I happened to be up at five this morning (because I make outstanding life choices) and while I should have been asleep, I was looking at twitter, and realized that the FIFA speeches on the vote to postpone Blatter’s coronation were about to begin. So naturally I stayed up to follow those developments. Once the [...]
Archive for June, 2011
“Reform” … I Do Not Think it Means What You Think it Means, Sepp.
Posted in Corruption, FIFA, World Cup 2022, tagged Corruption, FIFA, Georger being Georger, Grandstanding, Rants, Sepp Blatter, Simpsons references on June 1, 2011 | 11 Comments »
MLS Pick’Em – Week 12
Posted in MLS Pick'em, USMNT, tagged Chicago Fire, Chivas USA, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, DC United, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Los Angeles Galaxy, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Philadelphia Union, Porland Timbers, Real Salt Lake, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders FC, Spain, Sporting Kansas City, Toronto FC, USMNT, Vancouver Whitecaps on June 1, 2011 | 22 Comments »
Well, Week 11 didn’t go so well for our Pick’Em group. Nobody managed to get better than half of the twelve games correct. Well done candle and Fuse for getting six picks correct this week. Unfortunately, there were also quite a few who got two or less. Read on to see how well you did [...]
Buying Used Dirt
Posted in English Premier League, Whimsy, tagged Blackburn, King Edward Guide FC, Manchester United on June 1, 2011 | 7 Comments »
What you are looking at there is a picture of a man driven by a singular cause. That man – Roddie Maxwell – is a Blackburn Rovers fan. The cause? Raising money for nonleague side King Edward Guide FC. The method? Digging up the penalty spot at Ewood Park where Wayne Rooney scored the goal [...]
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in English Premier League, FA Cup, General, Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, Odd Soccer News, Off the Pitch, The More You Know..., Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on June 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last week’s challenge was perhaps the most difficult or time consuming one I’ve presented to you in recent weeks, but I hope you enjoyed it for the same reasons I enjoyed creating it- it uncovered some pretty interesting stuff, especially about Ferenc Deák, Andrew Watson, and Donald Bell. We had three excellent submissions from Ben [...]
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged 1860 Munich, Anderlecht, Argentine National Team, Arsenal, Ashley Young, Aston Villa, Blackburn, Carlos Tevez, Chelsea, Copa America, FC Timişoara, FC Vaslui, Financial Disasters, Fulham, Guus Hiddink, Manchester City, Manchester United, Mark Hughes, Michael Owen, Portsmouth, Romelu Lukaku, Sam Allardyce, Samir Nasri, Stewart Downing, Turkish National Team, West Ham on June 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
What you missed while recognizing November 11th, 2011 as Nigel Tufnel Day…
