| 1 | Apr 10, '24 | Some personal news: I’m leaving @thetimes @TimesSport. Been made redundant. I’ve loved my eight years there, great people, I thank them for the platform and I leave as current @Sp | 25.9× | 5.1M | 15k | 575 | 220 |
| 2 | Mar 10, '23 | Judging by messages I’m getting @BBCMOTD in meltdown. Any presenter who agrees to replace @GaryLineker tomorrow night will be tainted as effectively a political appointment. Ditto | 23.5× | 4.6M | 34k | 4.4k | 96 |
| 3 | Dec 18, '22 | Pele, Maradona, Messi. The three greatest footballers of all time. The only thing up for debate is the order. | 22.2× | 4.4M | 43k | 6.4k | 293 |
| 4 | Dec 17, '24 | Marcus Rashford had a day off today so he returned to his old primary school, Button Lane, south Manchester, and handed out 420 Christmas presents to all the pupils. It was a long- | 22.2× | 4.4M | 21k | 3.5k | 2.3k |
| 5 | Nov 13, '24 | David Coote’s career, certainly at any significant level, is obviously over. He wasn’t a particularly good referee but it looks like he needs help. And some new friends. This is a | 16.4× | 3.2M | 11k | 715 | 500 |
| 6 | Sep 5, '23 | Jordan Henderson must think we’re stupid to fall for his claim that he’s gone to Saudi to develop the game there. The move’s about money, not principles, so just say it’s about the | 14.7× | 2.9M | 13k | 919 | 87 |
| 7 | Sep 16, '23 | Erik ten Hag was appointed to restore standards at #MUFC. The team had lost its identity and, in parts, its discipline. The club had lost its way, partly because the owners' focus | 13.8× | 2.7M | 15k | 2.5k | 188 |
| 8 | Mar 9, '23 | Gary Lineker has brought more pride and joy to this country than most politicians and the BBC hierarchy, if not all. He has a conscience and a platform. He does not present a news | 13.4× | 2.6M | 22k | 1.5k | 61 |
| 9 | Apr 3, '23 | Harry Kane milked that, then stayed down. Abdoulaye Doucoure was stupid, raised his left hand, deserved the red, but Kane exaggerated the contact. Embarrassing from Kane. #EVETOT | 12.1× | 2.4M | 11k | 1.2k | 31 |
| 10 | Aug 31, '25 | If Carlsberg did transfer windows… Isak, Ekitike, Wirtz, Kerkez, Frimpong, Leoni and possibly Guehi would probably be the greatest transfer window by a club ever. #LFC | 11.7× | 2.3M | 13k | 2.4k | 578 |
| 11 | Oct 9, '20 | £14.95 to watch a game on pay per view is disgraceful. £5, ok, but £14.95? It's disgusting. At a time when PL clubs spent £1.2bn on players. When they'll give agents £200m. When so | 11.7× | 0 | 92k | 16k | 117 |
| 12 | Mar 11, '23 | Such is the backlash against @BBC that fans may chant in support of @GaryLineker today. BBC’s handling of situation is calamitous. No presenter, pundits, comms (nb world feed), pos | 11.6× | 2.3M | 20k | 2.2k | 50 |
| 13 | Nov 5, '23 | Luton Town fans create an intense, old-school atmosphere at Kenilworth Road. But the tragedy chanting, namely the "always the victims" chant directed at Liverpool fans, was distast | 10× | 2M | 10k | 779 | 50 |
| 14 | Apr 10, '23 | #AFC didn't win at Anfield but they won a lot of friends at #LFC for the class, dignity and respect they and their fans showed around the Hillsborough commemorations. Liverpool wer | 10.0× | 2M | 11k | 649 | 38 |
| 15 | Jan 30, '25 | Arsenal players wrong to surround the ref but...1) they were complaining about a wrong decision that then got overturned; & 2) FA has to be consistent & charge every team w | 9.3× | 1.8M | 11k | 2k | 191 |
| 16 | Aug 26, '23 | Spanish FA putting on an absolute disasterclass in its defence of its president Luis Rubiales. He has to go. His kiss was creepy, offensive and non-consensual. His subsequent comme | 9.1× | 1.8M | 8.6k | 866 | 49 |
