It is time for the silver anniversary of the football post (well, week-i-versary, but you get the point), and things are really swinging along. Please to enjoy what the rest of the world calls football.
Despite being down to just 10 men on the pitch, my Newcastle boys did me proud with another draw against an obviously weak Everton side. Despite having their coach in the hospital after a triple heart bypass (man, the stress of losing really gets to you), the Boys in Bars held strong to avoid another loss. Goalie Steve Harper came up big twice in the first half to really solidify the clean sheet for himself. Newcastle was able to hold strong despite having basically an attack from the Blue Shirts on Denmark native Peter Lovenkrands. Pete was carried off on a stretcher, and the rough stuff carried on for the remainder of the match. In the end, the Mags and Everton settled for their second draw in recent memory to keep this rivalry going forward. At 6-10-10 (28 points), 'Castle are sitting in the #14 spot, now 5 big points up on the relegation zone and just 4 points back of the middle of the table #10. Next weekend is the match against the #12 Bolton Wanderers, which may see Newcastle jump all the way up to #11 with a win. Hopefully we can point the Wandering Crew in the losing direction.
A 1-1 draw against Motherwell has most Celtic fans around the World a little tense, as Rangers has pulled into a 57 point draw atop the SPL table. I'm sweating. The Aussie mad man Scott McDonald opened things up with a goal in the 59th minute for Celtic, with a poor grass spot leading to a bobble of the ball over the Motherwell keeper's leg. It was a lucky break, and obviously lucky breaks don't win games. Mother came back with Paul Quinn nailing a late equalizer to tie things up. It was a tough non-win for the Bhoys, as they sit atop the table with Rangers now at 57 points. Suddenly the SPL championship chase heats up between two top LSF rivals. Next week Celtic will battle St. Mirren (#9, 7-12-7, 28 points), and look for a win against a St. Mirren side that can be compared to Newcastle United of the SPL (burn on myself!). I'd also like to point out that my boy Scottie Mac now has 13 goals on the season, just one back from team leading Georgios "Gorgeous Greek" Samaras, who has hit a bit of a cold streak.
Another draw graced the grass of my Mexican soccer love affair, as Chivas de Guadalajara came up even at 1-1 against Morelia. My dog Sergio Amaury Ponce got a goal just 9 minutes into the match, getting the Red & White to a big, big start. It was looking great even into the second half of the match, until an awful call on a challenge came in the 64th minute, allowing a penalty goal for Morelia to tie things up. Luis Michel did all he could in this match, but when the zebras make a blown call like they did in this game, there was nothing he could do. Of course, a draw against Morelia is much better than the loss to Toluca on Wednesday (despite Ramon Morales netting a large goal in the 73rd that drew things at 1 temporarily in the eventual 1-2 loss). The draw on Saturday has dropped my Goats to third in their group of the FMF, with a 2-2-3 record and just 9 points in 7 games. U.A.G. leads the thing at +1 on Chivas, and Cruz Azul sits in #2 with an even 9 pointer mark. On Wednesday Chivas plays Everton? Everton CD is a squad from Chile that will match up against the Goats in the Copa Libertadores. Keep this in mind, Everton CD is in the same division as the mythical U. Catolica (who are undefeated this season), so hopefully Andrew will strap on his Catolica eBay jersey and go for Chivas in this midweek match.
Have an enjoyable week, friends.
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