Elaborate Ways of Getting Kicked In The Dick – England at the 2024 Euros (A Tuesday Night Open Thread)

The Maestro - June 11, 2024June 11, 2024

I am ready to get hurt again. I mean it. There's nothing this team can do to me anymore to make me feel pain. I have seen absolutely everything go wrong for England's national football team in increasingly more aggravating, painful, and confounding ways over these last several decades. I have no

Boots on the Ground Down Under, the Third and Final Installment

BrettFavresColonoscopy - September 21, 2023September 21, 2023

When we last left off in recapping my sporting adventures in Oz, I had followed up BOTGs for GWS vs Sydney and RSA vs NED with another Women's World Cup match and my first ever trip to the MCG. Which leaves (checks notes) another WWC match and one last AFL

Your “Boots on the Ground 2: Australian Boogaloo” Tuesday Night Open Thread

BrettFavresColonoscopy - September 12, 2023September 12, 2023

Rev is off tonight. I'm sure it's completely unrelated to last night's tilt featuring his wooly mammals and their LOLjob. That was worth any monkey paw tomfoolery, though. As you may have heard, A-A-Ron's achilles is indeed torn, meaning he is out for the whole season. I'll try and limit my

Are You Ready For Some Football and Boots on the Ground?

BrettFavresColonoscopy - September 7, 2023September 7, 2023

Picture originally from here, modified expertly by me Are you ready for some football? Want to be specific about which kind? Because I have been at a LOT of football games these past few weeks, none of them of the "gridiron" variety. And virtually every minute of it was fucking awesome.

BOTG: Canada Futbol Edition

litre_cola - December 16, 2021

Good day to you! Most of you are probably well aware that I am addicted to futbol.(HAIL GAMBLOR) My internet friendship with teh Hippo, Don T and Balls all started with me wanting to do Champions League previews for the content monster. I've travelled a lot for live matches but this

Copa America Preview- Ecuador: Anything But Middle Of The Road

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Ian Scott McCormick - June 13, 2019June 4, 2019

Are you ready for some football? Slow down. Before you tell me that I need to wait until the fall, you should know that I am referring to soccer, or as the good people of Latin America refer to it, "Futbol americano, sin el americano, por favor." [1]. The Copa America

New Chargers Helmet Design Proposals

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers - January 27, 2017January 27, 2017

It's been a strange couple of weeks in San Diego. There has been talk of clearing the land on the site where Qualcomm Stadium used to stand, following BOLTMAN'S exodus, in order to make way for a bid at attracting a new sport to San Diego: MLS Soccer. The plan

Offseason Diversions: Euro 2016 and Copa América Centenario Open POSTS and Thread

Don T - May 22, 2016May 22, 2016

Mandatory minicamps start by mid-June. In the meantime, IT’S THE EURO AND COPA CENTENARIO! The U.S.A is hosting the Copa and already teams are dissing the travel arrangements. Are you gonna take this from invading Peter Kings? Many are leftists. Or are WE, COMMENTISTS, GONNA POST SOMETHING ABOUT IT!1!1 As humans, the

This Week In Violence! Presents Sepak Bola Api

The Maestro - April 22, 2016April 29, 2016

I've always liked soccer. I played from ages 4-11, and played on a pretty decent intramural team for a few years in college. I also used to coach fundamentals as a part-time job in high school, which was pretty fun. All this said, I know I could be a lot