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As mentioned on this week’s pod, Men & Women In Blazers FC, made up of law students at the University of Washington, won the coed grad school intramural indoor soccer championship. We couldn’t be more proud. They wrote: M&WIB beat a dental school squad in the championship game by a score of 5-0. Our victory was even more impressive given that our leading goal scorer was drunk and we were without our goalkeeper (whom we accidentally forgot to add to the roster). We celebrated by spraying each other with Boddingtons while listening to the pod on a 50-lb boombox as we marched the rainy streets of Seattle. 

As mentioned on this week’s pod, Men & Women In Blazers FC, made up of law students at the University of Washington, won the coed grad school intramural indoor soccer championship. We couldn’t be more proud. They wrote:

M&WIB beat a dental school squad in the championship game by a score of 5-0. Our victory was even more impressive given that our leading goal scorer was drunk and we were without our goalkeeper (whom we accidentally forgot to add to the roster). We celebrated by spraying each other with Boddingtons while listening to the pod on a 50-lb boombox as we marched the rainy streets of Seattle. 

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BLAZER PATCHES WE ADMIRE

No 7: Alan Partridge

GFOP Adam Ruffin writes:

I was reading about Steve Coogan and the coming Alan Partridge movie this morning and I laughed out loud in the streets of Crap Soho (I work on Varick at Charlton) when I came across the inscription of his blazer patch: Cognoscens Me Cognoscens Te AHA [for the few non-Latin speakers among you, ‘Knowing Me Knowing You AHA”]. 

I was absolutely murdered. That is deadly comedy, DEADLY! And I just thought I’d share the tidbit, having nothing to do with footie, but everything in the world to do with blazers, patches, Englishness, Latin, Abba, and probably deeper as yet unearthed meaning and connections to more of my favorite things. I don’t know what kind of football fan Steve Coogan is but I do know that Alan Partridge is a deft, subtle, nuanced football commentator - “That goalie has football pie all over his shirt!”

But if you had him on as a guest, you could probably win a Pulitzer. I don’t know if they give those for podcasts but they gotdamn should. That can be your next campaign.

It seems our EPL All-Hair XI and Middle Earth XI have proved the catalyst to unleash the creative wrath of GFOPs everywhere. Next up, thanks to Angelo Puglisi and Jon Adams, we proudly present the LMFAO XI. During a recent pod, Davo had sworn he’d seen David Luiz performing at halftime of the Super Bowl. The Brazilian defender, used brazenly here as a midfielder, forms the emotional core of this fine side sampled from a great many of the world’s topflight leagues. Goalkeeper: David JamesDefenders: Fabricio Coloccini, Carles Puyol, Alexi Lalas, Benoit Assou-EkottoMidfielders: David Luiz, Craig Johnston, Carlos Valderrama, Marouane FellainiForwards: Kevin Keegan, Ruud GullitManager: Diego Maradona

It seems our EPL All-Hair XI and Middle Earth XI have proved the catalyst to unleash the creative wrath of GFOPs everywhere. Next up, thanks to Angelo Puglisi and Jon Adams, we proudly present the LMFAO XI. During a recent pod, Davo had sworn he’d seen David Luiz performing at halftime of the Super Bowl. The Brazilian defender, used brazenly here as a midfielder, forms the emotional core of this fine side sampled from a great many of the world’s topflight leagues.

Goalkeeper: David James
Defenders: Fabricio Coloccini, Carles Puyol, Alexi Lalas, Benoit Assou-Ekotto
Midfielders: David Luiz, Craig Johnston, Carlos Valderrama, Marouane Fellaini
Forwards: Kevin Keegan, Ruud Gullit
Manager: Diego Maradona

Thanks to the interwebs, we now know the design for both the U.S. men’s national team home and away kits for 2012-13. Early signs pointing to the end of the world in 2012 prove the Mayans accurate. We welcome your thoughts in the comments. (While the internet never lies, these jerseys are in fact leaks and might not be accurate. We know those of you who love stone wash will be gutted.)

Thanks to the interwebs, we now know the design for both the U.S. men’s national team home and away kits for 2012-13. Early signs pointing to the end of the world in 2012 prove the Mayans accurate. We welcome your thoughts in the comments.

(While the internet never lies, these jerseys are in fact leaks and might not be accurate. We know those of you who love stone wash will be gutted.)