MK Dons

Milton Keynes Dons Football Club (/ˌmɪltən ˈkiːnz ˈdɒnz/), usually abbreviated to MK Dons, is a professional association football club based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system, after gaining promotion at the end of the 2018–19 season. The club was founded in 2004, following Wimbledon F.C.'s controversial relocation to Milton Keynes from south London, when it adopted its present name, badge and home colours.[n 2]

Initially based at the National Hockey Stadium, the club competed as Milton Keynes Dons from the start of the 2004–05 season. After two seasons in League One, they were relegated to League Two in 2006. The club moved to their current ground, Stadium MK, for the 2007–08 season, in which they won the League Two title and the Football League Trophy under the management of Paul Ince. After seven further seasons in League One, the club won promotion to the Championship in 2015 under the management of Karl Robinson; however, they were relegated back to League One after one season.

Milton Keynes Dons have built a reputation for youth development,[4] run 16 disability teams and their football trust engages around 60,000 people; between 2012 and 2013 the club produced 11 young players who have been called into age group national teams and between 2004 and 2014 the club gave first-team debuts to 14 local academy graduates, including the England international midfielder Dele Alli.[5][6][7]

The club also run a women's association football side, Milton Keynes Dons Women.

Milton Keynes, about 45 miles (72 km) north-west of London in Buckinghamshire, was established as a new town in 1967.[8] In the absence of a professional football club representing the town—none of the local non-league teams progressed significantly through the English football league system or "pyramid" over the following decades—it was occasionally suggested that a Football League club might relocate there. There was no precedent in English league football for such a move between conurbations and the football authorities and most fans expressed strong opposition to the idea.[9] Charlton Athletic briefly mooted moving to "a progressive Midlands borough" during a planning dispute with their local council in 1973,[10] and the relocation of nearby Luton Town to Milton Keynes was repeatedly suggested from the 1980s onwards.[11] Another team linked with the new town was Wimbledon Football Club.[12]

Wimbledon, established in south London in 1889 and nicknamed "the Dons", were elected to the Football League in 1977. They thereafter went through a "fairytale" rise from obscurity and by the end of the 1980s were established in the top division of English football.[13] Despite Wimbledon's new prominence, the club's modest home stadium at Plough Lane remained largely unchanged from its non-league days.[13] The club's then-owner Ron Noades identified this as a problem as early as 1979, extending his dissatisfaction to the ground's very location. Interested in the stadium site designated by the Milton Keynes Development Corporation, Noades briefly planned to move Wimbledon there by merging with a non-league club in Milton Keynes, and bought debt-ridden Milton Keynes City. However, Noades then decided that the club would not gain sufficient support in Milton Keynes and abandoned the idea.[12]

In 1991, after the Taylor Report was published recommending the redevelopment of English football grounds, Wimbledon left Plough Lane to groundshare at Crystal Palace's ground, Selhurst Park, about 6 miles (9.7 km) away. Sam Hammam, who then owned Wimbledon, said the club could not afford to redevelop Plough Lane and that the groundshare was a temporary arrangement while a new ground was sourced in south-west London. A new stadium for Wimbledon proved difficult to achieve.[13] Frustrated by what he perceived as a lack of support from Merton Council, Hammam began to look further afield and by 1996 was pursuing a move to Dublin, an idea that most Wimbledon fans strongly opposed.[14] Hammam sold the club to two Norwegian businessmen, Kjell Inge Røkke and Bjørn Rune Gjelsten, in 1997,[15] and a year later sold Plough Lane to Safeway supermarkets.[16] Wimbledon were relegated from the Premier League at the end of the 1999–2000 season.
Starting in 1997,[18] a consortium led by music promoter Pete Winkelman and supported by Asda (a Walmart subsidiary) and IKEA proposed a large retail development in Milton Keynes including a Football League-standard stadium.[19][20] The consortium originally proposed that the stadium be located at the National Bowl but later altered their proposal to change the site of the proposed stadium to Denbigh North, the same site as the mooted retail development.[21]

The consortium proposed that an established league club move to use this site;[19][20] it approached Luton, Wimbledon, Crystal Palace, Barnet and Queens Park Rangers.[22] In 2001 Røkke and Gjelsten appointed a new chairman, Charles Koppel, who was in favour of this idea, saying it was necessary to stop the club going out of business.[23] To the fury of most Wimbledon fans,[24] Koppel announced on 2 August 2001 that the club intended to relocate to Milton Keynes. After the Football League refused permission, Wimbledon launched an appeal, leading to a Football Association arbitration hearing and subsequently the appointment of a three-man independent commission to make a final and binding verdict. The league and FA stated opposition but the commissioners ruled in favour, two to one, on 28 May 2002.[25]

Having campaigned against the move,[24] a group of disaffected Wimbledon fans reacted to this in June 2002 by forming their own non-league club, AFC Wimbledon, to which most of the original team's support defected.[26] AFC Wimbledon entered a groundshare agreement with Kingstonian in the borough of Kingston upon Thames, adjacent to Merton.[26] The original Wimbledon intended to move to Milton Keynes immediately but were unable to do so until a temporary home in the town meeting Football League criteria could be found.[27] The club remained at Selhurst Park in the meantime and in June 2003 went into administration.[28] With the move threatened and the club facing liquidation,[29] Winkelman decided to buy it himself.[20] He secured funding for the administrators to keep the team operating with the goal of getting it to Milton Keynes as soon as possible.[30] The club arranged the temporary use of the National Hockey Stadium in Milton Keynes and played its first match there in September 2003.[31] Nine months later Winkelman's Inter MK Group bought the club out of administration and announced changes to its name, badge and colours—the team was renamed Milton Keynes Dons Football Club.
The first season for the club as Milton Keynes Dons was 2004–05, in Football League One, under Stuart Murdoch, who had managed Wimbledon F.C. since 2002. The team's first game was on 7 August 2004, a 1–1 home draw against Barnsley, with Izale McLeod equalising with their first competitive goal.[33] Murdoch was sacked in November[34] and replaced by Danny Wilson, who kept Milton Keynes Dons in the division on the final day of the season — but only because of Wrexham's 10-point deduction for going into administration. The following season, Milton Keynes Dons struggled all year, and were relegated to League Two; Wilson, as a result, was sacked.[35]

2006–2010: Promotion and first silverware
Wilson's successor for 2006–07 was Martin Allen, who had just taken Brentford to the brink of a place in the Football League Championship. Milton Keynes Dons were in contention for automatic promotion right up to the last game of the season, but eventually finished fourth and had to settle for a play-off place. They then suffered a defeat to Shrewsbury Town in the play-off semi-finals. During the 2007 summer break, Allen left to take over at Leicester City.

