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John Bennett

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Broadcaster on @bbcworldservice, @5liveSport, the EuroLeagues podcast & BBC Final Score. I’ve made award winning docs about Klopp & Arteta.

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1Feb 24, '25Afcon is huge. It’s massively tough to win. & it means the world to the players. Ask Eto’o, Yaya, Salah, Drogba, Mane etc - who’ve won it all in Europe - what Afcon means to th77.4×1.1M13k2.5k216
2Jan 18, '25Kluivert scoring a hat-trick, people listening to Robbie Williams songs, David Moyes managing Everton. What decade is this?!75.8×1.1M35k1.7k411
3Jun 11, '23A football story to put a smile on your face: 71 year-old Claudio Ranieri has guided Cagliari to promotion to Serie A. After a 94th minute winner.69.4×967k5.3k3467
4Jun 14, '24Walking to the sofa for those 2pm kick-offs.54.3×756k14k978363
5Jun 8, '23“Usain, you pretend you’ve just scored, Sam, you point the badge… And Mauricio, errr… could you pretend you’re haunted by a distant memory.”46.3×646k5k17832
6Feb 18, '23I’ve hesitated about posting this but I think it’s right to remember Christian Atsu in the correct way, as someone who radiated positive energy. A talented, friendly, kind and gene37.1×517k9.8k2k248
7Feb 7, '22This is what it means! Congratulations #teamsenegal Incredible. (Video via @FreddhyKoula)29.1×032k6.8k491
8Jul 16, '18Finally got his hands on the trophy! #FRA14.5×014k4.8k64
9Dec 17, '23Kudus - Semenyo - Williams. Ghana. Do not let us neutrals down at Afcon please 😂. That should be exciting.14.3×199k2.8k60334
10Mar 23, '23“History makers. The rise of Morocco.” My new audio documentary, out now. Hear from: 🇲🇦Walid Regragui 🇲🇦Yassine Bounou 🇲🇦Ilias Chair 🇲🇦Rosella Ayane ⚽️ Plus, inside Morocco13.2×185k1.4k206112
11Nov 28, '22Mohammed Kudus. The future of Ghana football!12.7×018k1.9k6
13Mar 14, '20“Have you ever self isolated before John?” “Yeah, about 19 years ago...”12.2×014k2.3k37
14Jun 30, '24N’Golo Kante, Danny Drinkwater, Ben Chilwell, Wes Fofana, Enzo Maresca, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall. Just 4 more stamps needed on the loyalty card and Chelsea will get a free Leicester p12.1×168k2.3k16329
15Aug 10, '23Funny seeing some pundits almost talking down Bayern Munich. 😂 Along the line of “no disrespect but…” They’re one of the biggest sporting institutions in the world. Always Champs 11.4×159k3k31613
16Nov 28, '22The Ghana fans behind me are in bits. One lady has been praying for the entire injury time!11×014k1.9k31
17Oct 8, '17Imagine taking a penalty - in the 95th min - which could end a 28 year wait for your football mad nation? Salah has nerves of steel. #Egypt10.4×06.6k5.2k0
18Jun 16, '18The “Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the first player to score at eight major international tournaments” stat. It’s - rightly - not going down well in Ghana. Why? @ASAMOAH_GYAN3 has scor10.3×06.6k5.1k11
19Jan 26, '24Bayer Leverkusen fans happily enjoying their amazing season… Then seeing the Klopp news.10.1×141k1.6k8116
20Apr 4, '18This is a wonderful story from Nigel Quashie about Ray Wilkins. (Via Nigel Quashie’s Instagram page - nigel.quashie)9.6×08.9k3.3k9
21Jul 6, '24Put some respect on Jordan Pickford’s name. I honestly have no idea why some people don’t think he’s a top class keeper. He’s a winner.9.4×131k1.5k773
22May 6, '21Unai Emery comes across as such a classy guy. No bitterness whatsoever about how his time at Arsenal came to an end. (And as for the mocking... This is a guy who, despite being a b9.0×013k1.2k37
23Feb 23, '22Sadio Mane overtook Didier Drogba's Premier League goal tally tonight. So Salah and Mane are now 1 and 2 in the top scoring African players in Premier League history. What a duo.8.7×011k1.6k37
24Jun 1, '18The only way to get one of these now is to play international football for England and swap shirts after the game tomorrow.8.3×04.2k4.7k6
25Mar 30, '22If ever a photo summed up what football can do to us.8.3×08.5k63033
26Nov 20, '22Someone in front of me at Al Bayt stadium waving a huge Ghana flag. You Ghana fans are everywhere 😂👏8.1×011k1.4k11
