All Entries Tagged With: "England"
Early Thoughts On Yanks/England
So, now that the rosters have been set and people have finished whining about Brian Ching’s exclusion from the roster—get over it people, he belongs in MLS, not the World Cup (but then again, so does Jonathan Bornstein), one critical question remains, who will Bob Bradley select for the starting lineup. I’ll give you my [...]
England Bemusings By A Brit
Like nasal hair, seemingly incomprehensible candy bar prices and bafflement at acronyms; another part of growing older is seemingly antipathy towards sporting stars – particularly footballers. When I were a lad (queue Dvorak’s New World Symphony – used in a British bread commercial and as musical shorthand for anything, grim, northern or nostalgic since) Footballers [...]
Let’s Beat England!
In a few short weeks, 11 of our boys will step out onto a field in South Africa to take on the England national team. The country that invented the sport, and never lets anyone forget it. The country we won our independence from. The country against who our greatest soccer triumph was won. The [...]
A Quick Look At The England Roster
Like the studio stage of American Idol, we’ve looked at the idiots who never really had a chance and were in it for a laugh (David Wheater), we’ve seen the good but not good enough fall by the wayside (Stewart Downing and Bobby Zamora), and now we’re into the last stage before the competition proper [...]
Kicking Around The Political Football
Britain is facing a General Election today where every seat in Parliament is voted on and the leader of the largest party generally becomes the new Prime Minister. This tradition may be deviated from today, with good reason if the Conservative’s David Cameron somehow emerges at the front. (Best election joke I’ve heard so far [...]
Idiot’s Guide To The World Cup (Part 1)
We pride ourselves on attracting readers with a wealth of soccer knowledge. Unfortunately, some of our friends who don’t know the difference between Landon Donovan and Donovan Osborne are among our biggest supporters. As such, it’s about time we dumb down the content for a minute and present the first edition of The Idiot’s Guide [...]
History Of The World Cup (1966)
This is the seventh in a weekly series of World Cup history lessons brought to you by our very own “Professor” Guy Bailey. He is not actually a professor; the only professor on staff is Jamie Clary. Well, sort of. The 1966 World Cup England was awarded the 1966 World Cup Finals in 1960 in [...]
Group C Abroad: Rounding Into Form
One of the most interesting tales from golf’s Vatican this week has been the performance of Phil Mickelson, who tees off this afternoon with an eye on his third green jacket. Mickelson has played exceptional golf, and until Friday, no one that wasn’t there really noticed, as we’ve been fed every possible Tiger Woods story [...]
Rooney To World: I’m Gay
After years of fighting off rumors about his sexuality, injured Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has finally just faxed the following message to select football outlets, coming out and telling the world he is gay. “Today is my day, this is my time, and this is my moment. These years in silence and reflection made [...]
AFC Forever, Franchise Never
With the Portsmouth FC saga going from tragedy to farce this week when it was revealed that every player was going to be sold or released and that next season’s team would be recruited primarily through free transfers, garage sales, charitable donations and open casting, like managing a lower level club in Worldwide Soccer Manager, [...]