For the 2007–08 season, former England captain Paul Ince took over as manager. Milton Keynes Dons reached the final of the Football League Trophy, while topping the table for most of the season. The final was played on 30 March 2008 against Grimsby Town — Milton Keynes Dons won 2–0 at Wembley to bring the first professional trophy to Milton Keynes. The club capped the trophy win with the League Two championship, and the subsequent promotion to League One. Following his successes, Ince left at the end of the season to manage Blackburn Rovers.

Ince's replacement was former Chelsea player Roberto Di Matteo, taking his first role as a manager. In the 2008–09 season, they missed out on an automatic promotion spot by two points, finishing third behind Peterborough United and Leicester City. They were knocked out of the play-offs by Scunthorpe United, who defeated MK Dons by penalty shootout at Stadium MK. Di Matteo left at the season's end for West Bromwich Albion.[36] A year after leaving, Ince returned as manager for the 2009–10 season.[37] He resigned from the club on 16 April 2010, but remained manager until the end of the season.[38]

2010–2016: Karl Robinson era
On 10 May 2010, Karl Robinson was appointed as the club's new manager, with former England coach John Gorman as his assistant. At 29 years of age, Robinson was at the time of his appointment the youngest manager in the Football League.[39] In his first season in the club Milton Keynes Dons finished fifth in 2010–11 League One. They faced Peterborough United in the play-off semifinals. Although they won the first leg 3–2, a 2–0 defeat at London Road meant they missed out on the play-off final.

The 2011–12 season brought similar results to the previous season with the Dons finishing fifth in 2011–12 League One facing Huddersfield in the play-offs. Losing the first leg 2–0 followed by winning 2–1 at The Galpharm saw Milton Keynes Dons lose 3–2 on aggregate against the eventual play-off winners. The away leg was John Gorman's last match in football after announcing his retirement a few weeks beforehand. Gorman's replacement was announced on 18 May 2012 as being ex-Luton manager Mick Harford along with new part-time coach Ian Wright.
Milton Keynes Dons experienced their best ever FA Cup campaign in the 2012–13 season by beating a spirited Cambridge City (0–0 and 6–1), League Two fierce rivals AFC Wimbledon (2–1), Championship Sheffield Wednesday (0–0 and 2–0) and Premier League Queens Park Rangers (4–2) to reach the fifth round of the competition for the first time ever in their history. Their record-breaking run ended in the fifth round at stadium:mk on 16 February 2013, losing 3–1 to Championship side Barnsley. After being in the top five for most of the season, the club finished the 2013–14 League One season in tenth place.

The 2014–15 season began well. The highlight event of the season's first month was being drawn against Manchester United in the League Cup second round, having dispatched AFC Wimbledon in the first. The Dons recorded a shock 4–0 victory over Manchester United in front of a sell out crowd at stadium:mk.[40] A few weeks later, the Dons recorded their record win, a 6–0 thrashing of Colchester United at home.[41] That record did not last long as it was broken once again with a 7–0 demolition of Oldham Athletic on 20 December 2014.[42] Just over a month later, on 31 January 2015, the Dons recorded a joint record 5–0 away win against Crewe Alexandra, earning a short-lived top spot.[43] On 3 May the club secured promotion to the Football League Championship for the first time, beating Yeovil Town 5–1 and leapfrogging Preston North End (who lost 1–0 at Colchester United) on the final day of the season.[44]

The Dons started life in the Championship by beating Rotherham United away 4–1 on the opening day of the season and gaining seven points from a possible 12 in their first four games. They were not able to sustain this form throughout the season - the Dons did not win any of their final 11 games and they returned to League One after finishing 23rd in the Championship.[45]

On 23 October 2016, Karl Robinson left the club by mutual consent, following a 3–0 home to defeat to Southend United the previous day, which had extended the Dons' winless run to four games and left them 19th in the League One table.[46]

2016–2018: Slow decline
Robbie Neilson joined MK Dons as manager from Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian in his native Scotland,[47] with his first official game in charge coincidentally an FA Cup tie against Karl Robinson's new club Charlton Athletic.[48] Neilson's reign started off well, with his second game in charge a win over AFC Wimbledon,[49] and in late January 2017 a local derby win against Northampton Town.[50]

The following season started badly, however on 30 December 2017 the team was noted[51] for a remarkable 1–0 derby win against Peterborough, playing with 9-men for 68 minutes after controversial refereeing decisions[52][53] and 13 minutes of added time.[54] Neilson left by mutual consent on 20 January 2018 after a run of one win in eleven league games with the club 21st in the table;[55] he was sacked the same day as his last game, a disappointing away 2-1 derby defeat against relegation rivals Northampton Town.[56]

Under Neilson's successor Dan Micciche, the club continued to struggle in the relegation places. Following a run of poor results with only three wins in sixteen matches in charge, Micciche left the club on 22 April 2018, with assistant manager Keith Millen taking over as a caretaker.[57] On the penultimate weekend of the season another defeat mathematically relegated them to League Two (leaving them seven points from safety with one game to play).[58] Former Exeter City manager Paul Tisdale was appointed in June 2018 after 12 years at his previous club.[59]

2018–present: Bounce-back
After a season where the Dons were tipped to be favourites for promotion, the club spent most of the season around the automatic promotion and play-off places. Going top after a 2–0 win over Macclesfield Town in November,[60] the club sunk to 8th in February[61] before being one win way away from automatic promotion against play-off hopefuls Colchester United in the penultimate game. The Dons lost 2–0[62] which led to a "winner takes all" game against 3rd placed Mansfield Town, who were separated by goal difference, to determine who was promoted.[63] MK Dons won 1–0 in front of nearly 21,000 fans meaning they returned to League One at the first attempt
Supporters
Notable supporters
The Dons' most famous non-football related supporter was local resident Jim Marshall, the founder of Marshall Amplification,[72] who were one of the earliest shirt-sponsors.[73] Racing driver Dan Wheldon was also reported to be a fan;[74] after his death, a minute's silence was held in his memory before the next game's kickoff, against Scunthorpe United.[75]

Other notable fans who are either Dons fans or regularly attend games are: Gabi Downs, Paralympic fencer; Andrew Baggaley, table tennis Commonwealth Games double gold medallist; Gail Emms, badminton world champion; James Hildreth and James Foster both England cricketers; Mark Lancaster, local member of parliament and government minister in 2012; Craig Pickering, 100m sprinter – bronze medal at the World Championship in 2007; Craig Gibbons, London 2012 Olympic 100 metre swimmer; Mikey Burrows, Sky Sports Radio presenter; and the late musician and radio broadcaster George Webley.[74]

Supporters' club recognition
On 4 June 2005, at the 2005 Football Supporters' Federation "Fans' Parliament" (AGM), the FSF refused the Milton Keynes Dons Supporters Association membership of the FSF in a debate that, among other arguments, questioned why the Football League had yet to introduce any new rules to prevent the "franchising" of other football clubs in the future.[76][77] In addition, the FSF membership agreed with the Wimbledon Independent Supporters' Association that the Milton Keynes Dons Supporters Association should not be entitled to join the FSF until they give up all claim to the history and honours of Wimbledon FC. With this in mind, the FSF began discussions aimed at returning Wimbledon FC's honours to the London Borough of Merton.

