Diego Maradona was also number 10.

And Yaya Dukuly.

Huge if true!!!!

Why Bournemouth?

Also true! They truly are the powerhouse of global football right now!

Seems like a good move!!! Did Wrexham decide to drop out?

All to get loaned back out again.

Wonder what the rubber duck thought.

A blend of Athletic Bilbao and Atlético Madrid? Bilbao have a weird policy though. Only Basque-developed players can sign for them.

Not to be confused with monoethnics.

They may be sideways moves but it’s probably beneficial. A player who’s good in League One or the Serie B could either get promoted to the Championship or the Serie A or get picked up by a bigger club. European clubs tend to look at other European clubs first. For example, a Championship player...

To their credit, yes. On paper I’d argue France are the better men’s side but for the women’s side then absolutely. England are strong in both but France are still a bit weaker in the women’s game (even though Lyon are the most successful team in UWCL history). The USMNT are nowhere the top...

Lots of regional pride in the Spanish team based on the flags they had! Usually you see players with their flags on big occasions at club level but it’s much rarer internationally. In Spain’s context it makes sense though, for those aware of Spain’s diversity and politics.

He only has (ironically) nine caps for Spain but as a 33-year-old striker it’s wild that he’s never scored a single international goal.

I did say this before. Incredible achievement! It really shows how Spain gets it right across the board (compare this to Argentina whose women’s team aren’t near as successful, in fact the Matildas are better than them). Mind you Spain are one of only two teams to have ever won both (winning...

Leandro Paredes is a fucking prick.

Lol at those guys getting booed.

SPAIN ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS! The Roja claim their second World Cup trophy and will receive their second star on their men’s team’s jersey! Spain are also now the first team to ever hold both the Men’s and Women’s World Cups at the same time, already being the only country other than Germany to...

La fin est proche ! Or should I say… ¡el fin está cerca!

One shot. Spain have 20!

Alexis Mac Allister gets a yellow.

FERRAN TORRES! SPAIN!

I guess only time will tell.

COYS!!!

So close for Nico Williams!

Another angle:

Lol. TBH I think what’s makes it better is the weight of the save. If Lamine Yamal scored that Spain would’ve won.

What a save!

By whom?

Red card!!

A nose beer like Diego Maradona?

Argentina still haven’t registered a single shot by the way. Their XG is 0.00.

Emi Martínez has been excellent!

His full name is actually Lamine Yamal Nasraoui Ebana, with Lamine Yamal being his first name, Nasraoui his paternal surname and Ebana his maternal surname. Yamal is not his last name.

Genuinely if anyone’s ever called Pedri something else using most of the same letters. Just thinking cause Spanish has different slang and that.

By far and large!

Yesterday’s game was so much better.

Yeah the game itself certainly isn’t as good as the last final.

Nah they sang “It’s Raining Tacos” instead.

I think the 30 minutes was all up rather than just the show itself.

I’m pretty sure before the tournament I commented on here asking which song was the best and worst. Personally I feel like “Lighter” by Jelly Roll sounds like ChatGPT wrote it which is why everyone online clowned him in memes for it.

He’s been to some tiny pubs.

Walking around for 12 minutes versus running around for 90-120 minutes.

Many pubs do local bands for free.

Burna Boy isn’t really a rapper. And I’m not even talking like “Drake isn’t a proper rapper” type stuff. He’s a singer.

For those that missed it, the half time show was essentially something distinctly American turned “global” in the eyes of Americans.

Fair enough.

I only think they should be a thing if it’s actually boiling. You can’t possibly play in 35°C. Someone could genuinely faint.

Now they’d be probably thinking “it coulda been worse” lol.

Wonder what Ronaldo and Ronaldinho were secretly thinking.

The majority of countries don’t have the heat that we have. Other countries also usually align their season with their climate and seasons.

French basketball player, plays for San Antonio Spurs. Nicknamed "Wemby" and "The Alien".

I’m not a fan of ads either but I also don’t want anyone passing out on the pitch in 33°C heat. You have to remember that they’re running around so they’re even hotter. By the way, it’s the PFA that mandates them, not the APL. And they do it because of player welfare, not to delay the match or...

First card dished out.

What if it’s physically too hot for the players to play safely?

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh

Aren’t you a Mariners fan?

This guy might have to shake hands with Gianni Infangulo and Donald Dump by the way. Good on him for knowing what’s right though. I guess maybe they could reuse that Louis Vuitton suitcase and put a bribe in there so he doesn’t spit on his hand?

I must say the Louis Vuitton suitcase thing was odd.

Dick cheese? Lol

Righto… ladies and gentlemen, IT'S SHOWTIME!

Or one of his Scientology spaceships lol.

