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🇹🇷 I hope things can change for Dele Alli in Turkey.
Last night, with his side losing 2-0 in the cup at home to a team from the third division, he was hooked off on 30 mins to a less than favourable reception.
Besiktas turned it around and won 4-2.
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🇦🇺 An extraordinary look behind the scenes at the Brisbane Roar dressing room here. Charlie Austin not holding back at all
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🇮🇹 What a time to score your first Serie A goal!
Keinan Davis came off the bench at half time yesterday to score the only goal as Udinese beat 1-0 Frosinone on the final day to avoid relegation!
The forward has spent most of the season out injured.
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🇹🇷 Joe Worrall at the death!
Absolute scenes in Turkey as the
#NFFC
loanee scores a 97th minute winner for Besiktas!
It’s his first goal for the Turkish club having come on at half time.
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🇪🇸 It had to be him!
Jude Bellingham with the last minute winner in
#ElClasico
! Incredible scenes at the Bernabeu!
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🇸🇰 Andre Green on fire 🔥
The striker has just scored a double for Slovan Bratislava to send his side into the Slovak Cup final 👏🏼
The former
#AVFC
man will now look to go one further than last year’s runner’s up medal.
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🇸🇰 Back to back titles!
Former
#AVFC
forward Andre Green has lifted the Slovak Super Liga title once again with his Slovan Bratislava teammates.
The forward scored 11 goals in all competitions this season.
Congrats
@AndreGreen_
🏆🏆
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🇲🇸 Great start to life for Lee Bowyer and assistant Steven Gallen in charge of Montserrat, ranked 179th in the world.
They won their opening CONCACAF Nations League match thanks to a 97th minute winner from former
#CAFC
man Lyle Taylor
#CNL
🤳⚽ Relive the thrilling moments of the League B-Group B match of
#CNL
! 🎥
@BarbadosFA
🇧🇧 2-3 🇲🇸
@Montserrat_FA
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🇦🇫 Ashley M. Westwood is the new manager of the Afghanistan national team.
The former Crewe and Sheffield Wednesday man has signed a one-year deal with the nation ranked 154th.
He has previously managed in India and Malaysia.
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🇦🇪 Did you know that Football League stalwart Ben Pringle plays for
@FleetwoodUnited
in the UAE?
The 35-year-old captains Fleetwood’s sister club. The club are currently top of the league in the third-tier.
There is a wealth of English talent in the UAE lower leagues
#ftfc
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Meet the Still brothers⬇️
🇫🇷 Will, 30, is the manager of Reims and with Folarin Balogun up top, his side are currently on an 11 game unbeaten streak.
🇧🇪 Ed, 32, is the manager of Belgian top-flight side Eupen. He has Isaac Christie-Davies and Regan Charles-Cook in the squad.
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🇨🇾 Jason Puncheon is the new manager of AEZ Zakakiou.
The 37-year-old takes charge of the Cypriot top-flight club. They are currently 12th in the 14 team league.
Ex-
#CPFC
man finished his playing career in Cyprus and has previously managed Peyia in the lower tiers.
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🇺🇸 Sam Surridge bagged a hat trick last night for Nashville! 🔥
The former
#NFFC
striker scored three times as they beat Montréal 4-1.
He now has seven goals for the season in all competitions.
#mls
#nashvillesc
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🇺🇸 After six goals and one assist in 12 appearances, Billy Sharp has left LA Galaxy.
The
#MLS
club have declined to sign him for the 2024 season.
He leaves the club after a memorable stint that included a hat-trick.
#twitterblades
#lagalaxy
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🇫🇷 Rhys Healey is leaving Toulouse. He’s announced he will leave this summer when his contract expires.
He scored 40 goals in 78 matches for the French side.
In the 21/22 season he finished as Ligue 2’s top scorer and helped his club to promotion.
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🇸🇮 Congratulations to Rolando Aarons on winning the Slovenian top division!
The 28-year-old joined the club in January and went on to make 11 appearances, providing two assists.
