Full video of
@GarethSouthgate
’s long-awaited emergence from the tunnel - precisely 70 minutes after the final whistle. The
@England
fans had been chanting for him non-stop while he was inside conducting all his media duties.
#mixedemotions
#Eng
Just had a moment, passing my former workplace in Fulham where I was utterly miserable. Left 20 years ago with my condescending boss sneering: “so you want to be a football commentator.” Just arrived at Stamford Bridge to commentate on
#CFC
v
#WWFC
for Sky/world feed 🌞 🎙️
Frustrating that this “female commentator” debate is still such an issue, 11 years after my first MotD game and 8 years after I did 7 live World Cup commentaries on 5 Live. Voice/style preference is always subjective - to say it “shouldn’t be allowed” says more about the critic.
Watch this. Bloody great footage anyway, but the last player in shot - the one who hugged Wiegman - didn’t see a single minute of action in this Euros (Beth England, quality striker). Yet look how involved, engaged and invested she clearly was.
Lovely moment after warm down and after Glenn had done our post-match chat when Stones, Maguire (and later Trippier) all came to see GH. Stones: “I’ve never had chance to meet you personally. Absolute pleasure”.
#respect
(Glenn a huge admirer of them all).
I’m keen to warn you about a scam which my lovely, kind mum so nearly fell for. It was incredibly believable. Someone pretends to be you but on a different number, contacts someone close to you and asks them to quickly pay a bill for you before you pay them back. Mum in green 👇🏼
I’m helping to launch a new campaign today to encourage other women to feel they belong in the football industry.
#WomenInFootball
Thank you
@TwitterUK
for sharing my story.
My 7-year-old daughter was looking forward to her football class this morning. When I picked her up she said the boys would only pass to each other, so the coach told the girls to go and play with hula-hoops instead. Ridiculous.
Incredible gesture by
@GaryLineker
to cover the rest of the fee needed for
@donnybelles
club captain
@sophies_8
to have the knee surgery which will save her career. Shame it’s come to this but we’ll played, Gary 👏
I’m so, so happy to be asked to join
@SundaySupp
following
@neilashton_
’s fine stint. I’ve barely stopped smiling since! Thanks so much all for the kind messages, hugely appreciated. We’re going to have some fun with it.
“Never played the game”. Just the 144 England caps + 32 goals, played in 9 major int’l tournaments, won 11 major club trophies (champion of Europe with Arsenal), won 4 league titles, World Cup🏅medal. Oh and she has FA coaching badges + a Masters in Sports/Performance Psychology.
Neil Warnock live on 5 Live, asked if anything went against his side today: “Not today - the referee was excellent, young Chris Kavanagh. You’ll probably cut that bit out”.
Reporter: “No we can’t, it’s live!”.
Maradona not so cool now. Some South Korea fans just shouted “Diego” and he obliged with a smile, kiss and wave. Then pulled his eyes to the side in a clearly racist gesture. All of us who saw it are stunned.
Dear Ken, terribly sorry to ruin your afternoon but there will be 4 female reporters out of 20 on Final Score today (incl
@suesmith8
with 93 England caps) but, thankfully for you, none in the studio. So enjoy Radio Sheffield. Love, Jacqui x PS most of your facts are incorrect.
Maybe people should read
@piersmorgan
’s account of what happened around his
@GMB
exit before making up their minds about him, but they probably won’t. Here it is anyway…
Harsh for people to hammer Lee Probert for booking Gray who ripped off shirt celebrating goal, with message “For Vichai”. Refs can’t decide on the spot which t-shirt messages are more poignant than others. Ref would’ve hated booking him but felt he had to. No win situation.
Conor Coady ticks every box for
@England
(and briefly the captaincy):
Quality player ✅
Perfect temperament ✅
Leader ✅
Organiser ✅
Most likeable player on the planet ✅
It genuinely means the world to him. Ideal character to have at a major tournament.
Genuinely appreciate the kind messages from colleagues and viewers alike re
@SundaySupp
. They mean so much. As for the sexist trolls, you chose the wrong target. 17 years in football press boxes means I’ve grown enough layers to laugh out loud. Thanks for the giggles 🤣
#kitchen
Watching
#Rus
v
#Esp
at Luzhniki Stadium with Henrik Larsson (for report into the
@ITV
show later before
#Cro
v
#Den
). Asked him what’s the best stadium he’s ever been to in his entire life. His answer....
