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Seb Stafford-Bloor

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German Football correspondent, The Athletic.

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Ceylan Stafford-Bloor @cstaffordbloor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#nrl #nswblues #rugbyleague forzafibres.etsy.com
A handknit cowl in NSW Blues stripes, on a dummy
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Seb Stafford-Bloor @sebsb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Seb Stafford-Bloor @sebsb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A short one, hopefully of value somewhere. ssb1753487.substack.com/p/lost-messa...
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Lost Messages From My Mother
Something strange happened this week.
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Ceylan Stafford-Bloor @cstaffordbloor.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Fuck Ed. All my homies hate Ed. Phil&Keith4lyf #booksky
A ringed hand holding up a paperback copy of EVENINGS AND WEELENDS by Oisín McKenna
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Ceylan Stafford-Bloor @cstaffordbloor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Monochrome. forzafibres.etsy.com
A black knit cowl on a dummy, by a small Strelitzia Nicolai
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Ceylan Stafford-Bloor @cstaffordbloor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If I see *one more* AI football sticker istg
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Ceylan Stafford-Bloor @cstaffordbloor.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Here’s a pigeon. The rest are on my IG—come take a look: instagram.com/ceylansb
A biro-and-watercolour pigeon sitting on a branch
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Henry Bushnell @henrybushnell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Noahkai Banks has picked Germany over the USMNT. He's filed for a one-time switch. It hasn't yet been confirmed by FIFA, but if/when approved, he'll play for Germany's U-21s this month, and will no longer be eligible to represent the U.S. w/ @sebsb.bsky.social:
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Noahkai Banks commits to representing Germany over the USMNT (Gift Article)
Banks accepted one call-up to a senior USMNT camp last fall, but declined to commit his future to the U.S. ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
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Ceylan Stafford-Bloor @cstaffordbloor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Kind of in love with this 2024 FC Köln Hummel equality shirt by @crossstitchshirts.bsky.social
A framed cross stitch of the 2024 FC Köln Hummel equality shirt by @crossstitchshirts
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Ceylan Stafford-Bloor @cstaffordbloor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
On a glass cake stand, slices of double-choc-chip banana bread with walnuts and a chocolate drizzle
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The Totally Football Show @totallyshow.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🇪🇺EURO POD!🇪🇺 Join @acjimbo.bsky.social, @jameshorncastle.bsky.social, @tomwfootball.bsky.social, @polballus.bsky.social & @sebsb.bsky.social 🌍🎥 🇮🇹 What is happening at Juventus? 🇪🇸 Yamal's Ballon d'Or campaign 🇩🇪 Can Dortmund challenge Bayern? 🇫🇷 Rosenior's rebuild in Paris youtu.be/WzIc7KONWCs
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Yamal stars for Barca + who’s going to win the Europa League?
YouTube video by The Totally Football Show
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Ceylan Stafford-Bloor @cstaffordbloor.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
#booksky #joshsilver #traumaland
A paperback copy of TRAUMALAND by Josh Silver held over a swimming pool Excerpts from TRAUMALAND by Josh Silver:

‘I love your little costume!’ She cuts me off. ‘You look very sweet!’ Pipe down, Paula. I never liked you. I smile back, mirroring her condescension. ‘It’s not sweet, Paula. I’m a mentally ill clown who’s lost touch with reality and has the simple mission of wreaking anarchy and chaos.’ Oops. Couldn’t help it.

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The course of her future altering as she understands she could potentially invite this unstable man-child into her family.

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My first thought is: there seem to be an increasing number of knives in my life lately.

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I guess with the backpack I look a little like a small, skinhead devil on its way to small, skinhead devil school.Excerpts from TRAUMALAND by Josh Silver:

I feel a well opening up inside me, and with it, an emotion runs deep into the core of me. I know this one immediately. Anger. My hands begin to shake as it seeps into my blood, as it poisons me with its bitterness. I can taste it at the back of my throat. 

