Paul Merson “They’re all cuddling each other. They’ve got love bites and everything.”
Via @thatjoshkail
This Manchester United fan is a comedic genius. I don’t know who he is, but someone, please give him his own reality show
Last day of the Serie A Season. A sad farewell to a gaggle of legendary characters: Inzaghi, Zambrotta, Del Piero, Nesta, Gattuso. Quite a recruiting class for MLS…
A few of the footie-inspired canines GFOPs sent in to us - Didier Dogba being the clear winner. But please lend your condolences to GFOP Will Quish, whose new dog’s worrisome behavior includes an air of white supremacy and accidentally running into the backs of legs.
Former Chicago Fire player C.J. Brown is inducted into the ceremonial “Ring of Fire” and thus presented with a patch-worthy blazer. This is yet another effort by an MLS that we wholeheartedly endorse. (HT GFOP Garrett Malcolm)
A hip new sport threatens to topple Soccer from it’s perch as America’s 37th most popular sport — Camel Jumping. Help save America’s Sport of the Future Since 1972™. Listen to the pod, subscribe to the GFOP Newsletter, “like” us on Facebook. (Photo via Getty’s brilliant Ed Ou)
The final day of the EPL season is upon us. And finally, U.S. broadcasters have assigned channels to all ten of the matches. Prepare to venture into the farthest depths of your programming guide.
All matches start at 10:00am ET on Sunday, May 13. Which will you watch?
Entering the final weekend, Manchester City’s Roberto Mancini is poised to win both the battle of the minds with Manchester United’s Sir Alex Ferguson and the Premier League title, even though he’s loath to admit it. A storybook ending for “The Little Train That (received a multi-billion dollar overhaul and) Could.” The crosstown rivals both eked out wins Sunday, but one of the victories wasn’t like the other. In this week’s pod, the Men in Blazers recap both the wins in the penultimate weekend, take stock of the battle for third and fourth place, and then bid Blackburn and their fowl farewell as the second team to cement relegation to the Championship next season.
Supporter’s embrace. Football can make you do many a strange things. Here’s a couple of Newcastle fans during last week’s win over Chelsea. (HT @zane_rm)
Story lines abound as the English Premier League enters the sharp end of the season. On Monday, Americans everywhere feigned illness to slip out of work and into the nearest Irish pub to watch the seismic Manchester Derby. City’s victory nudges them ahead in the tightest title race finish in 23 years, and the Men in Blazers couldn’t be happier. In this week’s pod, Michael and Roger review the crap game of football that yielded managerial handbags, Vincent Kompany’s winner, and the appearance of soccer’s most famous father-in-law, Diego Maradona.
Plus, they take a look at the moral victories that weren’t for Liverpool and Chelsea, welcome Reading and Southampton, the first two sides slated for a return to the Premier League next year, and analyze the appointment of Roger’s DadRoy Hodgson as England manager.
