By Chris Wright
The story goes that, back in early February, four-year old Sam Livingstone made Newcastle newbie
Papiss Cisse a 'Welcome to Newcastle' card at school (while he should have been making his Mum a
Valentine's Day card) and sent it to the Senegalese striker.
Editor's note: Promoted to the front for general, goose-bumpy
awesomeness. - Jeremiah
There he stands, in the pre-dawn silence of Occidental Park, as still as any of the statues. A
slight drizzle falls around him, but his hoodie remains dry.
The rain stops as color creeps into the sky.
I've been reliably informed that no match took place on Saturday, something a number of
Liverpool players seem to have been on board with from the very start despite that the Premier
League has registered them as having played. I've also been reliably informed that nobody who
doesn't work for an English media outlet wants to talk about handshakes and Luis Suarez and Patrice
Evra any more.
Yeah alright, you beat us. You don't have to rub it in. Image: AP Photo/Manu Fernandez.
We offer you a little insight into our minds during this quickie round-up, but obviously it
comes at a price.
Barcelona 7-1 Bayer Leverkusen
We've never had a thing for Leverkusen's Andre Schurrle.
Kris Boyd opens his MLS account by calmly nodding in the winner against Philly in what was, thanks
to a typically frantic crowd, the best atmosphere of First Kick. Then of course there's this
awesomeness. - Will Parchman
By Chris Wright
The latest off-kilter awesomeness from Scotch mirth-merchants Fitba Thatba; 'Kenny Dalglish and
the ROCKTOPUS' a video they cheerfully herald as 'their stupidest ever' and 'without doubt the most
idiotic thing they've ever done.'
It's hard to argue.
Been off the computer for a few days, but the Houston Dynamo have not. The team has been using
this extended layoff to make us all just that much more excited about the impending opening of BBVA
Compass Stadium.
First, there's this video above, which is just a shit-ton of awesomeness.
