Following the decision to award Qatar the 2022 World Cup, I was one of those who kept losing their head about not only the issues surrounding gay rights in Qatar, but the mainstream media’s blatant ignorance of the issue. I’m still pissed off about it, and don’t see that changing at any point between now [...]
Archive for December, 2010
Guest Post: The Time for FIFA to Act Against Homophobia is Now, Not 2022
Posted in Guest Post, World Cup 2022, tagged FIFA, Homophobia, Hypocrisy, Qatar, Sepp Blatter, World Cup 2022 on December 31, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Your Weekend Preview: Conference National Division
Posted in Blue Square Premier, Champions League, English Premier League, Europa League, General, Homerism, La Liga, League One, League Two, Matchday is for Homerism, MLS, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, The Football League, Weekend Preview on December 31, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Heart of Midlothian F.C. v. Hibernian F.C. (Saturday) This latest edition of the Edinburgh Derby finds the two clubs moving in opposite directions in the SPL table. The Jambos haven’t lost since Halloween, are keeping the pressure on the Old Firm, and have a chance of “splitting” the Glasgow sides by passing Celtic for second [...]
The Thursday Challenge: Stadium, Stadion, Estadion…
Posted in English Premier League, General, League One, League Two, Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, NASL, South America, The Championship, The Football League, The More You Know..., Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on December 30, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Where are the luxury boxes? My only goal with this week’s challenge is to live up to the expectations that Andrew B. created with his guest appearance last week and I like to think that I’ve done so with the questions below. So, get to your cubicle, fire up your Amstrad CPC464 and get to [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Arsenal, Bolton, Burnley, Cesc Fabregas, Chelsea, Daniel Agger, English Premier League, Federico Macheda, Florent Malouda, Liverpool, Manchester United, Massage Errors, Preston North End, Rennes, Robbie Keane, Roy Hodgson, Sam Allardyce, Sylvain Marveaux, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham, Wigan, Wolverhampton on December 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
What you missed while using your neck massager incorrectly…
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in General, Serie A, The Football League, Trivia, USL, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on December 29, 2010 | 4 Comments »
As I mentioned last week I was very excited (and thankful!!) that Andrew B. took the opportunity to submit a list of questions for our weekly challenge. I was less excited (but no less thankful!!) when I tried to answer them and could do no better than a score of 50%! However, I was not [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Arsenal, Aston Villa, Ben Foster, Birmingham City, Carlo Ancelotti, Celtic, Cesc Fabregas, Chelsea, Colorado Rapids, Dwayne De Rosario, Edin Dzeko, English Premier League, Fernando Torres, Freddie Ljungberg, Fun With Science, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Mario Balotelli, Newcastle, Omar Cummings, Steven Taylor, Stiliyan Petrov, West Ham on December 28, 2010 | 3 Comments »
What you missed while X-raying lightning bolts…
“I was making rather merry yesterday, sir. It won’t be repeated.” – Bob Cratchit
Posted in Weekend Open Thread, tagged Sunday open thread on December 26, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I often am self-referencing with the quotes I use for the weekend pieces, and today is no different. No column today, lads and lasses, but a hearty wish that you all had a magnificent holiday yesterday (if you celebrated it, if not, an awesome Saturday). I’m very busy and a bit under the weather, and [...]
“It is better to fail aiming high than to succeed aiming low.” – Bill Nicholson
Posted in Weekend Open Thread, tagged Arsenal, Boxing Day, Saturday open thread, Tottenham Hotspur on December 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Happy Christmas everyone! Boxing Day 1983 was the last day-after-Christmas that I spent in England. I would be on my way to America the following Spring. In those days, it was a given that Spurs would play Arsenal on Boxing Day, either at White Hart Lane (a stone’s throw from my parent’s house) or at [...]
Your Weekend Preview: Happy Holidays/Winter Break Edition
Posted in English Premier League, Europa League, General, Homerism, League One, League Two, Matchday is for Homerism, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, Serie A, The Championship, The Football League, They've Fallen, Weekend Preview on December 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Fulham F.C. v. West Ham United F.C. (Sunday) You’ve got to feel for The Deuce: from an individual perspective he’s having his best season as a professional (three more goals will give him a career high eight), but his club are only out of the relegation places on goal differential. This is probably because, while [...]
Coming out of the Closet with Fuse: It’s Your Turn
Posted in Commentary, Football Shirts, General, Homerism, News, Off the Pitch, Official Site Business, USMNT, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on December 27, 2010 | 4 Comments »
It’s time for a change. I could string this series out for a few more weeks by rationing the odds and ends left in my closet (and trust me, that’s all that’s really left at this point!), but I don’t want to write at length about a few pairs of socks, shorts, or the “orphan” [...]
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