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substack.comReturning to Het Kasteel37 years later, a frenetic second game at Sparta Rotterdam’s venerable home.

substack.comGhost of Tom Joad (@ghostoftomjoad)Football pin of the day. Amsterdamsche FC a top amateur club in the Netherlands as I recently discovered on my trip there.

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Graham Simpson

@grahambs.bsky.social

I would like my free movement back, which was taken away by Brexit. To be able to live, work, retire freely again on the vast county we all share.

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Rugby League Zone

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The Zone: Rugby League World Cup 2026 Round 2 Review: Samoa Sends Warning, England Stays Alive and Fiji Pushes Australia https://rugbyleaguezone.com/?p=439581

rugbyleaguezone.comRugby League World Cup 2026 Round 2 Review: Samoa Sends Warning, England Stays Alive and Fiji Pushes Australia - Rugby League ZoneRound 2 of the 2026 Rugby League World Cup brought more blowouts, but also provided greater clarity around the race for the semi-finals. Samoa continued

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BBC2 is showing AC Milan vs Inter Milan live next Saturday night. It’s the first time the Milan derby has been shown live on free to air terrestrial U.K. tv for more than 25 years. Last time was January 2001 on Channel 4.

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substack.comGhost of Tom Joad (@ghostoftomjoad)London Lions Vs Bristol Flyers. An excellent effort by the visitors against the dominant hosts. Narrow win for London.

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ghostoftomjoad.substack.comBeyond Rotterdam: An Afternoon at BVV BarendrechtA journey to Rotterdam’s suburban fringe reveals community spirit, distinctive football culture and the appeal of the Dutch amateur game.

The Netherlands (non football pictures).

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Paul Brislen

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Sixty years, tomorrow. They gave the man in charge a knighthood. They made the local community pay for the remembrance garden. No-one held to account. I always think of the dinner lady, Nansi, who shielded five kids with her body and died in the process but they all lived. #Aberfan

substack.comGhost of Tom Joad (@ghostoftomjoad)Football pin of the day. UD Almeria.

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Prem Sikka

@premnsikka.bsky.social

King Charles does not pay income tax, capital gains tax, inheritance tax Duchy of Lancaster trades, doesn't pay corporation tax, capital gains tax. Its competitors do. The King voluntarily paid £30m since Accession. No way of knowing what it could/should be. Would you like to pay tax voluntarily?

leftfootforward.orgRoyal financial privileges show that we are not in it togetherThis week, after perfunctory scrutiny, the UK parliament approved a core Sovereign Grant of £99.9m (from 2027/28) for the King, a 93% increase from the £51.8m for 2024/25 and 65% higher in real terms ...

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ghostoftomjoad.substack.comDragons in the RainA Friday-night journey to ’s-Hertogenbosch for a great derby atmosphere.

Parma Vs Torino a good game on BBC.

substack.comGhost of Tom Joad (@ghostoftomjoad)Sparta Rotterdam 3-2 Willem Ii Tilberg Good game and excellent atmosphere.

Watching the Toffees before BVV Barendrecht Vs AMS.

bbc.comMen's Rugby League World Cup: England stunned by Tonga in openerEngland 's men fall to defeat in their Rugby League World Cup opener as Tonga take their chances in Perth.

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Den Bosch 2-1 OSS Good game and great atmosphere.

TOP Oss

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Anti-Reform

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It turns out that man-of-the-people Nigel Farage is as racist and foul-mouthed as his most violent & far right supporters Read More: trib.al/4BHgc6S

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Jim Keoghan

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On This Day 1894 - The First Merseyside Derby Everton triumphant, Liverpool on the path to relegation, and silk hats for the winners! Read More Here - tinyurl.com/4r4t6xfd

Morning in Rotterdam

Kangaroos Vs the Kiwis. Can't wait. At last some top class international RL. 🏉

It was a tremendous game. You won't see a better Rugby game anywhere else this year.

Plane cancelled. Bloody easyJet 🙄

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bbc.co.ukPapua New Guinea: How the Kumuls, and now Orchids, inspire hope for a nationWorld Cup co-hosts Papua New Guinea's love of rugby league manifests itself in the Kumuls and the Orchids national teams, two badges of hope and unity for the island.

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Odd This Day

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There’s really only one way to mark the 99th anniversary of Roger Moore’s birth

substack.comGhost of Tom Joad (@ghostoftomjoad)Football pin of the day. Wimbledon used to (maybe still do) produce commemorative pins for home matches. I'm pleased to say this finished 1-0 to the away side.

substack.comGhost of Tom Joad (@ghostoftomjoad)Football grounds I love. The ramshackle Oxford road in Sidcup. Now used for Kent County League football.

substack.comGhost of Tom Joad (@ghostoftomjoad)Football pin of the day. Bayern Munich. The Bavarian juggernaut.

substack.comGhost of Tom Joad (@ghostoftomjoad)Football pin of the day. Tonbridge Angels. Nice town and surely a unique badge and name.

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ghostoftomjoad.substack.comWolfpacks demise a lesson from history.Will the Rugby League finally commit to expansion?

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James O’Brien

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Trump’s obeisance to Putin has been established beyond even the vaguest scintilla of doubt; the possibility of another January 6-style assault on US democracy after/during the mid-terms is clearly acute and ‘we’ are still wary of calling fascism fascism. These are the moments…

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Tony Jones

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They will never give us a decision like that because it's us, plucky little Everton. Stay in your lane. Cunts the lot of em. Tbf we should have won that game regardless 🤷

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Why is this offside? The tedious & imbecilic bullshit of the Premier League is back! #Everton on the blunt receiving end as ALWAYS! 🥱 #IfTheresDoubtRuleItOut #CorruptPL

The worst three words in Britain? Replacement bus service 😒

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Anti-Reform

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Don't forget Farage nostalgia for the Thatcher era when every policy was designed to make rich people millionaires and leave poor people in low wage slums meme via James Branch

bbc.co.ukFort Hood attacker's execution by firing squad will be livestreamed, Pentagon saysPete Hegseth says the execution will be public, but a legal expert says the "unprecedented" decision is on "uncertain legal terrain".

North Korea? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.ukCarlsberg plans to shut Marston's Brewery in BurtonBurton-upon-Trent's links with beer and brewing date back centuries.

An absolute disgrace. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Cracking

substack.comGhost of Tom Joad (@ghostoftomjoad)If this means London Broncos are not in Super league next season that's insane. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/articles/cxdd86mgpq68o

substack.comGhost of Tom Joad (@ghostoftomjoad)Football pin of the day. Dynamo Moscow. The original home of Lev Yashin and still appropriately in today's Russia the secret police.

substack.comGhost of Tom Joad (@ghostoftomjoad)A football ground I love. The odd but endearing Juliska home of Dukla Prague.

substack.comGhost of Tom Joad (@ghostoftomjoad)Football pin of the day. Farnborough town. I've seen a few games here and have scored on the pitch in a supporters tournament!

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Tim Jones

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UTFT!!!!! #EVERTON #EFC

Scotland's defending is absolutely pathetic. Slovenia deservedly ahead. Sunday league style stuff. There has to be a better central defender and goalkeeper than those currently playing?