#askadaftquestionJac
New Man City campaign to bring the men’s and women’s teams together in the eyes of the fans. They're merging their social media channels (except for match day). More clubs should use the marketing power of the men’s name to drive awareness/support for the women’s game.
#mcfc
My old mum watched
@piersmorgan
+
@susannareid100
+ experts
@devisridhar
& co on
@GMB
this morn. Reluctantly decided it wasn’t safe to see us on 27th as couldn’t resist grandkids’ cuddles, so we’re planning on making Easter the big reunion post-vaccine instead. Sad but relieved.
Here’s the video of
#AUS
star striker
@samkerr1
telling the team’s critics what she thinks of them (Oz came from 0-2 down to beat Brazil 3-2, having lost their opening game to Italy). She’s gained a lot of admirers for her “direct approach”!
#FIFAWWC
Our 8-year-old son has just said in earnest to his Man United-supporting dad (who’s audibly suffering): “don’t worry, I think you’ll stay up.” Not sure it’s helped 🙈
#mufc
#BrentfordFC
#BREMUN
“It didn’t feel like football. This is going out worldwide. Young girls are watching that. I can’t stand here and say that’s right. There’s a certain standard of behaviour. Ellen White was onside. Deal with it. Their behaviour was wrong”. Phil Neville.
#CMR
#ENG
#FIFAWWC
I’ll level with you. When I bought a pocket Casio TV in order to watch the 1998 World Cup between meetings (previous career), I didn’t expect to be commentating for the mighty
@FOXSports
at the
@FIFAWorldCup
in 2022! Super excited and I can’t wait to meet the team 🎙 ⚽️ 📺
Next stop: the
@FIFAWorldCup
!
Excited to welcome
@JacquiOatley
as a new play-by-play announcer joining
@FOXSports
at this year’s tournament. Jacqui brings a wealth of World Cup experience to the broadcast ahead of her
@FOXSoccer
debut in November.
🔗:
So, Buffon pushed referee Michael Oliver in the back and called him a “bastardo”, prompting the red card. Buffon later went on Spanish radio calling Oliver a “murderer” for making those (correct) decisions. Anyone still defending Buffon needs to have a good look at themselves.
Wow…Rubiales will never get it. It’s not *just* about the forced kiss on the lips of the player and other demeaning gestures, rather the background of his refusal to listen to a large group of top international 🇪🇸 players who had complained about the culture under the head coach
🚨Luis Rubiales:
·Says the kiss was more a peck than a kiss "un pico más que un beso". He says there's not position of dominance
·He doubles down and calls it a MUTUTAL, CONSENTUAL, spontaneous kiss
·He says that "false feminism is a scourge for society"
Diego Carlos was surely encroaching in the box when Raul Jimenez struck the ball and DC then cleared it...penalty should’ve been retaken. VAR seem to have missed it.
#wwfc
#WOLSEV
Blimey. Ruben Neves just told WolvesTV he missed birth of his third baby Sat as wife in Portugal (as had problems with 1st birth) - watched it on his phone on coach back from
#CPFC
(stayed on bench). Still hasn’t seen them as would’ve had to miss some games: “it’s my job”
#wwfc
Rafa upset that the goal was scored 34 seconds over the “minimum” of 4 mins of added time, but he made a substitution in stoppage time which took around a minute.
#wwfc
#nufc
Husband cycled 🚴♂️ to work this morning for the first time ever. Took him 35 mins via beautiful royal park, instead of 40 mins in gas guzzling car in rush hour. PS he loved it.
#BikeIsBest
Astonished by the job
@Gazoneil
is doing at
@Wolves
. Arrived 4 days before start of season to severely depleted squad (minus £80m talent, incl. captain Neves) whose manager quit because they supposedly weren’t good enough. Then lost M Nunes to Man City and couldn’t sign a striker
Just five years ago tonight, Wolves drew 0-0 at Stevenage in League One. Now they’ve just beaten Man United twice in two and a half weeks, are 7th in the Premier League and in an FA Cup semi-final. Kenny Jackett and Nuno deserve huge credit.
