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Archive for August, 2010
“The good news for Nigeria is that they’re two-nil down very early in the game.” – Kevin Keegan
Posted in News, Weekend Open Thread, tagged Newsy Notes, Sunday open thread on August 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
It’s a Newsy Notes kind of Sunday because I have somewhere to be. MLS results from last night saw two late match-winners, one from Justin Mapp and one from Fredy Montero. There were nil-nil’s between Columbus and FC Dallas, and Toronto FC and Real Salt Lake. Colorado and New York got home shutouts, while Kansas [...]
“Obviously, we could have scored more goals.” – Bruce Arena
Posted in MLS, Weekend Open Thread, tagged MLS, Saturday open thread on August 28, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I’ll tell you a secret. MLS is coming on. Yeah, you read that right. MLS is starting to really impress me with the play on the pitch, the quality of the stadiums and the calibre of players they are attracting. While the same old issues are there in terms of the complaints we always make [...]
County Make A Signing!
Posted in English Premier League, Homerism, Introductions, News, Off the Pitch, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Transfers on August 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
After lots of talk about wanting to make one more signing before the transfer window closed, manager Derek Adams got his man today when he signed defender Johnny Flynn from…wait for it…Blackburn Rovers!
Million Dollar Bebé
Posted in English Premier League, tagged Bébé, Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson, Vitória de Guimarães on August 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
To the right is a photo of Bebé. Take a good look; I’d wager most of you have never seen him play and, until a couple weeks ago, had never heard of him. In fact, about a month ago, Manchester United themselves hadn’t heard of him; if they had, than they could’ve spared themselves the [...]
Your Weekend Preview: Our First Full Slate Edition
Posted in English Premier League, General, Homerism, La Liga, Ligue 1, Matchday is for Homerism, MLS, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Serie A, The Championship, The Football League, The Scottish Cup, USMNT, Weekend Preview on August 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ross County F.C. v. Queen of the South F.C. (Saturday) The Staggies played two matches this week: first, a very creditable away draw against Dundee F.C. in SFL First Division action, and second, a mid-week Scottish Cup tie against SPL side St. Mirren- which County won 4-3 on penalties. This marks the third SPL club [...]
Coming Out of the Closet with Fuse: The Old Firm, Part One
Posted in Commentary, Football Shirts, General, Introductions, Off the Pitch, Scottish Premier League on August 30, 2010 | 8 Comments »
I’ve put off this part of my collection for as long as I could. These items (and the Celtic items I will cover next week) were purchased- for the most part- in the early, reckless stage of my collecting. Put another way, this was when I was interested in getting as much as I could, [...]
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