| 17 | Dec 4, '24 | The FA will be a laughing stock if it charges Marc Guehi for expressing his long-held religious beliefs. At Christmas, of all times. | 9.0× | 1.8M | 17k | 1.8k | 184 |
| 18 | Sep 20, '25 | Mathijs de Ligt appreciation post. Made his Netherlands debut at 17, captained Ajax at 18, won title. Rated so highly as a defender that Juventus paid £67m for him at 19, won title | 8.6× | 1.7M | 28k | 2.6k | 409 |
| 19 | Nov 2, '23 | #MUFC don't need a new manager. They need new owners. They need Glazers out, Ratcliffe buying club fully, a proper structure with sporting director, footballing identity re-establi | 8.3× | 1.6M | 14k | 2.9k | 76 |
| 20 | Oct 22, '23 | Villa Park bursts into applause and a loud chant from all around of “there’s only one Bobby Charlton”. #AVLWHU | 8.2× | 1.6M | 9.9k | 565 | 34 |
| 21 | Nov 17, '23 | Jack Grealish was walking down a corridor at Wembley an hour after the final whistle when he saw an England fan in a wheelchair. Grealish stopped and chatted to the fan for 3-4 min | 7.9× | 1.6M | 13k | 322 | 46 |
| 22 | Mar 10, '23 | Football's backlash against @BBC intensifies over its treatment of @GaryLineker. Many @premierleague players keen to show support for ex-pro pundits who step aside from @BBCMOTD. A | 6.9× | 1.4M | 14k | 1.9k | 56 |
| 23 | Sep 23, '20 | If Marcus Rashford did just “stick to football”, as some small-minded people currently tell him, then there would be countless kids in this country going hungry. Rashford’s an exce | 6.9× | 0 | 66k | 5.9k | 44 |
| 24 | Mar 10, '23 | The @BBC are cowards. They’re letting down fans, losing a top presenter in @GaryLineker. Brings insight/authority to their coverage in an era when the meek national broadcaster let | 6.9× | 1.4M | 21k | 2k | 26 |
| 25 | Jun 6, '19 | Virgil van Dijk, PFA Player of the Year, imperious Liverpool footballer, European champion, role model, class act on and off the field, supporter of the Red Cross, paid for Christm | 6.5× | 0 | 44k | 8.6k | 89 |
| 26 | Jan 25, '25 | If that trip by Myles Lewis-Skelly is considered Serious Foul Play then there will be a torrent of red cards every game. I’ve rewatched it 8 times now and it’s a trip and a yellow. | 6.5× | 1.3M | 14k | 2.5k | 178 |
| 27 | Aug 7, '25 | Even with all the problems at Manchester United they are still the biggest club in the country, probably second only to Real Madrid globally*. Even with the wretched Glazers, the d | 6.3× | 1.2M | 11k | 1.9k | 705 |
| 28 | Jan 1, '22 | VAR will not work properly in @premierleague until the quality of the officials is improved. Inconsistency over the 2 #ARSMCI penalties, both were pens, only 1 given. Frustrates fa | 6.1× | 0 | 43k | 11k | 97 |
| 29 | Oct 21, '23 | Sir Bobby Charlton RIP. The saddest news. The greatest English sportsman ever, world champion, European champion, league champion, FA Cup winner, Ballon d’Or, such a wise club dire | 5.6× | 1.1M | 11k | 1.5k | 20 |
| 30 | Nov 4, '24 | The FA agreed to scrap FA Cup replays because of “expanded European” demands on seven elite Premier League clubs who don’t enter the Cup until the third round anyway, have big squa | 5.5× | 1.1M | 15k | 2.3k | 160 |
| 31 | Nov 11, '24 | Mark Chapman the best successor to Gary Lineker as #MOTD host imho. Good journalist and presenter + rapport with pundits. | 5.5× | 1.1M | 9k | 331 | 48 |
| 32 | Jul 11, '21 | Jadon Sancho, Bukayo Saka and Marcus Rashford being racially abused on social media. And this is why #ENG players will continue to take a knee. Also, Twitter and Instagram have to | 5.3× | 0 | 41k | 7.6k | 144 |
