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I write/talk about football • @TotalSoccerShow 🎙️ • @guardian_sport , @FotMob , @unibet 📝 • The Soccer Dispatch newsletter 🗞️

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Graham Ruthven
1 year
I'm starting a newsletter... 🗞️ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 will be sent every Thursday and will feature one interesting story about football every week! I've written more here on why a newsletter feels right at this moment in time 👇 ➡️
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In 17 years of ownership, the Glazers have taken £1.1 billion out of Man Utd and put in £0. That’s it. That’s the reason they are bad owners.
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I don't care who you support, Bayern Munich not winning the title for the first time in 12 years in Harry Kane's first season is hilarious
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The two most expensive English players in Premier League history
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John Mousinho set to be announced as the new head coach of Portsmouth. More on @TeleFootball
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BT Sport now going up to £30 a month. Reminder - they have one EPL match per weekend and Champions League (which hasn’t had a match in two months). The worst deal in TV.
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John Stones, Kyle Walker and Phil Foden getting Jack Grealish to England training tomorrow
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Remember when Barca did this to their greatest ever player and then spent €160m on new players in the next 12 months?
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Scotland fans applauding Ukrainian supporters as they celebrate reaching the World Cup playoff final 🇺🇦
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Roberto De Zerbi is now the 11th longest serving manager in the Premier League. He was appointed in September.
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Ok, now I get why Wrexham's fans love Paul Mullin so much (these are his boots)...
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This is me when we're about to go out and my wife says 'let me take a picture, you look nice'
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BBC doorstepping their own director general is wild
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Maguire and Dier in the same defence. Spurs must do this. For science.
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CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️
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Tottenham are interested in defender Harry Maguire, according to @Matt_Law_DT . It is thought that Maguire's presence would help Spurs hold on to Harry Kane.
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Arsenal had their very own Diego Simeone and they made fun of his accent
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This is the sort of soccer Berhalter always wanted the US to play. Quick, proactive, good on the ball... wait, Japan are in blue?!
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This is how you do a San Diego crest
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NEW: San Diego’s MLS expansion franchise is set to announce their name and unveil their crest very soon. @MLSist & I have it for you right now, though, on @TheAthleticSCCR
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Amazing the impact Johnny Russell is having on American soccer
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72,610: The fourth-highest attendance for a single match in MLS history. What a night in Kansas City. 👏
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Can't wait to sample the bustling atmosphere around some of the 2026 World Cup venues... 😳
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I consider this Andy Murray’s fourth Grand Slam
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Please record the awkward moment when you tell them you’ve spent most of your career campaigning to have people from Eastern Europe deported.😉
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USA-MEXICO IS ON BRITISH TV TONIGHT THIS IS NOT A DRILL
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It was at this moment that Alf-Inge Haaland decided to raise his son with the sole purpose of destroying Manchester United in every possible way 20 years later
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Seville is fortunate that it has two other big stadiums besides the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan. Would it not make sense to open one of them for the overspill of fans and show the #UEL final on a big screen? That would be the safest solution.
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MLS: Billions spent on new, state-of-the art stadiums and training facilities Also MLS:
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Gregg Berhalter having James Sands and Aaron Long in his USMNT squad over CCV is gaslighting at this point
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Shameless that Qatar thrust themselves into Messi's, and Argentina's, moment like this. So tacky.
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@RMcElhenney Glasgow, please
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The year is 2022 and a team owned by David Beckham is playing Brek Shea as a centre back
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Brendan Rodgers used this line in two different post-match interviews, but fell apart at the first hint of a follow-up by @Jane__Lewis - and patronised her for good measure. Classy.
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🗣️ "The story is already written about the season and how it's going to finish, but we will write our own story." Brendan Rodgers gives his reaction to Celtic's dramatic 3-1 win over Motherwell 👇
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This is the picture LAFC wanted
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A @TotalSoccerShow Thanksgiving! 🦃
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Imagine not liking football
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Magic 💙🪄
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In shock at this. A pillar of the US soccer community. Thoughts with everyone who knew and loved him.
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U.S. Soccer Statement On The Passing Of Grant Wahl:
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Ok, this might be the best one so far @LAFC 🤩
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If ETH can terminate Ronaldo's contract tomorrow, he should. He'd have control over Man Utd like no other manager since Ferguson
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Gregg Berhalter got CCV, Sands & Tillman together for a meal in a public place after Celtic thumped Rangers today. He has no idea what he's done... 😂
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Djokovic trying to get into the Australian Open on Monday...
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This should be the singular look for all USA teams. Iconic. Love it so much.
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This was a tennis shot that an actual human person made! 🤯
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YAAAAAAAAS! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (I came here alone. I don’t know who these people are)
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Union Berlin still top of the Bundesliga, but the best thing about them is their scoreboard where some guy has to hang out a window to change the numbers every time a goal is scored
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🏟️ Forthbank Stadium, Stirling ⚽️ Stirling Albion v Albion Rovers 🥧 Mixed Kebab Pie - absolutely sensational. Packed with meat (of dubious origin 😂), spicy sauce. Maybe the best pie I’ve ever had at a match! 10/10 #TSSPieClub
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I can't believe it actually happened... @TotalSoccerShow
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MLS Cup on Nickelodeon. Who says no?
