Here’s an interesting little tidbit tucked away in the sports section of today’s Boston Globe… I’d buy a ticket!
Archive for October, 2009
Fulham…at Fenway?!
Posted in English Premier League, General, News, Off the Pitch, Wild Ass Guesses on October 20, 2009 | 14 Comments »
Has the Premier League started to gain parity?
Posted in English Premier League, tagged English Premier League on October 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This past weekend I noticed something, there aren’t any “great” teams in the Premier League this season. I realize that’s a cliche, but it’s true. There isn’t one team who you could say have already laid claim to being the team to beat. There also isn’t a team who you can point to and say [...]
The Playoff Rankings: Welcome to the Thunderdome!!
Posted in MLS, MLS Power Rankings on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There wasn’t a lot of movement as a result of this past weekend’s matches, but what there was will cause the supporters of a number of teams to have a very anxious final weekend of the 2009 MLS season. Seven teams are still vying for the three remaining playoff spots, so just about every match [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged 99 Red Balloons, Arsene Wenger, Charlie Davies, FC Unirea Urziceni, Jay DeMerit, Liverpool, Madjid Bougherra, Manchester United, Oguchi Onyewu, Real Madrid, Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish National Team, UEFA Champions League, Vfb Stuttgart on October 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
What you missed while not thinking your go-cart theft all the way through…
Leeds United Doth Protest Too Much
Posted in The Championship, The Football League, tagged Ken Bates, Leeds United, Ownership Issues, The Guardian on October 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As part of pulling together the “About Last Night” post at the beginning of the day, I read a lot of soccer news stories. Some of those stories I condense into a (hopefully) clever one-line witticism, some I just rehash quickly, and others I set aside. The ones I set aside are then parsed fall [...]
Stop Breaking Down
Posted in English Premier League, tagged Arsenal, Arsenal Victimes, English National Team, Theo Walcott on October 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Arsenal fans have presumably been waiting for information on the injury Theo Walcott sustained in the first half of Saturday’s Birmingham City match. Said information is after the jump.
Better (A Week and a Half) Late Than Never
Posted in Football Shirts, General, News on October 19, 2009 | 7 Comments »
I meant to post this over a week ago when it actually happened, but I didn’t. So, here it is: The Scottish F.A. announced on October 6th that they have signed a kit deal with Adidas. The deal will last four and a half years, from January 2010 until June 2014. Scotland will debut the [...]
An Early Leader for the “2009-2010 EPL Quote of the Season”
Posted in General on October 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“Big Sam” Allardyce in his post-match comments following Blackburn Rovers’ 3-2 victory over Burnley in the East Lancashire Derby: “It’s my birthday tomorrow, so obviously that was an early Christmas present from the lads.” This reminds me of a possibly apocryphal quote attributed to a Met’s announcer (Ralph Kiner?) who said during a broadcast of [...]
“A football team is like a piano. You need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing.” – Bill Shankly
Posted in Weekend Open Thread, tagged Dammit Liverpool, Sunday open thread, Sunderland, two yellows on October 18, 2009 | 11 Comments »
I honestly don’t know what to say about the Liverpool deflected goal fiasco. I understand their anger. I watched the Aston Villa/Chelsea and Arsenal/Birmingham matches yesterday, but was following along with the other matches, obviously. When the description came in over the BBC’s live scrolling feed covering all the matches, this is what was written: [...]
