football

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Finbarr Fitzpatrick, the chairman at Sundon Park Rangers, said the attendance of other clubs at the service for Noah showed "football is a lot more than just football" and "rivalries are out the door".

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

“The site is very flat. You can see three football pitches with no drama whatsoever,” studio founder and Chief Creative Officer Patrick O’Mahony said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

When you’re popular in the way football is, you want everything, and you can push the edges.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

He left the oral arguments over birthright citizenship early, as if he were Charlie Brown and Chief Justice John Roberts were Lucy yanking the football away from him at the last second.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026

“I’ve been thinking. All my old schools had pep rallies for the football team, no matter how badly they played. Could we do something like that for the town?”

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry