Mike Halford
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41,725 appearances
179 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 6 Jul
Mike Halford’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 179 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 69.
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Doesn't it predate red?
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It predates red cards.
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It does.
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Well, it also predates this clause that's been thrown in.
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Now, this clause has been used in the past, but most recently, it was used for a Cristiano Ronaldo red card that happened outside of the competition.
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It happened in qualifying.
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It was a three-match ban.
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It got suspended.
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So, you know, Ronaldo didn't have to miss the first two matches of the group stage.
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Different circumstances, yet similar mechanism.
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As a matter of fact, the exact same mechanism.
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Just to follow along, and I'm trying to piece this together as best as I can, because there are updates coming through every 10 or 15 minutes.
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The Belgian Football Association has issued two separate statements.
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The first in the aftermath of Balogun's suspension being suspended.
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And the second one was them saying that, and I'm going to paraphrase this and Coles note it.
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We asked FIFA for an explanation as to why they did not give us one.
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Therefore, we're left with no other move here than to appeal the suspended suspension.
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I know it sounds confusing.
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But the Belgian FA has been put in a very weird spot here because they don't really know the root cause for the, let's just call it the overturned decision.
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FIFA is under no obligation because they're not technically going back and changing the referee's call or the VAR on the red.
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