Josh Butler @JoshisButler90 Twitter profile

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Josh Butler

2 years

🇳🇴 I wrote something personal on why I was drawn to Norwegian football, and how grateful I am for the impact it has had on both my life and my career. Expect lots of mentions of Ronny Johnsen and Tromsø IL. Takk, alle sammen!

Norwegian football and I

It is Saturday November 20th 2021, and I am sat in Bohemen, a sportspub in Oslo with a particular predilection for Vålerenga…

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Rio Ferdinand on Ødegaard’s assist: “You can’t give a locksmith like that the keys.” What? The whole point of a locksmith is they don’t require the fucking keys 😂

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The whole point of the handball law was to differentiate it from rugby football. You’re not supposed to manipulate the ball deliberately with your hands. The ball flicking your fingertips as it is smashed at you from two yards away isn’t fucking handball.

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@FootballFactly His name is also Tjåland. Fuck me, is any part of this tweet accurate 😂

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Fuck Mason Greenwood then, now and forever. A rapist and a domestic abuser that never saw justice is not someone to venerate.

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🎙️ Roberto De Zerbi(Marseille Coach) on Mason Greenwood: “Everything you've heard about the boy is now in the past. We want to make him world class and build a team around him. To Manchester United, thank you”

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@FootballFactly He doesn’t play for Brann and he actually scored all those goals in youth matches for Bryne.

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1 year

Worst and funniest.

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I keep thinking about this, but what is genuinely the worst performance by a Premier League player ever? Like a 0/10, nothing good at all and overall unforgettable performance for the wrong reasons.

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2 years

I love you Wout Weghorst.

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8 months

For people who don’t have a vested interest in Norwegian football, the manager of my club (Tromsø) has just agreed to become the assistant coach (assistant!) of their biggest rivals Glimt, and he’s taken our best defender with him. Absolute madness.

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1 year

@Transferintel Why would anyone want to focus solely on his footballing ability when he’s such a horrific human being?

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4 months

“Cities you’ve probably never heard of” Starts with the second biggest city in Norway 😂

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Here's a list of the most beautiful cities you've probably never heard of - a thread🧵👇 1. Bergen, Norway🇳🇴

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1 month

Julian Alvarez’s career path is just always playing second fiddle to an enormous Norwegian striker.

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BREAKING: Man City and Atletico Madrid have agreed a deal for Julian Alvarez for up to £81m 🚨

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4 months

Those two Norwegian lads writing and performing a godawful song just to ruin Sweden’s chances in Eurovision is elite shithousery.

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4 years

I work from home everyday, but I don’t always do it in an @ASRomaEN 00/01 Batistuta shirt. #stayhome

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2 years

@FootballFactly Actually, if you want to know more, go get a copy of @WorldSoccerMag because I’m in it this month with a piece on the Brauts 👇🏻

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4 years

@phildelves Absolutely none of them have anything on the Shrewsbury Town lion watching his house burn down.

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2 years

Who’s this TBD fella? He’s having a blinder.

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2 years

@HLTCO To be fair, of those 11 games Zaha has played vs WBA, Gardner was on the pitch for four of them. Zaha’s record in those four games against Gardner: 1 goal, 2 yellows, subbed off twice. Gardner in those four games: 2 goals, 1 yellow, subbed off once.

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4 years

@Copa90 @CPFC @TheRealAC3 Teddy Sheringham at Djurgården.

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3 years

When Sir Alex Ferguson was asked who are the three most underrated players he’s managed: • Brian McClair • Ji-Sung Park • Ronny Johnsen. “Ronny would play midfield in a European quarter-final when there was a Zidane [to mark].”

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4 years

I work from home everyday, but I don’t always do it in an 01/02 @ASRomaEN shirt with De Rossi 27 (not 16!) on the back. #stayhome

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@avisualgame Win a trophy without cheating, I reckon.

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3 months

@JonnyGabriel “Oh, you didn’t know?”

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4 years

@SamJonesMCR I suppose the great irony of this is that Kane (Glenn Jacobs), now the mayor of Knox County, Tennessee, actually voted against a mask mandate.

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10 months

Jeg skapet et meme for Oslo-folk:

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1 year

@ErlingHaaland

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5 years

@RealDMitchell Well, well, well. I have the same toaster as David Mitchell. I shall make some toast: one brown for the first course and one white for pudding.

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1 year

Jaap Stam played three seasons in the Prem, won it three times, won the Champions League, won the FA Cup, won the Intercontinental Cup and won the Charity Shield. Pretty sure he had a bigger impact on United than VVD had on Liverpool. (And Vidic is still better than van Dijk,

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VVD is far better than Vidic, who was a top CB, but have you forgot his performances against Torres? Rio & JT had poor seasons in their career like all players, VVD is having one now. No CB in the PL era has ever had VVD’s impact on a team.

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2 years

*joins massive sports-washing entity*

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6 months

Never met a Norwegian who isn’t almost better at English than me.

