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 [...]
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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 »
Your Weekend Preview: Scottish-American International Edition
Posted in General, Homerism, Hyundai A-League, Matchday is for Homerism, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Serie A, UEFA, USMNT, Weekend Preview on November 11, 2011 | 6 Comments »
United States v. France (Friday) I don’t quite know what to make of this match. Under Jurgen Klinsmann the USMNT has struggled against far less talented sides than France, so it could be that when put up against a much more talented and experienced side a lot of holes are going to become apparent in [...]
Out in Europe, Spending Euros: UEFA’s 2010-11 Financial Distributions
Posted in Champions League, Europa League, Financials, UEFA, tagged Europa League, Finance, UEFA Champions League on August 18, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Around this time every year, UEFA peels back the curtain on their finances and lets the public in on their payment structure. That means that around this time every year, we take some time to look over the info and break it down a bit (past installments are here and here). This year, UEFA’s a [...]
Dipping My Toes into the Mill Pond
Posted in Bundesliga, Champions League, English Premier League, Euro 2012, FA Cup, General, Homerism, La Liga, Ligue 1, MLS, News, Off the Pitch, Scottish Premier League, Transfer Rumors, Transfers, Turkish Super Lig, UEFA, UEFA Cup, Wild Ass Guesses, World Cup 2010, World Cup Qualifiers on May 10, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Under normal circumstance I refrain from getting involved in transfer speculation and the rumor mill here on ATD in anything but the most light-hearted manner. At worse, I might report on what the rumors are around a given player or club, but I’m always careful to state that, in the end, they are only rumors. [...]
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in CONMEBOL, English Premier League, General, Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, MLS, Serie A, South America, The More You Know..., Trivia, UEFA, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on March 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »
As you may have guessed from last weeks title and from the questions, the theme running through most of the questions was futility, or perhaps, “dubious achievements.” I thought it might be fun to shine a little light on those in the world football who have earned their notoriety for, well, doing it wrong. Another [...]
Your Weekend Preview: Questionable Cuisine Edition
Posted in CONMEBOL, English Premier League, General, Homerism, Matchday is for Homerism, MLS, Ross County, Scottish Football League, South America, The Championship, UEFA, USMNT, Weekend Preview on March 25, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Author’s note: As regular readers might expect I am beside myself with footie-glee that Ross County, the New England Revolution, the Scottish National Team and the USMNT are all playing this weekend. WOOOOOO!! Ross County F.C. v. Greenock Morton F.C. (Saturday) In last week’s match against Cowdenbeath- County’s most important match this season- they laid [...]
The Thursday Challenge: Embracing Futility Edition
Posted in CONMEBOL, FIFA, General, Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, MLS, South America, The Football League, The More You Know..., Trivia, UEFA, USMNT, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on March 24, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Last week, on that day when the temperature rose above 60 degrees a coworker of mine (a transplanted Virginian) exclaimed, “Spring is here!!”- I couldn’t help but sadly shake my head at her. As a life-long New Englander I know that spring is mythical, much like the unicorn or a married ferret owner. Sure enough, [...]
Life as a Pitch
Posted in English Premier League, FIFA, UEFA, tagged Laws of the Game on March 1, 2011 | 6 Comments »
A regulation NFL football field is 120 yards long and 53 1/3 yards wide. A regulation NBA basketball court is 94′ long and 50′ wide. A regulation NHL hockey rink is 200′ long and 85′ wide. These dimensions are unchanging within their respective leagues; there are some differences between NHL rinks and international play rinks, [...]
The Thursday Challenge: The Answers
Posted in Bundesliga, Chinese Super League, English Premier League, Europa League, General, League One, League Two, MLS, Odd Soccer News, The Championship, The Football League, The More You Know..., Trivia, UEFA, USMNT, Whimsy, Wild Ass Guesses on January 12, 2011 | 4 Comments »
No caps for Germany or the U.S.A. UPDATE: Andrew B. has checked in with some answers of his own…see below for his contributions. Most people like to be right- I LOVE to be right. Except where the Thursday Challenge is concerned. In this case I kind of like it when one of you finds a [...]
“Let me take my chances…on the Group of Death”
Posted in Commentary, English Premier League, Euro 2012, FIFA, General, Homerism, Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, UEFA, World Cup 2010, World Cup 2014, World Cup Qualifiers on August 2, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Before I begin to ramble in earnest let me state that I have only the most rudimentary understanding of FIFA’s World Cup Draw. I know that it involves certain nations being put into certain pots on the basis of their past performance and then choosing a nation from each of these pots to make up [...]
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