There is always something special about walking into a football ground shortly before kick-off. At Woking FC Kingfield Stadium this was a mix of the usual anticipation augmented by the wonderful smell of meat pies…
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Catastrophic week for Manchester football fans
It’s been a pretty catastrophic week for Manchester football fans, both the Sky blue and reds. But for Manchester United their failure to qualify for the Champions League knockout phase was perhaps more keenly felt…
Big changes at the back…
Today was expansion draft day. Montreal got to pick 10 players from the rest of the clubs around the league. First pick was Brian Ching (former USL sounder), who said he’d retire rather than play…
Expansion draft time again…
For the second year running we are approaching the expansion draft. Next week Montreal get to pick 10 players for their new MLS squad. Each existing team get to protect 11 players; those left off…
It’s still raw, but 2011 has been a great year
It all came to a halt last night and no one should have been surprised, after Saturday the odds of playing in the conference final Sunday were long. And that’s no ones fault other than…
Alonso the Honey Badger!
I’ve no idea why, but this makes me smile. Via Sounder at Heart
Aldershot 0 – Manchester United 3
Tonight a small lover league team took on Manchester United in the League Cap in England. As expected Aldershot were well beaten, but that is only part of the story. Aldershot was the first club…
Sounders 1 – Monterrey 2
Not a game for the ages, but tonight we saw some world class players show how effortless this game can be. We also saw the difference between victory and loss can be wafer thin. This…
Sounders 2 – San Jose 1
The home regular season finished tonight, and it’s been a great year hasn’t it? Unfortunately for the first 75 minutes or so the Sounders were not at their best, there was little creativity and only…
Sounders 2 – Chicago 0 – The Open Cup stays in Seattle
Two years ago I was getting on an airplane when there were a couple of minutes left to play and I never found out the result until I got to London. For the 2010 final…