Starting today and continuing every Thursday through May, I’ll put together MY top ten teams worldwide. Feel free to have a go at this list in comments or email, or offer up your own lists. Right then, off we go. 10. Bayer Leverkeusen – Bundesliga – Standing in 2nd place in the Bundesliga on a [...]
Archive for October 1st, 2009
Thursday Power Poll
Posted in Power Poll, tagged Power Poll on October 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Sulaiman al-Fahim Meets With Fans, Doesn’t Pay Players
Posted in English Premier League, tagged Financial Disasters, Portsmouth, Sulaiman al-Fahim on October 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a fun week to be a Pompey fan. First there was the news that they wouldn’t be strengthening their already depleted squad in the January transfer window, followed by the news that new owner Sulaiman al-Fahim’s meeting with the Pompey Virtual Alliance was cancelled and then reinstated. Now comes news today that al-Fahim [...]
The Thursday Challenge
Posted in Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on October 1, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Welcome to football’s version of the Last Supper. In order to keep things simple, I’ll be Jesus. All you have to do is tell me which twelve apostles teams are sitting at the table with me. Here are a few hints to aid you in your search: -All the teams are named after saints. -Only [...]
Worle FC Gets Teabagged
Posted in Whimsy, tagged Somerset County Football League, Worle FC on October 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We’re gonna start off light today, boys and girls. Worle FC – who are in the first division of the Somerset County Football League, which is in the eleventh level of the English Football Pyramid – showed up to train on Monday only to find what The Weston Mercury describes as “a phallus with two [...]