What you missed while snakes were growing legs (and yes, there’s a picture)…
Archive for September, 2009
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Administration, Andrea Della Valle, Bayern Munich, Bundesliga, C.D. Guadalajara, Carling Cup, Chivas USA, Edwin van der Sar, Felipe Melo, Fiorentina, Freddy Adu, Fulham, Juventus, Kevin Keegan, Manchester City, Mario Gomez, Newcastle, Serie A, Sir Alex Ferguson, Stephen Ireland, The Championship on September 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
MLS Pick ‘em
Posted in MLS, MLS Pick'em, Wild Ass Guesses on September 23, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Tonight San Jose v. Colorado Saturday Seattle v. New England Los Angeles v. Columbus Real Salt Lake v. Dallas Toronto v. Chicago Colorado v. Kansas City New York v. Chivas Sunday San Jose v. D.C. Picks in the comments if you please…
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in Argentine Primera Division, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, Serie A, South America, Swiss Super League, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on September 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Well, I hope everyone enjoyed story time! Sadly, nobody enjoyed it enough to submit even a partial answer only the esteemed Mr. Bolte submitted an attempt, he came up with six- and some of them were correct! Did I make it too difficult? Maybe you’ll do better with the new challenge tomorrow- maybe not. Here’s the [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Alberto Gilardino, Antonio dos Santos, Araba Unido, Brazilian National Team, Carling Cup, Chelsea, Colombian National Team, CONCACAF Champions League, English National Team, Fiorentina, Giovani dos Santos, Golden Orb Spiders Are Freaky, Houston Dynamo, Javier Mascherano, Joe Cole, Leeds United, Liverpool, Mexican National Team, Notts County, Preston North End, Ray Wilkins, Sol Campbell, Stuart Holden, Tottenham, UEFA Champions League on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What you missed while spending the last five years harvesting silk from golden orb spiders in Madagascar…
Football Cup Primer: The Football League Cup
Posted in Carling Cup, Football Cup Primer, tagged Carling Cup, Football Cup Primer, Football League Cup on September 22, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Regular readers of Avoiding the Drop may recall the inaugural entry in the “Football Cup Primer” series from a couple weeks back. That entry discussed the FA Cup, one of the oldest and largest competitions in the world for any sport. The Football League Cup is not that competition. The confusion between the League Cup [...]
The Playoff Rankings: Week Six
Posted in MLS, MLS Power Rankings on September 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The changes in the playoff picture were not quite as dramatic this week, but things continue to sort themselves out, particularly at the top of the heap where Columbus- and Houston to a lesser extent- have pretty much locked up automatic berths, if not quite locked up conference titles. At the bottom of the heap [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Alfio Basile, Boca Juniors, Club vs. Country, Craig Bellamy, FC Bunyodkor, Gary Neville, Jonathan Wilson, Luiz Felipe Scolari, Manchester United, Mark Hughes, Paul Hart, Portsmouth, The Libero, Time Keeping Irregularities, World Cup 2018, World Cup 2022 on September 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What you missed while NASA was finding water on the moon…
Massimo Busacca Banned for Fingering Young Boys at Wankdorf
Posted in Refereeing, tagged BSC Young Boys, Massimo Busacca, Swiss Cup on September 21, 2009 | 10 Comments »
After Tom Henning Øvrebø’s disastrous turn as a top-flight referee in the Champions League semifinals, the charge that referees from smaller nations shouldn’t be in charge of major matches was levied against him. All eyes immediately turned to the Champions League final match, looked at the referee sheet, and cringed: the official was Massimo Busacca, [...]
