General Twitter Thread

[Vermilion]

shame he don't know who his manager will be

What about Grommit?

No managerial experience as far as i know, but you never know with their owner.

[Chazza]

RIP Peter Ndlovu

Neal Collins @nealcol

Sadly, confirmation that former Coventry and Zimbabwe superstar Peter Ndlovu has passed away after car crash brother Adam died at the scene

[dom9]

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[Lee]

Terrible news.

So young.

[BobTheCharmer]

RIP Peter Ndlovu

Rubbish news. I was at anfield when he scored a hatrick against us. Good player. RIP.

[ChesterDave]

BBC reporting he is out of danger as recently as 14 minutes ago. Conscious, communicating etc

[BobTheCharmer]

BBC reporting he is out of danger as recently as 14 minutes ago. Conscious, communicating etc

Christ it's like Jesus all over again.

[Gibbo]

@nealcol: Apologies on Peter Ndlovu tweet. BBC assure me he's out of coma. No reply from Bulawayo. Glad to be wrong on this one. Sorry.

[Boogs]

Richard Buxton (@Richard_Buxton_)
12/16/12 6:54 PM
RT @ed_aarons: Jurgen Klopp's odds to be next Chelsea manager have dropped from 100/1 to 13/1 in the last hour. Interesting... #CFC

[Vermilion]

I believe Peter Ndlovu's brother has died in the accident, that's where the confusion arose i think.

[Boogs]

Found this blog via twitter. Don't agree with everything but the strap line 'supporters not customers' is quite apt.


The summer of 2012 was almost enough to kill my love for football. Having spent the last decade as a Cardiff City season ticket holder and attending at least 20 away games a season, the club was ‘rebranded’. In the biggest demonstration of the role money plays in British football since MK Dons, the club as I knew it was no more. Having decided to boycott the club until they returned to a bluebird badge and the historic blue home strip, I was subjected to a large amount of abuse and threats. Just when I was beginning to question if football was worth it, I attended Manchester City vs. Borussia Dortmund. The Dortmund supporters showed me what football could be like. What it should be like. The support was great, but there are excellent supporters in Britain anyway. Leeds United and Crystal Palace are two examples of how British football supporters can create an atmosphere. The main difference was in the mentality of the German supporters. Above all else, they were having fun.

The banner they displayed said it all. Supporters, not Customers. Modern football convinces football fans that they are replaceable. An unnecessary burden to the world of brand fusion and Sky TV. If you are an away supporter you will be forced to pay a lot of money for a ticket with a poor view and limited facilities. Police and stewards will make sure you don’t drink too much, sing too much and heaven forbid, stand up. Take a train to the game and they’ll walk you through the streets like a criminal. Your coach will be surrounded by police vehicles in a style usually only reserved for international terrorists or visiting heads of state.

Germany proves it doesn’t have to be this way. You can buy a ticket to watch the Bundesliga champions for less than a ticket to watch fourth tier football in Britain. Once you get inside the stadium you can stand on a terrace, watch a high standard of football and witness an excellent game of football to boot. Pundits are quick to tell you that the English Premiership is the best league in the world, and if you’re a customer then maybe they’re right. This website is for the people who believe football is more than just Super Sunday and parachute payments. Star strikers who kiss the badge then leave six months later for another £30,000 a week somewhere else. Being treated as a second class citizen and accepting it because “that’s football”. Arguing over whether a player is ‘worth’ £50,000,000.

Supporters. Not customers.

[Bender]

AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani says that his club have received a bid for striker Alexandre Pato from an unnamed club.

[Tee]

AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani says that his club have received a bid for striker Alexandre Pato from an unnamed club.

I can only pray it is us, but it will be from Corinthians or Sao Paolo.

[Chazza]

Marcus Christenson @m_christenson
Roberto Di Matteo has met Schalke with a view of possibly taking over next summer, acc to Sport-Bild. Werder Bremen also interested.

[Alex]

BBC Sport @BBCSport
Fenerbahce's Raul Meireles gets 11-game ban for allegedly spitting at ref and making homophobic gesture #lfc #cfc http://bbc.in/ZYk0o6

Oh Raul. You ****ing idiot.