"There's been much talk in recent years about moving Premier League games to various parts of the world that do not boast Premier League teams Sheffield, Miami and so on with the stated aim of spreading the gospel, had the gospel been stolen from Jesus and the Four Evangelists, to be bastardised and defiled, to be converted into folding green and then into geopolitical power and influence."
"But in the meantime, let's look back at what came to pass and, given no one ever starts with Everton, let's start with Everton and their two red cards one for backchat and sarcasm, the other for hair-pulling pompously issued as though 100 lines and standing in the corner haven't been invented, to the glorious chagrin of David Moyes. Oh, and Mateus Mane scored another nice goal as did Antoine Semenyo, whose injury-time winner in what might be his final game for Bournemouth reminded us that Spurs, the club on the wrong end of it, enjoy perhaps the greatest difference between their self-perception, as aristocrats, and, well, their public perception."
"Elsewhere, Keith Andrews continued his one-man crusade against age-appropriate hairdos, victimising Regis Le Bris and his brush-forward Beppe di Marco tribute as Brentford walloped Sunderland who'd have been better off giving Enzo Le Fee's hilario"
Plans to move Premier League matches to non-league locations such as Sheffield and Miami are framed as spreading the game but are criticized as commercial and geopolitical conversion. The World Cup being held in Donald Trump's America is noted as a politicized staging of sport. Fans continue to embrace football's chaotic and joyful nature despite controversy. A proposal for a fully night-time Premier League is introduced. Match highlights included Everton receiving two red cards, Mateus Mane scoring, and Antoine Semenyo producing an injury-time winner for Bournemouth while Tottenham suffered on the wrong end of perception.
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