The former
#NUFC
winger is back abroad having previously played in Italy and the Czech Republic.
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🇩🇪 Great night for former
#BWFC
striker Dapo Afolayan in Germany.
The forward scored twice as his side St. Pauli won 4-3 against title challengers Kiel.
The result means St. Pauli are now six points clear at the top of the 2. Bundesliga table.
The 26-year-old is now on 7
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🇩🇪 What a strike from Matt Penney (
@Matt_Penney7
) to make it 2-0 for St. Pauli 😱 The full back is on loan from Sheffield Wednesday at the 2. Bundesliga club and what a way to score your first goal!
#fcsp
#swfc
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🇫🇷 Folarin Balogun with the 96th minute equaliser! 🤯 The Arsenal loanee keeps his composure to earn Reims a point against PSG and send Will Still wild on the sidelines. 12th of the season for the England U21 man.
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🇭🇰 Love this! English goalkeeper Freddie Toomer scoring a 96th minute equaliser for HKFC against Resources Capital in the Hong Kong Premier League yesterday!
#hkfootball
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🇪🇸 Jude Bellingham is already on his way to becoming a Real Madrid legend.
He scored again for Real Madrid today, a 95th minute winner against Getafe.
That’s now five goals in four games.
#HalaMadrid
#laliga
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🇫🇷 Josh Maja is to leave Bordeaux on a free transfer after choosing not to renew his contract.
Last season was a career best for the 24-year-old with 16 goals and 6 assists in 37 Ligue 2 appearances.
The former
#SAFC
man now has interest from clubs in Spain and back in England.
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🇫🇷 Taylor Moore has joined Valenciennes.
The defender returns to France having left Bristol City this summer.
The 26-year-old moved to France at the age of 7 and started his senior career with Lens.
The former England youth international has signed a three-year deal.
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🇫🇷 WHAT A DEBUT!
Levi Lumeka (
@Levilumeka_
) comes off the bench for Troyes to score a brace and win them the game 2-0 against Le Havre 🔥
The former
#CPFC
man off to a flyer in Ligue 2.
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🇨🇱A different sort of English abroad here...
Blackburn striker Ben Brereton has been called up to the Chile squad for their upcoming World Cup qualifiers.
The 22-year-old has a Chilean mother.
He represented England at U19 and U20 level but has now switched allegiances
#rovers
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🇲🇻 Fancy working in the Maldives?
The country’s national team are looking to recruit a new manager and several coaches.
The country are ranked 161st in the world.
It would be great to see some English staff fill the multiple job roles available.
I am not affiliated with
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🇺🇸 Billy Sharp debut goal! The striker came off the bench to score his first
#MLS
goal from the spot last night. It helped
#LAGalaxy
to a 3-0 win
#sufc
#twitterblades
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🇹🇷Sky Sports reporting that Besiktas have had a €2m bid for Chuba Akpom accepted by PAOK.
The 24-year-old forward has spent the last two years in Greece scoring 18 goals and winning the league and cup.
It looks like he now be off to one of the biggest clubs in Turkey
#besiktas
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🇧🇪 Archie Brown has completed a move to Gent, signing a four-year contract.
The 21-year-old has spent the last two seasons playing in Switzerland for Lausanne, becoming a regular at left back. He also chipped in with five goals too.
He is a Derby County youth product
#dcfc
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🇦🇺 Adam Le Fondre starts off 2023 with another goal! He scored today in a 2-0 win for Sydney FC
#aleague
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🇹🇷 Eddie Newton has been appointed as the manager of Trabzonspor on a permanent basis.
The former Chelsea coach recently led the Turkish side to their first trophy in a decade as caretaker boss when they lifted the Turkish Cup.
#trabzonspor
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🇫🇷 Everton legend Tony Hibbert has signed for French club ES Louzy. The club play in the tenth-tier.
He’s lived in France for 3 years and has helped coach the club’s U13s.
