Dave’s Football Blog

From The Offside: Coca-Cola Championship clubs that win the promotion playoff get relegated from the Premier League after one season about 60% of the time. Three of the last four promotion playoff winners have gone right back down the following season. Th

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Remember when the FA took all the trophies away from the club formerly known as Wimbledon FC and gave them to AFC Wimbledon instead? Well, Milton Keynes Dons’ trophy cabinet isn’t empty anymore. Enjoy that Johnstone’s Paint Trophy, guys.

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World Footy News recommends an International Rules Tri-Nations series between Australia, Ireland and the USA. Somehow, I doubt the AFL and GAA will listen, though it might be fun if they did.

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I’m playing with a new WordPress toy today that was passed on to me from The Postmen. So if things look weird here for the next day or two, that’s why.

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There are a ton of big important association football matches to look forward to this weekend. There’s the Merseyside Derby on Sunday between Liverpool and Everton, in which both teams are battling for fourth place and the final Champions League spot in the Premier League. There’s the Old Firm Derby on Saturday between Celtic and [...]

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Remember when I pondered what football in America would look like today if the Canadians had brought soccer to Harvard in 1874 instead of rugby? Well, maybe it would look something like this… That footage comes from yesterday’s Estonia v. Canada friendly in Tallinn, which Estonia won, 2-0. That looks very, very cold. Just imagine [...]

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