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Between the dynamic ticket pricing scandal and these two not making it on to the Ballon d’Or shortlist (what about Cristiano Ronaldo’s numbers in Saudi, guys?!), it’s fair to say that Football Daily and the rest of you were at a low ebb going into the international break. But then, a ray of hope amid the disgraces of Social Media Disgrace TwiXer. A post from The Cultras Pod emerged from the shadows, with nothing but a dream and a hashtag.
Is turning down a Football Daily letters prize in advance a bit like saying: ‘Oh, I’d never accept a peerage. If only there were the slightest probability of it being offered at all.’ Anyway, no 7-incher for me, please. Please. What I really wanted to say was: since when did Harry Kane’s home country become an island (yesterday’s Football Daily)? I know Welsh and Scottish nationalists have long been advocating separation, but I genuinely thought that was only on a political basis rather than a full-on terraforming tow-my-piece-of-this-confounded-union-far-enough-away-until-we-have-territorial-waters-of-our-own basis. Still, maybe you’d like to have Shrewsbury-on-Sea or Carlisle-sur-la-Plage?” – Ken Muir (and others).
I’d started to believe that my life had reached a nadir once I began regularly reading this tea-timely email. But I’ve yet to count the number of words in your correspondence, so thank you, Chris Wheal (yesterday’s Football Daily letters), for showing me I still have some way yet to sink” – Simon Mazier.
This originally came up in May. Go read some listicles elsewhere, if you like. Let writers write, we need them” – Jon Millard.
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Continue reading…Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Between the dynamic ticket pricing scandal and these two not making it on to the Ballon d’Or shortlist (what about Cristiano Ronaldo’s numbers in Saudi, guys?!), it’s fair to say that Football Daily and the rest of you were at a low ebb going into the international break. But then, a ray of hope amid the disgraces of Social Media Disgrace TwiXer. A post from The Cultras Pod emerged from the shadows, with nothing but a dream and a hashtag.Is turning down a Football Daily letters prize in advance a bit like saying: ‘Oh, I’d never accept a peerage. If only there were the slightest probability of it being offered at all.’ Anyway, no 7-incher for me, please. Please. What I really wanted to say was: since when did Harry Kane’s home country become an island (yesterday’s Football Daily)? I know Welsh and Scottish nationalists have long been advocating separation, but I genuinely thought that was only on a political basis rather than a full-on terraforming tow-my-piece-of-this-confounded-union-far-enough-away-until-we-have-territorial-waters-of-our-own basis. Still, maybe you’d like to have Shrewsbury-on-Sea or Carlisle-sur-la-Plage?” – Ken Muir (and others).I’d started to believe that my life had reached a nadir once I began regularly reading this tea-timely email. But I’ve yet to count the number of words in your correspondence, so thank you, Chris Wheal (yesterday’s Football Daily letters), for showing me I still have some way yet to sink” – Simon Mazier.This originally came up in May. Go read some listicles elsewhere, if you like. Let writers write, we need them” – Jon Millard.This is an extract from our daily football email … Football Daily. To get the full version, just visit this page and follow the instructions. Continue reading…