LET’S FUCKING GO!!!! THREE SOCCEROOS IN THE BIG FIVE LEAGUES!!!!

Because he probably won’t make the Socceroos squad. He’s not terrible but is he really blowing us all away? As a 20-year-old winger he’s still playing for Macarthur FC. He’s competing for the same position as Nestory Irankunda who’s the same age (a few months older) but already plays for Watford...

Hopefully more soon!

Then I can’t really see a reduced league working. Nobody would wanna give up their team and the APL can’t play favourites.

It would just cut off from the season before they introduce it I’d assume.

He also speaks English and Spanish fluently (and he also knows a bit of Arabic, his Algerian mum’s native language, and probably also some Duala, his Cameroonian dad’s native language). If he answers in French it’s because the question was asked in French, not because he can’t speak English...

Saw that this arvo! He’s on Cup Fever right now too!

The ABC and the SBS are funded by the government. They definitely have the funds. If not, maybe they should cut some of their other stupidly performative and biased programs.

“Wait, you mean the AFL grand final isn’t the biggest sporting event in the world?”

I was implying that if we split the Dub into two there could be pro/rel between the two. Otherwise I can’t see how we’d get a six team league since it would be unfair. If, for example, Sydney FC was the only Sydney team then Wanderers fans would be furious and vice versa, and rightfully so.

Captain last match and now a goalscorer!!!! PERFECT!!!!!

Interesting!!! Wonder if Erin Kontoutsikos will play next year or if she’ll go back to the NPLW SA. The A Division isn’t a great league (especially outside the top teams, AEK and PAOK) but it’s a good experience.

This is just based off the comments on Instagram. Note that a few Rosengård fans don’t support the team anymore so “fans who actively comment on Rosengård friendly posts” is a pretty limited group of people.

Holland and Portugal have done this with their leagues (the Vrouwen Eredivisie and Liga BPI respectively) that are already pro. The problem is we don’t have pro/rel unlike them, so how do we decide who stays and who goes? If they just pick X and Y to stay and Z to go then fans of Z would be...

Not yet. There is for the Malmö game though (they drew 1–1 with Brøndby). https://www.mff.se/nyheter/oavgjort-i-traningsmatchen-mot-brondby-if-2026-07-18/

Bloody hell, that was certainly a match.

You got it!!!! OUSMANE DEMBÉLÉ!!!!

It’d be like Spain picking Juan Mata.

La Grenouille

I wouldn’t even pick an SPL striker for the Roos unless we had to. The Championship is far better.

Goddamn, what is this game?

With Ivan Toney up front lol. Sure, the commentators are right that he had a great season with Al-Ahli but the SPL is nowhere near as good as the EPL.

KYLIAN MBAPPÉ BECOMES THE ALL-TIME LEADING GOALSCORER AT THE FIFA MEN'S WORLD CUP!!!!!

We haven’t played them since 2007!!!

OH MY WORD, IS THE COMEBACK ON????!!!!

They will.

Didier Deschamps’ last game too by the way.

France hasn’t lost by four or more goals since 31 August 1982. That was a 4–0 friendly loss to Poland in Paris. They’ve also never been four goals behind at a World Cup till today.

Absolute disasterclass.

Mike Maignan has genuinely been awful.

Jeez horrible start from France.

What a terrible corner lol.

Looks like it’ll be a comeback.

Lots of changes in the lineups! I can understand most of them but having Ivan Toney up front is absolutely bonkers. I’m quite confident France will win knowing that.

Watford was a silly choice. Bristol would be shocking but it could happen. Any predictions for the Prem?

ALLEZ LES BLEUS !!!!!

Claudia Bunge too!!!

Makala Woods announced!!! She’s the first foreigner announced and the second in either of the inaugural two series (after Kayla Morrison).

Izzy Gómez and Bryleeh Henry débuted today!!!! Rosengård won 3–2 over Copenhagen in a midseason friendly. Sounds like they played well too!!!

GRACE JOHNSTON TO CHARLTON!!!!

Sounds pretty reasonable.

Shanxi don’t look like getting promoted either unfortunately.

Rest in peace.

Sounds like you had a great time! I’ve been wanting to go to Mexico for years now.

Japan did it in 1999. It sounds like there could be a path to it in the US if all the right things happen. Surely it could happen here.

So far the squad is one goalie (Courtney Newbon), one defender (Bek Stott), two mids (Shelby McMahon and Tameka Yallop) and one forward (Pia Vlok). Two from City and one each from Nix, Roar and Victory. No foreigners (yet).

Another All Star announced: Shelby McMahon!!!

Sarah O'Donoghue has just gone from Heidelberg to Shanxi Xihua!!! I kinda think this might be good for her. Good to see how the Dub and NPLW compare to other Asian leagues.

