If Steve Darby and Bryan Robson fancying coming to Indonesia to catch some of their players I would like to offer them my sofa.
It would save them a few bob on hotels and they would be able to get up close and personal to Kosin (Persib), Suchao (Persib), Pipat (Persisam) and Phaitoon (Persijap). Click to continue reading...

Just happened to catch Keith Costigan, Warren Burton, and Chris Miles this Sunday talk about the economic import of the 2010 World Cup. This complex issue got about two minutes.

First, none of the three really work on this particular aspect of the sport. And it showed. There were banalities - it is good for the host country and the fans of the qualifying countries who go to pubs to see matches, boost the local economy.

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The Desi Junction43 High Street, West BromwichDistance from the ground: 10 minutes on footAverage price of a meal and pint: £9If you are willing to risk life and limb crossing an M5 slip road on foot, a good way to enjoy a pre-match meal on a trip to the Hawthorns is to make your way to one of the cluster of Asian-run pubs running the length of West Bromwich High Street. Click to continue reading...

I just got a friendly call from the LA Galaxy front office letting me know that a local bar, the Off-Campus Pub on Avelon Blvd. right near the HDC, will be showing the game in English.  Similarly, a commenter to my previous post has mentioned that the game will also be shown at the Cock and Bull on Lincoln Blvd in Venice CA.

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Big Story
Have fans become spoiled, expecting every major game to be available for free and in their own language on their home television set, whereever the game is being played? The patchy television rights structure of World Cup qualifiers in which home teams sell their own coverage has led to considerable frustration for fans of both England and the U.

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I made my first trip to Vancouver during the 2006 season to start that year, and have made it up at least once a season since then. I love the city for its beauty, good pubs, great beer, interesting sights, and laid back attitude, although in the years since I've been going up, I haven't seen the Timbers win there. Click to continue reading...

As you've probably heard, there's no English or Spanish-language coverage on US cable television for the USA-Honduras qualifier. Luckily (I guess), there's a company that's offering the game to pubs. Ah, just like the good old days.

For a really slow and annoying site with all of the pubs showing the match, visit CopaTV.

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Silva's Spanish selections Carlos Tevez looks for silverware in The X Factor [The Spoiler] Fabio Capello gives second chances [Mirror Football] A match made in heaven [Dirty Tackle] 'Is your team' or 'are your team'? - the is/are debate rages on [The Offside] Arsene Wenger learnt his trade from pubs [FourFourTwo] Fulham's official club video [The Original Winger] [. Click to continue reading...

The list of confirmed qualifiers for next year is as follows:

Australia, Brazil, England, Ghana, Holland, Japan, North Korea, Paraguay, South Korea and Spain. Possibly the only surprise there is North Korea (making their second appearance in the finals) but all of these countries have qualified before.

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Aug 22nd Leek Town 3 Mickleover Sports 2 HT: 3-2 ATT: 229
Unibond League South

Aug 25th Leek Town 5 Brigg Town 1 HT: 3-0 ATT: 216
Unibond League One South

Mickleover Sports was my first home game as a Leek Town fan. If I wasn't already addicted on the Saturday, then I certainly was on the following Tuesday at home to Brigg.

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We all know that the Premier League is a multi-billion pound product broadcast to hundreds of millions of homes in every continent of the world. Games each week are intensely watched by people sitting in homes and pubs from Cardiff, Wales through to Cairo, Egypt and Sydney, Australia.
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This fall Sam Bean will be traveling to Europe to go to pubs, party, have Eurotrip like experiences, and, most of all, attend as many football matches as possible. As part of this trip I will post regularly about the games I attend and anything else that might be interesting. My first game will probably be September 26, Fulham vs. Click to continue reading...

Just how dedicated are you to supporting a football club, or simply a sport you truly love? Would you wake up at 5:30am and drive another hour to see a match? Would you skip a university exam or sneak out of work at 1:00pm just to catch your club take on Levski Sofia in the [...] Click to continue reading...

Everton USA is expanding its scope into a more regionally oriented supporters club with chapters initially established in Chicago, New York, Seattle, Boston, Houston, Louisville and DC/Baltimore. If you are interested in establishing a chapter in your area please contact us at info@evertonusa.org. Everton USA can list your details below, put you in touch with other members in your area, provide Click to continue reading...

Well it was the bottom of the table clash we've been waiting for all season. I walked from the shop, past the Irish Pub on the corner which only had AFL on, and past the two pubs in the mall which also only had AFL on, to the Pig & Whistle on the mall which had AFL on two screens and the A-League on the smallest third screen. Click to continue reading...

The official MLS website has a nice little pub guide that tries to list the pubs that are very soccer friendly. We all know it can be tough to find a bar that you can watch a soccer game at with sound. Usually you get some weird looks if you ask for Fox Soccer Channel. So this is a great idea to have a pub guide.