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Hearing Jack’s laugh did something to me that I can’t fully explain. It wasn’t some big swell of emotion, of joy or excitement, but a small echo, deeply rooted, of something I don’t experience very often, if at all. Peace. In that moment, I realised that so much of me has been trying to fix the way I feel outside of myself.
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Stadio @stadio.football · 10/09/2026
The Champions League returns, plus Harry Kane and the Ballon d'Or. New podcast for members up now, where @okwonga.bsky.social and @ryanhunn.bsky.social are joined by @sebsb.bsky.social! www.patreon.com/stadio/posts...
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Ceylan Stafford-Bloor @cstaffordbloor.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Seb Stafford-Bloor @sebsb.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Thanks Adam.
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Ceylan Stafford-Bloor @cstaffordbloor.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Spurs fans, come see how this came together: www.instagram.com/reel/DcyL67n... #coys
A ringed hand holding up to a blue sky a hooped piece of embroidery that reads ‘N17 / to dare is to do / audere est facere’
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Gunnerblog @gunnerblog.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🚨 Borussia Dortmund have made an approach to sign Ethan Nwaneri on loan. BVB hopeful a deal can be reached before Tuesday’s deadline. w/ @sebsb.bsky.social for @theathleticfc.bsky.social ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/751...
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Borussia Dortmund make loan approach for Arsenal’s Ethan Nwaneri (Gift Article)
The 19-year-old, who spent the second half of last campaign on loan at Marseille, is yet to make an appearance this season.
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Seb Stafford-Bloor @sebsb.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Harry Kane: My Game in My Words. What a privilege to be able to speak to a player of that calibre in such depth. Free to read @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/754...
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Harry Kane: My game in my words (Gift Article)
The Bayern Munich and England star breaks down the finishing, passing and all-round play that has made him a serious Ballon d'Or contender
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Seb Stafford-Bloor @sebsb.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Jamie Vardy to become a Bundesliga rights holder in the UK and Ireland. His YouTube channel will broadcast seven Friday night games this season, beginning with FC Bayern vs Stuttgart tonight. @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/753...
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Jamie Vardy’s YouTube channel to broadcast Bundesliga matches in UK and Ireland (Gift Article)
The striker's YouTube channel, “Jamie Vardy’s Having a Party", will broadcast seven Bundesliga games live this season.
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Seb Stafford-Bloor @sebsb.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
He is, but they have both have those kind of responsibilities. Moersen moved into the post-Fabio space.
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Seb Stafford-Bloor @sebsb.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Why aren’t Premier League sporting directors lasting long in their jobs? @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/752...
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Premier League sporting directors are supposed to bring continuity. Why so much turnover? (Gift Article)
Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool are among the clubs to have appointed new figures into a role that is supposed to bring stability
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Ceylan Stafford-Bloor @cstaffordbloor.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Ringed hands holding a piece of hoop-mounted embroidery. It reads ‘Football without fans is nothing’ in capital letters, and shows a drum with sticks and an anatomical human heart
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Ceylan Stafford-Bloor @cstaffordbloor.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Feedback required: the ends on the wrong side are messy but don’t show when worn. Would you still wear this?
A yarn neckerchief in Progress Pride colours, on a dummy The wrong side of a yarn neckerchief in Progress Pride colours, with ends showing
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Seb Stafford-Bloor @sebsb.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
There’s that, of course, but also a highly selective retelling of big moments, or otherwise leaving out the inconvenient bits.
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Seb Stafford-Bloor @sebsb.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
In what it leaves out, the Jose Mourinho documentary is quite remarkable. I understand editing for brevity, but if you’re making something longer than Apocalypse Now I don’t think that’s relevant.
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Ceylan Stafford-Bloor @cstaffordbloor.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Gianluigi Donnarumma, I say this with love: it’s time to let the hair go
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Seb Stafford-Bloor @sebsb.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Compelling and confounding. Cristian Romero’s legacy at Tottenham is complicated. @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/750...
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Compelling and confounding. Cristian Romero’s legacy at Tottenham is complicated (Gift Article)
Romero has always inspired such conflicting emotions among Tottenham fans that nobody could ever be certain what they felt for him
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Seb Stafford-Bloor @sebsb.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Compelling and confounding. Cristian Romero’s legacy at Tottenham is complicated. @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/750...
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Compelling and confounding. Cristian Romero’s legacy at Tottenham is complicated (Gift Article)
Romero has always inspired such conflicting emotions among Tottenham fans that nobody could ever be certain what they felt for him
