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Nick Harris @sportingintel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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Long before the 115 charges, there was a telex machine in Berkeley Square sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/long-befor... By Patrick Nally, the "godfather" of sports marketing

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Long before the 115 charges, there was a telex machine in Berkeley Square

Patrick Nally is known by many as the godfather of sports marketing, a man who took the IOC and FIFA from barely solvent to unbelievable riches.

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Remember it well - sat at the big rectangular table off Piccadilly in spring'82 when the 'products' were handed over then at the Eurobuilding in Madrid when the incoming core ISL staff were signed up.

ON THIS DAY in 1913 Silvio Piola, Italy’s 1938 World Cup winning centre forward, was born (died 1996)

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Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

ON THIS DAY in 1952 John Cobb was killed on Loch Ness, trying to break the world water speed record

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Biggest scandal in the history of English league football? . . . keirradnedge.com/2026/09/25/c...

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Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

ON THIS DAY . . . in 1988 Ben Johnson failed a dope test after winning the Olympic Games 100m in Seoul in 9.79s . . . in 1983 Barcelona’s Diego Maradona had an ankle broken by Bilbao’s Andoni Goicoechea . . . and in 1776 the St Leger horse race was run for the first time

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Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

ON THIS DAY in 2004 English football mourned Brian Clough, aged only 69

Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Sandro Mazzola dies at 83 - the son who also rose to football glory . . . keirradnedge.com/2026/09/20/s...

Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

RIP Sandro Mazzola, at 83 - magnificent Italy and Inter world and European club champion. Playing his way to international stardom out of the shadow of legendary father Valentino, captain of the Grande Torino wiped out in the 1949 Superga disaster.

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Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

ON THIS DAY in 1922 the great Czechoslovak Olympic distance champion Emil Zatopek was born (died 2000)

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Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

ON THIS DAY in 1938 Captain George Eyston set a world land speed record of 345mph in Thunderbolt

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Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

ON THIS DAY in 1928 Kent’s ‘Tich’ Freeman became the only bowler to take 300 wickets in an English cricket season

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Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

ON THIS DAY in 1951 Johan Neeskens, scorer in 1974 of the first World Cup Final penalty, was born [dd 2024]

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Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Munich, Barcelona to stage Champions League Finals in 2028 and 2029; Lyon and Cardiff land women's finals . . . keirradnedge.com/2026/09/15/n...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

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Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Casablanca’s Final? Of all the venues in all the towns in the 2030 World Cup . . . keirradnedge.com/2026/09/10/c...

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Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

ON THIS DAY in 1961 German racing driver Wolfgang Von Trips and 15 spectators were killed when his Ferrari crashed into the crowd at the Italian GP at Monza

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Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

ON THIS DAY in both 1952 and 1953 Maureen ‘Little Mo’ Connolly won the US women’s tennis title

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Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

ON THIS DAY in 2013 Tokyo was selected in Buenos Aires by the IOC to host the 2020 Olympic Games

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Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

ON THIS DAY in 1880 the first cricket Test in England against Australia began at The Oval with W G Grace scoring 152

Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

ON THIS DAY in 1969 Brazil mourned the death of its first superstar, Arthur Friedenreich, at 77

Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

ON THIS DAY in 1931 Celtic goalkeeper John Thomson died after being injured in an ‘Old Firm’ derby against Rangers

Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

ON THIS DAY in 1955 Sporting Clube and Partizan drew 3-3 in Lisbon in the first European Champions Cup tie

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Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

ON THIS DAY in 2006 world football mourned Italy and Inter legend Giacinto Facchetti, aged 64

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Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

ON THIS DAY in 1938 the IOC decided to switch the doomed 1940 Games from Tokyo to Helsinki

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Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

ON THIS DAY in 1989 Juventus and Italy’s World Cup winning sweeper Gaetano Scirea died in a car crash in Poland

Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

ON THIS DAY in 1925 Pierre de Coubertin retired as president of the IOC, aged 62 . . . and ON THIS DAY in 1960 in Rome Armin Hary became the first European sprinter to win the Olympic 100m

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Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Dutch federation proposes hosting world football summit to launch ‘New FIFA’ - PS: Infantino not invited . . . keirradnedge.com/2026/08/30/r...

Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

ON THIS DAY in 1981 world football mourned the death, at 81, of Béla Guttman, Hungarian coach of Benfica’s European champions in 1961 and 1962

Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Re UEFA stepping back from the 'nuclear option' - its statement today, to be precise, says: "UEFA has therefore agreed to suspend, on a provisional basis, the withdrawal by European teams from FIFA competitions in the coming season."

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Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

ON THIS DAY in 1952 the great Emil Zatopek completed a unique Olympic treble by winning the marathon at the Helsinki Games

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Christian Radnedge @christianrad.com · 26/08/2026

Birthday week so treated myself (yes, really) to day out doing the tour of the Tottenham Hotspur stadium, eyes seeing the glory of the cups of White Hart Lane... #COYS

Lad in spurs shirt with europa league trophy because spurs are winners

Statue of Bill Nicholson surrounded by multiple historic trophies Tottenham have won

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Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

ON THIS DAY in 1960 the 17th modern Olympic Games opened in Rome

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Christian Radnedge @christianrad.com · 25/08/2026

New Spurs signing speaks: "I'm a North London boy, so I'm delighted to sign for the club I have supported since birth. Even though they routinely drive me up the wall and bring on near-monthly emotional meltdowns that have me questioning the meaning of life." #COYS

Lad in Spurs shirt sitting in the stadium media chair

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Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

ON THIS DAY in 1963 Borussia Dortmund’s Timo Konietzka scored the first goal in Bundesliga history

Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

ON THIS DAY Italy’s double World Cup winning inside forward Giuseppe Meazza was born in 1910

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Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

ON THIS DAY in 1921 Sam Cook, England and Gloucestershire left-arm spinner, was born (died 1996)

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Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

ON THIS DAY in 1930 Gilmar dos Santos Neves, Brazil's World Cup winning goalkeeper in 1958 and 1962, was born (died 2013)

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Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

ON THIS DAY in 1934 Australia beat England by 562 runs to regain the Ashes

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Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

ON THIS DAY in 1979 Italy mourned the death of double World Cup winner Giuseppe Meazza at the age of 69

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Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

CRISIS AT FIFA: Senior executive Kevin Lamour is sacked after daring to let fly at Infantino over World Cup sell-out plan . . . keirradnedge.com/2026/08/17/f...

Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

ON THIS DAY at the 2008 Beijing Olympics Usain Bolt set a 100m world record of 9.69sec

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Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

ON THIS DAY in 1920 the first post-war Olympic Games opened in Antwerp

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Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

ON THIS DAY in 2003 German football mourned the death of 1954 World Cup Final match winner Helmut Rahn

Keir Radnedge @keirr.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

ON THIS DAY in 1984 Mary Decker tripped over the heels of Zola Budd in the women's 3,000m at the Los Angeles Olympics