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Alisson Becker producing the worst goalkeeping performance of the week and I saw a full back play in goal for Comoros three nights ago.
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Thank you for everything 🫡
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OneFootball
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🚨 Giorgio Chiellini has announced his retirement from professional football at the age of 39 👋🇮🇹 👕 827 games ⚽️ 52 goals 🏆 20 trophies
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BT Sport's faux moral outrage tonight has been off the scale. What an insufferable group of pundits and commentators they have.
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Glastonbury chanting 'oooooh Kendrick Lamar' is the most painfully British thing that has ever happened
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@Shankland_25 And if you don't get them vaccinated and they get Covid - accountable for that too? ICYMI - children more than 80x more likely to get a complication from Covid than a Covid vaccine (source: UCL).
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The Glazers last year, the Kroenkes this year. The Super Bowl exists purely to troll Premier League fanbases.
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Can't wait to see Chelsea ruin Christopher Nkunku and then loan him back to RB Leipzig after just one season
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Peter Drury waiting for a Gabriel Jesus goal on Easter Sunday...
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Lionesses 🤝 Inter Miami Sack Phil Neville to get good
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Yeah @SoundersFC nailed this. No notes 👌
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Attempted to buy three new MLS shirts. This was going to be the cost… 😳
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This is a good USMNT kit
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Ok, so we'll find out the 2026 World Cup host venues today, but what about the scran? @FootyScran
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Man City wearing 'No War' t-shirts. Shame the UAE, the country Sheikh Mansour is the Deputy PM of, was one of only three nations to abstain in a UN vote to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine yesterday...
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USWNT Twitter trying to get Vlatko to make some subs for extra time...
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Vlatko watching this
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Puma, why are you like this? 😫
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Going to be difficult for City to win the title with a 1,150-point deduction
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David Ornstein
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🚨 BREAKING: Everton handed 10-point penalty after independent commission hearing on alleged breach of Premier League profit & sustainability rules. Punishment applies immediately so #EFC drop into relegation zone for now. Expected to appeal @TheAthleticFC
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I'll buy the shirt of whoever scores the winning USMNT goal against England tomorrow! 🇺🇸
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Imagine not liking football
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Brighton & Hove Albion
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The rise of Brighton & Hove Albion. Our journey continues tomorrow. 💫
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MLS shirts are seriously good this season! 😍 I'll be rating all 29 for @Backheeled this week!
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The two most successful managers in international football history
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I am shocked that yet another NFT exchange has been exposed as a scam. The core concept of NFTs seemed so sound as well…
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Will people shout at me if I make the case for Luka Modric being the best midfielder of all-time?
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Watching USA-Mexico from last night. Nice to have a reminder of just how good Sergino Dest can be
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Arsenal have been the better team for me
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Turns out I'm a sicko
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Canada-USMNT (Nations League final) is on Viaplay 1 at 1.30am in the UK if you're a sicko and fancy staying up that late
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Darren Fletcher talking about Atletico Madrid…
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Think all the 2022 MLS kits have now been released. These are my top 3️⃣... 1. Orlando City 2. LAFC 3. Austin FC
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@jcvhammer Their offering is nowhere near as broad as Sky's despite being the same price. European league rights are incredibly cheap (hence why companies like Eleven & Premier can secure them).
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It’ll be too hot in Qatar anyway
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I never knew fun before B.J Callaghan
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It’s funny how Romelu Lukaku has to publicly apologise for wanting to leave his club when we were told Harry Kane was such a stand-up guy for wanting to leave his…
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Will never get my head around the price of USMNT tickets. $75+ for last night's friendly against Morocco - my Scotland-Ukraine ticket was £22!
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Oh btw - Weston McKennie was absolutely right to square up to Cesar Montes
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Sir, this is a Wendy’s
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I wasn't really shocked by anything until Haji Wright happened...
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Aaronson, CCV and Reyna on at half time. Fuck it
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You think things are bad now. Wait until Ralf Rangnick becomes interim PM
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Jordan Pefok called up… #USMNT
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Imagine spending $44 billion to show the world you’re a complete idiot
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There was a very brief moment when I thought Matt Turner had scored a stoppage time equaliser for the US and that was a fun split-second
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Just imagine how raging Cristiano Ronaldo is watching this
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1 year
We’re having a title party! Thanks for a great season, @Stirling_Albion ! 🏆
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Almiron > Grealish
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"Just get down the tunnel. You've won a game of football. Honestly," says Liverpool fan Jamie Carragher without a hint of irony.
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The Tories wanted Diane Abbott to resign for having a gin on the train
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This is Neymar by the time Brazil actually wins the World Cup again
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Best World Cup final of my lifetime. Easy.
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At a karaoke bar in Italy. Just crushed Toxic by Britney Spears in front of 100 people.
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2 years
SHOEYS FOR EVERYONE
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Messi should retire if Argentina wins on Sunday. Not even kidding.
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Man Utd have started quite well here. Can't wait for them to completely collapse after one tiny little bad thing happens to them
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