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Ceylan Stafford-Bloor @cstaffordbloor.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A third one of these bad boys is headed for that same happy home today 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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Seb Stafford-Bloor @sebsb.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Football must have no king. Gianni Infantino needs to go. So does the FIFA presidency. @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/749...
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Football is too powerful to have one king. It’s time to abolish the FIFA presidency (Gift Article)
Gianni Infantino seems to exist independently of FIFA rather than as an extension of it, doing with the game whatever he believes is right
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Seb Stafford-Bloor @sebsb.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Football must have no king. Gianni Infantino needs to go. So does the FIFA presidency. @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/749...
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Football is too powerful to have one king. It’s time to abolish the FIFA presidency (Gift Article)
Gianni Infantino seems to exist independently of FIFA rather than as an extension of it, doing with the game whatever he believes is right
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Seb Stafford-Bloor @sebsb.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Football is too powerful to have a king. It’s time to abolish the FIFA presidency in its current form. For @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/749...
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Football is too powerful to have one king. It’s time to abolish the FIFA presidency (Gift Article)
Gianni Infantino seems to exist independently of FIFA rather than as an extension of it, doing with the game whatever he believes is right
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Seb Stafford-Bloor @sebsb.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Football is too powerful to have a king. It’s time to abolish the FIFA presidency in its current form. For @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/749...
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Football is too powerful to have one king. It’s time to abolish the FIFA presidency (Gift Article)
Gianni Infantino seems to exist independently of FIFA rather than as an extension of it, doing with the game whatever he believes is right
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Seb Stafford-Bloor @sebsb.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Goalkeepers are really important. So, why don’t they cost more? @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/748...
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Goalkeepers are incredibly important. So why don’t they cost more money? (Gift Article)
When James Trafford completes his move to Leeds, he will become the fourth most expensive goalkeeper of all time
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Seb Stafford-Bloor @sebsb.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Oh, you’re a gentleman. Had a lot of help and tuning since I got to The Athletic, so that’s good to hear.
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Seb Stafford-Bloor @sebsb.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Gianni Infantino’s Icarus moment. www.nytimes.com/athletic/748...
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This is Gianni Infantino’s Icarus moment – the FIFA president has finally flown too close to the sun (Gift Article)
The FIFA president's plans to sell off a stake in the World Cup has been met with widespread disapproval throughout the sport
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Ceylan Stafford-Bloor @cstaffordbloor.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A slice of lemon loaf, dusted with icing sugar A lemon loaf, cut open, dusted with icing sugar A lemon loaf, dusted with icing sugar, on a marble serving board
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Seb Stafford-Bloor @sebsb.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Outrageous. bsky.app/profile/csta...
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Ceylan Stafford-Bloor @cstaffordbloor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Lemon fridge bars dusted with icing sugar,  on a marble serving board
Lemon fridge bars dusted with icing sugar,  on a marble serving board  Lemon fridge bars dusted with icing sugar,  on a marble serving board
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Ceylan Stafford-Bloor @cstaffordbloor.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Sticker: DULWICH FANS GEGEN RECHTS, ft a fist punching Nigel Farage
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Adam Powley @adampowley.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Matterface and Dixon?
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Ceylan Stafford-Bloor @cstaffordbloor.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
‘They’re made for each other, those two. Fascinated with power. And with themselves, too’ — three guesses as to who this German commentator’s been looking at just now
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Ceylan Stafford-Bloor @cstaffordbloor.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
FIFA Lip Sync 2026
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Ceylan Stafford-Bloor @cstaffordbloor.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Incredibly torn between ‘Gianni Infantosser’ and ‘the #mugwank idea of a football world cup final half time show’
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Jacob Tanswell @handle.invalid · 15/07/2026
Johan Manzambi expected to undergo medical tomorrow ahead of a move to Aston Villa. Fee in excess of £50million, breaking the previous club record set by Amadou Onana. Story w/ @sebsb.bsky.social on @theathleticfc.bsky.social #AVFC www.nytimes.com/athletic/740...
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Johan Manzambi expected to undergo Aston Villa medical (Gift Article)
Newcastle had reached a club-to-club agreement with Freiburg for Manzambi before Villa stepped up their pursuit.
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Ceylan Stafford-Bloor @cstaffordbloor.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Banana bread with a chocolate drizzle, on a marble serving board Banana bread with a chocolate drizzle, on a marble serving board
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