JAMILLA SCORED (in a friendly)!!!!

She’s committing to the Matildas too so this should be good if she actually plays!

Look who it is!!!!

The money likely goes to the suits, who I’d say keep it unfortunately. Corruption is unfortunately a massive problem in Africa. Another thing to note is that Jorge Vilda (Spain’s controversial coach who oversaw the 2023 World Cup-winning side that became subject to Kissgate) coaches Morocco...

Similarly I changed my mind on Pat Beach. I didn’t think he was quite Socceroos level yet but he clearly is.

Sofascore says only two. It’s pretty much already decided though. Melbourne City U20 have seven points with a game in hand (19 played) and Bentleigh Greens have four (20 played). Bentleigh could be relegated tomorrow arvo.

Odd decision, I didn’t think he was that bad.

It’s the main sport in Nauru. Fund billions into their league and they could be in for some competition. But realistically no chance lol.

Finally!!!

Canberra United are here to stay!!!! https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-17/canberra-united-ownership-lifeline/106925990

Hopefully it’s on the higher end of seven figures.

Seven figures though…

He actually is. You mature as you age.

One can only assume when nothing’s said. Now that he’s spoken out and is also older, more mature and playing for the Socceroos, people are willing to understand and forgive him.

No I haven’t but as a public figure he needs to be careful with what he does and doesn’t share. We all make mistakes but it’s one thing to like a post, but putting it on your story is another level. Liking a post is one click, posting a story is three. I’m not saying he knowingly posted it but...

It’s pretty ridiculous that they get to host it again. They literally hosted it last year. I know Africa probably doesn’t have the best facilities but surely they could give it to someone else. As hosts and being a fairly strong side by CAF standards, they not only have a good chance of making...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c365ernrnlyo

https://football360.com.au/live-blog/transfer-news-live-blog-latest-a-league-socceroos-aussies-abroad-rumours-done-deals-updates-2026-27/

https://football360.com.au/live-blog/transfer-news-live-blog-latest-a-league-socceroos-aussies-abroad-rumours-done-deals-updates-2026-27/

Huge!!!! https://www.gothamfc.com/news/gotham-fc-sets-nyc-womens-sports-record-with-sell-out-at-citi-field

100 pages!!!

Except other than the brief military occupation during the Falklands War, the only other time Argentina administered the Falklands was for seven years in the 1800s, when there was a small settlement with a military presence from 1826 to 1833, when the Royal Navy kicked them out. The Argentine...

Interestingly, in France the upper classes looked down on football for decades longer than they did in England. Nowadays the stigma has faded, with even President Emmanuel Macron (who grew up upper-middle class) being a football fan (at club level he supports Marseille from the South despite...

This is true, and was confirmed a while back. Very bizarre. He did it at the Club World Cup too. https://www.espn.com.au/football/story/_/id/49154827/donald-trump-present-world-cup-trophy-final-fifa-boss-gianni-infantino-confirms Edit: he isn’t the first head of state to present the trophy, as...

Huge!!!! https://www.gothamfc.com/news/gotham-fc-sets-nyc-womens-sports-record-with-sell-out-at-citi-field

You’re right, there’s definitely a player fan culture now. It’s absolutely fine to like players or to pick favourites. It’s even fine to start supporting a club because of a player you like. But if you’re only a fan of players not clubs and especially if you only like one player then it’s...

If only it wasn’t on in the middle of the day. Great to see her début though!

Who do we want to win? Spain with their first win in 16 years or Argentina to settle the GOAT debate? I kinda want Spain to win it despite their federation having a disgraceful recent history.

They always have them?

LOL at bringing on Ivan Toney when England are about to get knocked out.

And Argentina lead!

What a goal!

Somehow I just know Argentina will pull one back.

He’s one of our own!

That was quick. Even heard the end of "Mr Brightside".

Great save!

Does he not understand what endonyms and exonyms are? “Falkland Islands” is the English name, Islas Malvinas is the Spanish name. Legally, the Falkland Islanders are a British overseas territory administered by the UK but claimed by Argentina (hence the Falklands War of 1982, which lasted just...

ELLA TONKIN TO TORREENSE!!!!

17 million is INSANE!!! That’s around about 60.71% of the entire country!!!

Having watched just the first part (since I’m time-limited tonight), I’m surprised that he wasn’t fluent in Italian till he went to Italy given his background is 100% Italian. I suppose a lot of Italian immigrants spoke various regional languages and never taught their kids Italian though. It...

No announcement just yet. There’s still a whole nother year till the World Cup.

Championship? Very much so. Premiership? Probably not the top half but the bottom half yeah. But Japan are a better side than Scotland.

Zion Suzuki would be a good choice! I’d imagine James Trafford would get picked up by one of the bigger clubs but he’d be good too!

