trying to move on while the case against Tonda Eckert drags on. Eckert: "Life isn’t always easy, if you have big goals then you need to find a way." www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Female fans reluctantly searched by male stewards at Bournemouth's Vitality Stadium due to lack of female staff. Complaint lodged with Kick It Out. No allegations of misconduct but concerns raised about processes. Full details in my @cityam.bsky.social column

Female fans reluctantly searched by male stewards at Bournemouth's Vitality Stadium due to lack of female staff. Complaint lodged with Kick It Out. No allegations of misconduct but concerns raised about processes. Full details in my @cityam.bsky.social column

Premier League Saturday Wrap 🧤Donnarumma heroics save City 🪽Wing-backs give Sage first win 🚫Hull yet to concede 🔁Jaissle's subs make impact in all three games 😮Spurs three games without a goal 🙌Leeds lost only 1 in 12 👏Sunderland's comeback record www.premierleague.com/en/news/4706...

Sunday Wrap 😮 Maresca springs a series of surprises in his first starting line-up 🎭 Newcastle/Liverpool draw in a fittingly drama-filled match on a day of tributes to Kevin Keegan ⚡️Jack Hinshelwood scores two in 79 seconds as Brighton stun Villa

Sunday Wrap 😮 Maresca springs a series of surprises in his first starting line-up 🎭 Newcastle/Liverpool draw in a fittingly drama-filled match on a day of tributes to Kevin Keegan ⚡️Jack Hinshelwood scores two in 79 seconds as Brighton stun Villa

It's a brutal league. Seems a spend of several hundred mill is a minimum these days

Ipswich spent like Sunderland then beat last season's newly-promoted success story on the opening day. Can their £150m+ spend keep them up this time? From Portman Road for @sport.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Chelsea announce Joao Pedro has signed a new contract until 2034 ✅️

Roberto De Zerbi doesn't understand why everyone wanted Spurs to be relegated so badly last season. “I don’t know why the people don’t love if Tottenham becomes better. It’s one motivation more for us. Last season, all other clubs wanted to kill us." @sport.theguardian.com