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@thesportsfan

I like to write about sport occasionally; mainly #F1 🏎️ & #NUFC ⚽️ Checkout my FREE substack publications: 'The Overtake' #Formula1 - https://theovertake.substack.com 'View From The Gallowgate' #NewcastleUnited - https://ismith.substack.com

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I’m fuming with that refereeing performance. Absolutely shocking. Never a sending off (nor was it a foul on Ramsey, just momentum and genuine contact). And then the decisions leading up to their equaliser were terrible #NUFC

04.03.2026 21:13 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Would be an awful move. Genuinely be better keeping Tua around and that's saying something at this point.

03.03.2026 22:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just realised how big a game that was for you personally! Fun game to start the playoffs

11.01.2026 00:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The US has launched an unprovoked and illegal attack on Venezuela.

This is a brazen attempt to secure control over Venezuelan natural resources.

It is an act of war that puts the lives of millions of people at risk, and should be condemned by anyone who believes in sovereignty & international law.

03.01.2026 10:26 πŸ‘ 3684 πŸ” 1105 πŸ’¬ 122 πŸ“Œ 53
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BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.

30.12.2025 19:47 πŸ‘ 38990 πŸ” 12425 πŸ’¬ 1398 πŸ“Œ 1010

"Radical left" = Normal humans trying to restore order to America.

23.12.2025 07:43 πŸ‘ 134 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Well then, my original post wasn’t aimed at you.

22.12.2025 14:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m very happy that his career at Liverpool has not gone to plan.

But I also never wish to see any player get a serious injury.

22.12.2025 12:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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22.12.2025 12:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you’re a #NUFC fan celebrating Isak’s - likely significant - injury, then have a word with yourself. It’s absolutely toxic stuff in my opinion.

21.12.2025 21:38 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

We’ve been garbage away from home - what a surprise. Gonna need a better 2nd half if we want to avoid defeat. They’ll grow in confidence if we allow them. #Nufc

14.12.2025 14:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There’s more than a whiff of misogyny about it all.

02.12.2025 23:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with

01.12.2025 12:39 πŸ‘ 2231 πŸ” 525 πŸ’¬ 80 πŸ“Œ 45
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Chris Mason: Why, in my judgement, Reeves was misleading on one specific point The Chancellor chose not to share some information on tax receipts in an unusual press conference, given before the Budget.

All of us: Why, in our judgement, Chris Mason is misleading on most political points, all the time.

Because he’s incapable of political commentary that isn’t marinated in his own rightwing bias. Allegations for Labour. Free passes for Tories/Reform. Every Single Time.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

01.12.2025 19:22 πŸ‘ 878 πŸ” 268 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 6

It’s been so infuriating to watch. If Max takes it then he’ll absolutely deserve it, however McLaren should have had this wrapped up a few races ago. It’s been an absurd implosion

30.11.2025 20:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Definitely. I also think it’s clear that Piastri has a β€˜I’m not a 2nd driver’ in his contract

30.11.2025 16:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They could have had it wrapped up weeks ago, but they’ve lost so many points because of this. Fair enough at the start of the season let them race. But at some point, as a team they have to back one of them.

30.11.2025 16:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s like McLaren don’t want to win the title. Just hand it to Max now. Ridiculous strategy. #F1

30.11.2025 16:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

So predictable. πŸ™„

30.11.2025 16:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There’s still hope 🀣

30.11.2025 12:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Huge race in #F1 today. My prediction is Lando will get a poor start and Max will be at least P2 by the end of lap 1. Norris struggles with starts, especially when it’s against Verstappen.

30.11.2025 11:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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BOOM! Now over 90,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 and get this done!

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

28.11.2025 23:04 πŸ‘ 420 πŸ” 248 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 8

This season feels wide open. None of the expected favourites look likely at this point - the playoffs could be absolutely brilliant.

28.11.2025 23:18 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

4 underdogs winning. 4 of the biggest preseason Super Bowl favorites in various states of deep trouble.

if the season doesn't start until Thanksgiving, it's been a miserable season for the Eagles, Lions, Chiefs and Ravens

28.11.2025 22:38 πŸ‘ 198 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 2
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I implore someone, anyone, in the media…

Do your job

And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:

…what were the motivations behind this?

24.11.2025 15:39 πŸ‘ 2041 πŸ” 849 πŸ’¬ 97 πŸ“Œ 31
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This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and β€˜English Patriots’.

It’s Russian.

24.11.2025 09:29 πŸ‘ 5877 πŸ” 2335 πŸ’¬ 185 πŸ“Œ 124

β€žQuiet, Piggy!β€œ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
Itβ€˜s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.

23.11.2025 18:09 πŸ‘ 27365 πŸ” 6402 πŸ’¬ 1107 πŸ“Œ 331
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.

Here’s an β€œinfluencer from Texas”

21.11.2025 18:36 πŸ‘ 32455 πŸ” 9297 πŸ’¬ 1264 πŸ“Œ 938

Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only β€˜defence’ becomes: β€œYes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.

22.11.2025 11:04 πŸ‘ 5605 πŸ” 1718 πŸ’¬ 213 πŸ“Œ 57
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spot on

14.11.2025 13:42 πŸ‘ 836 πŸ” 235 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 4