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“I Remember Swearing a Lot”—Reactions to City’s Premier League Title
There were few people at the pub on Sunday watching the Swansea-Liverpool match, and even fewer rooting for Swansea. There was some beautiful passing on both sides, and if Andy Carroll had found the back of the net with his bicycle kick, it would have been the goal of the season in my mind. However, [...]
TweetSurprise Surprise, Real Is Not the Only Team from Madrid
While often overshadowed by their ostentatious in-town rivals, Atlético Madrid has done their best to remind everyone that there are indeed two teams in la capital by winning the Europa League in dominating fashion against La Liga foes Athletic Bilbao in Bucharest. Atlético also sits fifth in the league table, only two points behind fourth-place [...]
TweetChelsea Set to Play PSG in Yankee Stadium This July
When the Hotel Chelsea was closed for renovations last year, Tom Leonard opened his article about it in the Daily Mail by highlighting the hotel’s famous (and often infamous) history, writing: “Every room has a story, most of them memorable and few of them printable.” Sid Vicious (or someone else, he can’t remember) killed his [...]
TweetThis Just In: Some Women Like Soccer Regardless of Men’s Opinions
When one starts a comment with the preface “It’s going to be a little unpopular to say this…”, then one might want to rethink continuing one’s statement. Unfortunately for Simon Borg, Major League Soccer’s ExtraTime Radio Editorial Staff member, he didn’t heed such advice. On Monday he felt the urge to wax misogynist about women [...]
TweetEl País: Madrid Didn’t Even Need Its A-Game to Beat Barcelona
“La Liga va definitivamente camino de Madrid.” This now-obvious statement, which opens the recap to Saturday’s Clásico in El País, didn’t seem like it would ever come to pass in the era of Messi. It took Mourinho eleven tries, but finally Real Madrid have definitively beaten their Catalan rivals, and in doing so have put [...]
TweetTottenham Has a Point: Juan Mata’s “Goal” Changed the Outcome Against Chelsea
Just because there exist two points that are in opposition to one another, that doesn’t necessarily mean that the truth lies somewhere in the middle. Take the case of Juan Mata’s “goal” during yesterday’s FA Cup semifinal between Chelsea and Tottenham. Now, in this case I don’t think anyone is arguing that the goal was [...]
Tweet“The Most Annoying Barcelona Team Ever” and Other Quotes from the Week
Nietzsche once asked, “What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat?” When I asked my friend, who brought this quote to my attention, whether she selected it for its misogyny or anti-cat attitude (considering that it could be read in at least these two ways), she responded: “The [...]
TweetThis Week in the Public Domain: Billy Bassett, Chairman of West Bromwich Albion, 1908-37
This week’s photo is actually a screenshot from the DVD “Full Throstle: The Official History of West Bromwich Albion.” The still is of Billy Bassett, the team’s chairman from 1908-1937. This brief post has some good information about Bassett, including the claim that, during his playing days, he was “without doubt, the best outside right in [...]
TweetIn Defense of Real Madrid (and the Rest of La Liga)
“It wasn’t a match where Real Madrid played particularly badly or where Valencia were especially good,” Tim Stannard writes in a recent football365 post, perfidiously titled Are Real Madrid Merely Big Bullies?, adding “Instead, it was a thrilling tactical battle that ended up as a stalemate.” The quote alone should serve to render the title [...]
TweetAfter Disappointments this Weekend, Swansea and Madrid Both Need to Keep Calm and Carry On
It may not seem like the Premier League’s scrappy (and, for a lack of better word, eloquent) Welsh underdogs, Swansea City, and La Liga’s perennial powerhouse, Real Madrid, have much (if anything) in common. However, this weekend they shared the distinction of being teams that disappointed me thoroughly. Swansea, for their part, dominated possession on [...]
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