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As a kid I'd sit there and watch VHS tapes of our history or 'Six of the best' for hours and hours on a loop. I even managed to get hold of a C90 audio tape of an interview with Shanks just after he r

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And why is that bad? It's not just about Barcelona, Madrid and Munich.   The teams you quote actually won their leagues rather than finishing 4th. Yet they still have to jump through a load of hoops

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Barcelona to wear shirts with Drake’s OVO logo on against Real Madrid as part of Spotify deal

 

Barcelona will wear shirts bearing hip hop artist Drake’s OVO logo during Sunday’s El Clasico against Real Madrid, as part of their sponsorship deal with Spotify.

 

Barcelona’s kits this season usually contain the Spotify logo, with the Catalan club and streaming giant entering a four-year shirt sponsorship deal at the beginning of this season.

 

But Drake’s distinctive owl silhouette logo, used on his clothing range and record label, has been chosen to replace the Spotify emblem to celebrate the Canadian singer’s 50 billion streams on the streaming service — a feat no other artist has achieved.

 

Barcelona will also wear brand new warm-up shirts at the Santiago Bernabeu, with ‘DRAKE 50’ on the back and the Spotify logo on the front.

 

Drake, the 35-year-old four-time Grammy winner, has previously been pictured wearing several teams’ kits, including Barcelona, Juventus, Manchester City and Manchester United.

 

Juli Guiu, Barcelona’s vice president for marketing, said: “Our alliance with Spotify goes beyond a mere commercial relationship.

 

“As we have stated on numerous occasions, it is a strategic relationship through which we seek to bring together two worlds that can arouse emotion, namely music and football. This initiative is another example of this desire and the innovative spirit of our collaboration.”

 

Mark Hazan, Spotify’s vice president of partnerships, views their collaboration with Barcelona as “a celebration of fans, players and artist’s on a global stage”.

 

Barcelona travel to Real as La Liga leaders, ahead of their rivals on goal difference. Though they lead the league, their recent form has been somewhat indifferent and includes a 1-0 loss and 3-3 draw against Inter Milan in the Champions League.

 

Real, meanwhile, needed a last-minute Antonio Rudiger header to draw 1-1 with Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday.

 

Real will be out for redemption on Sunday, having suffered a 4-0 defeat by Barcelona in this fixture in March. That said, Carlo Ancelotti’s side have often been too good for Barcelona in recent years, winning four of the past five meetings.

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More of a 'little things that bug me about football', but the UK media constantly reporting Haaland's transfer as £51m and Darwin as Liverpool's record transfer at £85m. The Darwin fee was £64m plus £21m in add-ons. If we end up paying those add-ons, it would mean that he and us have hit various targets such as number of games, number of goals, and trophies won. Until then, the Darwin deal is still less than what we paid for Virg. There is barely a mention of the additional costs for Haaland which take them way above what we've paid for Darwin.

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17 minutes ago, Trumo said:

More of a 'little things that bug me about football', but the UK media constantly reporting Haaland's transfer as £51m and Darwin as Liverpool's record transfer at £85m. The Darwin fee was £64m plus £21m in add-ons. If we end up paying those add-ons, it would mean that he and us have hit various targets such as number of games, number of goals, and trophies won. Until then, the Darwin deal is still less than what we paid for Virg. There is barely a mention of the additional costs for Haaland which take them way above what we've paid for Darwin.

It was mentioned in the media for ONE day that Haaland was earning £850k a week.... and then like magic the story disappeared, never to be mentioned again.....

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10 hours ago, Trumo said:

More of a 'little things that bug me about football', but the UK media constantly reporting Haaland's transfer as £51m and Darwin as Liverpool's record transfer at £85m. The Darwin fee was £64m plus £21m in add-ons. If we end up paying those add-ons, it would mean that he and us have hit various targets such as number of games, number of goals, and trophies won. Until then, the Darwin deal is still less than what we paid for Virg. There is barely a mention of the additional costs for Haaland which take them way above what we've paid for Darwin.

Reading comments under an article about Klopp's presser...the number of people who just plain accept that Liverpool spent more money on Nunez than City did on Haaland is frightening. 

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1 hour ago, A_S said:

Reading comments under an article about Klopp's presser...the number of people who just plain accept that Liverpool spent more money on Nunez than City did on Haaland is frightening. 

I havent seen an article yet where Nunez is described as costing £64m. It's almost as if, wait for it, the sports writers have an agenda. Maybe to try and prove Liverpool's spending is really little different to city's!

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1 hour ago, dockers_strike said:

I havent seen an article yet where Nunez is described as costing £64m. It's almost as if, wait for it, the sports writers have an agenda. Maybe to try and prove Liverpool's spending is really little different to city's!

Or there sport washing is working to a tee the amount of people being meh to it is a joke they need to wake up

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Might be an interesting watch and really highlight the difference today and what it was like back in the mid late 60's? Programme is primarily a backdrop to the 66 World Cup Final with Qatar on the horizon.

 

Geoff Hurst ended up on the dole probably like many ex pros did when their careers ended.

 

Hurst: The First and Only will air on Sky Documentaries on November 13 at 7pm and will be available on streaming service NOW.

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"Only four other players have reached 600 appearances"

 

No, 17 other players have reached it. That's not an unwieldly figure, still obviously a great achievement. Why the fuck are they all being ignored? Why not use a list that puts the modern players alongside some real legends?

 

Peter Shilton  
John Hollins    
Ray Clemence    
Pat Jennings   
Martin Peters  
Ryan Giggs  
Mick Mills 
Gareth Barry 
Stanley Matthews   
Alan Ball   
Steve Perryman   
Gary Speed
Ian Callaghan  
Frank Lampard  
Frank McLintock  
David Seaman  
Bobby Charlton  

 

and...


James Milner 

 

GREAT list of players.

 

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On 13/11/2022 at 12:39, Pidge said:

"Only four other players have reached 600 appearances"

 

No, 17 other players have reached it. That's not an unwieldly figure, still obviously a great achievement. Why the fuck are they all being ignored? Why not use a list that puts the modern players alongside some real legends?

 

Peter Shilton  
John Hollins    
Ray Clemence    
Pat Jennings   
Martin Peters  
Ryan Giggs  
Mick Mills 
Gareth Barry 
Stanley Matthews   
Alan Ball   
Steve Perryman   
Gary Speed
Ian Callaghan  
Frank Lampard  
Frank McLintock  
David Seaman  
Bobby Charlton  

 

and...


James Milner 

 

GREAT list of players.

 

Clemence

Perryman McLintock Mills

Ball Callaghan Lampard Peters

Matthews Charlton Giggs

 

Subs: Jennings Seaman Hollins Barry Speed Milner 

 

 

Shilton

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