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Who are they playing this weekend... oh !Getting knocked out of the FA Cup means so much more to Taliban United fans than any other club
They really are a special breed
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NUFC and other Sportswashing 2022 - Part 3
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Bear
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Just a month ago
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We have been given a good draw in the third round of the FA Cup this year and with the ambitious new ownership, I believe that we won’t just squander and surrender our place in the competition tamely, like under
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Donnybrook
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going to be stinking of gravy in here tonight
Mackem2017
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"i dont want to be part of the sportswashing"
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"he'll regret it when we win the champions league"
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Redandwhitedust
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Getting relegated the best thing that could have happened
Hopefully
So they can "rebuild and clear out deadwood".
Angus0897433670
Goalkeeper
Relatively satisfied. Could have done with one more attacking player but other than that, pretty good. All that matters is avoiding relegation, if that happens, it’s been a successful window.
Wansbeck Viking
Striker
But that wasn’t good enough under Ashley.
Angus0897433670
Goalkeeper
Context matters.
Wansbeck Viking
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Sportswashing is the practice of an individual, group, corporation, or nation-state using a major or prestigious international sport to improve its reputation, through hosting a sporting event, the purchase or sponsorship of sporting teams, or by participation in the sport itself. At nation-state level, sportswashing has been used to direct attention away from a poor human rights record and corruption scandals within local government. While at the individual or corporate level sportswashing is used to cover up and direct away attention from said person's or company's vices, crimes, or scandals. Sportswashing has been called a form of
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Reminder of how the north east of England correspondent for sky sports reported that knock back:
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It wasn’t that the mags were utterly unappealing, it was “too big a decision to make” for the lad. Our local sports press really are just mag fanzine writers.
Shandy drinker
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Like Chris dead wood
BigPete
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You'd think the richest club in the world could afford more than 10a an hour for its lower paid staff.You must be logged on to see media items
That definitely makes up for murdering kids and homosexuals.You must be logged on to see media items
ilovehorswill
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Mouth of The Tyne building bridges with his fellow mags 
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Roman maroni
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ilovehorswill
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It’s literally a few quid a week and they’re back on their knees
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