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Which countries actually speak English the best as a second language? 1. The Netherlands 🇳🇱 2. Austria 🇦🇹 3. Denmark 🇩🇰

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6 years

Sifting through @rickygervais ’ retweets in a vain attempt to sort the genuinely offended people from the people pretending to be offended in the hope they might get a mention in his new show. This is a full time job, I fear.

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@NwokeMbaise @David_Ornstein @TheAthleticFC Bit unfair on Bendtner is that. Martial’s nowhere near as good!

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3 years

@JohnTerry26 @ChelseaFC

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2 years

@guardian_sport Arsenal’s refusal to suspend him while inquiries are ongoing is frankly astonishing, while Arteta’s post-match remarks the other day were just so crass and harmful.

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4 years

@MalikonIce @Squawka Wait until you hear about Brad Friedel.

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4 years

I know football is a team game, but if you’d allow me to indulge the selfish striker inherent in me, I was very proud to realise today I’ve now written for eleven issues of @thesefootytimes . Thank you to everyone who has ever taken the time to read my work. It means a lot.

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8 years

@rvkgrapevine I'm off to Iceland in December; just wondering if you'll have this on draught by then? Thanks.

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5 years

@Jmso90 @utdarena He’s scored against Milan, Cagliari, Lecce and Sassulo (three of whom are in the bottom half) and drawn blanks against Sampdoria, Lazio and Juventus (two of whom are in the top six). It’s classic Lukaku; score against struggling teams and do nothing against decent teams.

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2 years

I’ve been to Norway and there’s no way that costs £1.50. Ordering a beer requires you to remortgage your house.

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Hot dog in a waffle at Sarpsborg ( @Sarpsborg08 ) 🇳🇴 15 NOK (£1.50)

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4 years

My @FKVardar shirt arrived yesterday, so what a perfect time to try it out! Glorious 🙌🏻✨

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Aren't many of you soon tired of writing "115" to everyone who writes something about Manchester City? Now in September, the hearing finally starts. Then we have to wait until the decision comes. To speak out now in a very difficult legal matter is, in my opinion, frivolous. I

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@markhoppus

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@Ollie_Rich_98 It’ll always be 98/99 for me.

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2 months

@xPoDaH Agreed. The reward far outweighs the actual indiscretion.

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@markhoppus

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Chris Wood coming face to face with Wout Weghorst on the final day of the season when Newcastle play Burnley:

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4 years

Added another to the collection because, well, why not? 🥰 @ASRomaEN @ACFFiorentinaEN

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@gzrgnwild @rickygervais Speaks volumes of your character that you appear more offended by his choice of language than the dead zebra.

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@UnderLights1878 The way I see it, anyone can open a door with keys, so giving them to the locksmith — the person whose skill lies in unlocking the door without the keys — just undermines the ability of the locksmith.

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@Ricky_MUFC_ @SkySportsNews You should be charged for this exaggeratory tweet.

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@CoulsonLance @JohnCleese The irony of a celebrity voicing his opinion that celebrities should keep quiet is obviously lost on you.

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@GNev2 Ignore/ridicule the opinion of any grown man who has a picture of a footballer that isn’t him as his display picture.

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3 months

Ah, the old “my religious beliefs mean I can’t support this” argument, as this monumental fucking bellend singularly fails to cover up the gambling sponsors that are also against his religion.

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🚨🚨| Mohamed Camara could be facing a 𝟭𝟬-𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛 𝗦𝗨𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 by the LFP Disciplinary Committee. ⛔ The player covered the anti-homophobic logo on his Monaco shirt during the final Ligue 1 match. 🏳️‍🌈❌ [ @lequipe ]

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Chris Wood coming face to face with Wout Weghorst on the final day of the season when Newcastle play Burnley:

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4 years

@IanWright0 It’s abhorrent that you, or indeed any person of colour, should be subjected to such ignorant, malicious abuse as this. Just get the police involved.

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5 years

@DevilsOfUnited I raise you:

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3 years

@BeardedGenius Jez falling in love with Dobby in Peep Show

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2 months

Interesting game in Norway today. An ailing superpower that’s fallen on hard times and keeps hoping that buying old, crap players will somehow solve their deep-rooted problems. But enough about Rosenborg, let’s talk about Manchester United.

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1 year

@ManUtd Who’s Casemino?

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10 months

A referee that has played a game of football once in his life. That’s all I’m asking for.

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5 years

@markhoppus 182 horizons, goddammit!

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6 months

En fyr i Northampton (shithole) selger denne gamle TIL-drakten på eBay. For en drakt. Se på den!

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2 years

@ZachLowy This didn’t age too well, mate 😂

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1 year

@btsportwwe 2 is the only correct answer.

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6 years

@ACadzzz @jansherkhan @BBCMOTD If anything, United ‘99 is the best. Unbeaten from Christmas onwards and held off an Arsenal side that would’ve won the league in any other season. Add to that the fact they beat Barca, Bayern and Inter, and Liverpool and Arsenal en route to the CL and FA Cup. Unrivalled.

