Liverpool F.C. v. Newcastle United F.C. (Friday) The title race is down to two clubs and these are not the two clubs. A place in Europe, however, is still very much up for grabs and these two clubs are in the thick of the race for it. Separated by only a single point, Liverpool and [...]
Archive for December, 2011
Your Weekend Preview: Aimlessly Wandering Edition
Posted in English Premier League, Europa League, Homerism, League One, Matchday is for Homerism, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, The Championship, Weekend Preview on December 30, 2011 | 8 Comments »
The Thursday Challenge: Goals Galore!! Edition
Posted in General, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on December 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »
This week’s challenge is mostly about scoring goals- lots of them, and over a long period of time. Sprinkled in among them are a few questions about odd tournaments and cups- it’s a perfect combination. Or it isn’t. I honestly don’t know. Whatever the case, the questions themselves are pretty interesting and that’s all that [...]
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in English Premier League, General, Homerism, La Liga, Ligue 1, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Serie A, The Championship, The Football League, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on December 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, one of the best parts of putting together the Thursday Challenge every week is seeing the commenters come up with answers (and correct ones at that!) that I never anticipated. This week was no exception. Not only did Andrew M. and Dennis W. both answer all [...]
Your Weekend Preview: All the way to Boxing Day Edition
Posted in Bundesliga, English Premier League, Europa League, Homerism, Matchday is for Homerism, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, The Championship, Weekend Preview on December 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Aberdeen F.C. v. Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. (Saturday) As I may have mentioned a few weeks ago I feel I have to start watching the bottom of the Scottish Premier League table as the club that finishes last could be the one that Ross County replaces in the top flight. Aberdeen are probably safe, but [...]
The Thursday Challenge: Straight-Up Trivia Edition
Posted in English Premier League, La Liga, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on December 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
You’ll be happy to know that this week’s challenge has a little something for everyone: some questions require just some common sense and a bit of digging on the web, while others will require you to have a bit of knowledge about football culture so that you’ll at least know where to begin. There’s [...]
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in English Premier League, Homerism, Ross County, Scottish Football League, The Championship, Trivia, UEFA, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on December 21, 2011 | 3 Comments »
I am pleased to report that for the first time in many weeks we had a commenter “clear the board” with correct answers to all of last week’s questions. I was thinking about sending Andrew M. some sort of Ross County swag to celebrate his accomplishment, but it turns out he already has a Ross [...]
“I think it is a big blow, but every disadvantage has an advantage.” – Martin Jol
Posted in General on December 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I pride myself on giving those crazy few who are managers of my favorite sports clubs every opportunity to succeed. I became a Fulham fan during the latter stages of Lawrie Sanchez’s tenure at the club – and may have been the only person following the club who felt badly when he was let go [...]
“He’s a competitor. He’d stab his grandmother in the eyes just for another bowl of porridge.”
Posted in General, Weekend Open Thread on December 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
If you hate the Manchester clubs this was a watershed week for you. First City capitulate to newly resurgent wank wank wank Chelsea then both sides bow out of the Champions League. For City, it’s no great shakes. They don’t require the money and the league was always their target this season, plus they’re a [...]
Your Weekend Preview: HULK SMASH!! Edition
Posted in Champions League, English Premier League, General, Homerism, League One, League Two, Matchday is for Homerism, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, The Championship, The Football League, The Scottish Cup, Weekend Preview on December 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Bradford City A.F.C. v. Southend United F.C. (Friday) As recently as 2000 Bradford were a Premier League club, now they are only one spot above being relegated from league football. I’m not sure how you fill Valley Parade (25,000+) as a conference club, but the Bantams may find out. Southend are in a very different [...]
The Thursday Challenge: All Ross County, All The Time
Posted in General, Homerism, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on December 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I can’t believe I haven’t done this already…unless I have. I don’t have time to check. I know there are a few questions “similar” to others that I’ve asked, but whatever the case, here are no less than eight Ross County F.C. specific trivia questions. Some are very easy- you’ll need nothing more than your [...]
