One of our loyal readers has three tickets he's unable to use for Saturday's match as he's out
of town. He'd like one of you to get them. All you have to do is share your favorite away travel
story. Why away travel to win tickets to a home game? Because in this reader's case all games he
attends are away games.
For a Chelsea supporter the football season is more than just a season, it's a story, a story that
fills your mind and heart with passion.
So this season we're turning to you, the fans, to help capture the spirit of the 2011/12
season.
All season long adidas and Chelsea FC will be collecting your photos and videos, and tweets with
the hashtag #allblues.
GET OFF THE BENCH!
Off The Bench is the official podcast of MLSReserves.com. Your hosts, Luke Lohr and Pedro Gomes,
have been recording the podcast since late May and the listenership and listener interaction has
steadily increased. This increase in demand has prompted us to launch a new Twitter handle
(@OffTheBenchPod) for the podcast in order to interact more efficiently with the listener base.
Sadly, DC United is smack dab in the middle of the same quag they were mired in last year, and it
falls to me, your humble blogging buddy, to fire up the machinery of the Next Coach Cup for the
second year running. Starting next Monday, we'll start voting potential bosses off the island, but
I need your help.
Do you have a beautiful voice? Can you sing the Canadian and American national anthems? Can you do
it in front of thousands of fans? If you can, then the Whitecaps FC are looking for you!
I recently noticed the the official Whitecaps FC website that the club is searching for the next
singing sensation.
Liverpool Football Club have released yet another incredible statement in response to the Luis
Suarez racism case. After being found guilty of the charge of using an offensive word relating to
Evra's skin colour, "negro", the club have responded very negatively, despite Suarez and all his
witnesses admitting he used this word.
Luis Suárez and Liverpool have limited appeal options to FA and courts
Liverpool could seek arbitration, or go to the high court or even the European courts – but
Luis Suárez may be better advised to try to put the racism furore behind him Luis Suárez has 14
days to consider whether to appeal against his eight-match ban for racially abusing Patrice Evra
from the date that Liverpool receive the written reasons of the Football Association's regulatory
commission, not from Tuesday, which was the date of the decision.
This is arguably the most important subject broached in the soccer blogosphere. Arguably, or
definitely? Definitely.
Reading up on Ajax's manager-less win against Milan on Wednesday, the game recap touched on how
dapper Frank de Boer looked in his interim role for the Amsterdam giants, a subject of obvious
priority.
It's that time of year again, and you know you care. You know you do.
Maybe...
Probably not...
Alright, so what if the only ones who care are the fans of those involved? And Pep Guardiola.
FIFA, that nasty four letter word (sort of) constantly being lambasted as football's great evil,
says it's so.
It's that time of year again, and you know you care. You know you do.
Maybe...
Probably not...
Alright, so what if the only ones who care are the fans of those involved? And Pep Guardiola.
FIFA, that nasty four letter word (sort of) constantly being lambasted as football's great evil,
says it's so.
Well that sounds awfully wrong, doesn't it? But it's true, at least in one sense: Nigel's taking
over YouTube with his kung fu kick on Xabi Alonso's xiphoid process. It's garnering the same type
of treatment that Zizou earned when he thrust his shiny dome into Marco Materazzi's sternum.
The YouTuber variations are coming in slowly it's only been 3 days after all but it at least
seems everyone is in on the Street Fighter bit.
Loyal FBF readers will know that every year I put together a "What I Want For Christmas" (WIWFC)
series of blog posts. The posts examine the current state of DC United and make a list of
off-season additions that I feel would make the club better....
Yesterday, before bedtime, I received an e-mail informing me that SoccerLens have officially opened
submissions for the 2009 Soccerlens Awards, and myself and the rest of my team would really
appreciate it if you could ...
Yesterday, before bedtime, I received an e-mail informing me that SoccerLens have officially opened
submissions for the 2009 Soccerlens Awards, and myself and the rest of my team would really
appreciate it if you could ...
The response to our SoccerPro Euro 2012 jersey contest has been overwhelming and we received
hundreds of submissions and tweets sent to us in week one. What we've decided to do is make
everyone who entered in week 1 eligible for ... Continue reading →
After reading the written reasons behind the decision to charge and ban Luis Suarez, you would
think even Liverpool fans would be forced to ditch their usual "victim" stance and admit their
player had done wrong. Not just their player though, but their club, for releasing that shameful
statement and then organising for their players to parade around in t-shirts supporting a man who
had just been found guilty of racial abusing someone.
After the live Q&A session Seattle Sounders FC committed to answering the rest of the questions
that were submitted by Alliance members. Many of these passed through my hands at some point,
though not all. Several had to be condensed together as they covered similar issues. But in the
final versions of the questions as submitted to the club through the Council or through twitter
submissions they answered.
Pitch Invasion is getting into the eBook publishing business. We have a couple of original books
in the works, and we'd like to know just a little about your interest in eBooks. We would really
appreciate your feedback as we get this venture underway.
Please fill out the form below and hit submit one lucky person randomly drawn from all
the submissions by September 30th 2011 will win a $25 Amazon gift certificate!
Calling ALL Local Bands/Musicians...We Want YOU to Write an Original Theme Song for the NEWEST
Philadelphia Union Podcast.
We are looking for something SHORT & CATCHY (30 to 60 Seconds in Length) to play before every
podcast. All Genres of Music are Welcome..especially INSTRUMENTAL ONLY Songs.
Finishing off our month of guest posts (excluding any late submissions!), Ben Williams of
upper90magazine ponders Avram Grant's existence. 'Avram's Arse'. That's the phrase coined by the
Israeli media to describe the luck of Avram Grant. A trail of good fortune seemed to follow him
around Israel's 2006 undefeated World Cup Qualifying campaign, as though [.
This extended Argentines Abroad has been made possible by the fact that I didn't have time to do
one last week, but forgot to let my correspondents know and as a result we've got two weeks' worth
of submissions ... Continue reading →
It's September 15, 2010 and that can only mean one thing for those of you who have been
following along at home with the saga of D2 soccer. That's right, it's deadline day for submitting
bids to the USSF for sanctioning of D2 soccer. However, you may be in for an anticlimactic
D-day.
As per our previous post, we're off for a week now so it seems a suitable time to encourage
guest authorship. Contribute to any of our regular features or opinionate on something different-
we don't care.
All that we insist is that articles meet our incredibly low quality standards.
Southend United face yet ANOTHER winding up petition after reportedly withholding £200,000 from
their November and December PAYE submissions to the taxman.
In November, the Blues narrowly avoided going into administration following the payment of £2.1m
owed to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
