Reposted by @grumpy-bob.bsky.socialHayters TV @hayterstv.bsky.social · 17h"They [Man City] bought all my players!" 🙃 "If there’s no respect for the rules then it’s not real sport!" 😤 Back to this classic Arsene Wenger interview on FFP 🧠 06220
Reposted by @grumpy-bob.bsky.socialPhilippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Following the news that Manchester City FC has been found guilty of 114 breaches of the PL's rules and regulations, @josimarfootball.bsky.social has lifted the paywall on articles of ours focusing on MCFC and its commercial partners since 2018. Links follow in this thread.josimar.noThe Men Behind Manchester City: The Dark Side | Josimar 10336136
Reposted by @grumpy-bob.bsky.socialJosimarFootball @josimarfootball.bsky.social · 26/09/2026We have taken down our paywall for 48 hours - for you to enjoy some of our reporting about Manchester City. First up - The men behind Manchester City: The dark side By @ncgeehan.bsky.social josimarfootball.com/2018/08/10/t...josimarfootball.comThe men behind Manchester City: The dark side - josimarfootball.comOn the pitch, Manchester City impressed everybody last season. Now let’s take a look behind the scenes – on the men who own the club. 17555
Reposted by @grumpy-bob.bsky.socialTariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Quite a World Cup cover from L’Equipe. 12330125
Reposted by @grumpy-bob.bsky.socialGoonerrhea @goonerrhea.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Rooney “Arsenal were absolutely robbed tonight, there’s no other way to put it. Look at that foul on Madueke in the box; it’s a stonewall, 100% penalty.How the referee or VAR hasn't given that is beyond me, and it completely changes the dynamic of a Champions League final….. 5467
Reposted by @grumpy-bob.bsky.socialPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Why did Labour drop Slapps? Well for three years a discreet group of London's top libel solicitors - members of whom have acted for clients including Russian oligarchs, the disgraced peer Michelle Mone and Jeffrey Epstein - has quietly lobbied ministers and civil servants to kill reform. 25019
Reposted by @grumpy-bob.bsky.socialdave161256.bsky.social @dave161256.bsky.social · 20/03/2026It is the marginal pricing system used to determine the wholesale price of electricty that ensures that people can't see that renewables are cheaper. This allows Farage to claim that it is renewables that are making electricity expensive when it is always gas. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/03...taxresearch.org.ukWhy gas sets the price of electricity, and why the economics behind it makes no senseThe way electricity prices are determined in the UK is widely misunderstood. Many people assume the price reflects the cost of producing electricity from the cheapest available sources. It does not. I... 074
Reposted by @grumpy-bob.bsky.socialTariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 17/03/2026A Russian oligarch was allowed to cheat rules for years allowing him to build a global super club right under the nose of the Premier League. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/w...nytimes.comUnder Roman Abramovich, Chelsea Broke Rules for Years, Premier League Says 69042
Reposted by @grumpy-bob.bsky.socialTariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 17/03/2026There is so much wrongdoing in this Chelsea case that loads of it is going to get lost. For example the Premier League banned third party ownership in 2008 and the documents show Chelsea’s owners through an Abramovich-controlled company was engaged in it for years after that. 810239
Reposted by @grumpy-bob.bsky.socialMusa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 17/03/2026As a Manchester United fan I rightly expect absolutely no sympathy for the abject state of my club. I will also say: Wenger's Arsenal overwhelmed Manchester United fair and square, while Chelsea and Manchester City didn't, and football as a whole is still paying a huge price for that. 19596105
Reposted by @grumpy-bob.bsky.socialMusa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Wenger got mocked and memed for years on end while other clubs, particularly Chelsea, had to break the law repeatedly to beat his Arsenal side. It is shameful but of course capitalism has no shame. 1040979
Reposted by @grumpy-bob.bsky.socialAlways The Arsenal @alwaysthearsenal.bsky.social · 17/03/2026At least Armstrong was stripped of the titles he cheated to obtain… 021
Reposted by @grumpy-bob.bsky.socialChris Weatherspoon @cweatherspoon.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Quite remarkable that Chelsea breaking rules to sign seven players (+ three unknown) who during their respective times at the club helped win a Champions League, the Europa League twice, two Premier League titles, two FA Cups and a League Cup didn't merit a points deduction 23425107
Reposted by @grumpy-bob.bsky.socialAlexander Beck @the-beck.bsky.social · 16/03/2026I've not been online much today, but did you guys catch the Chelsea news? Everything we thought about Chelsea under Abramovich was true and it's being brushed under the carpet. They were completely corrupt. www.bbc.com/sport/footba... 2145
Reposted by @grumpy-bob.bsky.socialMartin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Seems to me that if a club is found deliberately to have made secret payments, over a long period, for the purpose of circumventing spending rules - and thereby obtaining an unfair advantage - that club ought to have any titles and trophies won in that period vacated. 3328
Reposted by @grumpy-bob.bsky.socialHaris @afcmhr.bsky.social · 14/03/2026MAX DOWMAN. 16 YEARS OLD. ETCH THAT INTO EMIRATES HISTORY, ARSENAL HISTORY, PREMIER LEAGUE HISTORY! 521577424
Reposted by @grumpy-bob.bsky.socialSneharsenal @sneharsenalfpl.bsky.social · 10/03/2026From @theathleticfc.bsky.social analysis of Arsenal’s finances and more pertinently, comparison with that of ManCity!! The chasm in wage bill between the two is significant even now!! Kudos to the team and the manager to still compete with City year after year!! 1277
Reposted by @grumpy-bob.bsky.socialPhilarsopher @philarsopher.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Important to lead with the headline that Arsenal are the ‘villains of the title race’ and would be ‘unpopular champions’ as they go up against the team charged with 115+ counts of cheating to gain an unfair competitive advantage over the other premier league teams. 1836378
Reposted by @grumpy-bob.bsky.socialSHAR⭕️N @sharona.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Oh no! What’s causing that?! 0155
Reposted by @grumpy-bob.bsky.socialThe Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 03/03/2026The fact that Isabel Oakeshott, economic migrant to the UAE may just turn into a refugee fleeing to the UK from a war zone will cause a level of schadenfreude in me that may just make me topple right over. 1181911387
Reposted by @grumpy-bob.bsky.socialGwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 28/02/2026What "it's a distraction" people fundamentally need to understand about fascism is that fascism's entire mode of operation is diverting popular anger/anxiety/despair into channels of violence against the Other (both internal and external). It's not flailing, it's the whole strategy. 161412458
Reposted by @grumpy-bob.bsky.socialelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 26/01/2026The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions. It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today. 1852313077
Reposted by @grumpy-bob.bsky.socialLiam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power 9631681493
Reposted by @grumpy-bob.bsky.socialJeremy Mulder @jeremulder.bsky.social · 20/01/2026These videos have become a part of my Tuesdays. Darkly informative and infuriating. We live in unjust times and we need to arm ourselves with the reality of the past, present and future. And Sarah and Mark are doing their best to do just that. Please watch and read. 05520
grumpy-bob.bsky.social @grumpy-bob.bsky.social · 06/02/2025I’d go further and say the majority of people have no idea of the scale of the problem because of the embarrassing job the media does of covering this topic. Kind of incredible when you think of the amount of airtime and column inches dedicated to it. 060