Now 40-years-old, here he is pictured with the club back in the summer
#EFC
✍️
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🇹🇷 Former Barnsley midfielder Romal Palmer came off the bench to score the winner for Göztepe this evening.
The 24-year-old has made nine appearances since moving abroad in the summer to the Turkish second division.
#g
öztepe
#barnsleyfc
#tykes
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🇺🇸 Ashley Westwood with the cracker! 💥 What a hit from the edge of the box from the former
#BurnleyFC
man! He was named as man of the match for Charlotte FC last night
#mls
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👔 ENGLISH MANAGERS ABROAD
Let's take a look at some of the surprising names who are currently coaching abroad.
First up, Gifton Noel-Williams. Remembered from his days with Stoke and Watford, he was appointed manager of Indian side Real Kashmir last month.
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🇹🇷 Superb goal from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain tonight! Picking up the ball in his own half, he went on to score the equaliser for Besiktas
#besikta
ş
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🇳🇷 Dave Kitson has been announced as the new manager of Nauru.
The small island nation off Australia have appointed the former
#ReadingFC
man to work alongside fellow Englishman Charlie Pomroy.
Nauru are not members of FIFA but hope to play an international friendly against
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🇵🇹 Wow what a goal from Marcus Edwards (
@marcusedwards__
) 😍 Superb solo goal from the former
#THFC
man to give Vitória the lead tonight 😍
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🇮🇹 Here’s Bobby Duncan arriving at a hospital in Rome to undertake a medical ahead of his €2m move to Fiorentina this morning
#lfc
#Fiorentina
#DeadlineDay
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🇨🇾 Jason Puncheon has a new team! The 33-year-old has signed a two-year deal with Cypriot top-flight club Pafos FC. In a translation of the club's statement, they have heralded the former
#CPFC
man as one of the biggest signings in Cypriot history!
#englishabroad
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🇮🇹 When Dennis Wise joined Como as technical director in May 2019, the club had just won Serie D.
First forward five years and his side have just secured promotion back to Serie A. Incredible progress under Wise.
He was joined in Italy this weekend for the celebrations by his
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🇹🇷 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scored the winner for
#Besiktas
today 👏🏼 It’s his first goal since moving to Turkey
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🇩🇪 Jamie Bynoe-Gittens with another goal for Dortmund today. What a talent this 18-year-old is! Future England star 🤩
#bvb
#bundesliga
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🇦🇪 Titus Bramble is back in the game! The centre back has signed a deal with UAE side Safa FC.
The 39-year-old joins the club who play in the second tier of the Dubai Amateur Football League.
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🇦🇪 Steven Taylor with the most hype head coach announcement video ever.
He’s been working in Dubai for two years previously managing Gulf United to back-to-back promotions.
He’s joined Al Qabila who are charging £100 for players to trial for the club…
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🇵🇹 I seem to be saying this a lot but yet another wonder goal from Marcus Edwards (
@marcusedwards__
) this guy is just something else 🔥
#thfc
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🇩🇪 Take a bow Reiss Nelson! He scored his fifth goal of the season today and what a beauty!
#englishabroad
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🇪🇸 Jude Bellingham’s Spanish is starting to come along nicely 👏🏼 He’s been enjoying the La Liga trophy celebrations today
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🇹🇷 Dele Alli on the scoresheet tonight for
#Besiktas
in a 3-0 win in a rare start for the Everton loanee 💪🏼
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🇹🇷 Last week, Erhun Oztumer came off the bench to score a 15 minute hat trick for Adana Demirspor in the Turkish Cup. This goal completed the treble as his side won 5-0.
Well played
@Erhun_A_Oztumer
👏🏼👏🏼
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NEW: Former
@SpursOfficial
man
@nathanoduwa
tells us about life in Slovenia with
@nkolimpija
, his love for
@RangersFC
and why you should do what makes you happy!
#englishabroad
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🇰🇭 Ben Nugent is the third English player to head to the Cambodian Premier League this season. He's signed for Angkor Tiger.