Shortly afterwards, following heavy criticism for allowing the move, the Football League announced new tighter rules on club relocation.[78]

At its AGM on 5 June 2006, the FSF again considered a motion[79] proposed by the FSF Council to allow Milton Keynes Dons Supporters Association membership if the honours and trophies of Wimbledon FC were given to the London Borough of Merton. In October 2006, agreement[80] was reached between the club, the Milton Keynes Dons Supporters Association, the Wimbledon Independent Supporters' Association and the Football Supporters Federation. The FA Cup trophy plus all club patrimony gathered under the name of Wimbledon F.C. would be returned to the London Borough of Merton. Ownership of trademarks and website domain names related to Wimbledon F.C. would also be transferred to the borough. As part of the same deal it was agreed that any reference made to Milton Keynes Dons FC should refer only to events subsequent to 7 August 2004 (the date of the first League game of Milton Keynes Dons FC). As a result of this deal, the FSF announced that the supporters of Milton Keynes Dons FC would be permitted to become members of the federation, and that it would no longer appeal to the supporters of other clubs to boycott Milton Keynes Dons' matches.[81] On 2 August 2007, Milton Keynes Dons transferred ownership of all Wimbledon FC trophies and memorabilia to the London Borough of Merton.

مونتي بايثون

مونتي بايثون (معروفة أحيانًا باسم ذا بايثونز (The Pythons)) هي مجموعة بريطانية للكوميديا السيريالية قامت بابتداع سيرك مونتي بايثون الطائر، وهو برنامج بريطاني كوميدي هزلي تمت إذاعته لأول مرة على بي بي سي في الخامس من أكتوبر عام 1969. وتم عمل خمس وأربعين حلقة لما يزيد على أربعة مسلسلات. تطورت ظاهرة البايثون من المسلسلات التليفزيونية إلى شيء أكبر في النطاق والتأثير، منتجةً جولة من العروض المسرحية، والأفلام، والألبومات المتعددة، والكتب المتنوعة، والعروض المسرحية الموسيقية، بالإضافة إلى انطلاق أعضاء المجموعة إلى النجومية الفردية. ولقد تمت مقارنة تأثير المجموعة على الكوميديا بتأثير فرقة بيتلز (The Beatles) على الموسيقى.

ولقد قام بكتابة المسلسل التليفزيوني وابتداعه وأدائه غراهام شابمان، وجون كليز، وتيري غيليام، وإيريك آيدل، وتيري جونز، ومايكل بالين، وهو المسلسل الذي أذاعته بي بي سي من عام 1969 حتى عام 1974. وهو منظوم بشكل غير مضبوط كعرض هزلي، ولكنه مرتبط بنهج سيل الوعي المبتكَر (بمساعدة الرسوم المتحركة لغيليام)، وقد تجاوز حدود ما هو مقبول وقتها في الأسلوب والمضمون. وكفريق كوميدي مستقل بذاته مسئول عن كتابة أعماله وأدائها، سمحت سيطرة فريق البايثون الإبداعية لهم بحرية التجربة في الشكل والمضمون، وطرح قواعد الكوميديا التليفزيونية جانبًا. وقد كان تأثير هذه المجموعة على الكوميديا البريطانية واضحًا لسنوات، حيث قامت في أمريكا الشمالية بتلوين أعمال المؤدين الرائجين من النسخ الأولية لـساترداي نايت لايف (Saturday Night Live) إلى صبغة من الاتجاهات العبثية الأكثر حداثة في الكوميديا التليفزيونية. "ونتيجة لذلك دخل مصطلح البايثونيسك" (Pythonesque) المعجم الإنجليزي.

وفي استطلاع الرأي الذي تم عام 2005 بالمملكة المتحدة لاختيار كوميديان الكوميديانات، قام ممثلو الكوميديا الزملاء والمطلعون على الكوميديا بالتصويت لصالح ثلاثة أعضاء من فريق البايثون ليكونوا من بين أفضل خمسين ممثلاً كوميديًا على الإطلاق: حيث جاء كليز بالمركز #2، وآيدل بالمركز #21، وبالين في المركز #30.

أعلن فريق مونتي بايثون عن إقامة عرض حي جديد في يوليو 2014 و سيقام في لندن.

Monty Python

Monty Python (also collectively known as the Pythons)[2][3] are a British surreal comedy group who created the sketch comedy television show Monty Python's Flying Circus, which first aired on the BBC in 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four series. The Python phenomenon developed from the television series into something larger in scope and impact, including touring stage shows, films, numerous albums, several books, and musicals. The Pythons' influence on comedy has been compared to the Beatles' influence on music.[4][5][6] Regarded as enduring icons of 1970s pop culture, their sketch show has been referred to as being “an important moment in the evolution of television comedy".[7]

Broadcast by the BBC between 1969 and 1974, Monty Python's Flying Circus was conceived, written, and performed by its members Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. Loosely structured as a sketch show, but with an innovative stream-of-consciousness approach aided by Gilliam's animation, it pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable in style and content.[8][9] A self-contained comedy team responsible for both writing and performing their work, the Pythons had creative control which allowed them to experiment with form and content, discarding rules of television comedy. Following their television work, they began making films, which include Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), Life of Brian (1979) and The Meaning of Life (1983). Their influence on British comedy has been apparent for years, while in North America, it has coloured the work of cult performers from the early editions of Saturday Night Live through to more recent absurdist trends in television comedy. "Pythonesque" has entered the English lexicon as a result.

At the 41st British Academy Film Awards in 1988, Monty Python received the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema. In 1998 they were awarded the AFI Star Award by the American Film Institute. Many sketches from their TV show and films are well-known and widely quoted. Both Holy Grail and Life of Brian are frequently ranked in lists of greatest comedy films. In a 2005 poll of over 300 comics, comedy writers, producers and directors throughout the English-speaking world to find "The Comedian's Comedian", three of the six Pythons members were voted to be among the top 50 greatest comedians ever: Cleese at No. 2, Idle at No. 21, and Palin at No. 30
Before Flying Circus
Jones and Palin met at Oxford University, where they performed together with the Oxford Revue. Chapman and Cleese met at Cambridge University. Idle was also at Cambridge, but started a year after Chapman and Cleese. Cleese met Gilliam in New York City while on tour with the Cambridge University Footlights revue Cambridge Circus (originally entitled A Clump of Plinths). Chapman, Cleese, and Idle were members of the Footlights, which at that time also included the future Goodies (Tim Brooke-Taylor, Bill Oddie, and Graeme Garden), and Jonathan Lynn (co-writer of Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister).[12] During Idle's presidency of the club, feminist writer Germaine Greer and broadcaster Clive James were members. Recordings of Footlights' revues (called "Smokers") at Pembroke College include sketches and performances by Cleese and Idle, which, along with tapes of Idle's performances in some of the drama society's theatrical productions, are kept in the archives of the Pembroke Players.[13]

The six Python members appeared in or wrote these shows before Flying Circus:

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (radio) (1964–1973): Cleese (cast member and writer), Idle and Chapman (writers)
The Frost Report (1966–1967): Cleese (cast member and writer), Idle (writer of Frost's monologues), Chapman, Palin and Jones (writers)
At Last the 1948 Show (1967): Chapman and Cleese (writers and cast members), Idle (guest star and writer)
Twice a Fortnight (1967): Palin and Jones (cast members and writers)
Do Not Adjust Your Set (1967–1969): Idle, Jones, and Palin (cast members and writers), Gilliam (animation)
+ Bonzo Dog Band (musical interludes)
We Have Ways of Making You Laugh (1968): Idle (cast member and writer), Gilliam (animation)
How to Irritate People (1968): Cleese and Chapman (cast members and writers), Palin (cast member)
The Complete and Utter History of Britain (1969): Palin and Jones (cast members and writers)
Doctor in the House (1969), Cleese and Chapman (writers)
The BBC’s satirical television show The Frost Report, broadcast from March 1966 to December 1967, is credited as first uniting the British Pythons and providing an environment in which they could develop their particular styles.
Following the success of Do Not Adjust Your Set, broadcast on ITV from December 1967 to May 1969, Thames Television offered Gilliam, Idle, Jones, and Palin their own late-night adult comedy series together. At the same time, Chapman and Cleese were offered a show by the BBC, which had been impressed by their work on The Frost Report and At Last the 1948 Show. Cleese was reluctant to do a two-man show for various reasons, including Chapman's supposedly difficult and erratic personality. Cleese had fond memories of working with Palin on How to Irritate People and invited him to join the team. With no studio available at Thames until summer 1970 for the late-night show, Palin agreed to join Cleese and Chapman, and suggested the involvement of his writing partner Jones and colleague Idle—who in turn wanted Gilliam to provide animations for the projected series. Much has been made of the fact that the Monty Python troupe is the result of Cleese's desire to work with Palin and the chance circumstances that brought the other four members into the fold.[15]

By contrast, according to John Cleese's autobiography, the origins of Monty Python lay in the admiration that writing partners Cleese and Chapman had for the new type of comedy being done on Do Not Adjust Your Set; as a result, a meeting was initiated by Cleese between Chapman, Idle, Jones, Palin, and himself at which it was agreed to pool their writing and performing efforts and jointly seek production sponsorship.[16] According to their official website, the group was born from a Kashmir tandoori restaurant in Hampstead on 11 May 1969, following a taping of Do Not Adjust Your Set which Cleese and Chapman attended.[17] It was the first time all six got together, reportedly going back to Cleese's apartment on nearby Basil Street afterwards to continue discussions.[18]

Monty Python's Flying Circus
Main article: Monty Python's Flying Circus
Development of the series
The Pythons had a definite idea about what they wanted to do with the series. They were admirers of the work of Peter Cook, Alan Bennett, Jonathan Miller, and Dudley Moore on Beyond the Fringe – seminal to the British "satire boom" – and had worked on Frost, which was similar in style.[19] They enjoyed Cook and Moore's sketch show Not Only... But Also. One problem the Pythons perceived with these programmes was that though the body of the sketch would be strong, the writers would often struggle to then find a punchline funny enough to end on, and this would detract from the overall sketch quality. They decided that they would simply not bother to "cap" their sketches in the traditional manner, and early episodes of the Flying Circus series make great play of this abandonment of the punchline (one scene has Cleese turn to Idle, as the sketch descends into chaos, and remark that "This is the silliest sketch I've ever been in"—they all resolve not to carry on and simply walk off the set).[20] However, as they began assembling material for the show, the Pythons watched one of their collective heroes, Spike Milligan, whom they had admired on The Goon Show, recording his groundbreaking BBC series Q... (1969).[21] Not only was the programme more irreverent and anarchic than any previous television comedy, but Milligan also would often "give up" on sketches halfway through and wander off set (often muttering "Did I write this?"). It was clear that their new series would now seem less original, and Jones in particular became determined the Pythons should innovate. Michael Palin recalls "Terry Jones and I adored the Q... shows...[Milligan] was the first writer to play with the conventions of television.
After much debate, Jones remembered an animation Gilliam had created for Do Not Adjust Your Set called "Beware of the Elephants", which had intrigued him with its stream-of-consciousness style. Jones felt it would be a good concept to apply to the series: allowing sketches to blend into one another. Palin had been equally fascinated by another of Gilliam's efforts, entitled "Christmas Cards", and agreed that it represented "a way of doing things differently". Since Cleese, Chapman, and Idle were less concerned with the overall flow of the programme, Jones, Palin, and Gilliam became largely responsible for the presentation style of the Flying Circus series, in which disparate sketches are linked to give each episode the appearance of a single stream-of-consciousness (often using a Gilliam animation to move from the closing image of one sketch to the opening scene of another).[23] The BBC states, “Gilliam's unique animation style became crucial, segueing seamlessly between any two completely unrelated ideas and making the stream-of-consciousness work.”[24]

Writing started at 9 am and finished at 5 pm. Typically, Cleese and Chapman worked as one pair isolated from the others, as did Jones and Palin, while Idle wrote alone. After a few days, they would join together with Gilliam, critique their scripts, and exchange ideas. Their approach to writing was democratic. If the majority found an idea humorous, it was included in the show. The casting of roles for the sketches was a similarly unselfish process, since each member viewed himself primarily as a "writer", rather than an actor eager for screen time. When the themes for sketches were chosen, Gilliam had a free hand in bridging them with animations, using a camera, scissors, and airbrush.
While the show was a collaborative process, different factions within Python were responsible for elements of the team's humour. In general, the work of the Oxford-educated members (Jones and Palin) was more visual, and more fanciful conceptually (e.g., the arrival of the Spanish Inquisition in a suburban front room), while the Cambridge graduates' sketches tended to be more verbal and more aggressive (for example, Cleese and Chapman's many "confrontation" sketches, where one character intimidates or hurls abuse, or Idle's characters with bizarre verbal quirks, such as "The Man Who Speaks In Anagrams"). Cleese confirmed that "most of the sketches with heavy abuse were Graham's and mine, anything that started with a slow pan across countryside and impressive music was Mike and Terry's, and anything that got utterly involved with words and disappeared up any personal orifice was Eric's".[25] Gilliam's animations ranged from the whimsical to the savage (the cartoon format allowing him to create some astonishingly violent scenes without fear of censorship).[23]

Several names for the show were considered before Monty Python's Flying Circus was settled upon. Some were Owl Stretching Time, The Toad Elevating Moment, A Horse, a Spoon and a Bucket, Vaseline Review, and Bun, Wackett, Buzzard, Stubble and Boot. Flying Circus stuck when the BBC explained it had printed that name in its schedules and was not prepared to amend it. Many variations on the name in front of this title then came and went (popular legend holds that the BBC considered Monty Python's Flying Circus to be a ridiculous name, at which point the group threatened to change their name every week until the BBC relented). Gwen Dibley's Flying Circus was named after a woman Palin had read about in the newspaper, thinking it would be amusing if she were to discover she had her own TV show. Baron Von Took's Flying Circus was considered as an affectionate tribute to Barry Took, the man who had brought them together.[26] Arthur Megapode's Flying Circus was suggested, then discarded. The name Baron Von Took's Flying Circus had the form of Baron Manfred von Richthofen's Flying Circus of WWI fame, and the new group was forming in a time when the Royal Guardsmen's 1966 song "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" had peaked. The term 'flying circus' was also another name for the popular entertainment of the 1920s known as barnstorming, where multiple performers collaborated with their stunts to perform a combined set of acts.[27]

Differing, somewhat confusing accounts are given of the origins of the Python name, although the members agree that its only "significance" was that they thought it sounded funny. In the 1998 documentary Live at Aspen during the US Comedy Arts Festival, where the troupe was awarded the AFI Star Award by the American Film Institute, the group implied that "Monty" was selected (Eric Idle's idea) as a gently mocking tribute to Field Marshal Lord Montgomery, a British general of World War II; requiring a "slippery-sounding" surname, they settled on "Python". On other occasions, Idle has claimed that the name "Monty" was that of a popular and rotund fellow who drank in his local pub; people would often walk in and ask the barman, "Has Monty been in yet?", forcing the name to become stuck in his mind. The name Monty Python was later described by the BBC as being "envisaged by the team as the perfect name for a sleazy entertainment agent".[28]

Style of the show
Flying Circus popularised innovative formal techniques, such as the cold open, in which an episode began without the traditional opening titles or announcements.[29] An example of this is the "It's" man: Palin, outfitted in Robinson Crusoe garb, making a tortuous journey across various terrains, before finally approaching the camera to state, "It's ...", only to be then cut off by the title sequence and theme music. On several occasions, the cold open lasted until mid-show, after which the regular opening titles ran. Occasionally, the Pythons tricked viewers by rolling the closing credits halfway through the show, usually continuing the joke by fading to the familiar globe logo used for BBC continuity, over which Cleese would parody the clipped tones of a BBC announcer.[30] On one occasion, the credits ran directly after the opening titles.

Antonio Brown

Antonio Tavaris Brown Sr. (born July 10, 1988) is an American football wide receiver for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). Raised in Liberty City, Miami, Brown attended Miami Norland High School where he competed in both football and track. He played college football at Central Michigan University, where he earned All-American honors in 2008 and 2009 as a punt returner. A sixth round pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2010, no player has amassed more receptions and receiving yards than Brown since he entered the league.[1]

During his first season with the Steelers, the team advanced to Super Bowl XLV, but lost to the Green Bay Packers. He finished his rookie season with 16 receptions for 167 yards in ten games. During his second season, Brown became the first player in NFL history to have more than 1,000 yards receiving and returning in the same year. For his efforts, Brown was selected as a punt returner for the 2012 Pro Bowl. In 2013, Brown became the only receiver in NFL history to record five receptions and at least 50 yards in every single game of an NFL season. Although his on-the-field productivity continued over the next several seasons, including leading the league in receiving yards in 2014 and 2017, Brown's relationship with the Steelers, especially with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, soured and in 2019 he requested a trade.

He was eventually dealt to the Oakland Raiders, who then made him the highest-paid receiver in the league. His time in Oakland was short-lived, however, and following several off-the-field incidents, including a confrontation with general manager Mike Mayock, the team released Brown without him ever playing a regular season game. He signed with the Patriots later that same day.
Early life
Brown is the son of retired Arena Football League star Eddie Brown; in 2006, the league named Eddie Brown the best player in its history.[2] He played wide receiver for the Albany Firebirds and collegiate football for Louisiana Tech.[3]

High school career
Miami Norland High School
Brown attended Miami Norland High School in Miami, Florida, where he was a two-sport athlete in both football and track.[4] In football, Brown played running back, quarterback, wide receiver, and punt returner for the Vikings.[5] He was a two-time Class 6A all-state selection and was also named North Athlete of the Year at 2005 Miami-Dade Gridiron Classic. In track & field, Brown was a two-time state qualifier in the 100-meter dash, and also ran the fourth leg on the Norland 4 × 100 m relay squad, helping them capture the state title at 41.50 seconds.[6] He spent a prep year in 2006 at North Carolina Tech.[7][8]

North Carolina Tech Prep
Coming out of high school, Brown applied to Florida State University. His admission was denied over academic concerns.[9]

After attempting to attend Alcorn State, he decided to enroll at North Carolina Tech Prep. Playing in just five games at quarterback, Brown passed for 1,247 yards and 11 touchdowns, while rushing for 451 yards and 13 touchdowns.[10] Once he finished his lone season at North Carolina Tech Prep, he received a scholarship to play at Florida International University, but he was expelled before the season for an altercation with security.[11] Brown then began reaching out to wide receivers coach Butch Jones at West Virginia, since he had been highly recruited by him. After learning that Jones had left West Virginia to become the head coach at Central Michigan, Brown enrolled at the school and started his college football career as a walk-on freshman.[12]

College career
Brown attended and played college football for Central Michigan from 2007–2009.[13]

Freshman season
See also: 2007 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
Brown began attending Central Michigan in 2007 after wide receivers coach Zach Azzanni told him he could fly to Michigan and try out for the team as a walk-on wide receiver.[14] Transitioning from the quarterback position in high school to wide receiver in college was not that difficult for him, and after a few weeks, Central Michigan coaches offered him a scholarship. Brown had difficulty adjusting to the college lifestyle, and being on time for meetings and practice. Azzanni and his wife helped him get situated and into an established routine, and he soon became like a part of their family. During his first season at Central Michigan, Brown played in 14 games. He played well enough to win the Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year and was All-Conference as a returner. For his freshman season, he had 102 receptions for 1,003 yards and six touchdowns.[9][15] His 102 receptions led the Mid-American Conference in 2007.[16]