They’ve already released the song for the new 64-team World Cup! 😂

Welcome to America! How many touchdowns do you think the Spanish Reds will shoot (you know, when the puck goes in the hoop) in the World Championship grand final?

Some kids do that with anyone to be fair. As for the appeal, it’s definitely an acquired taste. A lot of older people don’t get it but with younger people he’s huge. His IRL tours are quite successful and bring a lot of attention to the countries he goes to (e.g. his Africa tour, which ended...

What did you get banned for? And site ban or sub ban?

Two of the most dominant nations in world football. In the women’s game they’re clearly the best two teams in the world. Obviously the best team in the world changes each cycle, like I doubt Spain will win three World Cups in a row. Spain do have the chance to complete an international double...

Spaniards are not Latino, but they are Hispanic. Will be essentially colonised versus colonisers though lol.

Has to be bullshit.

Excellent news!!! Looks like he’s eligible for us, England, Italy and Scotland but with a name like that surely he’s eligible for India too. Either way we should definitely try and get him!

He’s not great but he’s not exactly the worst player I’ve ever seen. He wasn’t Spurs level though, obviously. He should be okay for Fiorentina. I agree that he’s injury prone though.

Well, it was fun while it lasted I guess. Gotta let everyone else win some. At least Pedro Porro put on a masterclass.

ALLEZ LESS BLEUS !!!

He’s not THAT bad lol.

I knew he’d be here for good!!! How could anyone turn down the chance to play at any major tournament? Looking forward to him and Ale Circati’s next meeting with Antonio Arena!

Heather Hinz to FL United!

Sounds like a good idea! I’d also love if foreign creators came here and went to A-League games. If they can go to America or even India then surely they can come here.

Why would they not feel like they belong? If anything generic clubs are probably more belonging than the old NSL clubs, which while belonging to a specific ethnic group or even a local area didn’t belong with broader groups of people.

To be fair that’s not true anymore, since Marc Cucurella signed for Real Madrid during the tournament. Still, it is the first time in World Cup history that Spain haven’t selected any Blancos in the squad.

Yes, jokes are serious topics (and can be about serious topics).

I looked this up as I hadn’t heard of that and the definitive answer is no, that’s a myth spread online by people who think Israelis aren’t really Jewish or from the Middle East (when in fact even Ashkenazim have heritage from the Middle East, regardless of your opinion on Israel)...

IShowSpeed

I don’t think it’s that deep, I think it’s just carried over from our rivalries in other sports (cricket, rugby, etc).

https://football360.com.au/mitch-baker-indonesia-national-team-citizenship-details-vickery-matt-baker/

I mean you’re briefly describing a serious medical problem. If you choose to share that it’s up to you but I don’t find it inappropriate. Medical topics are genuine topics.

Lol but even Speed (who acts crazy on camera at times) wouldn’t purposefully and deliberately piss people off at the World Cup (especially since he actually watches the games and regularly goes to games). This guy’s just a knobhead wasting a ticket that coulda gone to an actual fan. Most people...

There’s a team in the Czech Republic called Sigma Olomouc (often shortened to just Sigma) too. Some odd names out there.

Interestingly the English probably have one of the worst diaspora fanbases out there. Like, compare it to all the fans of other European countries in their diaspora who see it as an easy choice for a second team cause it’s woven into their identity. Even among other Britons, people who’ve been...

I’ve already heard some English fans switching up on Thomas Tuchel. Six months ago they said he should be sacked and they said he picked a bad squad (depth-wise, he did). Now they’re saying he’s their best manager in years and that he picked a good squad. The exact same people were saying Trent...

Better timestamps: 41:29: 1–0 149:29: 2–0

No. Sephardim are generally not classified as European. Sephardic Jews were expelled from Spain and mostly fled to the Ottoman Empire (which at the time included the Middle East and North Africa), where they integrated with Mizrahim. This is why they’re grouped together. Pew is also using very...

Excellent! He’s doing well there and it’s a better standard than the Scottish Championship!

What a clown. Why can’t he just be a normal influencer?

Foreskin/frenulum injury? Fractured penis? Sorry just listing other possibilities lol.

Exciting move!!!

Mariana Speckmaier has joined Hearts!

Laura Hughes leaves Melbourne City to go overseas!!!

CHARLI GRANT TO MALMÖ!!!!!

CHARLI GRANT TO MALMÖ!!!!!

Against American Samoa you mean?

This is not true, but it’s quite a common misconception. Most Israeli Jews are Mizrahi. Most American Jews are Ashkenazi.. The estimates vary but the Pew Research Centre says that 48% are Mizrahi/Sephardic and 45% are Ashkenazi. Mizrahim descend from the Middle East and North Africa, Sephardim...