27May 29, '22Typical negative comments on here about the Liverpool parade… If, as a club, you can’t celebrate winning the FA Cup and the League Cup in the same season then football really is do7.9×011k77720
28May 1, '18People calling Real Madrid and Zinedine Zidane “lucky.” They beat the French Champions in the last 16, the Italian Champions in the last 8 and the German Champions in the last 4...7.6×05.4k3.4k9
29May 29, '192015/2016 - Premier League winner. 2016/2017 - Premier League winner. 2017/2018 - FA Cup winner. Summer 2018 - World Cup winner. 2018/2019 - Europa League winner.7.6×07.2k2.6k12
30Mar 9, '23I’ve been lucky enough to be in Morocco for the last couple of days finding out the secrets to their recent World Cup success… Radio show and podcast will be out during the interna7.6×106k1.3k10319
31Mar 30, '22Dan Amartey had nearly 2 years out after a serious ankle injury he suffered in 2018. Now he’s battled his way back to become a first XI regular at LCFC… & with 2 top class perf7.2×09.5k1.3k7
32Oct 15, '24I know quite a few people who are Ghana AND Manchester United fans. Football will be fun again at some point, I promise.7.1×99k1.4k38040
33Jul 7, '24Saka’s smile and his celebration after burying that penalty is my favourite moment of the Euros so far. Wonderful.6.5×90k3.8k574
34Jun 11, '18First the amazing shirts, now these outfits... The Nigeria team are only just getting on the plane to Russia but they’re already winning. (Pic via @EldersonEch)6.4×04.7k2.5k8
35Jun 12, '21Denmark head coach Kasper Hjulmand: "We had two options to play the game [today] or tomorrow at 12pm and everyone agreed to play today. You can't play a game with such feelings. We6.3×06.5k1k57
36Apr 30, '24Ipswich Town’s success under Kieran McKenna is a truly remarkable story. When he was appointed in December 2021: 12th in League 1. April 2024: one point away from the Premier Leagu6.1×85k1.4k16826
37Apr 14, '21Zinedine Zidane every time someone doubts him.5.7×08.1k73818
38Jan 11, '22Nigeria the first of the "big" nations at #afcon2021 to look 100% match sharp and up to speed. And this is a team that sacked their manager last month! Impressive stuff so far from5.4×06k1.5k5
39Jul 1, '20How on earth are Leicester City still third?! Last time they won a game I’d never heard of zoom.5.1×06.6k9178
40Jan 15, '20Confirmed - the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations will take place in January and February next year. That means it'll be in the middle of the Premier League season. It means Salah, Mane, 4.9×04.4k93420
41Dec 23, '17So... Title race over in Spain. Title race over in Germany. Title race over in France. Title race over in England. Serie A - you're our only hope.4.8×02.6k2.6k0
42Nov 4, '17When I was a kid I thought I’d grow out of @FootballManager. Now I have kids... & I’ve just failed to agree personal terms with Nabil Fekir4.6×04.7k1.5k0
43Apr 3, '25Leicester v Southampton next month will be quite something. 😬 They should invite the Derby County 2007–08 team and the Sunderland 2005-06 squad to have a kick-about at half-time.4.5×63k1.6k5316
44Nov 25, '22Portugal v Ghana game: Still confused as to why the VAR didn’t recommend that the referee check the screen. Especially when you hear tv referee pundits like Mike Dean saying it’s w4.5×05.2k1k12
45Oct 8, '1744 year-old Essam El-Hadary is finally going to a World Cup. It’s been a long wait... His international debut was in 1996! #Egypt #WCQ4.1×02.3k2.2k0
46Sep 7, '22Mohammed Kudus at the World Cup will be fun. Watch out Uruguay 😉4.0×05.4k6494
47Nov 28, '22What a game!! Ghana’s World Cup up an running. And next up, it’s the grudge match! Uruguay. Unmissable.4.0×05.2k7743
48Mar 6, '21Ghana's Daniel Amartey scores the winner for Leicester in the Premier League. And at the same time, the "Black Satellites" win the AFCON U20 tournament, beating Uganda in the final3.9×04.8k8152
49Jun 24, '24The love for Tony Yeboah is still strong in Frankfurt. Quite rightly too…3.7×52k1.6k27812
50Jun 12, '21Simon Kjær and Kasper Schmeichel: Two wonderful leaders and outstanding human beings. Their reaction and the reaction of the other players at a time like that was incredible. No wo3.6×04.8k64619
