October 2011
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Pitch Inspection at Forsyth St
The October snow catches ground staff unawares, as it takes a toll on the weekend games: P-P.
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Nick Poe’s Tablets Exhibition
Nick Poe | Tablets. October 27 – December 10, 2011
Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts 526 W. 26th Street #605 New York NY 10001
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Worst Tackle | Best Dive Trophies
It’s not often the darker arts of football are openly celebrated. That’s just what GSF friends at Wong Wong are doing with the release of their new Trophy collection. The awards pay homage to the best executed dive and most dastardly dirty tackle.
“The best dive trophy shall be awarded to the player who is judged to have best executed the art of the dive and successfully deceives the referee....
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Leicester vs Arsenal: Attendance Record 57 Years...
This week marks the 57th anniversary of the record attendance for a league match at Filbert Street. On October 2nd 1954, 42,486 fans packed into the old ground to watch the First Division fixture between Leicester and Arsenal.Leicester had been promoted to the top flight as Second Division Champions, with Everton as runners-up.
Arthur Rowley was in the Leicester side that day. He’d already...
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GSF Badge
The G.S.F. Group Stage Football / Grand St Football badge design.
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Sensible Soccers EP | “Missé Missé”
The new EP by Sensible Soccers is out now on AMDISCS. “Sensible soccers hail from the rural parts of europe, where the word unemployed means ripe pop. The newest material has been produced for over one year, and we are more than satisfied with the result, go on listen and enjoy it, it’s free”
Available at soundcloud or at www.amdiscs.com.
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"Rooney misses Group Stage"
The feelings mutual Wazzer! Wayne Rooney reflects on UEFA’s sentence for his misdemeanor against Montenegro. The Beckhamesque red card and three match ban rules him out of the group stages of Euro 2012. Read the full article at Aljazzerra.
Photo: Gallo/Getty
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New Youth Program in LES
Thanks to the Lo-Down for today’s mention.
“Matthew Penrose, one of the main organizers of the soccer league, Groupstage, sent along info about the organization’s growing youth program. If you’re interested in enrolling your kids, there will be a free open session this coming Tuesday, at 3:45 p.m., at Nike Field in Sara D. Roosevelt Park.
The Youth Program is open to children between the ages...
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Game Theory
The useful uselessness of a sports fan. This drawing by David Shrigley pretty much captures the club sects.
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A tribute to Kasey Keller: A-maze-ing
A corn maze featuring Kasey Keller the former Foxes and Sounder’s goalkeeper opened in Washington. In true goalkeeping tradition, visitors can expect an earful as they navigate the maze, whilst answering questions on the goalkeeper’s pioneering football career – the first US keeper to hold a regular #1 spot at Bundesliga, Premier League, and La Liga clubs.
Keller who retires at the end of the...
