Tag Archives: football

Happy Days in Europe

By 6000 | 6000 | May 7, 2012

I watched a little Bundesliga and La Liga football this weekend and for their sakes, let’s hope that the games I chose weren’t representative of the wider situation in those countries. First off, 1. FC Köln v Bayern München. Bayern aren’t the team you want to face in your final league game of the season, especially when you’re [...]

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Secrets of the fixture computer

By 6000 | 6000 | April 17, 2012

After a question from @chickenruby yesterday evening, I found myself wandering back onto Paul Fletcher’s 2009 blog post, detailing the immense amount of thought that has to go into organising the fixtures for the English football leagues. Thankfully, Paul did the work so we don’t have to: I wanted to find out exactly how the [...]

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The Worst Idea Larry Ever Had™

By 6000 | 6000 | February 6, 2012

When you move your entire life 6000 miles… from home, it can be a bit of a wrench. And that’s putting it mildly. Uprooting yourself and everything else from all that is near, dear and known to you and transplanting it to somewhere way, way out of your comfort zone is no fun – despite [...]

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Dead

By 6000 | 6000 | February 5, 2012

Lunchtime football at the height of Cape Town summer has killed me. Almost literally. I’ll be back tomorrow, assuming I make it through the night.

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When we were top the league

By 6000 | 6000 | June 20, 2011

Yes, Sheffield football is currently suffering, but I was recently reminded by a friend on Facebook that there was a time – however brief – when my beloved Sheffield United were top of the Premier League league – and Man U were bottom: Fans of the Manchester club may want to look away rather than watch that [...]

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