Sophomore season
See also: 2008 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
Brown started every game during his sophomore season in 2008. Against Temple, he had three receptions for 33 yards and a season-high two touchdown receptions.[17] The next week, against Western Michigan, he had 10 receptions for 113 yards and threw a two-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter.[18] On November 28, while playing at Eastern Michigan, he had seven receptions for a season-high 172 yards and a touchdown.[19] For the season, Brown hauled in 93 receptions for 998 yards and seven touchdowns.[15] His 410 punt return yards and 791 kick return yards that season led the conference.[20]

Junior season
See also: 2009 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
In his junior season against Akron on September 26, 2009, Brown had nine receptions for 89 yards and a season-high two touchdowns.[21] For the 2009 season, he had five games with over 100 receiving yards.[22] In his last regular season game on January 6, 2010, against Troy, Brown had a season-high 13 receptions for 178 yards.[23] He finished 2009 with single-season bests of 110 receptions (also a school record), 1,198 receiving yards, and nine touchdowns. For his career at Central Michigan, he had a school-record 305 receptions, (including the top three seasons with the most receptions in school history), 3,199 receiving yards (fourth all-time), and 22 touchdowns (third all-time).[15][24] On January 7, 2010, he announced he would forgo his senior season and enter the 2010 NFL Draft.
Using a pick received in a trade with the Arizona Cardinals, the Pittsburgh Steelers selected him in the sixth round (195th overall) in the 2010 NFL Draft.[30] He was the 22nd of 27 wide receivers selected in the draft, and the second by the Pittsburgh Steelers behind Emmanuel Sanders.[31] He picked the jersey number 84, which he explained: "Eight times four is 32. Thirty-two teams looked past me, even the Steelers. So every time I go out there it’s a little added motivation."[32]

Pittsburgh Steelers
2010 season
On June 15, 2010, the Pittsburgh Steelers signed Brown to a three-year, $1.28 million contract with a signing bonus of $73,075.[33]

He entered training camp competing with Emmanuel Sanders, Tyler Grisham, Stefan Logan, Isaiah Williams, and Brandon Logan to be the Steelers' backup wide receivers.[34] Brown was named the Steelers' fifth wide receiver on their depth chart, behind veterans Hines Ward, Mike Wallace, Antwaan Randle El, and Arnaz Battle.[35]

On September 19, 2010, Brown made his regular season debut against the Tennessee Titans and returned two kicks and a punt for 128 yards, including an 89-yard touchdown from a reverse on the first play of the game.[36] On October 3, 2010, Brown made his first career catch for a six-yard gain during a 17–14 loss to the Baltimore Ravens.[37] During a Week 17 contest against the Cleveland Browns, Brown made a season-high four catches for 52 yards in a 41–9 victory.[38] He finished his rookie season with 16 receptions for 167 yards in ten games.[39]

The Steelers finished the 2010 season with a 12–4 record and finished first in the AFC North.[40] On January 15, 2011, Brown appeared in his first postseason game and caught a 58-yard pass on 3rd & 19 from Ben Roethlisberger to set up the game-winning touchdown. He finished his first playoff game with a season-high 75 yards on three receptions as the Steelers defeated the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Divisional Round by a score of 31–24.[41] The following week in the AFC Championship against the New York Jets, at the two-minute warning, Brown caught a 14-yard pass on 3rd & 6, sealing the 24–19 victory for the Steelers and advancing them to the Super Bowl.[42] On February 6, 2011, he appeared in his first Super Bowl. He handled four kickoff returns, four punt returns, and finished with one catch for a one-yard gain in the 31–25 Super Bowl XLV loss to the Green Bay Packers
Brown entered training camp competing with Emmanuel Sanders, Arnaz Battle, Limas Sweed, and Jerricho Cotchery to be the Steelers' third wide receiver after the departure of Antwaan Randle El. He won the competition and was named the third wide receiver on the depth chart behind Hines Ward and Mike Wallace. Brown was also named the starting kick returner and punt returner.[45]

Brown made his first appearance of the season in the Steelers' season-opener against the Baltimore Ravens and finished with two receptions for 14 yards and had three kickoff returns for 34 yards in a 35–7 loss.[46] On October 30, 2011, Brown had a season-high nine receptions for 67 yards and caught his first career touchdown reception on a seven-yard pass from Ben Roethlisberger in a 25–17 victory over the New England Patriots.[47] The next game, he caught five passes for 109 yards, marking his first career game with over 100 receiving yards, in a 23–20 loss to the Baltimore Ravens.[48] On November 13, 2011, he earned his first career start and made five receptions for 86 yards in a 24–17 defeat of the Cincinnati Bengals.[49] On December 4, 2011, he returned a punt for a 60-yard touchdown and made two catches for 67 yards, as the Steelers routed the Cincinnati Bengals 35–7.[50] The punt return for a touchdown was the first in his career and Brown was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance.[51] In a Week 14 win over the Cleveland Browns, he made his second start of the season and ended the game with five catches for a season-high 151-yards and scored a season-long 79-yard touchdown in a 14–3 victory.[52] He finished the season with 69 receptions for 1,108 yards and two touchdown receptions in 16 games and three starts.[43] The Pittsburgh Steelers finished 12–4 and received a playoff berth. On January 8, 2012, Brown caught five passes for 70 yards and had one carry for 18 yards in a 29–23 overtime loss to the Denver Broncos in the AFC Wild Card Round.[53]

Brown became the first player in NFL history to have more than 1,000 yards receiving and returning in the same year. For his efforts, Brown was selected as a punt returner for the 2012 Pro Bowl. On January 29, 2012, Brown appeared in his first career Pro Bowl and caught two passes for 15 yards, helping the AFC defeat the NFC 59–41.[43][54]

2012 season
On July 28, 2012, the Pittsburgh Steelers signed Brown to a five-year, $42.5 million extension that included an $8.5 million signing bonus.[55] In December 2018, former Steelers safety Ryan Clark claimed that during a practice in 2012, Brown started shouting at defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau and began yelling at players on the defense, saying, "Don't touch me. I'm the franchise."[56]

With the retirement of Hines Ward during the off season, Brown entered training camp competing with Mike Wallace and Emmanuel Sanders to be the starting wide receivers. Brown and Wallace were subsequently named the starters at the position to begin the regular season.[57] In the Steelers' season opener against the Denver Broncos, Brown finished the 31–19 loss with four receptions for 74 yards and had one carry for four yards.[58] On September 23, 2012, Brown had seven receptions for 87 yards and a touchdown, while also making his first touchdown reception of the season on an 11-yard pass from Ben Roethlisberger in a 34–31 loss at the Oakland Raiders.[59]