He's made 250+ professional appearances for the likes of
#CardiffCity
,
#CreweAlex
and Stevenage.
Last season he was with Gloucester City.
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🇨🇾 He’s just a natural born goalscorer 🤩
Matt Derbyshire scored all four goals today in AEK Larnaca’s 4-1 win over Doxa in the Cypriot top-flight.
Those goals put his side top of the table 👏🏼
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🇺🇸 HAT-TRICK HERO!
What a start to life in America for Billy Sharp (
@billysharp10
)!
He bagged a hat-trick last night for
#LAGalaxy
as they beat Minnesota 4-3.
He now has 6 goals in 6 games in
#MLS
.
#sufc
#twitterblades
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🇵🇰Congratulations to Easah Suliman on making his international debut for Pakistan last week against Kenya.
Played for England up to U20 level, winning the U19 Euros in 2017
He plays his club football in Portugal, spending last season on loan at Vilafranquense
#PakistanFootball
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🌎 Interesting to see how many players where born outside of the country they’re representing at the World Cup.
Excluding Wales, there are 8 English born players representing different nations at the tournament.
#WorldcupQatar2022
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🇫🇷 Andy Carroll made his debut for Amiens yesterday.
He came on in the 66th minute with the scores level at 1-1.
His side went on to win 4-1 and move up to second in the table!
#ligue2
#nufc
#readingfc
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🇹🇷 What a hit! Jonjo Shelvey blasted one in today for Rizespor as he opened the scoring in a 3-0 win over Kayserispor. The result moved the English midfielder’s side up to 6th in the Turkish top-flight.
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🇳🇱 Josh Flint is leaving Volendam after four years.
He's gone from Bognor Regis Town to Eredivisie regular in that time.
The centre-back joined Volendam in 2020, earning promotion the following season.
Still only 23, he made 28 top-flight appearances this season.
He's a
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🇸🇦 Robbie Fowler has been sacked as manager of second-tier Saudi side Al-Qadsiah.
The
#LFC
legend had taken the side to 2nd place with 6 wins and 2 draws from their opening 8 matches.
He also won manager of the month last week with Max Power in his squad.
Crazy decision 🤯
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🇫🇮 Finnish second-tier side Salon Palloilijat have announced a new reality show to find an English player.
They will be in London for 3 days to assess ten players.
Some will make it through to next round and be invited to Finland for the chance to win a pro contract
#Ykk
ösliiga
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🇧🇪 Scott Parker has been announced as the new manager of Club Brugge.
The Belgian side are currently in fourth place in the top-flight after winning the league last season.
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🇳🇿 Gary Hooper (
@HOOP588
) showing some pace and strength to notch his seventh of the season for Wellington Phoenix this morning 💪🏼
#DistanceDerby
#PERvWEL
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🇪🇸The best thing about this story on Barcelona eyeing Brighton 'keeper Carl Rushworth is that Barça have sent scouts to watch him on loan at Isthmian side Worthing FC.
Love the thought of a scout jetting in to watch some English non-league.
#BHAFC
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🇫🇷
@IanWright0
loves English abroad, pass it on 🙌🏼
Six assists and two goals this season for former
#MUFC
midfielder Angel Gomes for Lille.
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The rocks at the back 🛑🛑
Three of the best English abroad defenders this season 💪🏼
Will any of them finish this season with silverware?
Stats from last week. Thanks to
@90Ctrl
for the graphic.
#englishabroad
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🇫🇷 Ross Barkley has left Nice, the French club have announced.
The midfielder has not had his one-year contract extended.
During his stay in France, he made 27 league appearances, scoring four times and providing a further two assists.
The 29-year-old is now a free agent.
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🇵🇹 An absolutely majestic solo goal from Marcus Edwards tonight 🔥 A superb run and finish. He’s just followed that up with an assist to give Sporting a 3-2 lead over Estrela
#sportingcp
#thfc
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🇳🇿 Did you know former Millwall and Sheffield United man Paul Ifill was still playing last year at the age of 43?
