Dave’s Football Blog

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 [...]

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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.

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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.)

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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.)

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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