Yesterday morning, when the final U.S. roster for this summer’s Women’s World Cup was released some of you were probably too busy Tweeting about how long the line was at Starbuck’s to even notice- I was doing the laundry. I only found out that it had happened because an old coaching colleague emailed me to [...]
Archive for the ‘They’ve Fallen’ Category
The State of the Game: USWNT and WPS
Posted in Commentary, CONCACAF Gold Cup, Financials, General, Homerism, Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, MLS, News, Off the Pitch, They've Fallen, USMNT, World Cup Qualifiers, WPS on May 10, 2011 | 12 Comments »
Your Weekend Preview: Happy Holidays/Winter Break Edition
Posted in English Premier League, Europa League, General, Homerism, League One, League Two, Matchday is for Homerism, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, Serie A, The Championship, The Football League, They've Fallen, Weekend Preview on December 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Fulham F.C. v. West Ham United F.C. (Sunday) You’ve got to feel for The Deuce: from an individual perspective he’s having his best season as a professional (three more goals will give him a career high eight), but his club are only out of the relegation places on goal differential. This is probably because, while [...]
WPS: Going, going…gone?
Posted in Commentary, General, News, Off the Pitch, They've Fallen, WPS on December 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I have a friend who says that, “nothing good ever comes from reading USA Today,” and in this case he’s right: the Chicago Red Stars of WPS announced on Monday that they were suspending operations because they could not find enough investors to keep the team afloat for the 2011 season- they claim they will [...]
“We are of the of the opinion that lessons are not being learned.”
Posted in Commentary, Financials, General, News, Off the Pitch, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, They've Fallen on November 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Following a thorough process, as endorsed by the administrator, the board has decided that “Dundee Football Club Limited is guilty of conduct contrary to the league rules, the interests of the league and its member clubs.” Yesterday the Scottish Football Association announced the penalty for SFL First Division club Dundee F.C.’s second entrance into administration [...]
The Last Days of Pompey?
Posted in Commentary, English Premier League, Financials, Off the Pitch, The Championship, They've Fallen on February 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One of the things that separates a “good” website from a “bad” website is being careful not to overestimate the scope of your ability or expertise. One of our jobs here is to keep you informed on the “goings on” in the world of football. Another is to give you our opinions on these happenings. [...]
Your Weekend Preview: Mr. Bean Edition
Posted in Argentine Primera Division, Bundesliga, Champions League, English Premier League, Europa League, La Liga, League One, League Two, Ross County, Scottish Football League, South America, They've Fallen, Weekend Preview on February 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
C.A. Velez Sarsfield v. C.A. Independiente (Friday) It’s still very early in the season, but after the first four matches these are the two best teams in Argentina’s Primera Division- both teams have two victories and two draws. Both clubs will want to add to their point totals as teams like Boca Juniors, Racing, and [...]
Is This the Future of Football? Part Four
Posted in Champions League, English Premier League, Europa League, Financials, General, Homerism, League of Ireland, News, Off the Pitch, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, Swiss Super League, The Football League, They've Fallen on November 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
PART FOUR Today we present the fourth and final installment in a multipart series of articles focused on some of the financial problems facing football leagues across the world- especially those in smaller countries. By the end of the series it will become clear that many of these financial problems are the result of a [...]
The Money-Go-Round
Posted in Commentary, English Premier League, Financials, General, News, Off the Pitch, Television Rights, They've Fallen on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This week saw the arrival of two news stories concerning the financial health of football. First came the news that Portsmouth F.C. is for sale- again. If I am not mistaken, should the club be sold, it will be for the third time this year. Today brought the news that Stirling Albion F.C. has [...]
They’ve Fallen and They Can’t Get Up…date!
Posted in English Premier League, League One, League Two, The Championship, The Football League, They've Fallen on October 21, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Now that most of the levels of English football are somewhere between an quarter and a third of the way into their seasons I thought it might be nice to take a look at the team’s that were spotlighted in our feature, They’ve Fallen and They Can’t Get Up! So, here’s a quick look at [...]
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 [...]
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