#wwfc
Just come off the phone to my mum who’s absolutely buzzing after having her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. She was raving about the organisation of the process in Codsall, S Staffs. V well organised, v well ventilated, super friendly staff. So nice to hear such positivity!
This 🇷🇺 Samara Stadium groundsman made us smile last night. He was so taken by the
@England
fans that he stopped working and instead milked the moment 😆
#Eng
#Rus
#AngloRussianRelations
Arsenal and Australia star defender
@stephcatley
being interviewed as a “St Albans local” as part of a £100k promotion on
@lorraine
this morning has made us giggle 😝. She scored that winning penalty v Ireland in their
@FIFAWWC
opener in front of 75,000 Aussies 🇦🇺 🇦🇺
I’ve been going to EFL matches for over 31 years, Stuart, and reporting/commentating on them for 19 years (including League One) but thanks for your concern 👍🏼
Contrast Wolves’ Matheus Nunes, on strike to force Man City move, with 18-yr-old Wolverhampton-born Nathan Fraser’s debut: “I’ve always wanted to play for Wolves. Just to get on the pitch, oh my god, in front of the fans, then you get an assist, then you score. Amazing” 🤗
#wwfc
Love watching Trinity Rodman play. Could well prove to be the standout player of this
@FIFAWWC
. Adore the way she works so hard defensively then glides up the pitch at pace. She has everything. Superstar in the making. PS she grew up with an amazing single mum and a bro she’s
Nuno justifiably fined for encroaching a few yards onto the pitch to celebrate stoppage time winner with his players (laws are in place), but players can keep cheating (like Vardy here) with no consequence as no penalty was awarded. Are the current rules fair?
Can’t believe people are moaning that the England winner came “too late”. Why not see that as a positive - that this England side don’t let their heads drop, they keep going and retain belief?
#glasshalffull
#behappytonight
Reporter: "Tomorrow you've got the prospect of winning the first ever domestic treble in this country. How much does that excite you?"
Pep Guardiola: "The first time in men's football. The women have done it."
#ManCity
This quote is actually…extraordinary. Though we shouldn’t be surprised. We’ve been battling for decades against this sort of nonsense. So, so poor from Infantino.
Gianni Infantino said, to the women in the room: "Pick the right battles. You have the power to change. You have the power to convince us men what we have to do and what we don’t have to do. Just do it. With men, with Fifa, you'll find open doors. Just push the doors."
#fifawwc
Just had a row with a shopper in a small local supermarket who refused to lift mask over his mouth/nose when asked politely by staff. It was under his chin. He kept refusing in front of his young son. One of the staff had died of coronavirus. What’s the matter with these people?
I’m confused by neutrals being unhappy by a correct offside decision. It’s the same for everyone. Isn’t consistently correct better than inconsistently incorrect? Wouldn’t our debating energy be better spent on other issues?
#VAR
My husband reckons I’m not a well-rounded individual “because you only watch football, darts and the news.” I think that makes me incredibly well-rounded! 😝
This was the Championship table when Steve Cooper officially took over
#nffc
in September (after Steven Reid had overseen their first win as caretaker). Now they’re one Wembley win away from the Premier League.
Story of that delightful game for you....
1. Elbow to the face
2. Spit onto arm
3. Ref forcefully shoved in the back
4. England captain’s ankle stamped on in stoppage time
Not forgetting the mass dissent after officials got offside decision right.
#CMR
#ENG
Thank you Oz 🇦🇺NZ 🇳🇿 for being the best
#FIFAWWC
hosts ever, the organisers for doing an incredible job,
@FOXsports
🇺🇸 for putting faith in me again, producer Johnny, Lori & Matt the Stat for putting up with my 🤓 ways and my husband/kids for being chilled about me spending a
Absolutely clear: the government will ban us all from even going out for daily exercise if the selfish/ignorant few still don’t change their ways. Dreading seeing all the photos and videos of beach/park gatherings today which may force the decision...😠
#Coronavirus
: "If you don’t want us to have to take the step to ban exercise of all forms outside of your own home then you’ve got to follow the rules," says Health Secretary Matt Hancock
#Marr
Annual “proud daughter” tweet as my mum has organised another ‘Home Alone at Christmas’ dinner for all the elderly people of South Staffs who will be on their own on Christmas Day. She makes such a difference through pure kindness and hard work (she’s nearly 80 herself!). ♥️
Conor Coady is exactly the sort of player you’d want to represent your country. Incredibly professional, down to earth and just the nicest fella around. Oh and a fantastic footballer too. It’s been a long time in coming but he fully deserves the call.
