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Football news reporter and journalist for The Athletic. Author of The Frying Pan of Spain.
@colinmillar.bsky.socialAs Kurdish-Turkish relations undergo a historic shift toward peace and reconciliation following decades of conflict, a Kurdish club are taking Turkey's Super Lig by storm. Amedspor's story is hugely significant, both on and off the pitch.
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@davidstoreygeog.bsky.socialReposted by @colinmillar.bsky.socialThe last guest of the Holloway Motel: The story of the English footballer who disappeared
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@colinmillar.bsky.socialReposted by @colinmillar.bsky.social“It was like he was wiped off the face of the earth.”
Tony Powell, a former English top flight star, vanished 40 years ago. His story is told in The Last Guest at the Holloway Motel.
It is a powerful, emotional and important watch. For @theathleticfc.bsky.social
@colinmillar.bsky.social“It was like he was wiped off the face of the earth.”
Tony Powell, a former English top flight star, vanished 40 years ago. His story is told in The Last Guest at the Holloway Motel.
It is a powerful, emotional and important watch. For @theathleticfc.bsky.social
@colinmillar.bsky.socialLots of Barcelona match squads will include Toni Fernández and Guillermo Fernández this season. The two teenagers are cousins, born less than a month apart. The really weird thing is that not only are the players two fathers brothers, but their two mothers are sisters too.
@colinmillar.bsky.socialCrystal Palace's last 10 games have included Arsenal away, Liverpool away, Chelsea away, Spurs away, FA Cup semi-final vs Villa, FA Cup final vs Man City, Community Shield vs Liverpool. They are unbeaten in all those 10 games and won 2 trophies. Oliver Glasner 📈👑
@colinmillar.bsky.socialSaudi Arabian government investment company buys stake in financially-stricken DAZN, who recently bought unwanted Club World Cup TV rights from FIFA, who gift-wrapped a World Cup to Saudi Arabia. An incredible coincidence of entirely unrelated events in which all 3 parties are massive beneficaries.
@colinmillar.bsky.socialDAZN rescuing FIFA with a broadcasting deal on the same day Saudi Arabia are linked to investing/rescuing loss-making DAZN, coinciding with FIFA giftwrapping a World Cup to Saudi Arabia. Possibly all entirely unconnected events in which coincidentally all three parties come out as big winners.