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So yesterday afternoon I was sweating bullets trying to find Man City and Everton’s starting lineups. Kickoff was crawling closer and my phone kept buzzing with mates asking “Who’s playing?”. Felt like everyone was staring at me, the supposed “football news guy”. Pathetic.
The Disaster Start
Woke up thinking this would be easy. Pulled up my usual go-to sites. Refreshed the page five times. Nothing. Same crappy rumors from two days ago. Panic kicked in hard. Started smashing the refresh button like a maniac. Still zip. Those sites are slower than my granddad after Christmas dinner.
Social Media Hell
Next stop: Twitter. What a garbage fire. Saw ten different lineups scrolling down just for City alone. Some clown even posted last year’s starters. Got so mad I nearly threw my coffee at the wall. Everton fans were losing their minds in replies. Absolute chaos.
- Found six different fan accounts swearing their lineup was official. Spoiler: none were.
- Team “ITK” guys fighting like cats and dogs about midfield choices
- Someone shared a blurry airport photo claiming it was Haaland injured. Embarrassing.
Lightbulb Moment
Remembered these clubs have apps. Sounded too obvious to work. Downloaded both through sheer desperation. Man City’s app took forever to load – probably everyone else had the same idea. Everton’s actually worked first try. Funny how that goes.
Counted down the minutes on both team pages. When the notification popped? Relief like winning the lottery. Perfect official lineups. Sent screenshots straight to our group chat. Finally got some respect.
My Final Take
All those so-called news aggregators? Useless when it matters. Club apps win every single time. Yeah you gotta wait til about an hour before kickoff. But at least you ain’t getting Vanilla Ice doing pop covers instead of the real thing. Don’t trust amateurs with blogs. Don’t believe random Twitter eggs. Just get the apps and save your blood pressure. Now I can actually enjoy the match instead of playing detective.