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Followers of English football have a lot on their minds right now. There's the final day of the Premier League season followed a few days later by the Champions League Final in Rome. But just around the corner is one of the most traditional and glorious days of English football, the FA Cup Final.

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Ain't relegation a...DRAG? Get it?! Hey, my arm!
This weekend at various Brit-themed pubs across North America and LIVE at stadia across the Northeast of England, it's RELEGATION SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!
COME see the teams that failed to excite ALL YEAR, often failing to score goals for more than ten hours of consecutive play, BATTLE IT OUT to see who will live and who will languish for a season in the Championship only to coast to promotion the following year! Click to continue reading...

Everton's end of term party was pretty routine really,
Everyone had stayed in the pubs to watch the end of the Utd v Arsenal game so getting into Goodison was fairly tricky. West Ham threatened to spoil the day by scoring a 30 yard screamer which was applauded by the Everton fans such was the quality of the strike (although Howard's reading of the drive and positioning was possibly suspect. Click to continue reading...

By three o'clock this afternoon, it is likely that Manchester United will be the Premier League champions again. A point from their lunchtime kick-off against Arsenal today will be enough to ensure that the title returns to Old Trafford and, while there will be a small amount of amusement to be taken from studying whether Arsene Wenger will be able to witness of all of this with any grace (conventional wisdom says no, but the smart money is on a lot of smiling through gritted teeth), for those of us of a certain age, it will be the end of an era because if or when Manchester United win this year's Premier League, they will tie Liverpool's record of eighteen championship wins.

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Ari Hjelm has been with Tampere United throughout their ten-year history, first as an assistant to Harri Kampman and then from 2001 as head coach. He has won three championships, and it is a common refrain in Tampere that he is primarily responsible for the club's success, and that he is the best coach in the country.

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Ari Hjelm has been with Tampere United throughout their ten-year history, first as an assistant to Harri Kampman and then from 2001 as head coach. He has won three championships, and it is a common refrain in Tampere that he is primarily responsible for the club's success, and that he is the best coach in the country.

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(Poster courtesy of Geylang United FC )
Live televised football is making its return to heartlands on the Labour Day (1st May 2009), when Geylang United will play hosts to defending Singapore Cup holders SAFFC at the Bedok Stadium.
The Eagles are enjoying some good run of form lately since Mike Wong took over as the head coach of the Bedok-based team, whereas the SAFFC Warriors aren't having that kind of luxury after that away defeat to DPMM that knocked them off from the top of the table days ago at Brunei. Click to continue reading...

Coming soon
Hansa Rostock v Kaiserslautern (01:05:09)
The EFW team are kicking off May in style with a visit to everybody's favourite football and beer destination, Germany. Our flight arrives in Berlin on Friday morning before we board the train - or as we like to call them 'mobile pubs' to Rostock. Click to continue reading...

Melbourne's pubs and hotels, currently dealing with a rash of alcohol-induced violence and misbehaviour, have come to the conclusion that they need to impose some sort of system to prevent the insanity. So they've looked to football - or soccer, in their case - and the use of yellow and red cards. A yellow serves [. Click to continue reading...

*Oh hell, fine.
4. Watching Games in British-Themed Sports Pubs
North American Football Fans (NAFFs) are a solitary bunch. Often suffering from internet addiction, they tend to keep their football and their social lives separate, that is, until match day. When Saturday, Tuesday or Wednesday rolls around, watching a blurry Justin TV live-streamed game with Cantonese commentary comes a distant second to going down to your local "Bishop's Bollocks" to see your favourite Eee Pee El club on the big screen. Click to continue reading...

BBC NEWS | England | Merseyside | Cains' former owners buy it back: "The former owners of Cains brewery in Liverpool have bought it back, securing 90 jobs.
Brothers Sudarghara and Ajmail Dusanj finalised the deal, which includes nine Cains Beer Company pubs, administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) said. Click to continue reading...

With the season starting today, at RoM we decided to see if we could get some new chants going at OT, whether they're brand new stupid ones created on here, or chants doing the rounds in the pubs but not making it in to full voice at the ground. The first subject for chants is going [...] Click to continue reading...

The key ingredients of football culture are beer, football shirts and laughter, so it's appropriate that we introduce you to The Onion Bag. Created by football mad Iain McNee, the site features a wide selection of football shirts for sale as well as  The Onion Bag Blog that highlights soccer pubs, funny videos and more. Click to continue reading...

I must say after seeing a list of pubs across the land, I want a drink, preferably a Sam Adams. Anyways, I thought this was worth passing along to you all because I know how much some of you probably drink before, during, after and in-between soccer games. MLSnet, the one and only, has launched a [.. Click to continue reading...