| 33 | Feb 13, '21 | Klopp’s brought so much joy and excitement to English football with his passion, energy and the excellence of his #lfc teams. His champions are vulnerable, the title is gone. His m | 4.9× | 0 | 44k | 4.7k | 53 |
| 34 | Apr 18, '24 | RIP Replays. Another part of the game's great heritage sacrificed for the elite. A famous chapter of the #FACup scrapbook consigned to the scrapyard. Sad but inevitable. #UCL expan | 4.2× | 830k | 9k | 1.2k | 42 |
| 35 | Dec 31, '24 | Strange that there is no award for Lou Macari in the New Year’s honours. Again. It's so wrong. Macari deserves to be honoured not only for services to football but especially for s | 4.2× | 821k | 12k | 1.8k | 56 |
| 36 | Feb 3, '25 | Just had to check who the referee at #ARSMCI was. It was Peter Bankes. No howlers, no controversies, let the game flow, let the players be the show. A really good, calm performance | 3.8× | 759k | 12k | 978 | 104 |
| 37 | Mar 10, '22 | “Roman Abramovich” sing #cfc fans at Carrow Road. Embarrassing. | 3.8× | 0 | 32k | 2.3k | 100 |
| 38 | Aug 26, '24 | This is how I will remember Sven. Full of life in the garden of his beautiful, beloved house in Sunne, Sweden, kicking a ball for his happy dog Ame. Privileged to have visited him | 3.7× | 736k | 12k | 396 | 79 |
| 39 | Mar 21, '24 | When I look at this picture, I see (from left) a coveted finisher, world's best r-b, a mercurial attacker (who fed hungry kids) & top scorer in La Liga. I see elite English tal | 3.7× | 729k | 10k | 457 | 106 |
| 40 | Sep 13, '24 | Report from Torsby. As Fryksande Church filled with Sven-Goran Eriksson’s family and 600 guests, the elegant 300-year-old building he knew so well filled with music. Eriksson’s fun | 3.5× | 686k | 9.3k | 903 | 344 |
| 41 | Sep 8, '22 | This weekend's @premierleague and @EFL games will surely be postponed following the death of The Queen. | 3.4× | 0 | 21k | 2.9k | 133 |
| 42 | Jun 7, '22 | Harry Maguire went at dusk to the Munich Memorial in Manchesterplatz on Sunday evening. Just him with an FA official. #mufc captain wanted to go when it was quieter and spent 30 mi | 3.2× | 0 | 30k | 1.1k | 129 |
| 43 | May 20, '22 | If @FA charges Vieira for defending himself then it's even more out of touch than perceived. Vieira's trying to leave the field, the abusive fan had no right to be there. FA has to | 3.1× | 0 | 29k | 2.5k | 36 |
| 44 | Jun 12, '25 | England’s greatest left-back. | 3.1× | 618k | 12k | 438 | 37 |
| 45 | May 27, '20 | The @BBC should be proud of the award-winning journalism of @maitlis, her forensic analysis, commitment to speak truth to power and call politicians of all parties to account. Mait | 3.1× | 0 | 26k | 3.7k | 28 |
| 46 | Jul 11, '24 | Just a regular reminder that #ENG three strikers at #EURO2024, Kane (3 goals), Toney (1 assist, 1 no-look pen) & Watkins (1 goal for the ages), made a combined 500 appearances | 2.9× | 564k | 9.4k | 853 | 76 |
| 47 | Jan 19, '20 | Rashford was carrying a single stress fracture in his back, now has a double stress fracture after Wolves game. Expected to be out for 2-3 months. Also has piece of floating bone i | 2.7× | 0 | 13k | 3.9k | 407 |
| 48 | Feb 8, '22 | West Ham have "unreservedly condemned" Kurt Zouma for kicking his cat. He can't represent them on the field atm; for how long is up to Moyes and the board to decide. He also needs | 2.6× | 0 | 22k | 1.8k | 74 |
| 49 | Feb 20, '21 | Klopp’s the best thing to happen to #lfc in years. Rebuilt team, rebuilt belief, transformed club behind the scenes, sports science, nutrition etc. Won European Cup and the title, | 2.4× | 0 | 21k | 2.1k | 23 |