He’s been playing in New Zealand since 2009 and last year won the league and cup double as player/manager of Christchurch United.
He’s also managed the Samoa
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🇺🇸 It’s a first goal in
#MLS
for Ashley Westwood! 👏🏼
The former
#AVFC
&
#Burnleyfc
man scored for Charlotte FC in a pulsating 3-3 draw with Seattle Sounders last night.
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🇪🇸 Tudor Mendal-Idowu is joining Barcelona 🤝
The Slough-born youngster has been with Chelsea since 2012 but now leaves as a free agent to join the Spanish giants.
The 18-year-old midfielder is a former Eton College student and has played for England at U17 level.
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🇸🇱 Steven Caulker is currently making his debut for Sierra Leone against Algeria in
#AFCON2021
.
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🇫🇷 Ross Barkley has joined Nice on a free transfer. He was introduced to the crowd ahead of their match tonight against Monaco. Joe Bryan is on the bench ahead of a potential debut.
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🇳🇱 𝘼𝙠𝙥𝙤𝙢 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙚! 🔥
After being awarded a start for today’s match against Zwolle, Chuba Akpom scored twice to guide Ajax to a 3-1 win.
He now has 13 goals this season, one every 89 minutes.
Jordan Henderson missed the game.
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🇸🇪 I still haven’t got over this spectacular double save from
@Con_OKeefe
last week 👏🏼👏🏼
The keeper is playing for third-tier Swedish side Piteå again this year. He’s also played in Spain and Gibraltar.
What a save 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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🇳🇱 Vitesse’s Max Clark (
@maxclark4
) is absolutely flying at the moment 🔥
The 23-year-old is statistically England’s best left back right now, according to Sky Sports.
Check out how his stats compare to Ben Chilwell’s 👀
#hcafc
[thanks for the tip off
@npkautocentre
]
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🎉 Happy new year! These two Englishmen are starting the year with new jobs.
🇪🇸 Steven Caulker has joined fifth-tier Spanish side Malaga City as player/manager working alongside compatriot George Jermy.
🇮🇳 Trevor Sinclair has joined the coaching staff of the India national team
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🇨🇾 Jason Puncheon took charge of his first game in the Cypriot top-flight tonight.
His side Zakakiou secured a respectable 1-1 draw away to Nea Salamis.
It’s a solid start to life in charge for Puncheon with their opponents 19 points ahead in the table.
#cpfc
#englishabroad
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4th January: Scores for Tonbridge Angels in front of 596 fans in National League South.
16th February: Starts and makes debut in Polish top flight for Korona Kielce in front of 7,500 fans.
It’s been quite some start to the year for D’Sean Theobalds (
@D_Theo10
) 👊🏼
#Ekstraklasa
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🇧🇪 Loving this big team talk from captain Christian Burgess ahead of a match for Union SG. The former
#Pompey
defender is having a brilliant season with his side 8 points clear at the top of the Belgian Pro League
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🇨🇾 On the day of his 37th birthday, Jason Puncheon has retired from professional football to become head coach of Cypriot second-tier club Peyia 2014.
The former
#CPFC
favourite has spent the past four years playing in Cyprus for Pafos and Anorthosis.
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🇦🇪 Congratulations to
@FleetwoodUnited
on winning the UAE Second Division.
David Webb was on the scoresheet yesterday as they won 2-0 to secure the league title with a game to spare. It was Webb’s sixth of the season, having previously played for various non-league sides back
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🇵🇹 Late last night, Marcus Edwards completed a move to
#SportingCP
.
The winger joins for a fee of €7.5m and signs a deal until the summer of 2026.
He leaves Vitória after 2.5 years in which time he made 96 appearances, scoring 20 goals and assisting a further 16.
#thfc
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🇪🇸 Jude Bellingham getting the winning goal tonight for Real Madrid! He does it again, star boy 💫
#laliga
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🇳🇱 English referees abroad?! Mike Dean was on a footballing road trip around the Netherlands and loving every second of it like a true groundhopper!
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