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@NicolaPalios

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Vice Chairman of Tranmere Rovers. Former NED of British Rowing. Rehabilitated lawyer. All views my own.

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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
4 years
How is it OK for 3,000 people to be allowed into the indoor Royal Albert Hall (56% capacity) but not even 1,000 spectators at outdoor stadium Prenton Park (7% capacity)?? Someone please explain the logic. #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
3 years
Jurgen Klinsmann comes across so well on the TV. Knowledgeable, friendly and gracious in defeat. Puts our mindless booing of the German anthem to shame.
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
3 months
729 teams compete in the @TheFACup . Why is its format being dictated by the @premierleague who represent c.3% of them? Why were @EFL clubs not given a say? Why is the EPL even dictating whether replays are allowed in rounds they don’t participate in? Protest is needed! #FACup
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
2 months
Next time someone tries to pretend scrapping FA Cup replays is about player welfare rather than the big clubs wanting even more money, show them this 👇👇 #FACup Give us our game back!
@SpursOfficial
Tottenham Hotspur
2 months
Next stop: Melbourne 🇦🇺
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@NicolaPalios
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4 years
And THAT’s why we want @facup replays @GaryLineker ! The magic of the Cup! #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
4 years
So it seems the @efl season will start again on 12th September, behind closed doors. So clubs who voted not to play the last 10 games of last season because they could not afford to, can now miraculously afford to start a new one? #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
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Last week one of Tranmere’s stewards, Kevin Durrant, suffered the most appalling tragedy when his wife, who was 7 months pregnant, died very suddenly. Sadly, the baby also passed away. The thoughts of everyone @TranmereRovers are with Kevin and his 3 young children. 1/2
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@NicolaPalios
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@GaryLineker Why not just kill the rest of the football pyramid off and be done with it? 🙄 The FA Cup represents vital income for lower league clubs and the chance of a moment of giant killing glory. Replays mean more income and a likelihood of TV. Why neuter it just to satisfy the EPL?
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@NicolaPalios
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3 months
The FA and the @premierleague have reached an agreement to suit themselves further at the expense of the rest of the football pyramid. Fixed it for you. Bring on the regulator and make sure it has some teeth before the @premierleague strangle the pyramid. #FACup
@EmiratesFACup
Emirates FA Cup
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The FA and The @premierleague have reached an agreement to strengthen the #EmiratesFACup format and increase support for grassroots football. Swipe for details ➡️
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@NicolaPalios
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@guardian_sport I would rather not accept any financial assistance from the @premierleague than agree to B Teams in the pyramid. The pyramid in the UK is something we must fight to protect #saynotoBteams #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
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5 years
A special big shout out to @connorjennings1 who lost his Grandad unexpectedly on Friday, but still put in shift to help us seal our 3rd Wembley trip in a row. A hero last year at Wembley and again this year. He would be immensely proud. #RIP #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
2 years
Steven has been found and is now in the capable hands of the ambulance service. Thanks to everyone who helped to spread the word. We all hope he makes a full recovery and is back at Prenton Park, where there is clearly a lot of love for him, soon #TRFC
@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
2 years
This is Steven Cooper - we are all extremely concerned for his welfare. Please could everyone keep a look out for him - last seen at Prenton Park. Pls RT to all Wirral contacts and let’s get him found #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
4 years
With almost a quarter of the season left, I cannot accept that @TranmereRovers being relegated now by 0.04 of a point is fair, whilst L2 clubs can play on to take our place. Any decision to end the season is to protect other clubs financially, but at our expense! #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
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Get iiiiiiinnnnnnn! Another trip to Prenton Park South for the lads. Won’t be the same without the SWA but hopefully the team will do us proud, as they have tonight #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
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5 years
@SunSport We may be “lowly” compared to @FCBayernEN but we are proud to have principles #dontbuythesun @totaleclipse96
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@NicolaPalios
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5 years
What an absolutely fantastic come back. THAT’S the Tranmere spirit! Never say die! #SWA #TRFC 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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@NicolaPalios
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2 years
The “Nate” shirt from last night’s game is being signed by all the players and will be given to @Gidsentinel as a memento of Nate’s 5th minute assist #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
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I’m pleased to see @SunderlandAFC make it back into the Championship. They’ve endured some long hard years in League 1 but their fans have stuck with them and it’s great to see them celebrate 👏🏻👏🏻
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
4 years
One chapter ends and another begins. Thank you Micky for restoring us to the League and giving us some unforgettable memories. #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
5 years
Party time!!!! #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
2 years
Great to see @LewisEFC10 make his debut for @Everton and a great endorsement of how the loan system can give players essential experience that just can’t be replicated in the U23s.
