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- 11/19/08
| Name: | Jim Weldon |
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How Soccer Explains China China is about to bag a sackful of Olympic Golds but that won't be any comfort to Han sporting nationalists, because the country (its men's team anyway) are still crap at the only sport that matters, association football.
posted on July 25, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
All the goals from the world's major footie leagues, as YouTube-like Flash video highlights. The interface is in Spanish, but navigation is straightforward. Premiership, La Liga, Calcio, Bundesliga and much, much more. Eat my goal!
posted on February 03, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
Walter Tull was born into a poor family and orphaned at an early age. Conditions were tough and opinions prejudiced but by the age of nineteen Walter Tull was playing first team football for Spurs the first black outfield player in history. Then came the Great War. Tull signed up as a private but within three years he had become the first British-born black officer.
posted on November 17, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
Pyramid passion One man's odyssey around the lower reaches of British non-league football. Lots of quirky reading about such luminaries of the game as Staveley Miners Welfare and Gala Fairydean. Much photography of various ramshackle grounds and the supporters who half-fill them. You can almost smell the Bovril.
posted on November 04, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
Tartan Army takes the high road Beating Ukraine 3-1 at Hampden to continue their unexpected Euro qualifiers group-topping run was probably more than enough to make Scotland supporters feel good about themselves. But they've gone a bit better; their half-time rendition of Loch Lomond [Amateur video] will be made into a single with uber-folksters Runrig, proceeds to charity Children in Need.
posted on October 14, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
McClaren sacked for big loss After only 18 matches as England's coach, Steve McClaren and assistant coach Terry Venables have lost their positions after their side's failure to qualify for Euro 2008. The Football Association said was a unanimous decision by the board. So who's next? The speculation begins.
posted by terrapin at 11:24 AM on November 22
McClaren sacked for big loss After only 18 matches as England's coach, Steve McClaren and assistant coach Terry Venables have lost their positions after their side's failure to qualify for Euro 2008. The Football Association said was a unanimous decision by the board. So who's next? The speculation begins.
posted by terrapin at 11:24 AM on November 22
Apparently McLaren is going to use his new-found leisure time to pursue a career in pantomime playing a pumpkin - he's heard it may mean he eventually turns into a coach.
posted at 02:13 PM on November 22
McLaren drops Robinson and Beckham for final Euro 2008 qualifying group match. After riding the qualifying rollercoaster almost off the rails, and having their campaign pulled back on the tracks by an improbable 2-1 win by Israel over Russia, England manager Steve McLaren has opted for relatively junior players Scott Carson (Aston Villa keeper) and Shawn Wright-Philips (Chelsea winger) instead of stalwarts Paul Robinson and David Beckham. With England only needing a draw to qualify for next year's competition, is McLaren making another unnecessary gamble? (Last Friday's friendly with Austria that ended with Michael Owen injured, and only one viable striker left for tomorrow's match is considered another recent example.)
posted by worldcup2002 at 09:59 PM on November 21
I avoided heartbreak by laughing like a crazy bastard instead. What a shambles.
posted at 06:35 PM on November 21
McLaren drops Robinson and Beckham for final Euro 2008 qualifying group match. After riding the qualifying rollercoaster almost off the rails, and having their campaign pulled back on the tracks by an improbable 2-1 win by Israel over Russia, England manager Steve McLaren has opted for relatively junior players Scott Carson (Aston Villa keeper) and Shawn Wright-Philips (Chelsea winger) instead of stalwarts Paul Robinson and David Beckham. With England only needing a draw to qualify for next year's competition, is McLaren making another unnecessary gamble? (Last Friday's friendly with Austria that ended with Michael Owen injured, and only one viable striker left for tomorrow's match is considered another recent example.)
posted by worldcup2002 at 09:59 PM on November 21
Ten minutes to kick-off and I believe it'll be live on Chinese free-to-air telly. It's 4 a.m. here, so I hope I haven't sat up for a heartbreak.
posted at 01:53 PM on November 21
Pyramid passion One man's odyssey around the lower reaches of British non-league football. Lots of quirky reading about such luminaries of the game as Staveley Miners Welfare and Gala Fairydean. Much photography of various ramshackle grounds and the supporters who half-fill them. You can almost smell the Bovril.
posted by Abiezer at 06:29 AM on November 05
the only team named after an agricultural fertilizer That's not true! What about Man Ure? Groan Funnily enough, my few regularish non-league haunts don't make his ground guide; but I see he accepts submissions so I must take the camera next time I'm back.
posted at 12:00 AM on November 05
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posted by Jzsteinm at 05:07 PM on November 04
Not a patch on me earlier post about abandoned footie grounds in the Scottish Junior leagues and dodgy catering in sheds. Hah!
