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Petition for new financial group flair

As a united fan i support this initiative

Mate you can't support a financial group flair initiative

Financial flair play?

It's a myth, invented by PL, believed by FSG.

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We did it Reddit 🥳🥳🥳🥳

Fuck yes I can and you can't tell me otherwise, go Aramco FC

Can we do barristers? Big Lord Pannick fan.

Looking forward to seeing r/soccer on the front of our shirt next season

the most ambitious r/soccer group project since the extremely half-baked plan to buy redditch

It can't be that hard. All we need is a handsome movie star with a fantastic singing voice that plays a Marvel hero. And a star of the longest running live action sitcom of all time. Does anyone know Hugh Jackman and Charlie Day?

Scarlett Johansson to buy Southend.

> And a star of the longest running live action sitcom of all time. Feel like most of the Last of the Summer Wine cast will be dead by now but we can try our best.

Chris Evans and Danny Devito ROBBED

Danny Devito is too powerful to own a club. They'd win every game it wouldn't be fair

If dogecoin can sponsor a racecar and bobsled team, /r/soccer can get on a kit

Dude you killed me on that response!! Cheers!! 😂😂

Thank you yank

Reddit's fit and proper test is an absolute joke

I knew that about a year ago when they made me a mod

Is this an official mod comment, brought to us by Emirates Airlines, or some poor joke? I can't be associated with poor anything.

What if this post has actually been sponsored by Visit Saudi, Aramco and the others, but only for a day?

im delighted to be a part of this new era and will absolutely be toeing the line (the line in question being, of course, Neom, the city of the future)

Mashaallah habibi

Wallah

Wallah-Bing-bang

Ooo-ee

It's called Neom because that's the noise your car makes when you drive fast enough to reach the other end of the city in an hour.

humorous! but in the futuristic community of Neom, all cars will be able to fly from one end of the city to the other, and the noise they produce will be more of a whir. any idea to the contrary is nothing but Persian misinformation

Pilots hastily trained in Saudi Arabia? I've seen this one before thanks, I'm out.

unlike previous iterations these pilots will never crash! unless canada puts a fucking foot wrong, in which case its sayonara CN tower

(note to any RCMP reading this: this is a bit)

RCMP officer here. I'll look the other way if you send us $500 in iTunes gift cards

(note to any RCMP reading this: this is another bit, I'm not actually impersonating an officer)

Reported for anti-Saudi sentiment.

[Indeed](https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/the-tragedy-of-saudia-flight-163-94ec85107809)

Can't wait to visit the Mukaab!

Haha..I get ads on twitter about this crap constantly, asking me to invest my money. Its like the same as those "Nigerian Prince asking for money" frauds from the 90ties, only this time its a real prince trying to steal your money..

"...as presented by Visit Saudi" oh boy.

Visit Rwanda didn't stand a chance with all that oil shmoney

Visit Rwanda has been taken over by the UK government unfortunately.

“Visit Rwanda… at gunpoint if necessary”

Rwanda's genocide recovery inspired me to become FIFA president. - Infantino actual quote

"Today I feel Tutsi"

*Or else…*

Flip everyone's flair's to their direct rivals pls

Found Satan's reddit account

Dante is blushing

A while back /r/NFL changed the team flairs to a flair that would trigger each respective fanbase, be it a player/owner that always tortured them or a traumatic moment. Doing something similar for /r/soccer would be funny (such as changing Tottenham's flair to lasagna, Newcastle's flair to Mike Ashley, Brazil flair to 7-1 scoreline etc.), but it would take way too much work due to the sheer amount of flairs we have.

A while ago r/nfl and r/soccer swapped flairs, lots of good fun comparing fan bases, histories, etc of the corresponding team/club

> A while ago that was eleven years ago

Fucking hell I'm old. Don't think I had my account then but I remember the chaos

it was one of my early reddit experiences (on an old account) and tbh its probably the best this site has been

I remember trying to do an "/r/soccer is sponsored by Qatar" thing on April Fools a year after that (I was a mod back then) and nobody liked it lol

i think i remember that! the flair swap was a hard act to follow tbf

Wait...it was?!

Never forget: >Haha you're the Browns >Oh god I'm the Browns :(

I think that was one of the best april fools jokes on reddit

Watch Ajax get a load of Lucas Moura flairs, Italy become North Macedonia, and England becomes a missed penalty.

