Richard Wilson

@hyfprw.bsky.social

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All things Balkan football - particularly Croatia and Slovenia. Writer. Talker as heard on BBC, TSN and other acronyms. Read my nonsense at https://hyfprw.substack.com/

Haha and the Hairpins - The Owner of Sweetness
The seven sides other than Bosnia would have to finish better than South Korea’s 3pts on -1 GD from a certain set of groups which would mean… Australia-Paraguay would need a winner with two clear goals to rule out Group D Ecuador would need to beat Germany Sweden would need to lose by two clear goals to rule out their group Iran and Belgium would need to both win or draw So would Uruguay and Cape Verde Senegal would need to beat Iraq by two clear goals Algeria-Austria would need to be either a 0-0 draw or a 1-0 Algeria win DR Congo would need to beat Uzbekistan Croatia would need to, at worst, draw If all that happens, then £1 would make you somewhere in the region of £34,000 richer (Yes, I’ve priced it up. No, I’ve not put any of my money on it) and Bosnia would face Germany in Boston.
"I'm not racist, but black people don't have the concentration to last longer than 60 minutes. I played with them. We used to have to protect our players so they wouldn't make a mistake, that's how football is today. At the level of the World Cup, this can't happen."
A picture of what you get when you search on Google for the AppleTV show ‘Widow’s Bay’
A United States official said Tuesday night that Omar Artan, the Somalian soccer referee who was denied entry into the country ahead of the World Cup, was refused admission due to "association with suspected members of terror organizations." The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a matter that is covered by visa privacy laws.