As the Premier League Season winds down, Portsmouth has all but moved out, while Hull City, Burnley, and West Ham are arguing over who gets the keys to the U-Haul next. However, the Championship League has been busy preparing the teams who will be moving in next season.
Archive for April, 2010
WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD!: A Look at the Championship League
Posted in English Premier League, General, tagged Blackpool, Cardiff City, Coca-Cola Championship, Leicester City, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Nottingham Forest, Promotion, Swansea City, West Bromwich Albion on April 16, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Your Weekend Preview: The Revs are Back! Edition
Posted in Argentine Primera Division, Bundesliga, Champions League, English Premier League, Europa League, General, Homerism, La Liga, Ligue 1, Matchday is for Homerism, MLS, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, South America, The Football League, Transfer Rumors, Weekend Preview on April 16, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Ross County F.C. v. Airdrie United F.C. (Saturday) Winning the First Division and being promoted to the SPL is probably out of reach at this point, but this has already been- thanks to making the Scottish Cup Final!!- County’s most successful season ever and things could still improve. Besides winning the Scottish Cup, there are [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Adam Johnson, Almeria, Arsenal, Australian National Team, Bayern Munich, Belgian National Team, Boulogne, Carlos Tevez, Danish National Team, Dick Advocaat, Gary Neville, I'm On An Alien Radio, Juventus, La Liga, Ligue 1, Liverpool, Louis van Gaal, Manchester City, Manchester United, MLS, Olympique de Marseille, Olympique Lyonnais, Paul Scholes, Rafa Benitez, Real Madrid, Robert Pires, Russian National Team, Sir Alex Ferguson, UEFA Champions League, Villareal on April 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
What you missed while listening to the Vega system’s version of Lady Gaga…
The Future of Liverpool Football Club: Part I
Posted in English Premier League, Football Shirts, Transfers, tagged Arda Turan, Baseless Guessing, Dammit Liverpool, Milan Jovanovic on April 15, 2010 | 9 Comments »
At this point it is safe to assume that Liverpool will not be qualifying for next year’s Champions League. It has been clear for a few weeks that they were behind the eight-ball big time, but with the latest draw at the weekend, coupled with City romping again; it looks to likely be over. Spurs [...]
Last Call – We’re having a party tomorrow, and here’s your invitation
Posted in Last Call, tagged Last Call on April 14, 2010 | 51 Comments »
Hey kids. Welcome to Wednesday’s Last Call. ATD is always happy to have you lot, except for Georger, and he doesn’t like anyone. Just kidding Michael! Don’t poop in the coffee urn, big fella. There were two draws around the Premier League this afternoon, Wigan and Pompey at nil-nil, and Aston Villa and Everton at [...]
Derby day. I’ll be in the basement under a few blankets. Tell me when it’s over.
Posted in English Premier League, tagged Arsenal, Derby Day, North London Derby, Tottenham on April 14, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Derby day in North London with it all to play for. Arsenal needing three points to keep up with Chelsea and to have a chance at claiming the only trophy they still have a shot at, the Premier League. Spurs, needing three points to keep up with the suddenly-rampaging Man City with an eye towards [...]
MLS Pick’Em: Week 4
Posted in MLS, MLS Pick'em on April 14, 2010 | 18 Comments »
Week 3 of Pick’Em saw some changes in the top of the Pick’Em table. Epiblast and Shabs now sit in the top two positions after picking four correct games last week. ATD’s own Fuse also came in top for the week with four correct picks as well. Complete results and this week’s games after the [...]
MLS: Attendance the NBA Would Kill For
Posted in MLS, tagged Attendance Figures, MLS, NBA on April 14, 2010 | 22 Comments »
*EDITOR’S NOTE: This piece was updated on July 15th, 2011; you can read the updated piece, with information from the completed season, here. * As American soccer fans, we’re constantly innundated with the sad reality of our sport of choice: it simply isn’t that popular here. We believe this, too; everything about our experience tells [...]
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in English Premier League, FA Cup, General, League One, League Two, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, The Championship, The Football League, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on April 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A few of you found my source for this weeks questions, but there were still only a few successful submissions! So, as usual, a pat on the back to Andrew B., Andrew M., and Jeff P.! 1. For the 2009-2010 season there is only one club total in the top four English leagues, the top [...]
