It was a good win for Celtic over the weekend against Kilmarnock, but it didn't come without some controversy. They were comfortably leading 2-0 in the 80th minute when Shunsuke Nakamura was tackled from behind by what looked to be the ghost of Christmas past, resulting in a penalty. Frazer Wright, the guilty party (up [. Click to continue reading...

OK, OK, I take it all back. Even Abi Okalaja wouldn't have screwed up this call.

Or maybe he would

Hmmm.

The point is, he didn't.

At least not yet.


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When is a goal not a goal?

When it didn't go between the posts maybe?

Unless you are Nigel Bannister of course.

Reading's 'ghost' goal has been blocked on YouTube by the FA, although I did mange to find this. A copyright issue apparently.

A moral dilemma then for the Reading players and management team. Click to continue reading...

QUICK RECAP:

Columbus pwned. Straight up. Especially in the second half. There was no fight.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

+ Play Rojas centrally.
+ Put Parke back in the middle of the defensive back 4 with Cichero.

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Troy Perkins' Valerenga succumbed to the "derby ghost" and lost to local rivals Lyn, while Brian Waltrip returned to action for Molde. Click to continue reading...

Well, the window's over, and I've little desire to write about how Manchester City is going to take over the world and has signed Pele, Garrincha, Cruyff and Beckenbauer or how Hicks and Gillett are furiously rubbing two pennies together in the hopes they'll multiply.

But I do want to make sure everyone's aware Carragher has an autobiography coming out (ghost-written by the excellent Brian Reade), and parts are being serialed in the Daily Mirror. Click to continue reading...

Every time young Nick got the ball, he had to look down towards his new feet and told them what he wanted them to do. Sometimes he succeeded but most times they just did what they damned well pleased. Nick was very proud that by the end of the match, they started to listen to him and his right foot actually scored a goal after Nick told it to do just that. Click to continue reading...

The US women have made their way to the Olympic final, with a chance to get revenge for last summer's catastrophe against Brazil. Hopefully, the ghost of Greg Ryan can be vanquished...

With a hiccup against Japan in the opening match aside, the US has looked pretty solid throughout the tournament. Click to continue reading...

If you are surfing to this blog, you probably saw the USA squeak by Japan 1-0 to open up the Olympic tournament for the Stars and Stripes. A fair result could have been 2-1 for Japan, which created more dangerous chances than our boys and demonstrated more fluid passing and coherent defense.

I'll delve into this more later but here are a few quick bits:

Brian McBride - Battled hard as always but there was seldom anyone available for the second ball. Click to continue reading...

SATSUMA-TINGED Simon Jordan has announced plans to sell Crystal Palace to the ghost of Robert Maxwell. The former Oompa-Loompa and Kilroy tribute act took over at Palace in 2000 when he rescued the club from going into administration. Since then Jordan has butchered his way through eight managers, which has earned him a reputation as [. Click to continue reading...

The latest in our series of Euro 2008 comics from Chris Toy is a three parter. Seems the ghost of Euro 2008 (pictured) wanted to give Russia some help, but didn't really know how to go about it. Click the following links to read (and click back to get, er, back) Part Click to continue reading...

Apologies for the lack of posts; the wife and I are sick as dogs and life at TOR Towers is not unlike that inside a leper colony. Except in the leper colony they probably still don't have to go to work.

Hopefully I feel better soon so that I can make down to SoHo tomorrow evening for what's swiftly becoming "Steve Nash's Soccer-Basketball Mutual Appreciation Society All-Star Rich Guy Fest". Click to continue reading...

Who would have thought that the established Germany team would be in this position as presented by this live online and radio commentary Euro 2008 group match between Austria and Germany live as they are in a bad position and need nothing less than a win to be assured of a place in the next round. On top of that, they have to fight the ghost of Cordoba in this live online streaming match and hope that it does not come back to haunt them, as the Austrians achieved a famous win over them in the past. Click to continue reading...

Ruud van Nistelrooy again will have a key role for the Dutch. Against Italy he was like a ghost striker. He'd move around all the time, leaving Materazzi guessing what his next move would be. He hopes to do it again against Gallas and Thuram: scaring the opponent, scoring, making Click to continue reading...

Brief preview here again this week folks. I just began a new job that doesn't allow me enough time to fully write like I want to. Give me a little time and I will figure out how to work around that, until then short previews and write ups are all I can do. Some is [...] Click to continue reading...