| 50 | Apr 20, '18 | David Dein invited 9 of us correspondents into Highbury board-room to meet #Wenger in 96. Arsene spoke for 50 mins, and we were spellbound by his attacking philosophy, belief in nu | 2.4× | 0 | 11k | 5.6k | 192 |
| 51 | Mar 31, '20 | Elite clubs going cap in hand to Government for reimbursements for non-playing staff placed on furlough is a bad look for the game when there's money at the elite end to cover it, | 2.2× | 0 | 17k | 3k | 11 |
| 52 | Nov 3, '18 | A European super league with no relegation for its 11 founding members would have no sporting integrity for a start, let alone the sheer greed and arrogance of the idea. That’s a p | 2.2× | 0 | 16k | 3.1k | 13 |
| 53 | Jun 24, '20 | And that’s why #lfc will be worthy champions. No asterisk. No quibbles. Just supreme work ethic, mindset, athleticism. Just pressing, switching play, interchanging. Just relentless | 2.1× | 0 | 17k | 3k | 40 |
| 54 | Oct 21, '20 | Stick to football, Marcus Rashford was told. So he sticks to football, sticking the ball past goalkeepers. Rashford also sticks to his values. When the game’s won, when training’s | 2.1× | 0 | 19k | 2.3k | 24 |
| 55 | Dec 9, '18 | Raheem Sterling’s powerful, thoughtful Instagram post (sterling7) linking incident at the Bridge with certain media reporting of young black players ... | 2.1× | 0 | 14k | 4.1k | 23 |
| 56 | Apr 4, '20 | Furloughing? Expected better from Liverpool. Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme designed to help smaller, vulnerable businesses weather the storm not give wealthy clubs taxpayers’ mo | 2.1× | 0 | 15k | 2.5k | 22 |
| 57 | Aug 4, '19 | Liverpool fans booed the name of Raheem Sterling when teams announced. Manchester City fans booed “You’ll Never Walk Alone”. Liverpool fans booed “Blue Moon”. Liverpool fans booed | 2.1× | 0 | 17k | 2.5k | 42 |
| 58 | Aug 18, '22 | Buying Manchester United, and then rebuilding a squad and stadium allowed to drift and decay under the wretched Glazers, would be an eye-wateringly expensive and complicated proces | 2.1× | 0 | 18k | 2.2k | 38 |
| 59 | Apr 23, '22 | Mohamed Elneny appreciation tweet. Impressed again today screening #afc defence with his positioning, concentration, interceptions and sensible distribution. Offers outlet for Rams | 2.0× | 0 | 17k | 2.7k | 27 |
| 60 | Sep 26, '22 | One of the many reasons I admire Trent Alexander-Arnold as a professional and a person is that he keeps reporting for England duty even though he knows that the manager, Gareth Sou | 1.8× | 0 | 16k | 1.4k | 53 |
| 61 | Jan 23, '20 | The 20.15 kick-offs need scrapping, they're too late. @premierleague needs to think more about logistics for fans. You know, the ones who go to games, who provide the atmosphere th | 1.7× | 0 | 15k | 1.5k | 5 |
| 62 | Jan 19, '18 | Shame on @premierleague and @EFL for not organising a nationwide tribute to Cyrille Regis this weekend. His old clubs plan emotional tributes. All of English football should stand | 1.7× | 0 | 12k | 3.4k | 0 |
| 63 | Nov 28, '20 | Clear and obvious is dead and buried. It is no more. It is now all about pedants at Stockley Park looking for anything in slow motion. VAR good if used as a safety net just to catc | 1.7× | 0 | 14k | 1.6k | 22 |
| 64 | Apr 12, '21 | Solskjaer's all about respect. Tiny incident before #TOTMUN kickoff: TV reporter doing piece to camera pitchside, Solskjaer waits until she finishes before walking past. Tiny detai | 1.7× | 0 | 16k | 1.3k | 57 |
| 65 | Feb 8, '22 | Zouma starts. Surprising and disappointing. What sort of message does that send out? | 1.7× | 0 | 13k | 898 | 25 |
| 66 | Nov 16, '22 | #ENG training in Doha amidst call to prayer. | 1.7× | 0 | 13k | 2k | 281 |