@lwarrington10
Lewis Warrington
2 years
Surreal moment making my debut last night, Always an honour putting on the blue jersey💙
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@NicolaPalios
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5 years
We’re going to Wemberleeeeeeee (again!) #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
5 years
5 years ago this weekend Mark and I took over the reins at @TranmereRovers . What a roller coaster 5 years it has been! Thanks to everyone who has hung on for the ride so far! #TRFC
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2 years
If that’s not a sign, I don’t know what is #ForNate #ripnate ⚽️💔
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@NicolaPalios
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6 years
They went to Wembley as men and came back heroes. #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
4 years
It would be devastatingly harsh for @TranmereRovers to be relegated on PPG when it is such a marginal call. We have a game in hand and are 3 points behind. We were on a great run of form (WWW) having made the investment in Jan to ensure our safety - and it was working. #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
4 years
To be very clear, the EFL Board do not decide how to end the season. They can only void the season, or ask the Clubs to change the Regulations to allow what they propose. I hope 51% of Clubs will reject their proposals as grossly unjust to @TranmereRovers #TRFC
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Nicola Palios
3 years
Tough to take but proud of the boys for getting for the final and for coming so close to lifting the trophy. Now let’s go and get promoted #TRFC
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Nicola Palios
6 years
To do that with 10 men for the whole is simply outstandingly courageous !
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
4 years
I’m told Sir Alex Ferguson laid a wreath on the Johnny King statue before the game against @ManUtd yesterday. What a very classy gesture to honour one of our heroes. #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
5 years
@CranebirdRovers @TranmereRovers Get in touch. We’ll do something special for him when we play Liverpool in pre-season. Those mates laughing at him will all be jealous then! #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
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5 years
Look who has come for a visit ... #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
4 years
Anyone want to watch some grass grow? 😂 We now have an absolutely magnificent fully stitched hybrid pitch ready for when we can play again. Many thanks to Mallinsons for doing such a fabulous job in very difficult circumstances #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
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A fantastic donation from @LucidGamesLtd means that @tranmererovers can ensure all pupils entitled to free school meals at Devonshire Park School will be offered food during half term 💪🏼👏🏻. Huge thanks to Lucid Games! @dpps1 @MarcusRashford #TRFC #lucidgames
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4 years
A heavy defeat after some clinical finishing by @ManUtd , but really proud of the lads for making it this far and some great performances to get here. And the SWA were absolutely magnificent today 👏🏻👏🏻 #TRFC #FACup
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
5 years
What an absolutely heroic performance 👏🏻👏🏻⚽️⚽️ #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
4 years
How can clubs have a fair vote on Tuesday re our proposals when the EFL have only done Covid testing for clubs who would be in the playoffs under their proposal and not ours? And have struck the deal for TV assuming theirs will go through? This is NOT a fair process @EFL #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
4 years
Promotion without relegation is a justified extraordinary measure to protect the football pyramid when a global pandemic has forced a mid season rule change. Nobody loses out. Everyone gains. Pls RT to support #promotionwithoutrelegation
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4 years
We will be trying to set up a system tomorrow to ensure that anyone who is elderly or alone or vulnerable and without family nearby has someone to talk to every day and to alert if they need help with shopping, medicines etc. Details will follow #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
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4 years
Is it just me or did @thesilkmen disappear with barely a ripple in the mainstream press? All that history down the drain with barely a murmur. We seem to be sleepwalking to disaster as an industry....
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Nicola Palios
4 years
Very disappointed that the @EFL has blocked comments on Tranmere content. This is exactly the time that debate MUST be allowed #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
2 years
As a small mark of solidarity with #ukraine @TranmereRovers will be playing their match against @ntfc on Saturday in the yellow away shirt, with blue shorts #TRFC 🇺🇦
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@NicolaPalios
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4 years
The difference a fully fit squad makes. Get iiiiiiiiinnnnn! #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
3 years
Some of the imagery for the new fan zone 😍😍 #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
4 years
@GaryLineker So you want to take away the revenue that lower league clubs get from the League Cup, so that billionaire clubs have more time to play friendlies abroad & an ever expanding Champions League? The rich get richer whilst clubs like @buryfcofficial go out of existence?
