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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

It takes a special talent to craft a headline about an anti-Palestinian chant that manages to convey the complete opposite. #palestine #westhamfc #guardian

Guardian headline Hammers condemn offensive and divisive chant about Israel winger Solomon accompanied by a picture of the player

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Far from a warm welcome but Senegal making themselves at home now #senegal #worldvup2026 #senira

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

It’s becoming increasingly hard not to conclude that the ethnicities of the attacker and his victims informed the BBC’s decision to relegate the story below *checks notes* lazy summer recipes

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Watfordfc’s Nestory Irankunda aiming to bag his second goal of the tournament this evening against the USA, although AI would disagree. #Irankunda #australia #usaaus #watfordfc #worldcup2026

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

“The thing is Cristiano, I see you more as a finisher than a starter.” #portugal #worldcup2026 #ronaldo

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

“The thing is Cristiano, I see you more as a finisher” #portugal #worldcup2026 #ronaldo

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Senegal, Uzbekistan, the Iranian side all shabbily treated. Fans barred from entering the USA. Even referee’s detained and deported. FIFA supine, the US a disgrace.

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Uruguay team receiving a warm welcome at the maga worldcup #worldcup2026 #fifa #infantino

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

#NestoryIrankunda the 3rd #Watfordfc player to score at a world cup, whatever AI thinks. #worldcip2026

Nestory Irankunda sat on the pitch at Vicarage Road

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

A good weekend for players seen plying their trade at Vicarage Road #watfordfc #worldcup2026 #NestoryIrankunda #IsmaelKone

Nestory Irankunda holds his ‘Superior player of the match’ trophy

Ismael Kone with his ‘Superior player of the match’ trophy

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

If this were a three way fight for two qualification places Group E would be facinating. Instead we have this, 3rd placed Ecuador 1/5 to make the next round, after losing their first match. Where’s the jeopardy? #fifa #worldcup2026 #infantino

Betting odds for qualification from Group E. Germany 1/500. Ivory Coast 1/40 Ecuador 1/5 Curaçao 12-1

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

*things escalated rapidly during an avalanche of goals in the second half*

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Jeopardy also detained at the border and expelled from #worldcup2026. Odds to qualify for next round after one game in group C. Top work #fifa #infantino

Betting odds to qualify for last 32 in group C. Haiti 28-1 after one game.

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Hard to believe that an event that saw the loss of so many migrant lives could be in any way related to such an innocent looking room like this. #fifa #qatar2022 #worldcup #infantino

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Sean Spicer/Trump 2017 inauguration crowd energy to this from #fifa #worldcup2026

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

“In almost 100 years of World Cup history FIFA sold around 50 million tickets in total. Now for this World Cup, in four weeks, we have the request for 1,000 years of World Cups at once. This is unique. It’s incredible.” Gianni Infantino at the world Economic Forum in Davos. #worldcup2026 #fifa

Empty seats at South korea v Czechia world cup match in Guadalajara, Mexico.

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

“In almost 100 of World Cup history FIFA sold around 50 million tickets in total. Now for this World Cup, in four weeks, we have the request for 1,000 years of World Cups at once. This is unique. It’s incredible.” Gianni Infantino at the world Economic Forum in Davos. #worldcup2026 #fifa #infantino

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Knock #fifa all you like (and rightly so), but staging the opening of the world cup on the 101st anniversary of Herbert Chapman’s appointment as Arsenal manager is a nice touch #Arsenal #HerbertChapman #gunners #azteca

Herbert Chapman statue outside Arsenal’s stadium

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

"It's important to clarify this. There is a lot of misconception out there. Everyone will be welcome in Canada, Mexico and the United States for the FIFA World Cup." Gianni Infantino 2025 #worldcup2026 #Fifa #infantino

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

The idea that a world cup referee, appointed by #fifa, is a threat to American national security is ludicrous. #worldcup #infantino

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

*continue doing everything except that thing #spygate #southamptonfc

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Same vibe as Trump’s approach to the pandemic.

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

For the avoidance of doubt, in stadia water vendor Coca Cola is a major FIFA sponsor.

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Current vibe aboard Arteta’s fun boat #arsenal

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Something in my gut tells me that Man City just might get away with it #115charges #epl #football

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

My memory is pretty frazzled to be sure but I’ve still a faint recollection of Arsenal winning that game.

Arsenal v Parma European Cup Winners cup Final match programme

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

A profligate #WatfordFC eventually overcome #DCFC at Vicarage Road.

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

www.theguardian.com/football/202... As the title race heats up, Mikel Arteta invites Arsenal fans to “jump in this boat because it’s going to be fun” #arsenal #epl

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

No surprise that Infantino feels at home in Trump’s semi demolished White House, as Marco Rubio confirms, “he’s here all the time”

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Gianni Infantino holds a golden panini sticker featuring a picture of er, himself. #Fifa #infantino

Gianni Infantino holds a golden panini sticker featuring
himself.

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

“I run into the president of FIFA…, he’s here all the time” Marco Rubio on the whereabouts of the elusive Gianni Infantino #infantino #fifa #trump

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

This another fine effort from young Abbott, although questions may be asked about the goalkeeper’s ‘positioning’

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

That “big beautiful ocean in between”

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

”we have a big beautiful ocean as separation” #Trump #Trumpism

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

That “big, beautiful ocean”…

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

”we have a big beautiful ocean as separation”

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Fan the flames or inflame the fans? Difficult to tell one from the other #watfordfc

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Having been 'looking into this' since July, I can’t imagine the election of Trump is going to suddenly spur Infantino’s FIFA into any meaningful action now. #kickitout #fifa #infantino

Trump and Infantino on FIFA heads’s instagram

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Mark Valentine @kickerbeat.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Arsenal’s ‘No More Red’ campaign now in its fourth year. Roll on the day when knife crime no longer blights our streets. #arsmnu #afc

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