What you missed while reading up on the anatomy of jellyfish (slow news day on the jellyfish front, guys; sorry)…
Archive for January, 2010
Last Call: What a difference a year makes
Posted in Last Call, tagged Last Call, LOL LIVERPOOL on January 13, 2010 | 66 Comments »
As I write this Liverpool is heading into extra time with Reading in their FA Cup replay. The same Reading that lost in the Championship promotion playoffs last season and now sits near the bottom of the Championship table. Sure Liverpool was leading going into the 90th minute when a “dodgy” penalty was called (is [...]
Let’s Check In With Liverpool!
Posted in English Premier League, tagged Financial Disasters, Liverpool on January 13, 2010 | 2 Comments »
While I was putting together today’s “About Last Night”, three separate Liverpool stories all popped up. Given the option of either condensing each of those stories into a one-line blurb or fleshing out the details of each story and presenting them to you, I decided that more is always better; this is doubly true when [...]
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in English Premier League, League of Ireland, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, Serie A, South America, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on January 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Judging by the lack of submissions, last week’s question was not a “simple” one after all! Andrew and Andrew each unleashed a last minute “Hail Mary,” but I batted them both away. Wait, that’s the wrong kind of football… For those who need a refresher, this was the question- What connection do… 4 Major League [...]
About Last Night
Posted in General, tagged African Cup of Nations, Arsenal, Birmingham City, Brian Laws, Bristol City, Burnley, Cardiff City, Carling Cup, Carrington Road, Coventry City, Derby County, FA Cup, Financial Disasters, KILLER JELLYFISH!, Manchester United, Millwall, Nigerian National Team, Nottingham Forest, Obafemi Martins, Portsmouth, Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, Sol Campbell, West Ham, World Cup Bids on January 13, 2010 | 8 Comments »
What you missed while using irukandji jellyfish venom as an aphrodisiac…
Fox Soccer Channel PLUS. March 1, 2010. Possibly available, maybe not.
Posted in Television Rights, tagged Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Soccer Channel Plus on January 12, 2010 | 24 Comments »
PDF Press Announcement [HERE] Fox Soccer Channel made a long-awaited announcement today regarding it’s future plans. According to Tripp Mickle of Sports Business Journal, FSC has pulled it’s sub licensing of the EPL matches it owns that it had been giving to Setanta US, and will be using them plus their own rights to form [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Birmingham City, Blackburn, Carlos Tevez, Chelsea, Didier Drogba, Financial Disasters, Frank Lampard, Gonzalo Higuain, HAARP, Hatem Ben Arfa, Holes in the Fabric of Space and Time, John Terry, Kris Boyd, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Michel, Milan Mandaric, Olympique de Marseille, Portsmouth, Rafael van der Vaart, Rangers, Real Madrid, Roberto Mancini, Sporting Gijon, The Glazers, Tom Hicks on January 12, 2010 | 3 Comments »
What you missed while the HAARP project was punching a hole in time…
The Return of the Beer and Footie Mailbag!
Posted in Mailbag, tagged Beer!, Mailbag on January 11, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Since it’s a slow week, (it’s hard to talk about matches when they don’t get played) I figured I’d bring back the beer and footie mailbag. It’s simple really, ask questions about beer, or footie, or both, and I’ll answer them best I can (or pass them to my cohorts) it can be anything ranging [...]
“It’s great grass at Anfield, professional grass.” – Bill Shankly
Posted in Weekend Open Thread, tagged Sunday open thread on January 10, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Liverpool Football Club just must be a truly delightful place to work right now. The latest flap is over an email exchange between owner Tom Hicks Sr.’s son Tom Jr. and a supporter who is aligned with the group “Spirit of Shankly“. Today was to see Liverpool host Spurs in an all-important Premier League clash [...]
