It occurred to me at 10:50am this morning that if Ross County are promoted to the Scottish Premier League at the end of this season (they are nine points clear at the top of the table at the moment and will thus be in first place at the midway point of the season no matter [...]
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I believe this is called an “epiphany.”
Posted in First Timers, Homerism, News, Off the Pitch, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, Soccer Video Games on December 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Fuse’s Worlds Collide
Posted in English Premier League, General, Off the Pitch, Whimsy on September 13, 2011 | 6 Comments »
As I’m sure you know, every once in a while an event happens where different aspects of your life unexpectedly come into contact with one another. This can sometimes be bad- as George is explaining to Jerry in the picture above (“Independent George” can never come into contact with “Relationship George”)- but sometimes this confluence [...]
Will ye no hae a wee leuk?
Posted in Homerism, News, Off the Pitch, Official Site Business, Ross County, Scottish Football League on July 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
ATD’s very own Mark Corcoran has turned some heads with his performances during Ross County F.C.’s just completed slate of preseason matches and one of those heads- or heids- belongs to the gaffer himself, Derek Adams. Most recently Adams discussed Corcoran’s play during the preseason and how he hopes to use him during the season. [...]
This Revolution SHOULD NOT be televised!!
Posted in Commentary, Financials, General, Homerism, Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, MLS, News, Off the Pitch, They've Fallen, Transfer Rumors, Transfers, Transfers Rules and Legalese, USMNT on July 19, 2011 | 13 Comments »
There has been a lot of news coming out of Gillette Stadium in Foxboro over the last two weeks and all of it has been decidedly negative. One of the Revolution’s main supporter’s sections- The Fort- has been essentially run out of town in an attempt to create an even more fan-friendly attitude at the [...]
BREAKING NEWS: Avoiding The Drop Signs First Player
Posted in Financials, General, Homerism, Introductions, News, Off the Pitch, Official Site Business, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, Transfers on July 5, 2011 | 15 Comments »
After several days of intense negotiations and at an expenditure of several hundreds of pounds, ATD F.C. has signed its first player- pacey midfielder Mark “Coco” Corcoran. For the duration of the 2011-2012 season Avoiding the Drop will be Corcoran’s “Matchday Programme Sponsor” as he competes for Ross County F.C. in the Scottish First Division. [...]
The 2011-2012 Ross County Kits- I was half right/wrong?!
Posted in Commentary, Football Shirts, Homerism, Introductions, News, Off the Pitch, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on June 29, 2011 | 7 Comments »
I apologize for the low quality of the picture, but when you’re hijacking somebody’s Twitter feed…
The 2011-2012 Ross County F.C. Kits…maybe?
Posted in Commentary, English Premier League, Football Shirts, General, Homerism, News, Off the Pitch, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, Wild Ass Guesses on June 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Tomorrow, at 9:30 DST (Dingwall Standard Time) Ross County F.C. will unveil its new 2011-2102 Home and Away uniforms in a photo-op/press conference at Victoria Park in Dingwall. Unfortunately for those of us here on the East Cost, that’s 4:30am EST. Despite the importance of this event, I, for one, will be sound asleep. I [...]
SPL or BUST!! An Updated Ross County Off-Season Update
Posted in General, Homerism, News, Off the Pitch, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, Transfer Rumors, Transfers on June 27, 2011 | 5 Comments »
It has been over a month since the Ross County F.C. closed out the 2010-2011 SFL First Division season with a 3-0 victory over Cowdenbeath F.C. that not only guaranteed that the Staggies would remain in the First Division, but also condemned Cowdenbeath to the relegation playoffs and eventually demotion to the Second Division. Within [...]
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in Bundesliga, English Premier League, General, Ligue 1, MLS, Off the Pitch, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, Swiss Super League, Trivia, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on June 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
My apologies to those of you who may/may have already submitted your answers to last week’s challenge- I had to post the answers earlier than normal as I was away all day yesterday and knew that the last thing I would want to do after driving home from a Red Sox game is to [...]
Buh-bye, Bob.
Posted in Commentary, Homerism, News, Off the Pitch, USMNT, Wild Ass Guesses on July 28, 2011 | 11 Comments »
A little over an hour ago USSF president Sunil Gulati issued a press release stating that Bob Bradley had been “relieved of his duties” as USMNT coach. So, it looks like we’ve all gotten what we pretty much wanted. I don’t think anyone (here at ATD anyway) actually disliked Bob on a personal level, I [...]
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