| 67 | Feb 27, '22 | FIFA has blood on its hands. Infantino should stand up to Putin not appease him. Utterly spineless from FIFA to let Russia continue competing in World Cup qualifying just with a di | 1.6× | 0 | 14k | 1.6k | 19 |
| 68 | Sep 2, '21 | And that's why #eng players continue to take the knee. #HUNENG | 1.5× | 0 | 14k | 1.1k | 27 |
| 69 | Jul 7, '18 | Lot of talk about Raheem Sterling. So let's talk about the fact that Sterling never hid, that he never stopped running, that he's a class act with many gifts as he's showed countle | 1.5× | 0 | 11k | 1.9k | 1 |
| 70 | Dec 9, '18 | @piersmorgan Yes. | 1.5× | 0 | 13k | 1.6k | 6 |
| 71 | Dec 2, '21 | Michael Carrick leaves #mufc with his head held high. 463 games, 57 goals, 5 titles, 1 Champions League, 1 Europa League, 2 League Cups and 1 FA Cup. As interim interim, Carrick st | 1.4× | 0 | 12k | 1.5k | 27 |
| 72 | Apr 11, '21 | Premier League's hapless, pedantic application of VAR ruining games. Accidental by McTominay. No consistency: if you check McTominay on Son, you check Lo Celso on Rashford. Whateve | 1.4× | 0 | 11k | 1.6k | 18 |
| 73 | Dec 19, '21 | The @premierleague is the best sports league in the world in quality of players, coaches, atmosphere etc. But that elite standard is not matched by the standard of officiating. Onl | 1.4× | 0 | 12k | 1.3k | 21 |
| 74 | Jun 17, '21 | Ally McCoist’s co-commentary adds so much to a game. Great voice, plus he knows when to increase the urgency. So much experience, drawing on playing and management days. Good chemi | 1.4× | 0 | 14k | 522 | 11 |
| 75 | Feb 8, '22 | This is how Hartlepool left the away dressing room at Selhurst Park after their #FACup tie. Spotless. So much respect between @Official_HUFC and @CPFC 🙌 | 1.4× | 0 | 13k | 577 | 20 |
| 76 | Jan 23, '22 | Never a penalty. Ridiculous decision. Jota lost control of the ball and ran into Guaita. Jota was never going to reach the ball. Harsh on #cpfc and ruined any chance of a comeback. | 1.3× | 0 | 10k | 1.4k | 13 |
| 77 | Jun 7, '18 | 36,104 at Elland Road tonight. Three times the atmosphere of Wembley. More games on the road please @FA. | 1.3× | 0 | 10k | 2.1k | 0 |
| 78 | Oct 4, '20 | I hope the #mufc players, staff and board listen to what Patrice Evra and Gary Neville are saying on Sky. Former full-backs not holding back. They're angry, and they've every right | 1.3× | 0 | 10k | 2.2k | 14 |
| 79 | Oct 28, '20 | Another reminder that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's a better manager than often credited. His diamond system worked. His selections worked. His substitutions worked. He got excellent perf | 1.3× | 0 | 11k | 1.2k | 25 |
| 80 | Feb 27, '22 | “The conflict in Ukraine” known to most as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine… | 1.3× | 0 | 12k | 1.1k | 24 |
| 81 | Nov 20, '21 | Solskjaer came into #mufc and cleared the air of the tension post-Mourinho. Staff and players needed spirits lifting and Solskjaer did that because he cares about the club. No ego. | 1.3× | 0 | 10k | 1.5k | 33 |
| 82 | Apr 3, '21 | This young #lfc right-back Alexander-Arnold looks good. Constantly involved, intelligent positioning, defending well and putting in some great crosses to Milner, Salah and now Jota | 1.2× | 0 | 12k | 853 | 16 |
| 83 | Apr 24, '19 | Roy Keane is pure box office as a pundit. Angry eyes, body tense, launching into verbal challenges, taking no prisoners, emphatically making some very valid points. #mufc | 1.2× | 0 | 11k | 1k | 9 |
| 84 | May 23, '21 | #lufc were supposed to struggle @premierleague; they finished 9th. They were supposed to tire; they won their final 4 games of the season, scoring 12, conceding 2. Bamford was supp | 1.2× | 0 | 11k | 1.4k | 15 |
