Welcome to the late edition of the Friday Funny. Read on after the jump for this week’s rib-tickler.
Archive for September, 2011
The Friday Funny
Posted in Friday Funny, tagged Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur on September 9, 2011 | Comments Off
Your Weekend Preview:
Posted in English Premier League, General, Homerism, MLS, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Serie A, USMNT, Weekend Preview on September 9, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Ross County F.C. v. Partick Thistle F.C. (Saturday) The Staggies are off to a middling start, but it’s still early enough that a win could, at worst, bring them within three points of first place, and at best, have them tied for first place. With the close of the transfer window the Staggies also trimmed [...]
The Thursday Challenge: Restart Edition
Posted in General, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on September 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Welcome back. This week we’ve returned to our more standard format- a few no-brainers, a few brain teasers, and a bit of everything else in between. Click through to see the questions that will be a drag on your company’s productivity over the next week.
About Last Night
Posted in About Last Night, tagged Andy Carroll, Bayer Leverkeusen, Bayern München, Bolton, Chelsea, David De Gea, David Luiz, David N'Gog, English National Team, Fabio Capello, Fernando Torres, Jonny Evans, Kenny Dalglish, Liverpool, Luis Suarez, Manchester City, Manchester United, Mario Balotelli, Michael Ortega, MLS, New England Revolution, Owen Hargreaves, Philadelphia Union, Raul Meireles, Spanish National Team, Television Nostalgia, UEFA Financial Fair Play, Vicente del Bosque on September 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What you missed while remembering the best stand-alone “X-Files” episodes….
Major League Soccer Pick’Em – Week 25
Posted in General, MLS Pick'em, 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, Portland Timbers, Real Salt Lake, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders, Sporting Kansas City, Toronto FC, Vancouver Whitecaps on September 7, 2011 | 15 Comments »
Well, Hurricane Irene stopped three games in Week 24 but last weekend gave us two “make-up” games. (Can I still blame Irene for this being posted so late?) Overall this may have been the best chance for one of our Pickers to come up with perfect week, but alas, it was not to be. However, [...]
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in General, The More You Know..., Trivia, USMNT, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on September 7, 2011 | 4 Comments »
The man on the left is Walter Bahr. This native of Philadelphia- who is still going strong at 84 years old- played (winning four championships) and coached in the American Soccer League (ASL), was on the 1948 USA Olympic team, and his appearances for the United States included the famous 1-0 victory over England in [...]
Newcastle Now Has Lingerie
Posted in English Premier League, Whimsy, tagged Club-Themed Lingerie, Newcastle United on September 6, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Newcastle supporters were a bit disheartened by this summer’s transfer market. The market saw Joey Barton, Kevin Nolan, and Jose Enrique leave the club, and followed a January transfer market that saw the Toon Army lose promising striker Andy Carroll to Liverpool. The salve for that burn was the £35 million that they received for [...]
“I watched the game, and I saw an awful lot of it.” – Andy Gray
Posted in Weekend Open Thread on September 4, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Maybe it’s somehow appropriate that we have this unbearable international break right now, maybe the last few weeks have been a bit much. Emotional overload ass whompings last weekend, massive dealing between top clubs on deadline day, tons of bad Owen Hargreaves jokes, maybe we needed a calming down period. Because lord knows the international [...]
