Portsmouth will launch their new third shirt for the 2008/2009 season this Thursday, September 18. The new kit is designed by Canterbury and features the same design as the away kit except that the third kit is black with gold trim. The shirt celebrates Portsmouth's 110th anniversary as a football club. Click to continue reading...

Today is of course the anniversary of 9/11. The FCD blog has some remembrances form players about where they were that day, I found it an terrific read, Ellinger's is the most interesting. To play along here's my story. Click to continue reading...

Derby County, currently propping up the Championship table with a solitary point from four games, are fast approaching an unwanted anniversary...









God is not listening to Ned... Click to continue reading...

Bob Jordan, over Glendale Soccer, has a nice write up on yesterday's anniversary of the first official High School game played within the Springfield Public Schools between Glendale and the Central Bulldogs. He's got details from the Springfield Daily News report of the game that day, check it out.

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It turns out I wasn't thinking yesterday. In my haste putting up that quick post about Carra, I forgot that yesterday marked the second anniversary of this blog. Time flies when you're having fun, I guess.

Yes, I'm amazed I've still got this thing going. But I'm even more amazed that more and more people come to read, comment, and email me. Click to continue reading...

Having watched Eusebio score 9 goals during the 1966 World Cup in England, the designers at PUMA decided that he should be the man to help them develop a signature football boot. The process took two years to complete and in 1968 the PUMA King was born. The boot over time would become just as [...] Click to continue reading...

I added a rotating quotes column to the sidebar (which took way too long for someone who considers himself fairly knowledgeable in CSS and HTML). There are 23 quotes so far:

• 'The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they don't know the game."
• "If you're in the penalty area and don't know what to do with the ball, put it in the net and we'll discuss the options later. Click to continue reading...

League football might just be the greatest export of Victorian Britain. It seems scarcely credible that it was a little short of one hundred and twenty years ago that The Football League kicked off for the first time, so now feels like an appropriate time to celebrate the anniversary of a venerable institution which has [. Click to continue reading...

Stephen Galloway, association with 105.4fm Century Radio, is organising a 'Walk For Rhys' event on 24th August 2008 to mark the first anniversary of young Rhys Jones's death.

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Stephen Galloway, association with 105.4fm Century Radio, is organising a 'Walk For Rhys' event on 24th August 2008 to mark the first anniversary of young Rhys Jones's death.

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I'd like to wish everyone here in the States a happy, and most importantly, safe, Independence Day.

Even though Congress voted to declare independence from Great Britain on July 2, 1776, it wasn't until two days later that Thomas Jefferson's wording in the document itself was approved. It also wasn't actually signed by most delegates until August 2, but for some reason, we've chosen to commemorate American independence on the 4th of July. Click to continue reading...

Today marks the fifth anniversary of Roman Abramovich's takeover of Chelsea. It was the biggest in British football history at the time £140 million and, I must say, it has worked out quite well for the club thus far.

Two Prem titles, two Carling Cups, one Community Shield, an FA Cup and a Champions League final later, Chelsea is now moving into phase 2 of the revolution, with Uncle Phil & Co.

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Monday marked the fourtieth anniversary of a dark day in the history of football in Argentina and, indeed, across South America. On the 23rd June 1968, as Boca Juniors fans left the Estadio Monumental at the end of a mid-season superclásico, a gate was left less than fully opened under circumstances that remain mysterious to [. Click to continue reading...

Here's pics of the ACB, Riot Squad and other Galaxy fans up at Oakland. I rode up in one of the bus charter deals arranged for fans (thanks Galaxy staff for helping me get a spot). The bus trip was interesting. I was tired, so I actually was trying in vain to sleep while others were practicing chants, watching the Galaxy anniversary DVD, and complaining about the wimpy air conditioning, but those with more energy had a lot of fun. Click to continue reading...

Today marks a special day for me here. It is the one year anniversary of this website! I cannot thank everyone enough for helping me make this into the success that it has become. I'd like to thank all the people that have helped support me with this site as well for the past year. As well [...] Click to continue reading...

A memorial stone in Kirchtrudering, near Munich, recalls the location of the Munich air disaster, which happened on the 6th February 1958. Twenty-three people, including eight Manchester United players, lost their lives in the crash. A delegation of Man... Click to continue reading...

A memorial stone in Kirchtrudering, near Munich, recalls the location of the Munich air disaster, which happened on the 6th February 1958. Twenty-three people, including eight Manchester United players, lost their lives in the crash. A delegation of Man... Click to continue reading...

A memorial stone in Kirchtrudering, near Munich, recalls the location of the Munich air disaster, which happened on the 6th February 1958. Twenty-three people, including eight Manchester United players, lost their lives in the crash. A delegation of Man... Click to continue reading...