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Joined October 2013
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Another shit show today from @AvantiWestCoast and @networkrail today 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️😡 #horrorshow
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Spending money on land for a new ground, that the majority of people don't want, rather than investment in a team that needs it. Clubs run by fools
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They say a fish rots from the head down which, if you think about it, is a wonderful analogy for where the once great football club called Manchester United currently finds itself 😡🇾🇪#GlazersOut #RatcliffeOut
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Spot on 👏👏
Replying to @henrywinter
As a Forest fan, I have zero love for United. My two penneth is: their culture has been suffocated. First by the Glazers and further by Ratcliffe. United is being led by unlikeable, passionless, cynical and penny pinching characters. They set the tone and, like a waterfall, it flows down, through every channel and into every corner. They have sucked the life & soul out of that football club. It’s only their hardcore, longstanding fanbase keeping their identity alive and yet they are doing everything to get them gone with their draconian season ticket policies.
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A great few days in Como with @CarolAppleton1 just a shame I had to watch that shower of s**t last night in a deluge of rain. A good group of Como lads in a bar after too 👍#como1907
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Proper old school Euro away, none of this fancy, modern stadium malarky #como
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That team is an embarrassment to the great name of Manchester United 😡😡
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Nailed it mate, I’m close to the edge, which is getting closer by the week 😡
“Legacy fans… they’re coming for you….” A read. substack.com/home/post/p-219…
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The 99 treble was the greatest moment I have ever experienced as a Utd fan, if I woke up this morning and found out that Utd cheated during that period to win it, I would be mortified. I most certainly would not be saying “they can’t take that experience away from us” because they can. The present moment always defines the past and the present moment has defined City’s greatest moments as a fraud. The history they cling to will ironically haunt them forever.
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Nigel Appleton retweeted
The ECB "want cricket to be the most inclusive sport in England and Wales" Then.. CHEAPEST Edgbaston ticket for Ashes next year - £115 plus fees. Most expensive general admission ticket is £250
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Love this quote, sums up how most of my/our generation feel 🤷‍♂️😡🇾🇪
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Its been two weeks since I summited kilimanjaro I've had time to reflect on the enormity of the achievement I feel on completing it with a great bunch of people and made a memory which will last forever My page is still open for more donations justgiving.com/page/lee-pric…
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2/2 Totality and beyond @ ambassadorcruis
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1/2 Wow, what an experience with @ambassadorcruis off the coast of Greenland #totaleclipse
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Very well said, @henrywinter I really hope the club learns from this. We’ve seen what happens when fans finally come together and fight back. United got this completely wrong, and while we wait for their official statement, I suspect they’ll try to save face. It’ll no doubt be a carefully spun response highlighting how many touts they caught, completely ignoring the innocent supporters caught in the crossfire, and the genuine stress and anxiety people have suffered over whether to reply or wait for the next move. While it took longer than it should have for everyone to get behind this fight, I’m grateful that, in the end, fan groups united and pushed back together. Even when this blows over, we can’t drop our guard. Underhand tactics have been used to disrupt supporters for years, and I’ve called them out repeatedly. It’s time for the club to implement a fit-and-proper strategy, one that tackles actual ticketing issues directly without targeting innocent fans. Look at Facebook for starters - it's wild on there. I’ll keep fighting this fight and highlighting the flaws in the system. Unity is key now, and working together will always bring better outcomes than fragmentation.
Catch the touts, don’t alienate the innocents. Manchester United are a great club but they can go about handling sensitive situations naively and, in this case, aggressively. On the way to a works do but needed to address this issue. Work with fans, not seemingly against them.
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A great few days in Helsinki watching our 1st pre season game, despite the performance and result 🤦‍♂️🇫🇮
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Another new ground for me today, with the Clwydian Range in the background, to see Spain beat Croatia 3-0 in the 1st of the semi finals. A great setting in the summer, but I can guarantee it’d be miserable in the winter months 🤦‍♂️#U19EURO
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A new ground for me today to see Italy v Croatia end a decent game goalless #U19EURO 🇮🇹 🇭🇷
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Nigel Appleton retweeted
Kobbie Mainoo is the only midfielder in England’s squad who is yet to play a single minute at the World Cup. Make it make sense. 🤷‍♂️
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