Seriously though. Is Arsenal the most homosexual team in England? When you click on the link below to discover that the picture is taken from a blog post about some "Queen" inviting the club to the "Palace" for some "Tea" it gets more hillarious.
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Steve McClaren has hailed Owen Hargreaves as the 'glue' that holds his England
team together, and the man to get him out of a sticky situation
Fat Sam was right, England's fat and useless.
At least Owen's column for the Beeb is more interesting than Kevin Nolan's.
England coach Steve McClaren insists he has not shut the door on out-of-favor trio David Beckham, David James and Sol Campbell. Beckham was left out out in the cold for England's friendly loss to Spain despite injury problems affecting the likes of Aaron Lennon.
The Mighty Man City are going to sign Belgian international, Emile Mpenza. Belgian of course is an international footballing powerhouse, having not qualified for the last world cup and gone out second round previous to that--their record in the Euro is about the same.
I'm glad City are going all out. So this news is obviously a big deal
"I am not finished and I will prove it in Manchester," Mpenza told Belgian Radio Station Bel-RTL.
"I make this move as revenge with respect to all those who criticised my decision to play in Qatar."
Brazil have been the number one ranked team in the world since November 1993!
1 Italy
2 Brazil
3 Argentina
4 France
5 Germany
6 England
7 The Netherlands
8 Portugal
9 Czech Republic
10 Spain
FIFA World Rankings
Claudio Reyna and the Red Bulls beat the U.S. U-17s. (New York Red Bulls)
Training Day 9: Bulls beat U-17s 4-0
A two-goal performance by midfielder Markus Schopp helped lead the Red Bulls to a comfortable, 4-0 win over the U.S. U-17 National Team at the IMG Academy on Saturday. Midfielders Dave van den Bergh and Dane Richards also found the back of the net for the Bulls.
OMG "PROS" BEAT AMERICAN TEENAGERS!!!! WAY TO GO!
"We can't see you sneaking out!"
Mk Dons fans to Bury supporters as a deep fog enveloped the ground. (Sam Willis, England).
"Where are you?"
More fog fun with Wigan fans in the victory over Pompey. (Neil Robertson, UK).
"There's only one Harry Redknapp!"
Man City fans to Southampton fans in response to chants of "Glory, glory, Man Utd!" (Leucha, UK).
"I Bet your dad looks good on the dancefloor!"
St Johnstone fans to Falkirk keeper Kasper Schmeichel, whose dad Peter starred in Strictly Come Dancing. (Scott, Scotland).
"If Barton can play for England, so can I!"
Portsmouth Fans chanting to Joey Barton on Saturday after his clash with Mendes. (Tom, London).
"Shall we build a roof for you?"
Man City fans to Portsmouth as we got soaked in the away end. (Gavin Batty, UK).
"You're just a small part of England!"
Northern Ireland fans to their Welsh counterparts at Windsor Park during the 0-0 draw. (Peter Girvan, Northern Ireland).
"Yousef's here and Yousef's there, here we go ohhhhhh, Moroccan all over the World."
A chant we sang at Carrow Road to Yousef Safri - (to the tune of Rocking All Over The World). (Caroline Clarke, England).
"What's that coming over the hill, is it the taxman?"
Grimsby Town fans to Boston boss Steve Evans during the 6-0 thrashing. Evans was given a suspended sentence last year after being found guilty of tax fraud. (Mighty Mariner, UK).
"We want five."
Man Utd fans after going 4-0 up at Tottenham.
"We want one!"
Spurs fans reply. (Samsonite, UK).
From BBCs Quotes of the Week
Any post that begins as below, is fantastic in my book.
Hmm, this is a tricky one. After all, they're both gingers and both called Steve. Oh, and they're both rubbish managers.
FA charges Pompey boss Redknapp
Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp has been charged with directing abusive and/or insulting words at a match official during the game with Manchester City.
Redknapp was sent to the stands during the 2-1 victory after he voiced his opinion following Joey Barton's tackle on his midfielder Pedro Mendes.
Mendes was consequently taken off on a stretcher and Redknapp was dismissed from the dugout by referee Mike Dean.
The Portsmouth boss has until 27 February to respond to the charge.
FA charges Pompey boss Redknapp
Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp has been charged with directing abusive and/or insulting words at a match official during the game with Manchester City.
Redknapp was sent to the stands during the 2-1 victory after he voiced his opinion following Joey Barton's tackle on his midfielder Pedro Mendes.
Mendes was consequently taken off on a stretcher and Redknapp was dismissed from the dugout by referee Mike Dean.
The Portsmouth boss has until 27 February to respond to the charge.
Again from EPLTalk
What many UK expats discover upon moving to the USThey show more games on Television over here
I was shocked to find that out myself. There's also most Champions League and Uefa Cup ties, though you have to figure out a way to take time off of work to watch. You also get selected, La Liga, Serie A, La Championat, and Bundesliga matches as well as internationals if they are interesting. You do have to have digital cable and/or satellite to get them all, but the thing is, they are a lot cheaper than the corresponding services are in the UK.