51Oct 1, '19Real Madrid awful so far. At this rate they'll only get 6 players in the FIFA Best XI next year.3.6×04.1k9703
52May 21, '25“This final not living up to expectations.” It’s 16th v 17th. If your expectations were that this was going to be Inter v Barcelona you need to reassess your expectations. It’s clo3.4×47k1.7k21813
53Dec 5, '22I’m at the Morocco pre match press conference. Walid Regragui is such an impressive communicator. Has spoken in 4 languages and has exactly the type of personality needed to cope t3.3×04.2k59441
54Mar 25, '22I thought Ghana coped very well with Nigeria’s attacking line up - particularly Daniel Amartey and Alexander Djiku doubling up on Victor Osimhen. In the balance second leg. Nigeria3.3×04.5k5137
55Mar 25, '22One last thing - Ghana have a new star in Mohammed Kudus. What a talent. Great future ahead of him. The crowd reaction to some of his skills and forward runs was brilliant to see. 3.2×04.3k5742
56Jul 10, '18The rise of N’Golo Kante is something special: At the time of the last World Cup he was 23 but was preparing for his first season as a Ligue 1 player. Today he’s a 2 time Premier L3.0×02.5k1.3k4
57Apr 30, '25Barcelona v Inter reminding everyone why football is the best sport in the world. Incredible game.2.9×40k2.2k22617
58Jun 26, '18John Obi Mikel not happy at all with the decision not to give the penalty to Nigeria at 1-1. "Clear handball, clear penalty. It was open. For me a penalty is a penalty. We've seen 2.6×01.5k1.4k1
59Mar 22, '22Hello Ghana! It’s one of the countries I’ve always wanted to visit - especially since I’ve been reporting on African football - & I’m finally here. I hear there’s a big game Fr2.6×03.2k47910
60May 7, '22Man Utd fans: we want ten Hag Brighton fans: we want ten2.5×03.2k44810
62Jun 12, '21Denmark coach Kasper Hjulmand (in tears at the post-match news conference): "It was a really tough evening, on which we've all been reminded what the most important things in life 2.4×03.2k45813
63Apr 3, '18The Juventus fans applauding Cristiano Ronaldo’s overhead kick is one of the great Champions League moments. #UCL2.3×02.1k9112
64Jun 17, '20David Luiz was so bad that this is the first time I’ve seen a team “go up” to 10 men.2.3×02.6k60810
65Jan 9Who have been the best young players at #afcon2025 so far?? Here are some of my picks for @BBCSport2.3×31k2784431
66Nov 24, '22A mad second half at Stadium 974. Never dull watching Ghana. Imagine the scenes if Inaki Williams had equalised! (Note to Otto Addo - put Mohammed Kudus in attack).2.3×02.9k4563
67Mar 22, '18I’ve been in Poland today to check in on Nigeria’s World Cup preparations. They’ll be the youngest squad at Russia 2018... Spirit/unity in the Super Eagles camp seems like the best2.2×01.4k1.1k1
68Sep 7, '22Mohammed Kudus is a fascinating player. I've seen more of him playing for Ghana where he lines up in central midfield but for Ajax tonight he's leading the line. Entertaining to wa2.2×02.9k3994
69Jan 12, '22When Graham Poll showed three yellow cards at the World Cup I don’t remember people saying that was embarrassing for European football. Not a good day for AFCON, yes... But huge re2.2×01.7k8806
70Sep 27, '20Daniel Amartey. 2 years out injured. Makes his Premier League comeback with 90 minutes in a 5-2 win over Manchester City. @DanAmartey 👏👏2.2×02.7k4452
71Dec 13, '22Roy Keane, Gary Neville and Ian Wright all saying on TV it wasn’t a penalty. Am I on a different planet!? That was a clear penalty surely?1.9×02.6k12711
72Aug 28, '174 nil win over Arsenal. Agree to sign Naby Keita next summer. Chasing Thomas Lemar. Good Bank Holiday weekend #LFC fans?1.8×01.8k6250
73Mar 23, '20Galatasaray head coach Fatih Terim says he has tested positive for the Coronavirus. Remember the Turkish Super Lig was only suspended on Thursday. & Terim criticised the decisi1.8×02.4k3233
74Dec 26, '1821st December : Several reports that Claude Puel has lost the Leicester City dressing room. 22nd December : #LCFC beat Chelsea. 26th December : #LCFC beat Man City. Not a bad respo1.8×02.2k4263
75Dec 10, '22Whatever happens. Whoever lifts the World Cup. Walid Regragui should be the Coach of the tournament. He took over 81 days before the competition started. He reintegrated Hakim Ziye1.8×02.1k44723