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4 years
It’s all a question of perspective I guess 😮
@SkyBetLeagueOne
Sky Bet League One
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July never looked so good! 😍 #EFL | #SkyBetLeagueOne
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@NicolaPalios
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Goodbye @jnorwood_10 . We are sorry to lose you, but will always be grateful for all you’ve done in 4 great years with us #TRFC
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5 years
Happy that any food that would have gone to waste following today’s match postponement has gone to help feed homeless people. #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
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3 years
8 job interviews lined up for today - 7 no shows 😡 even though all confirmed. Similar happening in other areas of the business. If you don’t want a job, don’t apply for it - or at least have the courtesy to say if you aren’t attending a scheduled interview. #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
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4 years
RIP long-standing and much loved Tranmere steward John Cubbin #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
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5 years
Take a bow SWA - you were magnificent today! #TRFC
@theawayfans
The Away Fans
5 years
Tranmere at Watford today, what a day for those fans 3-0 down at HT to come back and draw 3-3. The lad that sent the post in said they’re the best fans he’s seen at Vicarage Road for years. #TRFC 👏
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The Kop stand is SOLD OUT for tomorrow All hospitality lounges SOLD OUT Thank you for your amazing support 🙏 #TRFC
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3 years
Any Merseyside families wanting a traditional Boxing Day day out of affordable live football are welcome at Prenton Park. Only £2 for children. #EFC
@bbcmerseysport
BBC Sport Merseyside
3 years
✖️ MATCH POSTPONED ⚽️ #EFC announce that their match at #BurnleyFC on Boxing Day is off due to Covid cases and injuries in their squad #️⃣ #BUREVE
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3 years
All the food from the cancelled matches on Saturday and today has been/will be donated to homeless charities for distribution #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
2 years
Very proud of how the boys played tonight. We gave them a great run for their money and there was only one team wanting the final whistle. And great support from the SWA. All the best in the next round @NUFC 👏🏻👏🏻 #TRFC
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5 years ago today @TranmereRovers fell out of the Football League for the first time in their history. What a ride it has been since then! 3 trips to Wembley, 2 promotions, hosting @SpursOfficial & @ManUtd in the FA Cup... The life of a Tranmere fan is certainly not boring! #TRFC
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Nicola Palios
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I am overwhelmed by the good wishes and support that Mark and I have received over the last week from Tranmere supporters. We are so grateful to every one of you who has renewed a season ticket, bought things from the club shop or simply sent messages of solidarity 1/2
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12th man #TRFC #wembley 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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When the going get’s tough..... What a great battling performance. 💪🏼💪🏼 #TRFC
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4 years
Steady with the goal bonuses lads 😂😂 #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
4 years
A HUGE thank you to Peter Johnson who, through his Johnson Foundation, has made a large donation to help the Tranmere/HelpLink Covid community support initiative. A man who never forgot his roots, and is always there to help those in need 👏🏻👏🏻 #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
5 years
@SkyFootball I guess that puts paid to the rumours that he’s a Liverpool supporter! 😂😂
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Nicola Palios
4 years
WHAT A GAME!!! #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
3 years
3 points, a curry and a couple of glasses of red wine #ifcarlsbergdidsaturdays #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
6 years
@m_christenson @Anna_Kessel Connor Jennings - playing at Wembley and supplying a promotion-winning cross for Tranmere when he had been in a coma only a week before....
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
5 years
Just wanted to say commiserations to @NewportCounty . It was an incredibly tight game and we know how it feels to lose at Wembley, but hopefully like @TranmereRovers you will come back stronger. Great fans.