On November 4, 2012, Brown was fined $10,000 by the NFL for unsportsmanlike conduct when he ran backwards for the final 20 yards of a punt return touchdown against the Washington Redskins the previous week.[60] The following game, Brown suffered a high ankle sprain and left the game with two catches for 19 yards in a 24–20 victory over the New York Giants.[61] The ankle injury prevented him from appearing in the next three games.[62] In a Week 15 matchup with the Dallas Cowboys, he made a season-high eight catches for 76 yards and a touchdown in a 27–24 loss.[63] The following week, Brown caught five passes for a season-high 97 yards and scored a 60-yard touchdown in a 13–10 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals.[64] He finished the 2012 season with 66 receptions for 787 yards and five touchdowns in 13 games and ten starts
Brown entered the 2013 regular season as one of the Steelers' starting wide receivers with Emmanuel Sanders. The team had been unable to reach a contract agreement with former starter Mike Wallace in the offseason, and he left for the Miami Dolphins via free agency.[66]

Brown started the Steelers' season opener against the Tennessee Titans and had five receptions for 71 yards in a 16–9 loss.[67] On September 22, 2013, Brown caught nine passes for a season-high and then career-high 196 yards and two touchdowns in a 40–23 loss to the Chicago Bears. His first touchdown reception of the season came on a 33-yard pass from Ben Roethlisberger.[68][69] The following game, he caught a season-high 12 passes for 88 yards in a 34–27 loss to the Minnesota Vikings.[43][70]

On December 22, 2013, Brown broke Yancey Thigpen's single-season team record of 1,398 receiving yards set in 1997.[71] Brown also became only the second Steeler to amass at least 100 receptions in a season, joining former teammate Hines Ward.[72] On December 29, he, along with Pierre Garçon of the Washington Redskins, tied Jimmy Smith as the only players to record at least five receptions in every single game of an NFL season in a win against the Browns. In addition, Brown became the only receiver in NFL history to record five receptions and at least 50 yards in every single game of an NFL season.[73] He finished the 2013 season with a total of 110 receptions for 1,499 yards and eight touchdowns in 16 games and 14 starts.[43] On December 27, 2013, Brown was selected for the Pro Bowl as a receiver and a punt returner.[74] On January 3, 2014, Brown was named to the AP All-Pro team for the first time in his career.[75] He was ranked 23rd by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2014.[76][77]

2014 season
In the Steelers' season opener against the Cleveland Browns, while returning a punt, Brown attempted to hurdle Cleveland Browns punter Spencer Lanning and kicked him in the facemask, garnering significant media attention.[78] He finished the 30–27 victory with five receptions for 116 yards and later apologized for the kick, claiming it was an accident.[79] On September 11, 2014, Brown was fined $8,200 for kicking the punter.[80] On October 20, 2014, against the Houston Texans, Brown threw his first career touchdown pass, a three-yard strike to wide receiver Lance Moore.[81] The following game, Brown caught ten passes for 133 yards and two touchdowns in a 51–34 victory over the Indianapolis Colts.[82] During a Week 9 contest against the Baltimore Ravens, Brown made a season-high 11 catches for a season-high 144 yards, including a 54-yard touchdown reception in the 43–23 victory.[43] In Week 17, against the Cincinnati Bengals, he had seven receptions for 128 yards and a touchdown to go along with a 71-yard punt return touchdown.[83] His successful performance earned him AFC Special Teams Player of the Week.[84] In 2014, Brown led the NFL in receptions (129), receiving yards (1,698), and was tied for second in touchdowns (13); all three were new team records.[85] The Steelers made the playoffs and faced off against the Baltimore Ravens in the Wild Card Round.[86] In the 30–17 loss, he had nine receptions for 117 yards.[87] His successful season garnered him a third Pro Bowl selection.[88] He was ranked eighth by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2015

اذاعة مدرسية

الإذاعة المدرسية: هي عبارة عن مجموعة من الفقرات التي تقدم في المدارس عند الصباح و قبل بدأ اليوم الدراسي و تكون من الطلاب. وعادة ما تتكون الإذاعة من مقدمة والتي عادة ما تكون مصحوبة بالعديد من الكلمات و الشعر، تليها آيات من القرآن الكريم، ثم كلمة الصباح ونصيحه، بعدها حكمة اليوم و كلمة، ثم قصيدة شعرية.

ينظر للإذاعة على أنها قادرة في أن تساهم في التكوين المعرفي والاجتماعي للتلاميذ بصورة تفوق الدروس التقليدية ؛ وذلك راجع إلى عدة أسباب منها : إمكانية تنويع برامجها التي تعتمد على الكلمة المسموعة والمؤثر الصوتي، إذ ثبت علميا أن الصوت البشري يثير صورا ذهنية متنوعة، وإذا صاحب ذلك مؤثرات صوتية فإن ذلك يثير الانفعالات، ويسهم في مخاطبة وجدان المستمع ، وبالتالي إثارة العواطف الإنسانية ويفتق عوامل الخيال

سامي الجابر

سامي عبد الله محمد الجابر (مواليد 11 ديسمبر 1972)، هو لاعب، ومدرب كرة قدم سعودي سابق.  تم تكليف سامي الجابر برئاسة نادي الهلال لمدة موسم رياضي واحد بعد استقالة الأمير نواف بن سعد على أن يعلن تشكيل مجلس إدارته خلال أسبوع من تاريخ القرار. في 13 سبتمبر 2018، أعلن رئيس مجلس إدارة الهيئة العامة للرياضة حينها تركي آل الشيخ إعفاء سامي الجابر من رئاسة مجلس إدارة نادي الهلال؛ ليعينه مستشارًا للهيئة العامة للرياضة ومسؤولًا عن العلاقات الدولية.

مشواره الكروي
سجل خلال مشواره الكروي مع الهلال 177 هدف. يعتبر من أفضل اللاعبين في تاريخ بلاده حيث خاض منافسات كأس العالم أربع مرات متتالية وسجل ثلاثة أهداف كرقم قياسي لم يحظى به أي لاعب عربي أو آسيوي. وبعد اعتزاله للكرة عمل سابقاً في نادي الهلال مديراً للكرة منذ عام 2009 إلى عام 2012.

لينتقل بعدها لمجال التدريب من خلال أوكسير الفرنسي إذ أنه أول مدرب سعودي وعربي يحترف في أوروبا، وبعد انتهاء تعاقده مع اوكسير الفرنسي عمل كمدرب ومديرًا فنياً لنادي الهلال إلى أن تمت إقالته رسمياً في 26 مايو 2014. ثم انتقل إلى قطر كمشرف فني عام على كرة القادم والمتحدث الرسمي لنادي العربي كمرحلة جديدة في مشواره الرياضي مع مشاركته كمحلل في قنوات بي إن سبورتس لينتقل بعدها إلى الإمارات ليكون المدير الفني نادي الوحدة، وبعد انتهاء التعاقد تعاقد معه نادي الشباب السعودي لثلاثة أعوام ولكنه لم يتمها وأنهي عقده في 16 سبتمبر 2017.

