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With our penchant for crap hats and whips, you might say we're the 'Indiana Jones's' of the
fluffy football world.
With this in mind, we ventured into the depths of the Copa Libertadores last night and found
this photo of Wagner (r) being tackled/molested (depending on how loose your definition
on on-pitch discipline is) by the magnificently named Hugo Nervo.
Kammy's costume change Soccer Saturday reporter Chris Kamara took advantage of the array of winter
wear on display at QPR's match against Wolves at the weekend by wearing a different outfit each
time presenter Jeff Stelling checked in with him. Explaining his prank, Kammy said: "I jokingly
heard him tell one reporter wearing a hat [.
Fantastic the football on the weekend.
Tucked into two games. Victory and Adelaide and Brisbane v Sydney.
What treats.
Harry Kewell turned back the clock with a wonderful performance, again. If Archie or Danny could
have finished one or two of their Harry inspired chances Victory would have won.
I realize this has been around for a while and has likely made the rounds, but it cracked me up.
The sad part is many youth soccer coaches have had to deal with what is said in this video, and it
can be impossible trying to get parents to understand why winning is not important when they're 10
years old.
Mirror: Why the FA's record means they can't be smug about Suarez and
racism
Having been immersed in the goings-on at Anfield and the Old Bailey over the past few weeks, it
feels as though the only word left in our vocabulary is "racism." Thankfully, if reluctantly,
Liverpool decided against appealing Luis Suarez's ban, choosing to lay aside their grievances and
limit further damage to the club's reputation.
Have Liverpool really progressed that much since last season? It sounds like a stupid question but
it's one that needs to be considered. When it comes to level of performance, there's no question
that things are better, but good performances alone don't win league points, and if we look at the
first 14 league games of last season vs.
This photo says it all;
Sodium brought home the hardware!
And some new jackets!
From the sidelinesI will have to say I am extremely proud of the way the girls came together this weekend. With only
having one practice indoors under their belt the lady warriors rose up, came together and pulled
off a Surf Cup Championship.
Keep it under your hats but Spurs can go third tonight. Yes. Exactly. Ruddy heck. In a
season where the City of Manchester is shaking off the ghastly idea of having to actually compete
with the rest of the league and instead branching off and starting their own SUPER AWESOME MEGA
league where non-local types aren't even allowed past reception, there's a feeling that anything's
possible in the race for, well, everything else.
In answer to many requests about the latest here in Indonesia, hold on to your hats,
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yeah, you see, umm, yeah, no, clearly, you know, there maybe, these, umm, but then again, you know,
but also, err, then, but on the other hand, yeah.
Akron's Caleb Porter was named head coach of the United States under-23 men's national team, which
will try to qualify this spring for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Porter now has to balance both jobs as he wears multiple hats, with his Akron Zips in the NCAA
National Tournament and the US Under-23 team going through preparations for qualification for the
next Olympics.
Mario Balotelli has done it again. This time it's scoring an exquisite goal in the Manchester
derby, and then lifting his Manchester City shirt to reveal a T-shirt underneath which said,
simply, "Why Always Me?" Hats off to a brilliant ...
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Hats off to Song Arsenal youngster Emmanuel Frimpong decided to out fellow Gunners midfielder Alex
Song for wearing this rather interesting hat today. Frimpong wrote on Twitter: "Alex Song decided
to turn up with this hat today woooow." As far as we can tell in the light, it appears to be
encrusted with safety pins [.
The Study of English Football [Part III]: How the media restricts independent thinking is a post
from: Just Football
Just Football's Study of English Football by Andreas Vou continues now with
Part III and the role of the media in football. If you missed Part I and Part II follow the
respective links:
It may be the most common quote about the media but that is because of its ability to some up
one of the world's most powerful tools in just a few words.
Closing in on a season defining fortnight, I have several questions about our beloved Naranja. We
discussed this ad naseum over lunch today. The answers, of course, will mean the difference between
attending the playoffs possibly for the last time at Robertson Stadium and watching the playoffs
from the depths of my couch (those that are actually broadcast on noncable TV).
Yes, it really happened. Oh shit.
First up, United were absolutely stunning. The majority of the goals were of the highest class.
