You might recall about a year ago when Hull City visited Eastlands and allowed Manchester City to score four first-half goals. That’s when Phil Brown infamously pulled this stunt: Before this incident, Hull City had collected 27 points in 18 matches and were the surprise club of the Premier League season. In their last 20 [...]
Entries from November 2009
Hull City Serves Up Goal Celebration of the Year
November 29th, 2009 · Comments Off
Tags: Association Football
Link: The Europa League is Not the End of the World for Liverpool
November 27th, 2009 · Comments Off
My latest piece for EPL Talk explains why dropping to the Europa League might not hurt Liverpool financially at all. It also calls the proposed stadium share between Liverpool and Everton the "San Scouso." The comments section should blow up over that one.
Tags: Association Football · Other Web Sites
Carlos Tevez Is Not So Great at Tennis
November 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Maybe our pal Carlito should rethink this whole retirement from football thing. His skills clearly don’t translate to other sports. If he ever tries to show off his jump shot, do yourself a favor and get out of the way. (Spotted on 101 Great Goals.)
Tags: Association Football
Dr. House Makes The Inevitable Quip
November 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment
I would love to find out just how many regular House viewers heard this joke and asked, “Who?” I mean, sure, we all knew, but what about all those muggles who don’t watch football? Were there a few more Google searches for Mike Tomlin this week? I wonder… (Gracias, MJD.)
Tags: American Football
What Really Kills A Football Fan
November 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Last week as Thierry Henry handed Ireland a crushing defeat — ha ha, see what I did there? — the Guardian’s Barry Glendenning told us, “It’s true what they say. Never mind the disappointment, it’s the hope that kills you.” In the case of American football, I would propose a slightly different theory. It’s not [...]
Tags: American Football
BREAKING: Tampa, Baltimore Bolt USL For “New NASL?”
November 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment
The boys at TheCup.us just alerted us to the news that two more clubs — the Tampa Bay Rowdies and Crystal Palace Baltimore — have broken ranks with USL and officially joined the new Team Owners Association league. For those of you keeping score at home, that gives the TOA a total of nine clubs [...]
Tags: Association Football
