Calm down, big guy. Before you go and try to waddle off to Thailand, just know that FAT stands for Football Association of Thailand. That has nothing to do with you, no matter how much you want those free hamburgers. Yes, it is true that you're a fat player, but you're not a FAT player. You're actually more of an f-f-f-a-t-t-t player.

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"If only I could play for Thailand"

Guardian has brought it to my attention that the Football Association of Thailand (FAT) have signed a 3 year sponsorship deal with McDonald's, worth an estimated £545,000.

But thats not the best bit, as part of the deal the Thailand football team gets free big mac's, McFlurrys, and Mc Chicken-ish stuff.

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Sir, I read your magazine with interest each month and so was particularly excited to see my own city, Liverpool, featured in your mini-guides this month.

Alas you saw fit to label stoop to gaining lazy, easy laughs at the expense of Goodison Park, home of Everton FC. I presume this stems from a lack of editorial judgement on your part and a mischevious streak on the part of your correspondant Richard Vaughan.

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Dear RBNY fans,

Here's the post I wanted to write.

So, after 90 minutes of playing in the sweltering mid-summer humidity of the Northeast and taking every opportunity to boo David Beckham in his return to MLS and the Los Angeles Galaxy for the 2009 season, we are left with this.

(1) The last time the Galaxy has to play on the raggedy carpet in the Swamplands ends in the first Galaxy victory there since 2000.

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Milan's very own players were the subject of an Italian humor programme, "Striscia La Notizia", when most of their cars were caught breaking the 30km/h speed limit upon leaving Milanello! Of course hombres didn't go all out like Vin Diesel and co' but Thiago Silva's 74km/h clearly suggested that he wanted to get home real quickly.

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Nicolas Anelka looks rather well put together at the Sports Industry Awards, London April 30, 2009

Okay, so Pato shaved his head. But at least he didn't do this.
Alex Gerrard used to eat McDonalds three times a week out of sheer boredom.
New Ipswich manager Roy Keane says Stephen Ireland needs to be back on the national team.

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Nicolas Anelka looks rather well put together at the Sports Industry Awards, London April 30, 2009

Okay, so Pato shaved his head. But at least he didn't do this.
Alex Gerrard used to eat McDonalds three times a week out of sheer boredom.
New Ipswich manager Roy Keane says Stephen Ireland needs to be back on the national team.

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Well I really put my foot in my mouth with my last post didn't? Despite that I still hate Chelsea.
Arsene Wenger messed up more than me though. Big time. His selection was a little different to what I expected but maybe he still believes we have a chance for the Premiership title and he was resting players for the Liverpool game in the week. Click to continue reading...

The last time I was back home in the States last July, I was dumbstruck at seeing a promotional poster for the Mexican national soccer team hanging on the wall of a McDonald's in Gallup, New Mexico. It then gave me a flashback to watching a 1994 USA-Chile friendly in Albuquerque and being disgusted at how many fans were cheering against our own national team but I digress. Click to continue reading...

This picture was reportedly taken at some point recently. He and Maradona are going to get along nicely in retirement as they personally support entire McDonalds franchises. (Daily Mail) Click to continue reading...

230 teams, 600 games all for football in Canberra. Must be worth some dough to the community.
The 2008 McDonalds Kanga Cup has received a record number of applications with 230 teams expected to converge on the nation's capital in two weeks time for the week long junior football tournament. Click to continue reading...

I wonder why real life doesn't translate to the world of football. Would a person with Donadoni's qualifications, or lack thereof, have been shepherded to their career summit so readily in another profession? Highly doubtful. Show me a kid with a B average in pre-med classes offered a position as chief neurosurgeon after their sophomore year.

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I would definitely put a bit of money on Turkey. Just like Greece four years ago, they keep on pulling off the improbable results. They've only been ahead for two and a half minutes in the entire tournament, quite a feat if you think about it, yet have reached the semis, albeit one against the machine that is Germany. Click to continue reading...

That's right, Springfield's only publication dedicated entirely to local sports, has offered up their first soccer print story, other than some State Cup coverage a couple of years ago. The website notes that you should be able to find copies at McDonald's, Family Pharmacy and other locations in a 5 county area.

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Didn't post as much as usual this week as I was busy with other things. Anyhow, just in case you missed something, here's some of the highlights. Cheers and have a safe weekend.
Monday
Crooks, crooks everywhere
Tuesday
Just the sex facts, Leroy
Wednesday
Eddie Johnson is an idiot
Shady days at Old Trafford
Thursday
Old Trafford = McDonalds
Wayne Rooney is untouchable
A slap on the wrist for Ken Bates
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- Pitches in Exeter and Mid Devon are sh*t. Literally. Matches held at Cullompton's CCA Fields have ended due to increasing amounts of dog doo on the playing field. Even in America, where soccer is scarcely respected, you'd be hard pressed to find fields covered in crap, dog or otherwise, but you'd figure in a country like England where the sport is king they would be more respectful of their fields. Click to continue reading...