The Kickball Stadium

[PHEDG]

Who was that that sprayed water on Fergie?

[Jan]

- Insert obligatory congratulations to ManU here -

Apart from that, here is something from back home you might enjoy Bobby. Neven Subotic, defender of Dortmund (This guy will be going places! You might even welcome him in Old Trafford in the coming years..), celebrating the championship of Dortmund spontaniously with random people in the streets.

I find it rather heartwarming to see players celebrating like this! Does stuff like that happen abroad as well?

[V]

Over here, we tip over buses... burn things... occasionally shoot people.

Y'know... because we love our teams!

[Bobby Bear]

Thanks for the congratulations, Jan!

Apart from that, here is something from back home you might enjoy Bobby. Neven Subotic, defender of Dortmund (This guy will be going places! You might even welcome him in Old Trafford in the coming years..), celebrating the championship of Dortmund spontaniously with random people in the streets.

I find it rather heartwarming to see players celebrating like this! Does stuff like that happen abroad as well?

Oh, of course, mate! I'm delighted to say my beloved Teddy Bears (that's Glasgow Rangers to the uninitiated) celebrated their latest League triumph in similar fashion when Vladimir Weiss - on loan at Ibrox from Man City - led the singing with some Bluenoses, as seen here!

Speaking of the Old Firm, boo @ the guy in the back wearing the Celtic top in the Dortmund video. Boo-urns, even!

[Jan]

Yay! For the love of the game! Splendid.

Is Mr. Weiss going back to ManCity next season as player Nr. approximately 57 of their squad? Not to belittle Mr. Weiss mind you, rather curious about the next shopping spree of ManCity before Financial Fairplay will turn into effect. Not that there aren´t many ways around those rules anyway.

Anyway, to sour all our mouthes a bit prior to the big final, here is a very interesting BBC doc (How the hell do I embedd videos here?) about FIFA and their cronies.

Or, like the interwebs would say: Word!

[Captain Russ]

Anyway, to sour all our mouthes a bit prior to the big final, here is a very interesting BBC doc (How the hell do I embedd videos here?) about FIFA and their cronies.

This is gonna be good.

Thanks for the heads up, Jan.

[Bobby Bear]

Weiss' future is still uncertain, Jan. Rangers want to keep him - and he's said himself he wants to come back - but City might well want to hang on to him now. There's also the matter of his fee/wages.

[Bobby Bear]

Sicker than a dog. Still.

[Captain Russ]

Amerifans,

THE FIXTURES SCHEDULE IS HERE

[Captain Russ]

And to think it was only a year (and ten days) ago that we were hearing it.

Just a year (and ten days).

I miss it already...

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[Jan]

Ohhhhh..Vuvuzelas. The bane of last summer.

Luckily this shit is not common here. Especially considering we got the FIFA Women World Cup 2011 kicking of soon.

And we are getting drowned in Hype over here. We even had a special "Tatort" (the longest running local crime series over here which is pretty much mandatory for many people) featuring our ladies, Jögi Löw and stuff. The horror!

Anyway, long rambling short: Anyone even heard about this "event"? Or even more, anyone loosely interested in this?

[Captain Russ]

Nope.

And nope.

I'll be over here, looking at the transfer window.

[PHEDG]

United States vs. Panama

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[Jan]

I'll be over here, looking at the transfer window.

Best part of football in Tournament-less summers, indeed!

[Captain Russ]

*sigh*