James Nalton
@jdnalton.bsky.social
Freelance sports and football writer for the Morning Star newspaper, World Soccer magazine, Guardian US, FotMob, BBC, and the Soccer Times.
MLS, USL, US Open Cup, Concacaf and American soccer reverie.
MLS, USL, US Open Cup, Concacaf and American soccer reverie.
These things are connected. The reason away support seems better (for many clubs, not just Man City) is because home stadium ticketing focuses on hospitality, corporate, and creating an event to be marketed rather than a team to supported.
February 11, 2026 at 9:08 AM
These things are connected. The reason away support seems better (for many clubs, not just Man City) is because home stadium ticketing focuses on hospitality, corporate, and creating an event to be marketed rather than a team to supported.
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Southampton’s comeback at Leicester City is one for the ages.
Just look at the shift in momentum!
Just look at the shift in momentum!
February 10, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Southampton’s comeback at Leicester City is one for the ages.
Just look at the shift in momentum!
Just look at the shift in momentum!
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On today’s @totalsoccershow.bsky.social, @joeclowery.bsky.social, Taylor, and I make sense of James Rodríguez’s move to Minnesota, Cole Bassett to Portland, and Jorge Ruvalcaba to New York.
Plus our projected risers, fallers, and Moves We Like as opening kick nears.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3T4...
Plus our projected risers, fallers, and Moves We Like as opening kick nears.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3T4...
James to Minnesota - does it make sense?
YouTube video by Total Soccer Show
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:52 PM
On today’s @totalsoccershow.bsky.social, @joeclowery.bsky.social, Taylor, and I make sense of James Rodríguez’s move to Minnesota, Cole Bassett to Portland, and Jorge Ruvalcaba to New York.
Plus our projected risers, fallers, and Moves We Like as opening kick nears.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3T4...
Plus our projected risers, fallers, and Moves We Like as opening kick nears.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3T4...
Great Britain couldn't take their regular season form into the playoffs #curling 🥌
Italy wins curling bronze!
and what a collapse by Great Britain. They go 8-1 in round robin play and leave with nothing
and what a collapse by Great Britain. They go 8-1 in round robin play and leave with nothing
February 10, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Great Britain couldn't take their regular season form into the playoffs #curling 🥌
Post a banger that isn't in English...
This will probably be a thread, but it has to start with Ian Brown singing in Spanish with a Manchester accent.
youtu.be/db2CjARbk4E?...
This will probably be a thread, but it has to start with Ian Brown singing in Spanish with a Manchester accent.
youtu.be/db2CjARbk4E?...
February 10, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Post a banger that isn't in English...
This will probably be a thread, but it has to start with Ian Brown singing in Spanish with a Manchester accent.
youtu.be/db2CjARbk4E?...
This will probably be a thread, but it has to start with Ian Brown singing in Spanish with a Manchester accent.
youtu.be/db2CjARbk4E?...
Nice to see this album trending
February 9, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Nice to see this album trending
Who’s the Super Bowl halftime performer?
*wrong answers only*
*wrong answers only*
February 8, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Who’s the Super Bowl halftime performer?
*wrong answers only*
*wrong answers only*
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He followed this up last month in his speech in Barcelona, covered in this article, and has since spoken in press conferences about Palestine and the genocide in Gaza. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/pep-...
Pep Guardiola reminds football to stand up for Palestine
FROM the touchline of the City of Manchester Stadium to the stage of the Palau Sant Jordi arena in Barcelona, it was a busy week for Pep Guardiola.The Manchester City manager was appearing at the even...
morningstaronline.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 10:38 AM
He followed this up last month in his speech in Barcelona, covered in this article, and has since spoken in press conferences about Palestine and the genocide in Gaza. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/pep-...
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Man City's links to what's happening in Sudan are being raised again thanks to Guardiola's comments. Here's an article from November on protests outside City's stadium. Includes Guardiola's speech from June in which he mentioned Sudan. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/manc...
Manchester City Sudan protests highlight football's links to humanitarian crisis
A DEMONSTRATION raising awareness of the humanitarian crisis in Sudan took place outside the City of Manchester Stadium last weekend ahead of the high-profile Premier League match between Manchester C...
morningstaronline.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Man City's links to what's happening in Sudan are being raised again thanks to Guardiola's comments. Here's an article from November on protests outside City's stadium. Includes Guardiola's speech from June in which he mentioned Sudan. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/manc...
Free Kick Taking 20
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February 8, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Free Kick Taking 20
Long Shots 20
Technique 20
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Man City's links to what's happening in Sudan are being raised again thanks to Guardiola's comments. Here's an article from November on protests outside City's stadium. Includes Guardiola's speech from June in which he mentioned Sudan. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/manc...
Manchester City Sudan protests highlight football's links to humanitarian crisis
A DEMONSTRATION raising awareness of the humanitarian crisis in Sudan took place outside the City of Manchester Stadium last weekend ahead of the high-profile Premier League match between Manchester C...
morningstaronline.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Man City's links to what's happening in Sudan are being raised again thanks to Guardiola's comments. Here's an article from November on protests outside City's stadium. Includes Guardiola's speech from June in which he mentioned Sudan. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/manc...
