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To celebrate Game of Thrones’ return to HBO, and in a craven attempt to lull die-hard Tyrion Lannister aficionados from the geopolitics of Westeros to the goals, dives, and feigned injuries of top-quality soccer, we have worked with Men in Blazers listeners to construct this GAME OF THRONES–to–ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE converter based on the characters we’ll meet in Season 2.
GFOP Ryan Wakefield challenged us to select our finest Middle Earth XI. And here it is. A Premier League Football team consisting solely of Hobbits, Elves, Wizards and Dwarves. Soccer as cast by Peter Jackson.
Goalkeeper: David de Gea
Defenders: Tony Hibbert, Ryan Shawcross, Joleon Lescott, Leighton Baines
Midfielders: Jay Spearing, David Silva, Gareth Bale, Juan Mata
Forwards: Craig Bellamy, Fernando Torres
Super Sub: Tomas Rosicky
Map of the 2011-12 Premier League teams. (HT to Jason Nofsker via the great resource billsportsmaps.com)
The brilliant folks over at Sports Illustrated have compiled a slideshow of fans and their tattoos. Unsurprising, soccer supporters make up a chunk of the inked.
GFOP Ben writes, “Rog should follow suit with these lovely men and get a Everton tattoo. Michael, too, should Chelsea end up qualifying for the Champions League.”
As part of our series TOUCHED FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, listeners shared their tales of choosing a Premier League club. Exhibit A. Tim Huddleston picked Tottenham. He writes, “My choice was much simpler than I ever could have believed. Why? Because Tom Huddlestone plays for Spurs.” Surface? I don’t think so. Tim’s inner arm made beautiful with Audere Est Facere. The Spurs motto.
I work for my local power company mapping utilities, and in the course of doing this, I stumbled across this gem of a neighborhood in the suburbs of Rochester, New York. Apparently, a local developer is a soccer fan.
EPIC. Massive thanks to Peter White. America’s Sport of the Future is on its way.
Further proof that Everton is America’s Team. GFOP John unearthed this beaut from his linen closet. He writes, “It’s a proper towel for Boddington’s spills.” We’ll ignore the fact that he and his wife are Manchester United supporters.
Poor Petr Cech. After breaking his nose in the 1-0 win over Blackburn, he’ll now have to don a specially-made face mask in addition to the headgear he already sports.
Chelsea’s Juan Mata plays tourist in London. More via his Facebook.
The Arab Spring came to Manchester this weekend as an outstanding City humiliated ten-man United. In this week’s podcast, the Men In Blazers review that seismic victory and the rest of the Premier League slate, are then joined by proper broadcaster and comedian John Oliver.
According to the Daily Mail, Gaddafi spent his final days sipping tea from a Liverpool FC mug. Probably not the celebrity endorsement they had in mind.
Photo via @sportingintel
In this week’s pod, Roger and Michael welcome the return of the Premier League like a long, lost lover and take a closer look at the growing controversy surrounding the concept of “relegation.”
Shield your eyes! Nobody wins when Premier League teams fashion away kits. We discuss these unfortunate designs, the relegation debate, and why the English don’t wear sunglasses in the latest pod. It will be up on Grantland tomorrow (damn you, Baseball!).
The big lump that is Emile Heskey. The man has few champions. Michael Davies is one. And so too is the guy who made this perfect video. Kind of.
Rooney’s apologies to UEFA.
