Football Daily | A Ballon d’Or shindig-shaped hole in the diaries of Messi and Ronaldo
05-Sep-2024 13:55:41 | Guardian
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On Wednesday, France Football announced their shortlists for this year’s Ballon d’Or but they cruelly omitted Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi from the men’s lineup, as neither appeared alongside the likes of former Charlton winger Ademola Lookman, one-time Leyton Orient loanee Harry Kane and ex-Rotherham goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez. Instead, for the first time since 2003, CR7 and Messi are wondering what to do with an empty diary when October’s shindig comes around.
After watching Hampton & Richmond Borough score a late winner at Weymouth in National League South on Tuesday night, at the end of the match the entire squad came to the away end and shook hands with, or fist-bumped, every single travelling supporter. There were only 14 of us, but you wouldn’t get that from Chelsea is all I’m saying” – Tony Whybrow.
I for one am all in favour of dynamic pricing (yesterday’s Quote of the Day). As a Partick Thistle supporter, I look forward to my face-price £22 ticket being sold on matchday for £1.75 with a bonus pie thrown in for good measure” – Peter Allan.
You ask whether morning kick-offs may become a thing (yesterday’s Football Daily, full email edition). I recall back in October 2005, Manchester City played Everton at the ungodly hour of 11.15am on a Sunday morning. A stupidly early start for travelling fans, with the vagaries of Sunday bus and train services, no pubs or bars open before kick-off and while people complain about the current lack of atmosphere at the Etihad, there was a very good reason why it was non-existent that day. Needless to say, this was all to suit pay-per-view TV so as not to clash with the afternoon’s ‘Super Sunday’ (Arsenal v Birmingham, plus Liverpool v Chelsea)” – John Caley.
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