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  • footballpubcast 9:28 am on October 11, 2012 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , , Carlos Puyol, , , Danny Shittu, , , , Francis Jeffers, , Garth Crooks, , Glossop North End, , la liga, , , , , , , Tony Pulis, , Wilfred Zaha   

    Pubcast #100: Ninety-Nine More Than We Thought 

    This week saw the Football Pubcast reach a huge milestone, the 100th Episode! Who’d have thought that when Simon Head first recruited a band of misfits to chat about all things football, the show would come this far! A special mention has to go to all of the listeners who’ve given the boys a reason to keep recording every week (and given them an excuse to go to the pub)! On this week’s show there was not only a full squad out but also a cameo from the Godfather himself. After the initial centenary celebrations were over, the boys sat down to discuss the week’s football including; the England squad for the upcoming qualifiers, worst injuries in football, a surprise package from the guys at FFDU and much much more…..

    • Jim’s history lesson
    • Glossop North End
    • Stand out and stand down performances of the week
    • Gareth Bale – deliberate diver or massive wimp?
    • Wilfred Zaha to a big club in January?
    • Redknapp to QPR?
    • Stone Cold Charlie Austin strikes again
    • Dodgy Football League referees
    • Danny Shittu vs Owen Coyle
    • Red Dragons flying high
    • Coxon’s hate for Tony Pulis
    • Garth Crooks gaff
    • Spanish League review
    • Jeffers joins the Maltese League
    • Quotes of the week
    • Hastings United and the FA cup 3rd qualifying round
    • A League update and confirmation of the Pubcast’s team to follow
    • And much much more

    listen to ‘Pubcast #100: Ninety-Nine More Than We Thought’ on Audioboo

     

  • Sean Miller 11:31 am on December 19, 2011 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: amazing save, Iker Casillas, la liga,   

    Iker Casillas – Superman 

    When he was a kid, Iker Casillas once forgot to send off his father’s football predictions for the weekend. Casillas Sr had correctly predicted all 14 fixtures, and the family missed out on the equivalent of one million Euros.

    They’ve probably forgiven him now, seeing as he’s probably made that 30 times over in a career which, aged just 30, has seen him become one of the most successful footballers of all time, winning virtually every competition and accolade possible. This save, up there with the best I’ve ever seen, shows why.

     

  • The Football Pubcast 4:07 pm on November 29, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , la liga, , serie a   

    An all star game for the beautiful game? 

    Pubcast listener elhaydo sent us this blog and, seeing as we rather liked the sentiment, we’ve whacked it on the site. Feel free to comment below…

    Imagine taking something American and making it work in soccer….

    Now imagine the idea of a 39th game actually being a good thing….

    Now imagine the “which league is best?” question being answered….

    OK, now, for the record, I punched myself in the face twice for calling it soccer. Two quick jabs should be enough these days to earn me a title shot against David Haye. But this blog isn’t here to mock Audley Harrison, after all, it’s not like he hurt anyone.

    No my friends, this blog is here to tell you that if you take the evil, money loving, corruption magnets who run football and mix them with something so American that it’d piss stars and shit stripes then you might, just might get something worth paying for.

    Now I have to clarify, we NEED a 39th game about as much as Cristiano Ronaldo needs a bit more self-confidence. We already have 38 league games, the FA Cup, the League Cup, Champions League, Europa League and the Community Shield at the start of the season. That’s ignoring the Championship, League One, League Two, Conference and Non-League Football.

    BUT…

    If that’s the way we’re going, if we’re going to chase the money, if we’re going to “grow the brand” (another two punches, this time in the stomach), then why not make it entertaining?

    Instead of a 39th league game played in New York, or LA, Hong Kong or wherever, why not be up front and honest, it’s an exhibition, so let’s make it a spectacular one. The All Stars of the Premier League vs Galacticos of La Liga. Maybe throw the Bundesliga and Serie A in there for a four-way tournament?

    Put simply, who would want to watch West Ham vs Bolton when they could see a mix of Real Madrid and Barcelona take on the best that English football has to offer? It really would be fantasy football. In America the All Star games in Baseball are the ultimate honour. Would they be taken that seriously in football? Of course not. But would they be incredible entertainment on a global stage? Would they be a great advert for the game? I can’t see how they could fail to be when you think about a frontline of Drogba, Rooney and Torres facing up against an attack of Messi, Ronaldo and Villa. A midfield of Xavi, Iniesta and Alonso up against Fabregas, Gerrard and Lampa….oh wait, that doesn’t ever work.

    It had seemed like such a good idea as well…

     

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