Sportswriter with The Times. Also novelist. Sometimes combines the two to form VAR dystopias
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✍️ Arsène Wenger is honourable — but how much will Fifa voters care?
@allyrudd_times says chances of a serious challenger to Gianni Infantino emerging before November deadline look slim when a reform plan would only alienate smaller member states thetimes.com/sport/football/…
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"I’m more of a pessimist and he's more of an optimist - he might be looking for 4-3 in training and I’m looking for 0-0"
@allyrudd_times speaks to @LincolnCity_FC joint head coaches Tom Shaw and Chris Cohen - no bias but this is a brilliant interview...
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Sergio Agüero’s iconic final-day goal in 2012 won Manchester City a first title for 44 years and set them on the road to years of success.
Now @allyrudd_times says it is sullied by scandal
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NEW Game podcast is live - PACKED today: VAR, Maresca, can Arsenal go unbeaten, Hull love, best CB screamers and loads more @TimesSport
Listen: podfollow.com/the-game/view
With @JamesGheerbrant @allyrudd_times @peterrutzler
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Is Kai Havertz a good enough striker for Arsenal?
On The Game podcast, @_TomClarke, @allyrudd_times, @TomAllnutt_ and @GregorRoberts0n discuss the German’s qualities.
🔗 pod.fo/the-game/episode/ec47…
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"No more Molton Brown handwash and body lotion"
Brilliant piece from @TomAllnutt_ on Spurs and mentality on @TimesSport now:
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❗ Big name
💰 Big money
🇫🇷 Bradley Barcola to Liverpool could be the signing of the summer — but does he fix any of their problems?
@_TomClarke is joined by @GregorRoberts0n, @allyrudd_times and @peterrutzler for the latest episode of The Game podcast ⬇️
Listen here: podfollow.com/the-game/view
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How Spurs icon killed by lightning became family’s dark, buried secret
✍️ @MGrantScotland
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Crystal Palace 1 Manchester City 4: City dismantle Palace thanks to Erling Haaland and Rayan Cherki
Two each for Norwegian and Frenchman give Enzo Maresca’s side convincing win, but winger says he played ‘shit’ in first half
✍️ @allyrudd_times
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🎙️ The Game: Premier League preview part one 🎙️
🤝 Will Enzo Fernández leave Chelsea?
🏆 Are Arsenal clear title favourites?
✍️ Which sides need more signings?
@_TomClarke is joined by @allyrudd_times, @GregorRoberts0n and @peterrutzler
Listen: podfollow.com/the-game
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Expect Man City to stumble this season? Under Enzo Maresca, think again
✍️@allyrudd_times
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🎙️The Game Podcast 🎙️
⚽ Can Spurs get a spot in the Champions League?
@_TomClarke is with @allyrudd_times and Tony Cascarino to discuss Roberto De Zerbi's possible impact
PLUS: @garyjacob joins the show to go over the new Premier League season
Listen: podfollow.com/the-game
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It's absolutely wonderful to have the brilliant @owenslot back in @TimesSport
And his return column is typically unmissable:
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How will Jude Bellingham find working with Jose Mourinho?
🎙️ @_TomClarke is joined by @TomAllnutt_, @allyrudd_times and Tony Cascarino to discuss the head coach's return to Real Madrid on The Game podcast
🎧 Listen: podfollow.com/the-game
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Our partners at Women in Football are conducting their annual survey, and we encourage our members to take part. Deadline is midnight on Sunday August 2. @WomeninFootball footballwriters.co.uk/editor…
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How Gianni Infantino engineered World Cup to sell his doomed plan
From President Trump’s peace prize to the Folarin Balogun saga, the US tournament was the perfect opportunity for Fifa president to impress investors
✍️ @martynziegler
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"The very best Infantino can hope for is that by resigning immediately he can claim a vestige of self-respect. Otherwise, he will be permanently defined as the most despised figure football has ever encountered."
@allyrudd_times writes⬇️
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alyson rudd retweeted
Deluded Gianni Infantino is incapable of reading the room — he must be kicked out
✍️ @allyrudd_times
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alyson rudd retweeted
🎙️The new Game Podcast is live🎙️
🚫 Fifa latest and Uefa's boycott
🚶Eddie Howe reaction
🔵 Will Chelsea be contenders
💥 Barcola and Tottenham's 'bomba'
@_TomClarke is joined by @JamesGheerbrant, @allyrudd_times and @TomAllnutt_
Listen: podfollow.com/the-game
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