Any conflict in the camp will be resolved with a cerebral game of chess. Any conflict over the rules of chess will be resolved by throwing hideous wooden chairs at one another. Image: Alexander KHUDOTEPLY/AFP/Getty Images.

Our exciting new series continues with a 'going over' of the EURO 2012 facilities that await the French NT.

Union

Nick Sakiewicz tells the DelCo Times about starting the Philadelphia Union and how he financed the first four months of operation on his AmEx. Yikes.

The Philadelphia Sports Writers Association will hand out a Special Achievement Award to Seba Le Toux at the end of January.

Ignorance is all too common

It seems there is no shortage of ‘look at me' columnists or radio shock-jocks ready to stick the knife into Liverpool following this week's events and the fallout from the Suarez-Evra verdict. It was like Christmas had come early, albeit by a few days, with a topic they could talk about from atop their high horses without wasting valuable festive drinking time by bothering to do any research on it.

By "The Other 87 Minutes" / Senior Unemployed English Major Correspondents


Our week of seasonal celebrations continues here at The Other 87 with a special Tuesday XI featuring a cast of characters straight out of a typical holiday gathering. Naturally, we've lined them up in a 4-3-2-1, the Christmas Tree formation.

German Bundesliga club SV Werder Bremen has launched its Nike 2011/12 "Christmas Tree" home jersey (or "Weihnachtsbaum-Trikot" in German). It is the tenth edition of the club's annual holiday kit and is an altered version of the Werder 11/12 home shirt with its badge in the shape of a Christmas tree.

It's that time of year again: the Christmas tree is up, the snow is falling, and the streets are packed [...] Read the original post on eighteensixtyfive

A chance to play at Anfield

IT'S that time of year again: the Christmas tree is up or at least threatening to be, the snow is falling or at least threatening to, and the streets are packed with frantic shoppers threatening to do things to the next person to get in their way as they search frantically for the ideal pressie for their loved ones, never quite sure if the loved one in question already has that particular one anyway.

Italian Football
With the threat of industrial action on the part of the playing staff in Italy now averted, Serie A returns with AC Milan v Lazio at Molino Dorino. What's the betting Milan can repeat?
Let's look at the teams one by one.
Atalanta look like they will come out in a 4-4-2 with a strengthened defence.

We continue a great new feature on the Free Beer Movement site. In collaboration with the quality soccer site, "The Other 87 Minutes" we present the "Tuesday XI" (and sometimes the "Tuesday Ten") a thoughtful list on a variety of topics in the world of soccer.
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