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4 years

@randallbell “I don’t because I use Cien Kenya.”

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9 months

Got 24 of his G+A against Norway’s bottom five. Absolute stat-padder.

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🇳🇴🥵 Another incredible season for Amahl Pellegrino (33) in Norway… 48 goal contributions in 47 games this season… top assister and goalscorer whilst winning Eliteserien! His season is not over, Bodø/Glimt in UECL knockouts + cup final vs Molde this weekend.

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@PhillipMweemba_ To this day, I maintain Orton is probably the greatest heel of all time. That man knew how to make people absolutely despise him.

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3 years

Could we take a moment to recognise how brave Harriet Robson is to have shared these recordings and images? I hope she gets all the support, understanding and care she needs. Mason Greenwood, on the other hand, is a horrendous human being.

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@BBCR1 I think you should probably have a policy on not interviewing cunts after this.

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Oscar Aga, on loan from Rosenborg, knocking Rosenborg out of the cup with a 91st-minute goal is objectively very funny.

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@courtneyyhengy @dog_rates Ivy says hi

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@JeremyClarkson The very rural area where I grew up in Worcestershire is quite literally on fire.

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8 months

No you don’t, dickhead.

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Presumably he’s going to go: - City and backup to Haaland - Atleti and backup to Sørloth - Tromsø and backup to Nordås

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8 months

Kent-Are Antonsen, what a man. For a very brief while several years ago, he followed me on Twitter and I’ve never quite understood why 😂

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4 months

@einarbrage Bruges and Porto, too. There’s a whole fucking film about Bruges 😂

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5 months

For those of you that don’t speak Norwegian or follow Norwegian footy, this was inexplicably not given as a red card.

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Noe av det styggeste på en fotballbane på lang tid. Grusomt av Jeppe Andersen. Aldri gult, blodrødt!

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2 years

The first ever kit my parents bought me was a 1997/98 United shirt with ‘Johnsen 5’ on the back when I was seven years old. 25 years later, having searched far and wide, I finally have the adult version. ❤️🤍🖤 Thanks @classicshirts .

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5 months

Tromsø er min klubb men Lyn-folk har vært alltid hyggelige med meg. Tilbake i OBOS og kommer for Eliteserien. Lykke til venner.

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5 years

@brock_a_d_84 @GNev2 Couldn’t have lined up any better haha

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4 years

If anyone fancies another read, my piece on B71 Sandoy for @thesefootytimes is in the Guardian. Chuffed to bits would be an understatement.

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Three seasons at B71 Sandoy: promotion, unbeaten champions and relegation | By @thesefootytimes

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2 years

I’m giving away this copy of @thesefootytimes ’ World Cup issue, so you can distract yourself from the shambles of a World Cup that is imminent. To enter, just follow and retweet. A winner will be drawn next week, and I’ll post the magazine out to you. Good luck!

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@LeeGunner82 @EACoreySA “I don’t finesse my goals, I bang most of mine low driven.” @AccidentalP

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2 years

What am I up to? Oh, not much. Just honeymooning with my wife.

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4 years

Well, my life has peaked. Last night, Ronny Johnsen messaged me to tell me he likes my shirt. What a man.

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6 years

@Luketuc57920589 @England You know a descendant of Sane would be his child or grandchild, right?

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3 years

Chuffed that I’ve reached the stage where I can no longer feasibly fit all the magazines in which I’ve featured on my desk, so I’ve invested in a magazine rack. Might seem small, but this feels like quite a big deal to me. 🤘🏻

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3 years

Most accurate description I’ve ever heard of Sergio Busquets, courtesy of Roy Keane: “He can’t run, can’t tackle, but in a possession-based team, he passes forward and nine times out of ten he makes the right choice.”

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6 months

Hvordan jeg føler det når jeg er den eneste pro-VAR personen som liker også norsk fotball.

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10 months

Imagine rocking up to the champions of Norway and pumping them 4-0 in their own gaff. This is fucking delightful. Vi vil ha fem!

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2 years

It won’t surprise you to learn that writing about Batistuta for @thesefootytimes ’ Fiorentina issue was an absolute dream. Probably my favourite thing I’ve ever written. Today it arrived, so I had to whip out the shirt and get a photo or two. 💜

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4 years

Sander Berge every time Lo Celso and Sissokho came near him tonight.

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6 years

@SkySportsNews You’d think the Football Women’s Association would’ve picked a female footballer, but there you go.

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@SkySportsNews Cricket became watchable for a brief time, I see.

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@Nikkimc_942 @BigBadBailly3 @DisgruntledTurk @Tanntroll1 Don’t ever argue with people who have footballers as their display picture. It’s the golden rule of Twitter.

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@GeecheeKid He irritates me like no other pundit mate haha

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4 years

@Copa90 Just a floating Tottenham shirt on closer inspection.

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@avisualgame The second, without a shred of doubt. I’ve played to a decent Saturday level and any time you get an ex-league player drop down the gap in quality is astonishing. Must be even greater between Sunday league and football league.

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