Sadly, what is happening with Harvey Elliott's transfer is always a potential situation when an obligation to buy in a loan deal is triggered by a no. of games played. Players' reps shouldn't agree to this kind of clause and PFA should look to outlaw it.
February 8, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Sadly, what is happening with Harvey Elliott's transfer is always a potential situation when an obligation to buy in a loan deal is triggered by a no. of games played. Players' reps shouldn't agree to this kind of clause and PFA should look to outlaw it.
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Latest curling and ice hockey column in this weekend's Morning Star.
February 7, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Latest curling and ice hockey column in this weekend's Morning Star.
Latest curling and ice hockey column in this weekend's Morning Star.
February 7, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Latest curling and ice hockey column in this weekend's Morning Star.
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Dwight McNeil's collapsed move to Crystal Palace - the fallout, his return to Everton & what next
@theathleticfc.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/702...
@theathleticfc.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/702...
How Everton are reintegrating Dwight McNeil after his aborted Crystal Palace move
The 26-year-old forward was on the verge of moving to south London on deadline day only for radio silence to set in as the clock ticked down
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Dwight McNeil's collapsed move to Crystal Palace - the fallout, his return to Everton & what next
@theathleticfc.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/702...
@theathleticfc.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/702...
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Morning Star: Time to go #TomorrowsPapersToday
February 6, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Morning Star: Time to go #TomorrowsPapersToday
One of the good things about the Washington Post sports section was that it covered the local professional soccer teams, DC United and Washington Spirit, week to week. The sport, those teams and leagues, will miss that coverage.
Article by Linda Pentz Gunter in today's Morning Star on the sad end of the Washington Post sports section.
February 6, 2026 at 7:27 PM
One of the good things about the Washington Post sports section was that it covered the local professional soccer teams, DC United and Washington Spirit, week to week. The sport, those teams and leagues, will miss that coverage.
Article by Linda Pentz Gunter in today's Morning Star on the sad end of the Washington Post sports section.
February 6, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Article by Linda Pentz Gunter in today's Morning Star on the sad end of the Washington Post sports section.
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Kelleher:
"I find a bit difficult when I hear people speaking about the players at Liverpool and performances, because I don’t think this season is even important from a football aspect for them to be honest. It’s more about them personally and mentally"
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
"I find a bit difficult when I hear people speaking about the players at Liverpool and performances, because I don’t think this season is even important from a football aspect for them to be honest. It’s more about them personally and mentally"
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
Caoimhin Kelleher: Goalkeepers could do with a bit of help from referees
After eight months shaped by triumph and tragedy, Brentford and Republic of Ireland number one Kelleher speaks to Miguel Delaney about the evolution of modern goalkeeping, processing the loss of Diogo...
www.independent.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Kelleher:
"I find a bit difficult when I hear people speaking about the players at Liverpool and performances, because I don’t think this season is even important from a football aspect for them to be honest. It’s more about them personally and mentally"
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
"I find a bit difficult when I hear people speaking about the players at Liverpool and performances, because I don’t think this season is even important from a football aspect for them to be honest. It’s more about them personally and mentally"
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
Today's Morning Star back page on campaigners' calls to remove the US as a 2026 World Cup host.
February 5, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Today's Morning Star back page on campaigners' calls to remove the US as a 2026 World Cup host.
Tickets for Scotland v Ivory Coast at Hill Dickinson on March 31 start at £27 for adults and £16 for under-16s.
February 5, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Tickets for Scotland v Ivory Coast at Hill Dickinson on March 31 start at £27 for adults and £16 for under-16s.
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If people don't support it, it goes away. "Getting the paper" used to be so automatic. Journalism entities were like utilities as you just got the paper. On the way to work or school, you got the paper. The farther away those days move, the more in danger journalism entities become.
February 5, 2026 at 9:56 AM
If people don't support it, it goes away. "Getting the paper" used to be so automatic. Journalism entities were like utilities as you just got the paper. On the way to work or school, you got the paper. The farther away those days move, the more in danger journalism entities become.
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Check this with the manager of the USMNT telling players to shut up and dribble
Pep Guardiola also spoke about people killed by ICE in the US. "Look what happened in the United States of America. With Renee Good and Alex Pretti. They have been killed, one a nurse, with five or six people around him, go on the grass, 10 shots. Tell me how you can defend that?"
Guardiola has spoken up again, mentioning Palestine, Ukraine, and ICE shootings. He also raises the topic of Sudan which has links to his employers. He'll get accused of hypocrisy, but it's important he raises it at all and better that he does. I wrote about this here in a recent Morning Star column
February 5, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Check this with the manager of the USMNT telling players to shut up and dribble
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Please don't report this as a straightforward business story; it's a story about coercive social transformation being imposed by people so rich they've ceased to see the rest of us as legitimate stakeholders in our own lives
February 4, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Please don't report this as a straightforward business story; it's a story about coercive social transformation being imposed by people so rich they've ceased to see the rest of us as legitimate stakeholders in our own lives