Hats off, caps doffed etc. etc.
Secondly, Arsenal were absolutely shambolic, there was no leadership, little passion or desire,
and no defence what so ever.
By Chris Wright
Pope Benedict XVI is in Madrid on one of his holy jaunts this week and, as a little 'pre-St
Peter palm-greaser', Real Madrid saw fit to present the pontiff with a signed 'BENEDICTO 16′
shirt...
Bloody Popes, they always gets the best stuff funny little cars, funny little hats.
Chips, hats and alcohol free Amiens 0-1 Le Havre (12:08:11) Reporting on the first leg of a
three-part French and Belgian European Football Weekend, Andy Hudson of Gannin' Away... The coach
turned onto Buckingham Palace Road. "Thank fuck we're here" came the mackem accent from behind me,
"I'm never doing that again" it continued before morphing into a yawn.
Tomorrow a high-ranking delegation of FIFA, CONCACAF, and UNCAF officials will arrive in Belize to
mediate the ongoing conflict between the national government and the Football Federation of Belize.
The delegation is composed on officials from Central America but wearing different hats. Rafael
Salguero of Guatemala is on the FIFA Executive Committee, Ariel Alvarado of Guatemala represents
the CONCACAF ExCo, and Rafael Tinoco is the UNCAF president.
Whether it's from Freddy Adu or Clint Dempsey, all I want is a trophy. (Getty Images)
Let's be real honest, the last month or so for the US Men's National Team hasn't been real
pretty now has it? Wins over Canada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica and Panama are what the US can hang their
hats on at the moment.
Apologies for the long silence. The dust is beginning to settle1, so I'm just going to try to
get back into the routine swing of things by making a few observations...
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Okay, okay. I hear your digital consensus: Pontius has been playing quite well of late.
Still, every so often, I'm tempted to throw something at the screen when his ambitions outstrip his
talent.
Well, it finally happened. After months and months on end of declaring his willingness to take
any job in the world of some stature, including some months of polite "thanks, but no thanks" looks
and shutting doors, Diego has found employment.
And it couldn't be further from the stage he enjoyed at the World Cup this summer (well, I
suppose it could, were he to have taken sabbatical to the Tanzanian second), as it's in Dubai.
Back in February we put aside the potential for a promotion-defying points deduction to
consider which of Neil Warnock's charges might be ready to face Lamps and Stevie G next season.
Now, with our League One hats on, we've replicated the original post in order to assess
Brighton's third-tier winning squad along the same lines.
During Saturday's Sons of Ben tailgate, 'Stache Bash happened and a lot of money was raised
(I'll get into that in another post). As part of it all 6abc decided to come by and interview the
Sons of Ben to give viewers a closer look at the supporter group.
I originally didn't want to head over, but Jeremy Sharpe (whose mustache spawned the 'Stache
Bash) insisted I head over with him.
"Suck it Toronto Transit Commission"
Before we get to our usual Monday silliness, we just want to thank our readers, both new and
old, who helped us crack the 50,000 hit mark. Hope you enjoy the site as much as we enjoy creating
it - thanks for being a Yorkie too! Now, if we were MLSE we would sell a range of "We Hit
50K" scarves (damn, that's a good idea) but unlike Toronto FC's owners we don't have that
cross-promotional clout.
Last month, David Beckham took his son Romeo, who donned an Arsenal scarf, to the Emirates.
He took all three of his sons to the Manchester derby today but Romeo and Cruz were more
appropriately dressed, sporting Manchester United bobble hats. That's better.
Becks went for dinner with Gary Neville at Rio's restaurant, Rosso, last night.
I had known about the pay dispute between members of Trinidad & Tobago's 2006 World Cup squad and
the T&T Football Association, but I was unaware of the ongoing disputes between the FA and national
team players and staff. And when there's a dispute with the T&T FA, it's really a dispute with one
man, who happens to wear many hats in his country and beyond.
That was a dirty, scrappy match that we won yesterday. There wasn't a stretch of the match that
wen't on for more than 5 minutes (I think) that didn't have a rough tackle, foul, or whistle.
Unfortunately, in the first half, the ref was entirely one-sided.
I am beyond angry at the announcers for that match.