76Dec 28, '17Not many Presidents have scored a goal like this... #Weah1.8×01.3k7600
77Nov 16, '21Victor Osimhen plays as if he’s being controlled by a kid on FIFA who’s found a cheat code to make him more skilful, stronger, quicker and generally better than everyone else on th1.7×01.8k51213
79Feb 3, '22Nouhou Tolo has been excellent up against Mohamed Salah tonight. #AFCON20211.7×01.8k4851
80Nov 17, '22Ghana coach one day?? Asamoah Gyan has moved a step forward on his coaching journey by gaining his UEFA B Certificate.1.7×02.4k1774
81Jul 7, '21Never a penalty. Clear and obvious. Surely VAR needed to reverse that.1.6×02k2693
82Nov 2, '18Can’t imagine one match going football fan that would ever in a million years want a European Super League. If it ever happens we may as well all call it a day with football. This 1.6×01.7k3873
83May 28, '22Has a team ever had a tougher run in a knockout stage to win a Champions League than PSG, Chelsea Man City and Liverpool?? Incredible from Real Madrid to come out on top in all of 1.5×01.9k2384
84Jan 30, '22Mohamed Salah's reaction to the FT whistle blowing is to take time to console the Morocco players one by one.1.5×02.2k1268
85Jan 23, '22So it's really happening then. An outfield player will be in goal for Comoros tomorrow v Cameroon: Comoros assistant boss Daniel Padovanni: "We've already chosen an outfield player1.5×01.3k27422
86Apr 26, '20Football fans from Ghana will like this: “Ayew” is currently trending on twitter in the UK. Why? Basically loads of Crystal Palace fans saying Jordan Ayew should be their player of1.3×01.3k4171
87Dec 7, '22Can’t believe there is any criticism of Walid Regragui & Morocco’s counter-attacking style v Spain. Did people genuinely expect him to play into Luis Enrique’s hands just to ma1.3×01.7k18210
88Aug 27, '22A pet hate is people criticising teams when they celebrate wins, talking of “over-celebrating” or “they haven’t won the league” etc. Fans pay a lot of money to watch football &1.2×01.7k1654
89Jan 31, '20You’ve heard the negatives so I’ll give you some positives on Odion Ighalo. -A natural number 9. -very strong/resolute personality. He’ll keep going whatever adversity is thrown at1.2×01.4k3101
90Nov 28, '22Tell you what Anthony Taylor has no respect for narrative. Ghana going into the grudge Uruguay game with 3 points on the board and all to play for and he ADDS ON 10 MINUTES! 😂😂1.2×01.6k2200
92May 12, '19The Premier League Golden Boot prize shared by 3 of the stars of African football.1.2×01.2k4094
93May 15, '21My Dad, who is Leicester born and bred, a big Foxes fan & went to his first game at Filbert Street in 1958, turns to me in injury time and says : “I’m glad I lived to see this.1.2×01.6k1816
94Jan 25, '22Gabadinho Mhango may well be my new favourite footballer. -scores worldies -sounds like a player from my Pro Evolution Soccer "Master League" team.1.2×01.2k3253
95Nov 28, '22It’s Mohammed Kudus’s Education City Stadium and we’re just living in it 😂 He’s having fun out there now. What a talent.1.1×01.4k2101
96Nov 20, '19Jose Mourinho's new, young assistant Joao Sacramento is an interesting appointment. Very highly regarded at Lille. Both as a coach and as a person. Speaks English, French, Spanish,1.0×01.2k20614
97Jul 7, '21Let's face it, I'm English, I'm delighted. Over the course of the 120 minutes they deserved it. But gutted that Denmark's incredible and emotional Euro 2020 journey ends like that,1.0×01.4k1103
98Mar 27, '22Medaase Ghana! It’s been a great week in Accra and Kumasi covering the Jollof derby, doing our @bbcworldservice Sportsworld show and meeting some fascinating and friendly people. H1.0×01.3k1661
99Jan 13, '19Harry Kane’s injury a big worry for Tottenham. Richard Keys will be calling for Mauricio Pochettino to personally pay for a new striker.1.0×01.2k2262
100Dec 2, '19A lot of people quibbling about Riyad Mahrez being 10th in the Ballon d’Or award. He led his country to the Cup of Nations title, scoring an injury time winner in the semi-final. I1.0×01.3k1611
101Oct 5, '22Erling Haaland’s mum when he brings home a hat-trick ball.1.0×01.2k20026

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