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Nicola Palios
5 years
Not quite sure how we pulled that one out of the bag, but a massive 3 points! #TRFC
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Nicola Palios
4 years
Thanks to some great collaborative work by @TranmereRovers staff and the members of the Safety Advisory Group, we are pleased to have formal confirmation tonight that our spectator safety plans have been approved. We look forward to seeing you on Saturday. #TRFC
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We might still be finding our feet in League 1 after back to back promotions but one thing you can say about this team is they never say die. Great fight back and unlucky not to take all 3 points #TRFC
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Nicola Palios
4 years
I’m sad it hasn’t worked out for Jacko. He was a huge part of the recent Wembley/promotion years and will always be remembered for that. #TRFC
@TranmereRovers
Tranmere Rovers FC
4 years
Club Statement #TRFC #SWA
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5 years
I know 3 points is only 3 points, but that’s a Massive 3 points! #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
6 years
@RichardBuxton_ You are a journalist: if you did your job you would know those are the original Tranmere Club colours from the 1880s - about 40 years before AS Roma existed....
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
5 years
Kudos to Perks and @5mellis for staying to help Big John clean and hoover the team coach after arriving back from Wembley last night! Amidst all the euphoria they still take time to muck in 👏🏻🏆🚌🧹🧺 😇 #TRFC
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Nicola Palios
3 years
7 points off the top with 2 games in hand. This division is wide open... #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
3 years
Happy Christmas #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
2 years
Not condoning what Will Smith did yesterday but it is unbelievable that Academy members calling for his Oscar to be rescinded when they are happy for child rapist Roman Polanski, and serial sex abuser Harvey Weinstein to keep theirs! Where was the moral outrage then? #oscars
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Steadily getting the business done 👍💪🏼 #TRFC
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Nicola Palios
4 years
Any spare food from today’s postponed match has been donated to YMCA, Wirral Ark and the Salvation Army #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
4 years
One of our staff members suffered a horrific unprovoked and racially motivated attack in Birkenhead yesterday, and is currently in hospital. I would love to have some messages to show him that this disgusting behaviour is NOT representative of our community. #TRFC
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Nicola Palios
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Thanks to the 8,001 supporters in Prenton Park tonight for your great support 👏🏻👏🏻 #TRFC #5inarow
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Nicola Palios
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What a day..... 🔥🎉😅🤪 #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
2 years
The run continues 💪🏼 #TRFC
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Nicola Palios
3 years
2 points off the top 👏🏻 . Now off to @wembleystadium #TRFC
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Nicola Palios
5 years
Delighted that we have sold over 4,000 season tickets for our first season back in League 1. Thanks to everyone who has bought one, and hear’s to another great season! #TRFC
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A massive 3 points in a difficult game in torrid conditions. @officialcufc a fit, fast, strong side. Well done lads! #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
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5 years
@jnorwood_10 ⁩ got his wish.... #TRFC
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Nicola Palios
4 years
Looking forward to seeing what these guys can do - the makings of a great team. Welcome to the SWA Keith Hill. #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
4 years
@Hazaka_ Sorry to spoil your weekend
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
4 years
How about we do a Total Eclipse League? #dontbuythesun
@TranmereRovers
Tranmere Rovers FC
4 years
❌ Sorry guys, pull us out of this one! Didn't realise your involvement with a certain sponsor/newspaper. #TRFC #SWA
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That aged well 😂😂😂
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Nicola Palios
4 years
We must not link short term cash flow help for the EFL with radical structural changes. Everyone agrees change needs to happen but there must be proper stakeholder engagement - including the supporters and ALL clubs. It can’t be rushed due to a gun to the head.
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
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Devastated to hear of the passing of Shaun, who had battled so hard to recover from a number of cardiac arrests, but who has sadly passed away at a tragically young age. Condolences to all of the family from everyone at @TranmereRovers 💔💔 #TRFC #RIP
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Nicola Palios
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Teams in the play offs have a 25% chance of promotion. A team 3 points adrift with a game in hand has more than a 25% chance of avoiding relegation. PPG gives those at the top an opportunity to take that chance, but denies it to those at the bottom #TRFC
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
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AGM snippets: loss of income directly due to Covid exceeds £1m but is mitigated by furlough support and, crucially, by season ticket holders waiving their right to £228,000 of refunds on season tickets from last season. Thank you to every one of you who was able to do that #TRFC
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Nicola Palios
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#TRFC 😂👍
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Nicola Palios
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@TranmereRovers Welcome back Cookie 🍪
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@NicolaPalios
Nicola Palios
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We’re going to Wemberleeeee! #TRFC
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