The best football posts on social media this week, featuring Cristiano Ronaldo crashing out, Sky Sports’ ill-conceived Halo channel, Luis Rubiales getting egged, and more.
This ad campaign has done Ibrahima Konate no favours.
He’s definitely succeeding at that pic.twitter.com/x9NufSSqOU
— M (@LFCmagnus) November 13, 2025
Sky Sports launched a new TikTok channel aimed at female sports fans, called Halo. It was misguided, to put it mildly.
Sky Sports have launched a new TikTok for female sports fans & I have some thoughts.. pic.twitter.com/qKs6OhbyKp
— Laura Kirk-Francis (@LauraKirk12) November 14, 2025
It might be the most patronising thing the station has ever done.
Guys help I’m just a silly girl 🥺 how am I supposed to understand this without a matcha reference and pink captions 💔 pic.twitter.com/1ewbWnTfPp
— m 🐝 ⋆˙⟡ (@_P1ASTRI81) November 15, 2025
The timeline was really popping off.
Unfortunately my oestrogen-addled brain has no idea what I’ve just watched, if only Sky Sports had some kind of channel that could explain it to me pic.twitter.com/0xgPpVZb47
— Amelia (@smaffoo) November 15, 2025
How is my girlfriend supposed to know we’re 3-0 up without her hot girl dubai chocolate matcha labubu and pink sparkly captions pic.twitter.com/qNV86YCmiI
— Dan (@RetroShirtsFC) November 15, 2025
This one is my personal favourite.
ruth funniest wag pic.twitter.com/rCdozd3RVH
— ؘ🏆🏆🇳🇴 (@veenroither) November 15, 2025
The online football community were united in their hatred for Halo.
me liking all the hate tweets about sky sports halo pic.twitter.com/WELT2X4SQH
— Abi Slade (@abi_slade) November 14, 2025
Halo only lasted three days before Sky Sports deleted the posts and called the experiment off.
https://twitter.com/elliemolloson/status/1989808767115100439?s=20
Cristiano Ronaldo was responsible for three of the funniest minutes in football history on Thursday, culminating in the first red card of his Portugal career.
Cristiano Ronaldo is given a red card after a VAR review for an elbow
Mimicked tears, a clash with the Ireland manager and an all-time send-off from the crowd follow. Dublin is no longer "lovely" for him
📺 Watch https://t.co/XnOP6grnB7
📱 Live updates https://t.co/TgtjK2dsDN pic.twitter.com/E6IjPgPvaf
— RTÉ Sport (@RTEsport) November 13, 2025
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One Ireland fan became an instant national hero for his reaction to Ronaldo’s strop.
🗣️ "This is my five minutes now, so I better make the most of it!"
Chris Hernon, the Ireland fan who went viral for his crying reaction to Cristiano Ronaldo’s red card at the Aviva Stadium, says his phone has been “blowing up” since last night.#VMNews pic.twitter.com/s0afHzjEuo
— Virgin Media News (@VirginMediaNews) November 14, 2025
Hang it in the Louvre.
Give this lad the freedom of Dublin. #IRLPOR pic.twitter.com/pfpeoUuWtU
— Paddy O'Brien (@Paddy__Paddy) November 13, 2025
Oh, and Ireland did beat Portugal, which produced this lovely moment between a dad and his son.
A mate sent on this fantastic video of Troy Parrott’s first goal on Thursday. Hopefully it finds its way to the father and son who got to celebrate the moment together. pic.twitter.com/0raOZEOx2r
— David Sneyd (@DavidSneyd) November 15, 2025
Luis Rubiales got egged while touring his book – by his own uncle, who is also called Luis Rubiales.
Luis Rubiales, the former Spanish FA executive who resigned after forcibly kissing a player following Spain’s victory in the 2023 Women’s World Cup, was hit with eggs at an event for his book.
The eggs were thrown by his uncle, also named Luis Rubiales.pic.twitter.com/c15oqdVIMD
— Men in Blazers (@MenInBlazers) November 14, 2025
Alan Sugar got absolutely mugged by a young Arsenal fan.
Superb stuff 👏👏👏 https://t.co/2PncCTJrGI pic.twitter.com/SCx1EHaod2
— Adam Salter 🌟🌟 (@Adam_Salter4) November 14, 2025
Time to get your O’Sheanies out of the drawer.
its john o’shea beanie season outside pic.twitter.com/GUN8qdgfTJ
— chris (@chriisorourke) November 12, 2025
Anwar El Ghazi cooked former club Mainz, in the courts and online.
Another day, another hearing, another appeal but still the same old outcome; a loss for FSV Mainz 05.
Regular defeats on the football pitch clearly aren’t enough for the board of the club so they keep coming back for more losses in the German courts !
I am grateful to the… pic.twitter.com/Hs1N3F0GmH
— Anwar El Ghazi (@elghazi1995) November 13, 2025
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