Posted by Unprofessional Foul on May 27th, 2008 |
4 commentsYeoman’s work over at Goal Seattle in uncovering the supposed new Sounders’ jersey. The Beautiful Game tipped us onto the story and managed to capture the image, below, of the new kit set to be revealed on Wednesday.
Goal Seattle’s forum found the image, but the photographer requested Goal Seattle take the image down, which it politely did. The photographer hasn’t contacted us, so we are under no obligation, and most of us aren’t that polite either.
Not to step on
ü75’s toes, but, what do you think?
It’s tough to make a judgment since the entire kit is not visible, but the
Jolly Rancher green may be a bit grating on the eye. I’m also not sure whether it matches the
team’s colors.
Seattle Sounders FC
Posted by ü75 on April 23rd, 2008 |
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Nightmare fuel
The time has come. With so many teams choosing dodgy shirts again and again, eventually I would have to make it back to a team for a second time. Ideally, I would have left Celtic alone until I had exhausted other possibilities, but when this shirt showed up on the ebays, I had to plow ahead. Come inside and feast your eyes on the avalanche of wonder that is the Peoples Ford Celtic shirt.
This beauty comes from the 1991-92 season. Oddly, the club decided against bringing it back for a second go round. Looking at the shirt, it’s not hard to understand why. I don’t know what is most aesthetically annoying–the (at least) four different greens used on the shirt, the fact that the jagged, mountain-skyline-like lines don’t match up, or the fact that “peoples ford” really needs an apostrophe. Any way you choose, it’s an appalling shirt.
Which brings me to the ebays. Someone does want to buy this shirt, as there is one bid at the minimum $4.99. If you want to do the same, go here. If you want to stay away, I understand. Even a man who is willing to wear this shirt can tell that this thing an eyesore beyond belief. Besides, it’s Celtic, and Old Firm fans are twats. It says so right in the tags below.
Celtic . Old Firm fans are twats . repeat offenders . The Good The Bad The WTF
Posted by Unprofessional Foul on April 11th, 2008 |
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In the few short months of this blog, I’ve become the go-to guy for a couple of subjects. I’m the bad jersey guy. I’m also the guy who writes on Scotland which nobody reads or cares for (sorry for so much Gretna this season). Now, with this new article, I feel I’ll also be known as the guy who writes about match-fixers getting lenient sentences. Boy, what a c.v. I’ve built myself, huh? Anyway, details after the jump, as per usual.
This time we go to Singapore, where Liaoning Guangyuan (that’s a team) forward Zhao Zhipeng had his court sentence reduced from seven to five months on appeal. He was convicted of accepting a $2700 bribe from his manager to help the team lose a match by at least three goals. That’s right, the manager, Wang Xin, wanted his team to get a Paul Jewell-esque result.
In fact, Wang Xin was charged with offering bribes to all of his players on that day, and seven are charged with having accepted. Which makes Zhao Zhipeng’s winning defense curious. Supposedly the manager was a fearsome beast and the player had no choice but to accept. Okay, fine. But what about the players who did not accept? Were they made of stronger mettle than the accused? I doubt it. At least four players are said to have refused. The formerly internationally fearsome Singaporean court system rolled over on this one, it would appear.
Wang Xin, for his part, was also arrested, but has skipped bail. Presumably, he has gone back to China, where authorities will have a hard time finding him, because, as everyone knows, all those guys look alike. Right?
bad excuses . corruption . match-fixing . Singapore