Also exciting, we no longer have to pay 20 dollars at a pub to watch England lose in Euro, the group stages on are going to be televised on ESPN Networks not setanta premium. You can watch it at home on REGULAR cable!
I've just finished, embarressingly late, _Fever Pitch_, by Nick Hornby. It was probably the hardest of his books to find in the US and I was complaining about it in my regular blog a couple of weeks ago, and that day I went to the bookstore and there it was, mis-shelved in all it's "Now a Major Motion Picture" glory (btw, I didn't see the American Fever Pitch film but I hate baseball and Jimmy Fallon is also really annoying so it's probably for the best). Rather than do a review, because I am not a literati, I'd just say if you're a half step above functionally retarded, as I am, and you've not read it yet, you should pick it up. I can lend it you if you want.
I have the following on my wish list from Amazon.com (my birthday is in less than a week if you're wondering what to get that FootieBird in your life).
How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization (Paperback)
National Pastime: How Americans Play Baseball and the Rest of the World Plays Soccer (Hardcover)
Football Against the Enemy (Paperback)
Offside: Soccer and American Exceptionalism. (Paperback)
What can I say? My degree is in a social science (Political Science). I'm very interested in this gap between the US and the rest of the world about the game. I've gone off at length (and when I'm not on my lunch break I'll do it again) about why I believe football is not as popular in the US as it was 80 years ago. (A Short Lesson: I think it's because too many American Middle Class Yuppie/Preppy/Frat Boy assholes are the ambassador of the sport over here).
The Gaffer at EPLTalk did a review of the book Soccer In A Football World and it looks interesting. I will probably order it from him at some point today.
Has anyone read any of the above? Does anyone care to share what they think or recommend more books to me on football--more than the stats and the club profiles and autobiographies?
Keep in mind, most of them I will have to order online, because I went to the bookshop here and all the Soccer books are like "The Baffled Parent's Guide to Soccer" or "Holy shit my kid wants to play soccer instead of football is he a fag?? Is it too late??!"
From MEN:Police alert FA over 'gesture'
THE Football Association are to be informed of an alleged incident involving a unnamed Manchester City player at the end of Saturday`s Premiership clash against Portsmouth at Fratton Park.
Hampshire Police have stressed they are not launching an investigation, but will be liaising with the FA after being alerted by one of their officers.
Manchester City insist midfielder Joey Barton "made no offensive gesture" at Fratton Park following the club's 2-1 defeat against Portsmouth on Saturday.
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"The club have not received a complaint regarding Joey Barton's behaviour," said City spokesman Paul Tyrrell.
Hampshire Police will tell the Football Association of an alleged incident involving an unnamed City player but will not hold their own investigation.
From FoxSportsReds squad to have fun in sun
Liverpool have flown to Portugal for a week of warm-weather training as they are without a game this weekend.
Bolton midfielder Kevin Nolan admits to being increasingly frustrated at being overlooked by England boss Steve McClaren.
No, I'm sorry.
My title for this post makes me seem unsympathetic to his situation. Seriously though, where is Nolan's call up? He should have been there above Barton I think. I'm not sure if whining about it in the press, and writing the world's most boring column is going to help your case tho, Kev. Though, I guess the column can't hurt it exactly. Hell having someone as dull as dishwater might be attractive after Joey "I'm not going to steal your breakfast you fat prick" Barton.
At least he did score today!
To his credit, Kevin Nolan was the subject of my favorite quote from all of last year courtesy of Steven Gerrard, MBE:
It was a complete accident - he fell into me. I am mates with Kevin Nolan. He’s a good Scouser so why would I ever try to deliberately go out and hurt him?
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Oasis is on VH1 Classic Right now. I have no time for Oasis--as musicians or people. But I do have time for them as football fans. This reminds me of a post that I posted in my regular blog which I'll repeat here.
Another post combining two of my favorite things… well three
Those being:
1) Footie
2) Music (Specifically New Order and Joy Division)
3) Causing trouble.
I was sent this email today from 1999 in which world renouned cnut Noel Gallagher caused some trouble at an awards ceremony.
LOADED?
I was fortunate to be at the Loaded Awards on Monday. Star attraction was Mr Noel Gallagher who picked up three awards. He dedicated the first to famed producer and City fan Rob Gretton who passed away last week. Later when Johnny Vaughan was reading out the footballer of the century, Noel shouted out “Andy Morrison!” before it was announced it was in fact George Best. Noel then proceeded to shout “Red Scum” as Best got his award, but he did take part in the standing ovation. There were also a few shouts of “Come on Wigan!” directed at Noel from the Charlatans’ table.