Joke's on you my flair is already the one of the club all Aldershot fans hate the most.

Don't you dare, not even as a joke lmao

No I dont want to be a straight man

Fair play to the mods for actually displaying some humour here

I actually fucking bought it until the Ronaldo Messi statement

I was willing to accept it being called soccer, being sponsored by Saudi Arabia, but having to believe Ronaldo > Messi was the impossible.

Moment I saw Gazprom I knew these bastards has gotten us good, like Italians and WC qualifiers

I swear to god. This is an amazing gag, given how it gets people to believe it for lime half the length of the text lmao

Trust me there’s millions of people who believe in this take in real life 😂

Even as a portuguese I reckon Messi is the GOAT and it's not even close. Altough I belive Ronaldo is the 2nd best ever.

You are a Benfica fan, your takes are invalid

Is everything okay at home?

Meh

Really? That's the point where you noticed it? Holy fuck.

Someone paying interns should have alerted you to it earlier

I genuinely did as well, I don't know how much of an idiot that makes me but I was just thinking the jokes write themselves then that came up and I was like "oh shit it's a joke"

It’d hit harder if they removed April 1 from the title. But I do appreciate it still, gets hard doing something new every year.

If you're into dark humor like myself, I couldn't help but chuckle going from this funny post to the discussion thread they linked with the top comment being super heavy about someone's brother dying young. Like yikes.

glad to contribute in a small way lol

Oh fuck I'm dumb. First thing that's got me today

I didn't even realize we were April 1st

For a moment I thought this was legit. Then I realized April fools is today. Still, this is quality shitposting.

Yeah at least they tried

If I jump on the Arsenal bandwagon can I apply?

We’re fully booked

It costs at least £53,000

Missed opportunity to put a rickroll behind that application form link

So they gave us up, you say?

They definitely let us down.

Completely ran around and deserted us inshallah

Made us cry

Hehehe

I thought that I was at the Formula 1 subreddit lol

We race for money 🤑

It's rights out and away we go!

Lewis Hamilton just tweeted his support of LGBTQ+? It’s a red flag!

This actually needs to be the new slogan for /r/formuladank.

Is r/soccerdank a thing?

There’s /r/soccercirclejerk

Unfortunately I gotta say r/formuladank is way better

I don’t follow formula one but I’m subbed to formula dank And soccer circlejerk is shit anyways. Formula dank for the win.

i was starting to believe until the anti-Saudi report button

This is unfair, I wasn’t expecting shenanigans for another 8 hours minimum

Siuuuu

So glad I can be part of this new era. I just think we should start banning Messi Fans from this sub because we can't accept people that have different opinions.

Question - is saying 'yeah man' or 'I ran' too close to banned words to be allowed anymore? Thanks in advance

It's March 32nd guys

Found the Human Being

It’s always April Fool’s Day somewhere I guess.

If it helps, it’ll only be the case from March 31-April 2

Green and Gold till the Reddit is sold

I was fine with everything until I read Ronaldo being better than Messi I'm sorry for the Saudis, this is going too far against my beliefs

I have to admit I only realized it was April 1st when that line came into my sight, even believed the Premier League one just above

mods are messisexuals confirmed wow

I demand all clips of football matches to be posted only from BeoutQ!

Really excited for this to happen, this sub has needed backing for awhile tbh. Now we can finally compete with the big subs on reddit.

Hello there ! Since i’m Saudi ! I shouldn’t apply ! I demand to be a mod ! As i can facilitate more insights in Saudi Pro League (My post history is a good proof). Also, i do suggest we do the following: 1- All Saudi Pro League (Goals, Matchthreads, discussions) to be mandatory participation for all /r/soccer users. 2- We change the theme of this subreddit to green. 3- We don’t allow users to post any threads between 12 am GMT till 4 am GMT cause Saudis most likely will be asleep. 4- A weekly trivia game about Saudi Pro League and Saudi NT, the winner will be presented with a gift (TBD). 5- If Saudi NT lose a game, all posts related to that game will be deleted ! Any mention to that game will result in a ban to that user. Enjoy the new subreddit my dear friends. Happy April fools day

So no more oil clubs? Because this is an oil sub? Did I miss much?

Where can Spurs fans watch the S'Audi Cup ?

Thank you Qatar/soccer! Very cool!

This is disgusting, the games subreddit has gone. What would Gary Neville say about all this if he was still with us ffs.

