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Weekend TV Preview: 6 - 8 November 2009

Some People are On The Pitch @ 05:55 AM EST
Friday 6th November
19:30 Leverkusen v Frankfurt, Bundesliga, ESPN
Leverkusen find themselves one point ahead at the top of the Bundesliga, but they've only beaten Frankfurt once in their last six meetings. Normally stingy in defence, they conceded two goals late on last week against Schalke, so the potential for a further wobble here is considerable. Click to continue reading...

The Friday List of Little or No Consequence #138

Some People are On The Pitch @ 03:52 AM EST
Vowel please, Carol...
The 15 Clubs Of The Premier League And Football League With The Highest Vowel-To-Consonant Ratios In Their Name
1. Torquay United (46.2%)
2. Leeds United (45.5%)
3. Bournemouth (45.5%)
4. Liverpool (44.4%)
5. Peterborough United (44.4%)
6. Click to continue reading...

Jeu du Jour Week 11: Return of the Unrelegables

Some People are On The Pitch @ 09:12 AM EST
It's about time we shone our Jeu du Jour spotlight on Auxerre as we look back on Week 11. The only team never to be relegated from France's top flight started off this season as though that might all change, but after a defeat in each of their first three games, they now find themselves unbeaten in eight and up to fifth in the table. Click to continue reading...

Football Americana: Conference semi-finals, first leg

Some People are On The Pitch @ 05:03 AM EST
The regular season is over and the playoffs are the order of the day in Major League Soccer. Surprise qualifiers Real Salt Lake made themselves known in the first leg of their tie with Supporters Shield winners Columbus Crew, while all four conference semi-finals were even matches with little to separate the sides. Click to continue reading...

Bundesbag Week 11: After you. No after you.

Some People are On The Pitch @ 02:22 AM EST
Every league experiences them, sometimes more than once. That's a weekend where the championship contenders all contrive to lose the initiative.
We'll begin with a shock defeat to Hamburg who were at home to 'Gladbach. A fixture, rare in the Bundesliga as one in which you should have been able to put the house on a home win. Click to continue reading...

Sound Of Football Podcast 13

Some People are On The Pitch @ 03:40 AM EST
Welcome aboard for another edition of the Sound Of Football Podcast. This week your master of ceremonies Chris Oakley, ably assisted by is ushers Graham Sibley and Terry Duffelen discuss the comings and goings (with the emphasis on the latter) in the world of football.
First up is beleaguered Hull City boss Phil Brown but unlike others the chaps aren't too quick to poke him with sharp sticks until he falls over the precipice. Click to continue reading...

SPAOTP's 1,000th Post

Some People are On The Pitch @ 03:09 AM EST
And now, a moment of self-regarding nonsense on our part, if you don't mind.
What you are reading now may seem fairly ordinary by our standards (and indeed it is), but this is in fact a very special post. Put simply, this is Some People Are On The Pitch's 1,000th post.
We appreciate the sentiment and sense of achievement might be lost on most of you but when this humble little football blogsite started out in 2006, it was difficult to believe that one day we might end up with 1,000 articles to our name. Click to continue reading...

Midweek TV Preview: 2 - 5 November 2009

Some People are On The Pitch @ 06:07 AM EST
Monday 2 November
19.45 Sheffield Utd v Newcastle Utd, Championship, Sky Sports 1/HD1
The Blades are in an awful slump that could see them in big trouble if they don't snap out of it quick. A last minute winner from Kevin Nolan ended Newcastle's own winless run last time out but they can go back top with a win here. Click to continue reading...

Football Americana Week 32: Regular season finale

Some People are On The Pitch @ 01:52 PM EST
Major League Soccer's playoff hopefuls went into the season finale with a whole host of possibilities ahead of them. And without wishing to put too fine a point on it, they all crapped the bed. Here's what happened in a spectacular, surprising and decisive Week 32, the final week of the MLS regular season for 2009. Click to continue reading...

32 For 2010: Denmark

Some People are On The Pitch @ 11:59 AM EST
For some reason, it feels like Denmark has been one of the world's best footballing teams since the dawn of time. The truth of the matter is they've only ever reached three World Cups (two of them being as recent as 1998 and 2002) while their first (in 1986) was where they finally achieved any real prominence on the global stage. Click to continue reading...

Weekend TV Preview: 30 September - 1 October 2009

Some People are On The Pitch @ 02:35 AM EST
Friday 30th October
19:30 Dortmund v Hertha Berlin, Bundesliga, ESPN

Not a great offering from the Bundesliga this weekend. Hertha are awful and Dortmund got knocked out of the Cup in midweek. If you must get involved then have a butchers atBVB's Lucas Barrios who has scored four goals in four games. Click to continue reading...

The Friday List of Little or No Consequence #137

Some People are On The Pitch @ 02:28 AM EST
Dignified dialogue
8 Actors That Have Narrated Official FIFA World Cup Films
1. Patrick Allen ('The World at Their Feet' 1970)
2. Joss Ackland ('Heading For Glory' 1974)
3. Sean Connery ('G'olé!' 1982)
4. Michael Caine ('Hero' 1986)
5. Edward Woodward ('Soccer Shoot-Out' 1990)
6. Click to continue reading...

Bundesbag Week 11 and DFB Pokal 3rd Round: Stuttgart and Dortmund feel the magic

Some People are On The Pitch @ 12:14 PM EST
It is very likely that Stuttgart coach Markus Babbel may be out of the job after the forthcoming weekend. He received the dreaded vote of confidence after their 1-0 defeat to improving Hannover 96 last Saturday but the club's Sporting Director Horst Heldt made it clear that he was looking for a response against the 2 Bundesliga side Greuther Furth in the German Cup (DFB Pokal) on Tuesday. Click to continue reading...

Jeu du Jour Week 10: Bordeaux back on top

Some People are On The Pitch @ 03:52 PM EST
All of a sudden, it seems no-one wants to win Ligue 1 this season. Every time a team rises to the top of the pile, they quickly lose their next game and fall from grace again.
Such is the case for Lyon who recently replaced long-standing leaders Bordeaux at the top end of Ligue 1. Their trip to Nice seemed barely troublesome after beating Liverpool in the Champions League last week, but they hadn't accounted for the home side's desperate need for points. Click to continue reading...

Sound Of Football Podcast 12

Some People are On The Pitch @ 03:30 AM EST
After last week's World Cup packed podcast, let us return to our own affairs and look back on an eventful weekend in the Premier League.
Chris and Graham reflect on their respective team's performance in the London derby twixt West Ham and Arsenal. Manchester City's credentials are examined further after an unconvincing 2-2 draw with Fulham and we celebrate the Liverpool v Manchester United Super Classico or at least the last half an hour or so. Click to continue reading...