Last week’s holiday-themed challenge was a “tough ask” and I’m not shocked that there was only one among who was able to correctly ascertain the answer to the first half of the question and that nobody was able to answer the second half of the question. Join me after the jump and I will reveal [...]
Archive for November, 2011
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in English Premier League, General, Homerism, League Two, Ross County, Scottish Football League, The Championship, The Football League, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on November 30, 2011 | 3 Comments »
“I bet he drinks Carling Black Label!” “Yeah well I bet he sucks.”
Posted in General on November 29, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Today we get two massive Carling Cup matchups. Neither should be happening. It is absolutely laughable that Liverpool and City are being made to play these games 48 hours after a Premier League meeting. Even worse, the reasons for the refusal to schedule are absolute horseshit. The FA throws a fit whenever a manager doesn’t [...]
“The world has lost a great man in Gary Speed” – Robbie Savage
Posted in General, Weekend Open Thread, Liveblog on November 27, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Just absolutely horrible news about Gary Speed. Shocking. Nothing else to say really. Absolute nightmare. So let’s cut the pleasntries. I’m live-blogging this game. Let’s do it. FIRST HALF 1: Moments of silence for Gary and Brad Jones’s lad past, the game’s on, massive vibe. 2: I’m sure I’ll regret saying this, but Enrique over [...]
“I don’t make a lot of mistakes, because it’s hard for me to be wrong.” – Johan Cruyff. Oops.
Posted in Weekend Open Thread on November 26, 2011 | 6 Comments »
One of the best things about being an American fan of soccer is that on holidays like Thanksgiving we get the legendary Thursday and Friday of our sports and then a full weekend of soccer to top it off. For a four day weekend, it’s pretty damn solid from the standpoint of just not doing [...]
Your Weekend Preview: Thanksgiving Aftermath Edition
Posted in Bundesliga, English Premier League, General, Homerism, Matchday is for Homerism, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, The Championship, USMNT, Weekend Preview, World Cup 2010 on November 25, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Scotland U16 v. England U16 (Friday) After the recent triumphant victory of Scotland’s U21 team over the Netherland’s U21 team I thought I’d go ahead and push my luck by previewing this “Victory Shield” match between Scotland and England. This tournament was first played in 1925, but it only became an annual event in 1990. [...]
The Thursday Challenge: Happy Thanksgiving Edition
Posted in Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on November 24, 2011 | 3 Comments »
You didn’t think I was going to give you the week off just because you’re going to eat yourself stupid today, did you? I don’t know what your plans are, but I’ll be at my brother in-law’s restaurant (closed to the public for the day) getting tanked up on all the free Mt. Dew I [...]
America’s Other Cup
Posted in Homerism, tagged Duke Blue Devils, NCAA College Cup, New Mexico Lobos on November 23, 2011 | 3 Comments »
I spent my Sunday evening as many others did – watching a soccer match. (Although to hear the national media tell it, not many others.) The difference between myself and nearly 1,000,000 TV viewers? I was watching the second round of the NCAA College Cup – a competition which gets little exposure until the final [...]
Major League Soccer – Expansion Draft
Posted in MLS, tagged Brian Ching, Expansion Draft, Frankie Hejduk, Freddy Adu, Major League Soccer, Montreal Impact, Omar Bravo, Pat Noonan on November 23, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Amid all the Champion’s League play today, the Montreal Impact will add 10 unprotected Major League Soccer players to it’s roster.
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in General, South America, Turkish Super Lig, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on November 23, 2011 | 1 Comment »
It must be the impending holiday- no submissions this week. Well, at least none by the deadline. Perhaps a few of you will turn yours in a little late and give us something to discuss. Failing that, click through to see the “other club” in some of the world’s lesser known derbies.
“In a year’s time, he’s a year older.” – Bobby Robson
Posted in General, Weekend Open Thread on November 20, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Son of a. So I managed to not get home until ten minutes ago and didn’t exactly get to this like I thought I would last night, but you know, stuff happens when you party naked. I missed the Chelsea game. I am a horrible human being. But I had a good reason. And honestly [...]