ولفرهامبتون ووندرز
في 22 أغسطس 2000، وافق الفريق الإنجليزي ولفرهامبتون واندررز على شروط توقيع الجابر بعد أن أثار إعجاب رئيس النادي وولف كولين في الاختبارات الأولية. كانت الصفقة عبارة عن فترة إعارة مدتها خمسة أشهر مع خيار الشراء مقابل 1.2 مليون جنيه إسترليني مما جعله أول لاعب سعودي يلعب في إنجلترا. استغرق الأمر حوالي شهر قبل إعطاءه التصريح للعب قبل أن يتمكن من تسجيل أول ظهور له في السادس عشر من سبتمبر 2000 كبديل في مباراة تعادل في ويمبلدون 1-1. لقد فعل الشيء نفسه في المباراتين التاليتين في الدوري (ولعب مباراة كاملة في كأس رابطة أندية المحترفين) قبل أن يضطر إلى المغادرة للظهور في كأس آسيا مع المنتخب السعودي. عاد من اللعب الدولي وكان يعاني من إصابة في الفخذ تركته على دكة الاحتياط لمدة شهر.

استعاد الجابر لياقته لكنه تمكن من اللعب كبديل في الفريق الأول، الأمر الذي أزعج ناديه السعودي. عاد إلى وطنه في إجازة بعد أن مرض والده خلال فترة أعياد الميلاد، وعند عودته إلى إنجلترا تم إقالة كولين لي واستبداله بديف جونز. طالب جونز بتمديد فترة الاختبار للسماح له بالتقييم الشخصي ولكن نادي الهلال رفض ذلك. عاد سامي الجابر إلى دياره بعد ثمانية أشهر لعب بها خمسة مباريات فقط وبدون أهداف. على الرغم من عدم استمراره هناك، قال: "تعلمت كل شيء في هذا النادي الإنجليزي وكنت سعيدًا حقًا بوجودي خلال تلك الفترة".

دوليا
شارك في أربع بطولات كأس العالم في أعوام 1994 و 1998 و 2002 وكأس العالم 2006. لعب 163 مباراة دولية ويأتي في المرتبة الثانية بعدد الظهور الدولي بعد محمد الدعيع في تاريخ بلاده.

أول ظهور له في الفريق الوطني السعودي كان في 11 سبتمبر 1992 وانتهى بالتعادل 1 - 1 ضد منتخب سوريا في كأس الأمم العربية. استغرق سامي حتى المباراة التاسعة عشرة ليحرز أول هدف دولي له عندما سجل هدفًا ضد منتخب ماكاو في 1 مايو 1993 في تصفيات كأس العالم 1994. تأهلت السعودية بعد ذلك لنهائيات كأس العالم 1994 في الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية، وهو الظهور الأول لها في كأس العالم. لعب الجابر مباراتين، حيث سجل من ركلة جزاء أمام المغرب في مباراة فاز بها المنتخب السعودي على المنتخب المغربي 2-1.

الاعتزال
في صيف عام 2007 م قرر اللاعب سامي الجابر رسميًا اعتزاله بعد أن مكث أكثر من 20 سنة داخل المستطيل الأخضر وفي جنبات نادي الهلال، وقد أقيم له حفل اعتزال في شهر يناير عام 2008 وذلك بحضور نادي مانشستر يونايتد بكامل نجومه، وقد تكفل في الحفل الأمير عبد الله بن مساعد وأخوه الأمير عبد الرحمن بن مساعد (رئيس نادي الهلال آنذاك)، وقد أقيمت المباراة بالرياض في استاد الملك فهد وقد شاركه بالاحتفال عدد من نجوم الكرة السعودية إضافة لفريق الهلال مكتمل الصفوف والكثير من الشخصيات الرياضية البارزة، يجدر الذكر أن المباراة انتهت لصالح نادي الهلال بـ3 أهداف مقابل هدفين.

بعد الاعتزال
بعد الاعتزال عمل كمديراً للكرة في الفريق الأول بناديه السابق الهلال كما اجتاز عدة دورات في مجال التدريب ومن ثم خاض تجربه خارجية كمساعد مدرب لنادي أوكسير الفرنسي تحت إشراف المدرب جيرو كما كان أحد المشاركين بتحليل مباريات كأس الأمم الأوروبية 2008 والتي أقيمت في سويسرا والنمسا وذلك من خلال قناة الجزيرة الرياضية، في نهاية موسم 2012–13 (والذي حصل فيه نادي الهلال على كأس ولي العهد ووصيف لدوري المحترفين وتأهل لدور ال16 في دوري ابطال آسيا بقيادة المدرب زلاتكو) قررت الإدارة الهلالية برئاسة عبد الرحمن بن مساعد بن عبد العزيز آل سعود تعيين نجم الكرة السعودية ونجم نادي الهلال سامي الجابر مدرباً للفريق الأول لمدة عامين قابلة للتجديد وإعطاءه كافة الصلاحيات لاختيار اللاعبين والجهاز المساعد له. إلى أن جاء القرار بإقالته يوم الاثنين 26 مايو 2014.، انتقل لقطر بعد تعيينه مدير إداري لنادي العربي لمدة موسم ونصف، ومن ثم عين مدير فنياً في نادي الوحدة الإماراتي. ومن ثم عين مديراً فنياً للفريق الأول لنادي الشباب السعودي. وفي 16 سبتمبر 2017 أعلنت إدارة نادي الشباب عن إقالة سامي الجابر.

في 14 أبريل 2018 أعلن رئيس الهيئة العامة للرياضة السعودية تركي آل الشيخ عن تكليف سامي الجابر برئاسة نادي الهلال السعودي لموسم واحد بعد قرار الأمير نواف بن سعد الرئيس السابق للنادي بترك النادي.

في 13 سبتمبر 2018، أعلن رئيس مجلس إدارة الهيئة العامة للرياضة تركي آل الشيخ إعفاء سامي الجابر من رئاسة مجلس إدارة نادي الهلال؛ ليعينه مستشارًا للهيئة العامة للرياضة ومسؤولًا عن العلاقات الدولية

اسامة الزامل

أسامة الزامل هو رئيس مجموعة الزامل القابضة، ورئيس مجلس إدارة شركات الصناعات التطويرية في السعودية، صدر أمر ملكي في 8 سبتمبر 2019 بتعيينه نائبًا لوزير الصناعة والثروة المعدنية بالسعودية بالمرتبة الممتازة.

عمل الزامل عضوًا في مجلس إدارة الغرفة التجارية الصناعية في الرياض، ورئيسًا للجنة الصناعة والطاقة والثروة المعدنية فيها، ورئيسًا للجنة الوطنية الصناعية في مجلس الغرف السعودية، إضافةً إلى عضويته في منتدى الرياض الاقتصادي.