I am not witty enough to make a good one; if there is such thing as a good pun. Well there is actually. Not relevant to Leo in the slightest though. It is 'Show me a piano falling down a mineshaft and I'll show you A-flat minor.' Now onto Messi. He is in danger of losing his status as one of the world's best. Click to continue reading...

While trying to determine how the Glasgow Rangers website could possibly attempt to give any justification for the singing of "The Famine Song" by their fans at the recent match with Celtic, a Cavern of Reality appeared before my eyes.
Its because 'we' are better at footie than them.
That's what it is. Click to continue reading...

...to his own blog?

I've been living in the DC area for nearly five years now. Yet I continue to be annually amused by one of the city's biggest quirks: the sluggish emptiness that drapes itself over the metropolis during the month of August, when muggy heat combines with Capitol Hill's typically light legislative schedule to push thousands into a languid semi-tropical lifestyle, or just drive them out of town althogether. Click to continue reading...

Ladies and gentlemen, looking for a tournament out there where you can all play together? Well, in a press release from U.S. Soccer, I just came across the 2008 Coed Cup put on by United States Adult Soccer Association. The tournament, scheduled for October 24-26 in Dallas, features Open, Over-30 and Over-40 age brackets. Click to continue reading...

This week, The Jimmy Conrad Show will take on a new look, as usual play-by-play voice Sean Wheelock will be out of commission. In his absence, Conrad's usual fill-in Davy Arnaud will join
Captain Kansas City for a little footie banter. Head down to McFadden's in the Power and Light District for the show from 7-8, or listen to it live at kcwizards. Click to continue reading...

I have just returned from my summer holidays, where I had a lovely respite from footie.  However, here we are with the season two weeks deep and I am behind.  But I am afforded the luxury of making my tactical analysis on two games rather than one, which can be useful. I decided to spend the [...] Click to continue reading...

The new Bundesliga season is about to kick-off in a few minutes. There are the usual new teams, new coaches and new players to be excited about. There is a lot of football and a few trophies to be excited about. And finally, for the footie nerds, there are also some organisational changes to be [...] Click to continue reading...

Something to read while you stay in the world's smallest hotel... Pachuca keeper photographed in compromising position (The Footie) Jack Wilshere impressing in pre-season (Goonerboy) 65 players looking for work at the Coverciano (Italy Offside) Brazilian Name Forest severely depleted (The Gaffer) Preseason problems in Greece (USA Today) An Olympic XI (SoccerLens) Say hallo to our latest player blog (Ronaldinho Offside) Click to continue reading...

Things have been busy on my part recently, but I still haven't forgotten about footie and I still want to evaluate the teams from Euro 2008. The workload lightens up considerably in a week or so. As for now, here's something to get you thinking.

Or maybe not.

Just what is Liverpool John Moores University anyway? Click to continue reading...

If you're in New York and looking for own personal jesus All-Star Game after party might I suggest an evening with Martin L. Gore of Depeche Mode. You know Martin; he's the blond guy who sings sometimes, plays the guitar & keyboards, is semi-secretly black, tends to wear a lot of leather, drinks too much and wrote all those songs your new wave older sister and her friends used to dance to in the 80's & 90's. Click to continue reading...

Ever since England were knocked out of Euro 2008 I've been racking my brains for something to do while Town are on their summer break...

This weekend I think I found a replacement, the Moto GP.

I've been watching it for a while now, every Sunday I pop on BBC 2 and wait for Suzi Perry to take me through the race track. Click to continue reading...

I never thought I would see Soloman Kalou score off a Jason Kidd assist, but I did today. I never thought I would see Jozy Altidore play in New York again, but I did today. Sh*t, I never thought I would see Claudio Reyna score in New York, but I did today. That's the kind of fantasy world Steve Nash & Claudio Reyna's "Showdown in Chinatown" was. Click to continue reading...

Some news to read as you unveil a statue dedicated to the enema: France-Italy in thirty pictures, with captions. (I'm a France fan, and they even made me laugh.) (mCalcio) Polish president doesn't know his football (Poland blog) Euro 2008 -- the board game (The Footie) About that Salzburg stadium. Click to continue reading...

So the first round of group games at Euro 2008 are over and there have been some very very sexy candidates for 'totty' of Euro 2008. It took to the last game of round one to decide and the decision is............ Swedish Totty is the best and the HOTTEST! Click to continue reading...

Recall the post from Josh as he combed the NY Times archives for early references to soccer or football. He managed to find a tidbit from 1885 about 'Association Football' and I wondered which PR genius thought 'Soccer' was a good term. Well it turns out the term was really Sock-er. Scary. I like footie [...] Click to continue reading...