Falcon the Gooner
@afcfalcon.bsky.social
I'm a Dad, a Gooner, an Analyst who loves The Arsenal and having a laugh
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'It’s fine that people hate us. It’s part of our history" George Graham
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'It’s fine that people hate us. It’s part of our history" George Graham
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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This has me yearning for just good old fashioned Sepp Blatter corruption.
December 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This has me yearning for just good old fashioned Sepp Blatter corruption.
This is why we need to either cap political donations or only allow campaign funds to be drawn from a central source for ALL parties, so they each get the same
🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
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democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This is why we need to either cap political donations or only allow campaign funds to be drawn from a central source for ALL parties, so they each get the same
This is the level of obscenity we are getting to now
FIFA will award their first ever Peace Prize to Donald Trump.
Truly a stunning development from an award created solely because Donald Trump wants a peace prize...
Truly a stunning development from an award created solely because Donald Trump wants a peace prize...
December 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This is the level of obscenity we are getting to now
When I was a kid when they played 42 games, Managers, Players & Pundits all used to say that you can't win a title if you lose much more than 4 games, City & Chelsea have already lost 4, only Arsenal, Villa, Palace and Sunderland have lost less than that, leaving them with a bigger buffer for losses
December 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
When I was a kid when they played 42 games, Managers, Players & Pundits all used to say that you can't win a title if you lose much more than 4 games, City & Chelsea have already lost 4, only Arsenal, Villa, Palace and Sunderland have lost less than that, leaving them with a bigger buffer for losses
I wonder how they'd respond if entries were extended to other Middle Eastern countries, such as Palestine or Iran? For me Israel is not in Europe, so should not compete in Eurovision or the European Football Championships, but it does for political reasons only.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ireland among countries boycotting Eurovision after Israel allowed to compete
There had been calls for Israel's exclusion over the war in Gaza, as well as unfair voting accusations.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I wonder how they'd respond if entries were extended to other Middle Eastern countries, such as Palestine or Iran? For me Israel is not in Europe, so should not compete in Eurovision or the European Football Championships, but it does for political reasons only.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yet another quirky record for The Arsenal 😆
Arsenal now hold the record at 108 games. The last team to score three times in a game against the Gunners was Luton on 5th December 2023 - two years ago tomorrow.
If Arsenal concede fewer than three goals against Chelsea, they will equal the record of 107 straight games in all competitions without conceding three goals in a match set by an English club (Man Utd October 2016 to August 2018).
#CHEARS
#CHEARS
December 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Yet another quirky record for The Arsenal 😆
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Lots of news coverage this morning about £28 billion investment approved to upgrade the UK's energy network.
BUT: The majority of the spending – £17.8 billion - announced today is to maintain Britain’s gas networks rather than build new transmission lines.
BUT: The majority of the spending – £17.8 billion - announced today is to maintain Britain’s gas networks rather than build new transmission lines.
December 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Lots of news coverage this morning about £28 billion investment approved to upgrade the UK's energy network.
BUT: The majority of the spending – £17.8 billion - announced today is to maintain Britain’s gas networks rather than build new transmission lines.
BUT: The majority of the spending – £17.8 billion - announced today is to maintain Britain’s gas networks rather than build new transmission lines.
I have been saying this for years, energy is a constant, where we produce excess heat, use it to heat properties or to turn turbines and generate electricity. It's so simple and as usual, the Scandinavians are at the front of the queue, with their logic and common sense
Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
December 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I have been saying this for years, energy is a constant, where we produce excess heat, use it to heat properties or to turn turbines and generate electricity. It's so simple and as usual, the Scandinavians are at the front of the queue, with their logic and common sense
Congratulations to Declan Rice, Alessia Russo and @arseblog.com at the FSA Awards last night...Well done all and keep The Arsenal flag flying high, were proud of you all!
December 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Congratulations to Declan Rice, Alessia Russo and @arseblog.com at the FSA Awards last night...Well done all and keep The Arsenal flag flying high, were proud of you all!
Such a shame to see Leo Trossard fall victim to our 1 in, 1 out policy last night, the one downside to an otherwise unbelievably wonderful night for the Arsenal!
November 27, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Such a shame to see Leo Trossard fall victim to our 1 in, 1 out policy last night, the one downside to an otherwise unbelievably wonderful night for the Arsenal!
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Harry Kane completed 90 minutes for Bayern Munich without attempting a single shot for just the third time. They didn't win a penalty so no surprise!
#ARSBAY
#ARSBAY
November 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Harry Kane completed 90 minutes for Bayern Munich without attempting a single shot for just the third time. They didn't win a penalty so no surprise!
#ARSBAY
#ARSBAY
Love to see the confidence
November 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Love to see the confidence
Great to see Martinelli get his standard European goal again tonight
November 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Great to see Martinelli get his standard European goal again tonight
Tonight The Arsenal actually made Bayern scared of them, they weren't at the start, by the end they had fear in their eyes
November 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Tonight The Arsenal actually made Bayern scared of them, they weren't at the start, by the end they had fear in their eyes
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Arsenal defender Jurrien Timber had as many touches in the Tottenham penalty area (four) as Tottenham had in the Arsenal penalty area (four)
November 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Arsenal defender Jurrien Timber had as many touches in the Tottenham penalty area (four) as Tottenham had in the Arsenal penalty area (four)
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I drew North London
November 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I drew North London
Joe Hart on MOTD2 saying the 2nd goal shoulda been disallowed for offside based on the letter of the law...
Vicario got a soft hand to it, which is why I believe VAR correctly didn't over turn it, because he clearly saw the shot to get a hand to it so Trossard could not have obscured his view
Vicario got a soft hand to it, which is why I believe VAR correctly didn't over turn it, because he clearly saw the shot to get a hand to it so Trossard could not have obscured his view
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Joe Hart on MOTD2 saying the 2nd goal shoulda been disallowed for offside based on the letter of the law...
Vicario got a soft hand to it, which is why I believe VAR correctly didn't over turn it, because he clearly saw the shot to get a hand to it so Trossard could not have obscured his view
Vicario got a soft hand to it, which is why I believe VAR correctly didn't over turn it, because he clearly saw the shot to get a hand to it so Trossard could not have obscured his view
I'm sorry, was Saka offside in his own half there?!
November 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I'm sorry, was Saka offside in his own half there?!
Same old Tottenham 🤣
November 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Same old Tottenham 🤣
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“If you go back a million minutes, you reach 2023. Go back a billion minutes, you reach the Roman Empire — that’s the scale of inequality we’re living with.”
Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget
Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget
November 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
“If you go back a million minutes, you reach 2023. Go back a billion minutes, you reach the Roman Empire — that’s the scale of inequality we’re living with.”
Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget
Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget
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We sold our water to foreign billionaires. Now we’re handing them our health data.
Government’s last chance to keep control of digital
Digital sovereignty isn’t optional anymore. We sold our water to foreign billionaires. Now we’re handing them our health data
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We sold our water to foreign billionaires. Now we’re handing them our health data.
I came across this on Substack Russel T Davies speech on Substack and it is well worth a watch!
substack.com/@writesbrigh...
substack.com/@writesbrigh...
Sam Bright (@writesbright)
👏🏻 Brilliant speech from Russell T. Davies about how British content creators - and especially TV executives - need to stand up to the censorship and intimidation of authoritarians
substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I came across this on Substack Russel T Davies speech on Substack and it is well worth a watch!
substack.com/@writesbrigh...
substack.com/@writesbrigh...