Ross County F.C. defeated Queen’s Park F.C., 2-1, on Saturday to advance to the next round of the Scottish Communities League Cup and our man Mark was right in the thick of things. The Staggies went behind on the 5 minute mark when Queen’s Michael Daly knocked a header in at the back post. Normally, [...]
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Update: Mark Corcoran
Posted in General, Homerism, News, Official Site Business, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Weekend Review on August 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
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. [...]
Hot Coco, Anyone?
Posted in General, Homerism, Introductions, Matchday is for Homerism, News, Off and Running, Official Site Business, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League on July 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Nope, that’s not a typo in the headline- it’s time for another update on ATD’s own Mark “Coco” Corcoran, midfielder for Ross County F.C. of the SFL First Division. The Staggies wrapped up their preseason schedule with a 2-1 loss to SPL side Kilmarnock F.C. on Saturday and our man in Dingwall (or at Rugby [...]
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. [...]
“At the end of the season you can only do as well as what you have done.” – Bryan Robson
Posted in Official Site Business, Weekend Open Thread, tagged Saturday open thread on June 25, 2011 | 15 Comments »
Good morning, afternoon or evening, whenever you’re reading this. I wanted to let everyone know that I’m going to leave AtD for personal reasons. The lads will carry on, as far as I’m aware, and may be looking for some new help. It’s been a lot of fun for me to get this endeavor up [...]
It’s time for the 3rd Annual Droppies!!
Posted in Awards, General, Official Site Business, The Droppies, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on May 25, 2011 | 24 Comments »
That’s right, it’s once again time for you weigh in on the best and the worst in the world of football over the past year! Anyone who has played or anything that has happened since the last Droppies is eligible, so cruise around the site to refresh your memory, spend some time at YouTube watching [...]
The Commenter Survey: Part Deux
Posted in About Last Night, ATD Dropcast, Bundesliga, CONCACAF Gold Cup, English Premier League, First Timers, Football Shirts, General, Gold Cup, Guest Post, Indoor Soccer, La Liga, League One, League Two, Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, Ligue 1, MLS, MLS Pick'em, News, Official Site Business, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, Serie A, The Championship, The Football League, The More You Know..., The Weekend Wrapup, Transfer Rumors, Transfers, Transfers Rules and Legalese, Trivia, USMNT, Weekend Preview on April 21, 2011 | 12 Comments »
I’d like to begin by thanking everyone for their patience with the long delay between the publication of the first half of the commenter survey results and this, the second half of those results. Normally this would be the place where I made some sort of humorous excuse for why this has happened, but the [...]
The Commenter Survey: The Results, Part One
Posted in Commentary, General, Homerism, Introductions, Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, Off the Pitch, Official Site Business, Power Poll, The More You Know... on March 30, 2011 | 15 Comments »
Today we take a look at the first half of the results from our recent “Commenter Survey.” Part One will focus on who we are: age, location, occupation, educational background, etc.. I hope you will find the results of our first survey of our readers and commenters as interesting as I did and I encourage [...]
Our First Reader/Commenters Survey
Posted in Commentary, English Premier League, Financials, First Timers, General, Guest Post, Homerism, Introductions, Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, Mailbag, MLS, News, Off the Pitch, Official Site Business, Power Poll, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Television Rights, USMNT, Whimsy on February 10, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Believe it or not, Avoiding the Drop is about two weeks away from beginning its third year on the internet. That might not seem like much, but consider this: the average life expectancy for a blog/website is about a year. So, doing a a little quick math, we’re about a 157 years old in “human [...]
Don’t Forget the Droppies!!
Posted in Awards, Commentary, General, Introductions, Off the Pitch, Official Site Business, The Droppies, Wild Ass Guesses on May 31, 2011 | 7 Comments »
There was a lot of great discussion last week when the third annual Droppies were announced, but unfortunately all of the spirited back-and-forth only generated three actual submissions! So, this is a little reminder of the categories (after the jump) both old and new as well as an announcement that the deadline for submitting your [...]
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