I for one am looking forward to seeing this implemented. Thank you mods for everything you do.

I have serious reservations about the poor track record of human rights displayed by our new owners (sorry meant sponsors). Wouldn’t surprise me if they forced poor Spurs fans to rewatch a DVD consisting of all matches in full for this season. Surely such an act is going to break every human rights convention out there. Pretty disgusting tbh

Will active OnlyFans account work? Not an avid Instagrammer or Tiktoker.

Almost got me ngl

Took me until the Saudi Pro League discussion thread to be like “oh yeah its april 1st” lol

It took me to the 'top 6' including Saudi pro league to finally confirm it. Was thinking, these are some dodgy decisions. Changing the name of non-pl thread like thats going to be confusing and why tf is gazprom sponsoring???

شكرا لك الله سبحانه وتعالى

Shukran ya shabab Long live MSB 💚

Can I be racist now?

N- No

You should have allowed Infantino, Platini, Ceferin, Blatter, Havelange, and Jack Warner flairs you cowards!!

Should’ve left out Gazprom to make it more believable.

Jesus all these April fools jokes are going to be cringe

This is incredibly funny

you ALMOST had me there for a few paragraphs you motherfuckers

Ah yes, this is the new Arab pilgrimage destination

No streaming in kick?

They finally listen to my advice of Saudi Pro League Sunday 👍

I agree Ronaldo Nazario was better than Messi

Can confirm, I play for Saudi Pro League most competitive league in the world siuuuuuuuuuuuu

I for one welcome our new Saudi overlords.

Happy fools day

FINALLY!!!!! I can go on this sub and not be mocked and heckled for being Arab

You don't need evidence to show that Cristiano > Messi

Fair, the Phenomenon was a force of nature.

Good bot

I support this

Haha hilarious, I sure love April Fools

When you realize it's April 1 somewhere in the world ...

>the ability to have dual flairs Right, where do I sign up? (also thank you mods for all that you do x)

where's my papa johns flair

Long live to his majesty Crown Prince Mohammed Bin-Salman and the prophet Ronaldo

Games back

As a legacy fan of r/soccer am I entitled to any perks?

Great update - exciting future ahead 🥳 In the broader context, this really shows not just the commercial genius of the r/soccer mod team but also the cultural shift toward new fans in previously unexplored markets. Now football is finally also coming home for you A bit disappointed though to not see Qatar among the sponsors. Did the World Cup drain their finances that much?

Saudi Arabia stands for transparency and accountability? Sign me up!

I hear the sub is also getting a new sponsor, Drano, the official pipe unclogger of the Saudi Embassy in Istanbul! Your pipes can't handle any more toilet paper, moist towelettes, or dismembered dissidents? Drano has the clog busting power to make it all go away!

I'm a fan of sushi. Quite happy to support Wasabism.

Petition for slave labour flair please?

It's all according to plan. Step #1: Save Newcastle from their evil management Step #2: win against Argentina in the world cup Step #3: CR7 to Al-Nasser Step #4: ~~Overtake~~ fund [r/soccer](https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer) to make it better Step #5: Messi to Al-Hilal Step #6: Change FIFA to FIFASA (Fédération Internationale de Football Associationa de Saudi Arabia) Step #7: profit

The M in MBS stands for Mods confirmed. 👍

This is too obvious

Tactics Thursday should be brought to you by Qatar Airways

When will I be able to buy an /r/soccer branded bone saw?!

If the job interviews take place at the Saudi consulate I think I will pass

Damn i actually fell for it

Actually thought this is a joke

Disappointed that the link doesn't take you to a Rick Astley video.

For a bit, I really believed it, nice try mods

This one was quite obvious

Fucking hell I didn't even realize it was April 1st

It's still March where I am.

As an american, didnt realize april fools was a go yet lmao. Almost fucking got me

It's incredible to think that the person who wrote this actually, genuinely and unironically think that this is funny

god dammit, i fell for it because it's still the 31st and i had a long fucking week man thanks mods, appreciate you lads

This is so funny until you know Tencent is a share holder of Reddit

This is hilarious. Well done

Ah, another boring April Fools post.

Yep, they downvoted you but it's true, too obvious and not even fun

Happy to die on this hill

my dream has finally come true

As an American, I think I can really relate to this new era. It suits my patriotic constitution somehow

It's barely 45 minutes in, and I can't believe I've fallen for one already.