Let me tell you a story… …a story in which are hidden allusions to the names of no less than sixteen football clubs. I woke up on the A380 with a pounding headache, so I tossed back a few aspirin and washed them down with a bottle of water. As I was putting the cap [...]
Archive for September, 2009
The Thursday Challenge: Let me tell you a story…
Posted in Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on September 17, 2009 | 9 Comments »
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Arsenal, Carlo Ancelotti, Chelsea, CSKA Moscow, CSKA Sofia, Eduardo, Europa League, Everton, Fiorentina, Fulham, Jose Mourinho, Le Havre, Manchester United, Olympiacos FC, Paul Pogba, Petr Cech, Phil Neville, Real Madrid, Roy Hodgson, Standard Liege, Stupid Idiot Criminals, UEFA Champions League, Xabi Alonso, Zico on September 17, 2009 | 5 Comments »
What you missed while taking a time out from robbing a house to check your Facebook page…
Last Call – 16 September 2009: Resistance is futile
Posted in Last Call, tagged Last Call on September 16, 2009 | 260 Comments »
I have a simple mission for you. Assimilate into our Last Call culture. You. Yes, YOU. I know you’re out there. I know you keep peeking at what we’re doing with Last Call. You want to jump in and say something witty, you want to be part of the fantastic banter like “What’s up, [insert [...]
The Thursday Challenge: The Anwers
Posted in Serie A, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on September 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last week’s challenge was to create an entire team of players with the same first name, from the same country, and who all played in the World Cup for that country at some point between 1930 and 2006, using a 4-4-2 formation. The answer? All the players were named “Giuseppe” and they were all from [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Amateur NASA Stuff, Bayern Munich, Beşiktaş JK, Bruno Alves, Chelsea, FC Porto, Girondins de Bordeaux, Hyundai A-League, Ipswich Town, John Terry, Luís Figo, Luca Toni, Manchester United, Marouane Chamakh, Peter Kenyon, Roy Keane, Sydney FC, Wayne Rooney on September 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What you missed while building a sweet-ass space camera for $150…
Better to Know a Champions League Group: Group E
Posted in Champions League, tagged Champions League, Debrecen, Fiorentina, Liverpool, Olympique Lyonnais on September 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The group stage of the Champions League starts tomorrow, you probably know some of the big names involved obviously, but who else is involved and do they even have a chance at advancing? Over then next couple of days we’ll find all that out. *Programming note: I’ll have two of these today, the final two [...]
The Playoff Rankings: Week Five
Posted in MLS, MLS Power Rankings on September 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This past weekend things finally began to sort themselves out in MLS. The first team- New York- was mathematically eliminated from the playoffs and while three others still have a chance to make it- Kansas City, F.C. Dallas, and San Jose- only Real Salt Lake, Toronto F.C., and the New England Revolution have a realistic [...]
He’s Just An Excitable Boy
Posted in English Premier League, tagged Arsenal, Emmanuel Adebayor, Manchester City on September 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
One of the first pieces I wrote for this here blog was a reaction to the booing of Gabriel Agbonlahor at Villa Park. Agbonlahor, after starting the season well, had tapered off, failing to score for a stretch that he only recently put behind him; after being subbed off against Tottenham, the fans at Villa [...]