posted at 05:58 PM on November 04
England beat France and South Africa beat Argentina, lining up a final in the Rugby World Cup between two teams who met in the pool stages a month ago. South Africa won that game 36-0 and England looked like they might be lucky to escape their group, but somehow, everything has changed. Maybe it's the broccoli Martin Corry eats for breakfast, or maybe rugby is a game that values will over skill. They have struggled with the title of World Champions, but could England do the unthinkable and become the first team to ever retain the RWC on Saturday night? The bookies think not, but England have already proved them wrong twice.
posted by JJ at 08:37 AM on October 16
That being said I really, really don't want England to win. But I don't want SA to win either. Maybe "sport will be the winner." Heh. Fat chance.
posted at 04:46 AM on October 16
Tartan Army takes the high road Beating Ukraine 3-1 at Hampden to continue their unexpected Euro qualifiers group-topping run was probably more than enough to make Scotland supporters feel good about themselves. But they've gone a bit better; their half-time rendition of Loch Lomond [Amateur video] will be made into a single with uber-folksters Runrig, proceeds to charity Children in Need.
posted by Abiezer at 11:32 AM on October 14
Yeah, that raised a chuckle gspm. Sadly I think it was just a thick native. There was another video with the title spelled right, but the quality was even worse. Filming while joining in enthusiastically it looked like, at the sound was bad too.
posted at 11:14 PM on October 14
Morality and soccer 1: Thai prosecutors in London to discuss extradition of Thai PM and Man City owner Thaksin The visit to see British officials about Thaksin's corruption charges is the latest move in a campaign by the military junta that deposed Mr Thaksin in September last year in a bloodless coup while he was in New York at the UN general assembly.
posted by worldcup2002 at 05:43 PM on October 13
It's time for you to be frank, Shinawatra. Sorry.
posted at 10:24 PM on October 13
Morality and soccer 2: Catholic church takes over Italian pro team AC Ancona. "Our aim is not to save football, but to give a valid witness. We hope that witness gets picked up by other clubs and used as a sort of template. What is needed is to bring the true values of sport back into the professional game."
posted by worldcup2002 at 05:55 PM on October 13
Heh. I had excitedly clicked on the linked article only shortly after it was posted, such was my interest. I merely waited until now to comment because digesting the weighty and thrilling matters I read of therein was not a matter to be taken lightly. One can only applaud the church's willingness to commit hard cash to an admirable campaign to restore dignity to the world's game in the troubled home of one of its traditional powerhouses. The old pope was a goalie, you know.
posted at 10:00 PM on October 13
Women's World Cup 2007. Good grief. I didn't even know it was on, and it's almost in the quarterfinals by now. Germany, Brazil and England thru to the quarters. The final first round matches to be played over the next two days will decide the rest (top contenders include Korea, USA, Australia, Norway and Denmark). Match schedule (from ESPN Soccernet, including results and ESPN telecast times).
posted by worldcup2002 at 06:51 PM on September 21
Shenanigans at the China-Denmark match
posted at 01:01 AM on September 21
Women's World Cup 2007. Good grief. I didn't even know it was on, and it's almost in the quarterfinals by now. Germany, Brazil and England thru to the quarters. The final first round matches to be played over the next two days will decide the rest (top contenders include Korea, USA, Australia, Norway and Denmark). Match schedule (from ESPN Soccernet, including results and ESPN telecast times).
posted by worldcup2002 at 06:51 PM on September 18
Not been following too closely even though plenty of the games are free-to-air here in the host nation. Can't work out the venues for the later matches. If England play anywhere close (Tianjin is not too far) I think I'll make the effort to turn up and support. Away the lasses. China look like they'll struggle to get out of their group which is not going to help crowds for the later stages.
posted at 06:38 AM on September 18
Tasker Watkins dies aged 88. In later life serving eleven years as president of the Welsh Rugby Union, Sir Tasker was the first Welshman in WWII to be awarded the Victoria Cross.
posted by Abiezer at 01:52 PM on September 09
Then I mourn the great man all the more, owlhouse!
posted at 07:00 PM on September 09
The ultimate sports theme tune In the wake of the death of the great Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti the English media discuss the impact of the decision to use Puccini's Nessun Dorma as the theme tune to the BBC's coverage of Italia '90 on both English football and the world of opera.
posted by squealy at 03:35 AM on September 07
Booker T and the MGs' Soul Limbo that they (used to?) use for cricket on the Beeb was always a fave for me.
posted at 11:29 AM on September 07
"Ninety percent of putts that are short don't go in." A collection of the dumb sport quotes.
posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 11:32 AM on August 22
UK satirical mag Private Eye has for years run a regular feature of these sort of stupidities, called Colemanballs after a particularly gaffe-prone telly bloke.
posted at 01:04 PM on August 22
One the Crewe forums the consensus seemed to be Mourinho, with any objections raised being more against the style of football that would imply than him not being English, but now he's ruling himself out, isn't he? So I don't think there'd be much of a popular backlash against a foreign coach any more. Very much agree that the FA needs a root-and-branch sorting.