Santa is gearing up his sleigh, feeding the reindeer their special food, and double-checking that all of the presents to be delivered overnight tomorrow are wrapped and ready to go. He shared his list for the Premier League with me, and said I could share it with you. Chelsea: They had asked for some help [...]
Archive for December, 2009
A Christmas Wish List
Posted in Whimsy, tagged christmas lists, English Premier League on December 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Thursday Challenge: Then Answers
Posted in Argentine Primera Division, General, Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, South America, Swiss Super League, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on December 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
And here, as promised, are the answers- Please name the all-time leaders in league appearances for the following leagues and the number of appearances the player made: Bulgaria- Marin Balakov (545) Cyprus- Ioannis Yiangoudakis (450) Estonia- Maksim Gruznov (407) or Andrei Krolov (229) East Germany- Eberhard Vogel (440) Finland- Rami Nieminen (459) What record to [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Aston Villa, Carlos Cuellar, Craig Levein, Dark Matter, Dundee United, FIFA World Player of the Year, Gary Neville, Hope Solo, Juventus, Landon Donovan, Lionel Messi, Liverpool, Manchester City, Marcello Lippi, Maurice Edu, Mexican National Team, New Zealand National Team, Rafa Benitez, Rangers, Real Madrid, Roberto Mancini, Roque Santa Cruz, Scottish National Team, Spanish National Team, USSF Player of the Year, World Cup 2010 on December 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
What you missed while scientists were finding dark matter in a Minnesota mine…
Everyone who gets the Fox Soccer Channel, Step Forward. Not So Fast, Time Warner Subscribers
Posted in Television Rights, tagged Time Warner Cable is the Devil on December 21, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Time Warner Customers In Danger Of Losing Fox Soccer Channel
“The Baggio brothers, of course, are not related.” – George Hamilton
Posted in Weekend Open Thread, tagged Sunday open thread on December 20, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Anything but a boring day yesterday, no? Let’s get the formalities out of the way. Congratulations to Barcelona, who have claimed the World Club Cup championship by beating Estudiantes 2-1 in extra time. Well done to Pep and the lads. The big stories occurred in the Barclay’s Premier League yesterday. It started in the early [...]
Three Special Steps For Rafa Benitez
Posted in English Premier League, tagged Liverpool on December 19, 2009 | 6 Comments »
One of the quirks of parenthood is that, even when you wake up early, you don’t usually get to watch the shows you want to watch. So waking up at 7:30 to watch Portsmouth-Liverpool actually ended up with me watching “Special Agent Oso” with my three year old. “Special Agent Oso” is about a bizarre [...]
“One accusation you can’t throw at me is that I’ve always done my best.” – Alan Shearer
Posted in Weekend Open Thread, tagged Saturday open thread, two yellows on December 19, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Before getting started on today’s information, I just wanted to take this time to wish everyone a very happy holiday season. We really appreciate you stopping by and checking us out. We try to be a bit different from other footy blogs out there, we know we’re not a news organization or on the front [...]
Your Weekend Preview: Malta? Seriously?! Edition
Posted in Bundesliga, Champions League, English Premier League, Europa League, Ligue 1, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, The Championship, The Football League, USMNT, Weekend Preview on December 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Liverpool F. C. v. Portsmouth F.C. (Saturday) At the beginning of the season this match must have looked like a mere formality to Liverpool supporters, but now it has become important- for all of the wrong reasons. Should Liverpool lose they could find themselves six points adrift of Tottenham for the EPL’s Europa League spot. [...]