| 85 | Oct 21, '20 | Solskjaer will always have Paris. Twice. Now, maybe, people will accept he can set up a team, players do play for him & deserves time to continue restoring #mufc values. Solskj | 1.2× | 0 | 10k | 1.2k | 16 |
| 86 | Aug 11, '19 | At the final whistle, Maguire went straight to McTominay, hugged him, and talked and talked enthusiastically to him. Maguire's not just a good defender, as he showed against #cfc t | 1.2× | 0 | 10k | 1.3k | 9 |
| 87 | Jan 20, '22 | Andy Robertson the best left-back in the world? Diogo Jota will get the headlines, Trent’s passing sublime but Robertson superb against Saka. Also, as usual, Robertson relentless p | 1.2× | 0 | 12k | 699 | 17 |
| 88 | Jul 4, '22 | Ronaldo’s return to #MUFC was a success. Player of the Year and showed others the standards to aspire to. If he leaves it does allow Ten Hag and United to focus more clearly on a n | 1.2× | 0 | 9.8k | 1.3k | 52 |
| 89 | Sep 8, '20 | Well, that was grim. And self-inflicted. #eng have one of the best sets of attackers around - Sancho, Kane, Sterling - yet Southgate picks a cautious, clueless system that emascula | 1.2× | 0 | 10k | 1k | 13 |
| 90 | Nov 14, '22 | Cristiano Ronaldo is the past, Erik ten Hag the future. Ronaldo makes some legitimate points in his Morgan i/v about #MUFC facilities & standards. But ETH addressing the latter | 1.2× | 0 | 10k | 1.1k | 62 |
| 91 | Nov 18, '22 | #MUFC release statement saying they have "this morning initiated appropriate steps in response to Cristiano Ronaldo’s recent media interview". Quite right. Ronaldo attempted to tra | 1.1× | 0 | 9.1k | 735 | 41 |
| 92 | Apr 12, '22 | Karim Benzema just went over to Reece James and gave him his shirt. Respect. #RMACHE | 1.1× | 0 | 11k | 790 | 25 |
| 93 | Jul 15, '20 | Kieran Tierney superb again. Only 23, looking a snip at £25m, strong against Salah, blocked and harried, the model of commitment and stamina. Just the type of grit #afc have needed | 1.1× | 0 | 9.9k | 1.2k | 9 |
| 94 | Aug 10, '22 | BBC execs stand firm on ditching classified results. They forget there is life outside the PL. They forget how many visually impaired listeners tune in. They forget how many World | 1.1× | 0 | 9.6k | 1k | 20 |
| 95 | Oct 9, '22 | VAR is not the problem. It’s the inconsistent application by officials that’s the problem. Rashford’s “hand-ball” far less of one than Gabriel’s. 🤷♂️ | 1.1× | 0 | 9.1k | 1.1k | 13 |
| 96 | Apr 30, '22 | Andy Robertson so important to Liverpool. Passion of a fan, stamina of an athlete, mindset of a winner, dedication of a total pro, superb in defence and attack. Mobile defiance. Em | 1.0× | 0 | 9.7k | 792 | 25 |
| 97 | Aug 19, '25 | James Trafford wins @PFA Championship Player of the Year #PFAawards | 1.0× | 199k | 9.4k | 222 | 20 |
| 98 | Mar 6, '21 | Those who doubted Steven Gerrard’s managerial potential ignored a few things. His will to win and work ethic, his motivational qualities and ability to find the right coaches and p | 1.0× | 0 | 9k | 817 | 13 |
| 99 | Jun 12, '21 | Of all the split-second decisions Anthony Taylor has made in his life as a referee, tonight’s reaction was the most vital. Respect to Taylor for quickly realising the enormity of t | 1.0× | 0 | 9.8k | 512 | 10 |
| 100 | Nov 3, '20 | When Ian Wright was picked for England for the first time at 27, he found somewhere quiet before kick-off and sat there, holding the shirt, thinking how far he'd come from non-Leag | 0.9× | 0 | 9.7k | 421 | 6 |
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