Five years ago today, Wolves drew 1-1 at home to Leyton Orient in League One. Tonight, they’re seventh in the Premier League after a 3-1 win at second-placed Spurs.
#progress
#wwfc
First female EFL referee on Monday, first female Grand National-winning jockey today. Achievements to celebrate as they pave the way and inspire. Equality will arrive when there are no more “first female” landmarks to reach but today, well done
@rachaelblackmor
, you smashed it!
Good things can happen if you:
* work your backside off
* be kind to people
* control the controllables
* ignore those consumed by negativity
If good things don’t happen or the bumps are too bumpy, then be proud you had a crack 👊🏼
Bruno Lage must be the most under-radar manager who’s doing a fine job in the Premier League. Neves/Moutinho midfield partnership wasn’t working last season, Semedo looked v over-priced, etc. Lage getting the best out of them, they look like a very well-coached team.
#wwfc
If you benefit from poor decisions, then you joke about Lady Luck and the wife’s tea leaf readings. But if you suffer from poor decisions, then you scream abuse at officials and menacingly stare them out on the pitch at full time.
Before you feel too sorry for Neil Warnock, read quotes. 1st 2 after losing 1 point today after offside error. The last pic, quotes after his Cardiff side gained TWO points from offside error v rivals Brighton with Bamba offside winner & not booked for shirt removal celebration.
We’re having a lockdown party 🎉 at home today. The kids have been ridiculously excited planning it, making a music 🎶 playlist, we’re baking this morn, going for a family walk in the fresh air, then party games all afternoon. Focusing on what we *can* do is good for the soul 😊
An incredible gesture from the
@Wolves
boss Nuno to the people of Wolverhampton. He’s personally donated £250,000 to the
@wwfcfoundation
#FeedOurPack
food bank project. His own idea as he was personally moved to give something back during the pandemic.
#wwfc
1pm: “Why the hell has Southgate picked Phillips and Sterling? Clueless
#SouthgateOut
”.
4pm:
@England
beat Croatia 1-0, Phillips cleverly teed up Sterling for the goal. Phillips with a man of the match performance.
#Euro2020
My first World Cup commentary since South Africa 2010 and man, it was fun. Full-on being sole TV commentator for over two hours solid but I’m rarely stuck for something to say 😝. Not the best game - the Germans 🇩🇪 edged China 🇨🇳 1-0 in Rennes.
#FIFAWWC
So shocked to hear the sad news about Steve Wright. I grew up watching and listening to him so it was a huge buzz to present sports news on his BBC shows. My heart would start racing as I walked into his studio as he was such a legend with real presence. Thinking of his family.
#Eng
left wing-back
@LukeShaw23
deserves huge credit too. Perfect angled ball in for Sterling’s goal, then won the ball back on the half way line, strode forward and slid in Grealish to tee up Kane for the second. Jose Mourinho would be impressed 😉 👏
#GER

#ENGGER
#Euro2020

Before you feel too sorry for Neil Warnock, read quotes. 1st 2 after losing 1 point today after offside error. The last pic, quotes after his Cardiff side gained TWO points from offside error v rivals Brighton with Bamba offside winner & not booked for shirt removal celebration.
Special moment with these legends. I spent many years commentating on them, then was honoured to share a TV studio with them, so to share a moment of England 🏴
@Lionesses
lifting an actual major trophy 🏆 was incredible. They’re now so proud of their successors ❤️
Thought I’d just check where Aston Villa were in the table when Steven Gerrard departed compared to where they are now under Unai Emery. I mean, wow…
#avfc
That’s it! Last World Cup commentary completed. 9 in 11 whirlwind days with
@warrenbarton2
🎙️. Top professional, great analyst (his Pro licence put to good use) and all round star 🌟. Thanks to
@FOXSports
for having me and to the lovely 🇺🇸 audience. Now for the packing 🧳 ✈️