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Happy Dominion Day Fellow Colonial Subjects!

A More Splendid Life 01 July @ 02:41 PM EST
Bow down and worship your Queen('s cute-as-pie Canadian
representative , Michaelle Jean)
Celebrating Canada in the only way I know how, I took two minutes to amalgamate the only thing this website was ever good for: my series on the history of soccer in Toronto. Click here and the link on the bottom right to relieve the glory of my insane daily post rate in July 2008, when having a life in the small window of tolerable Canadian weather was considered gauche. Click to continue reading...

Toronto's 1934 Soccer-less Centennial

A More Splendid Life 07 March @ 05:17 PM EST
Who said curling isn't cool? Look at this guy!
So, I had this wonderful idea of finding some soccer-related story from the March 6th and 7th, 1934 editions of The Globe (when, 75 years ago, Torontonians marked the city's centennial) to celebrate Toronto's 175th birthday yesterday. Lo and behold, not much of any local soccer was being played, or if it was, it wasn't newsworthy—the big news that day was Toronto Maple Leafs "centreman" Joe Primeau's league goal tally surpassing that of his nearest rival, Frank Boucher of the New York Rangers. Click to continue reading...