Back on the boards in Manchester town,
With bags of tricks to please
Even the hardest-hearted haters of fun.
And, as gay as a lark on a breeze,
To serve you well in truth and jest
And, just a touch of tease
Is Our Profession,
Boldly masked in paint and fineries.
Remember us.

Back on the boards in Manchester town
With bags of tricks to please
Even the hardest-hearted haters of fun.
And, as gay as a lark on a breeze,
To serve you well in truth and jest
And, just a touch of tease
Is Our Profession,
Boldly masked in paint and fineries.

Rise and Shine is the story of Jay Demerit and his rise to professionalism. I've both reviewed the film and interviewed Jay and still I'm inspired by the story. There is so much to offer fans in watching the film. I wanted to make a personal plea for you the readers to look into it and support the cause.

Striking A Chord: On Spurs, Modric and the line is a post from: Just Football

I wrestled with my conscience on June 30th. Despite my writing pretensions, my profession is that of an educator and I took the decision to not join my colleagues in taking industrial action against an unfair policy by a government determined to destroy any last vestiges of communal brotherhood left in this country.

Every week (Well, that was the plan. Sorry for the three week absence), the New England Soccer Today crew will look beyond the standings to rank each of the 18 Major League Soccer (MLS) teams. This week Brian O'Connell and Sean Donahue contributed rankings. Comments are followed by the ranker's name and the rank they gave that team.

Rise and shine, boys and girls. In this episode of The Americans Soccer Show, Jason and Jared open with a fake out on the Gold Cup roster (ya see, we have a timing problem...), hit on the weekend in MLS, talk to Nick Lewis, one of the men behind Rise and Shine: The Jay DeMerit Story, run off into tangents on Americans potentially landing at Roma, John Spencer's comments about the Sounders, and Sepp Blatter's hot air on a re-vote for the 2022 World Cup host.

Fire Country Call To Arms: Vote, Share & Support

The Fire vs. Timbers game on Thursday is MLS' Game of the Week. There is a voting contest going on and right now the Fire are losing to the Timbers. Can you help bridge the gap? Vote, Share & Support.

By Neil W. Blackmon Another Champions League Tuesday and Chelsea have a 2-0 advantage early in the second half while a confident "Special One" has his Real Madrid side knotted nil-nil at the hour in Lyon. Analysis of those matches to follow but a couple of critical links and a call to arms in the [..