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US Football

Let them hate so long as they fear

27 Dec 201920 Nov 2020
Day four and a revisit to the biggest rivalries in North America - Timbers versus Sounders on a scorching hot day in Portland.  More pictures can be found from the…
US Football

Frank who? Pirlo consigns Lampard to the bargain bin on his debut

28 Jul 2015
Our Englishman in New York, Luge Pravda,  breaks his vow never to set foot in Yankee Stadium, to see the Pirlo show. Yesterday, Sunday, just as I was wondering how…
FA Cup…

US and them

21 Jun 201521 Jun 2015
We are very keen on eulogising about the magic of the FA Cup in this country and quite rightly so.  It is the oldest football competition in the world, full…
Non league football

Twice in a night time

10 Aug 2014
It's not often you can tick off two things from your "bucket list" in one evening without it involving whipped cream, a private room at Spearmint Rhinos or Holly Willoughby…
US Football

Getting past third base…

7 Apr 201313 Apr 2013
It's a very chilly, but sunny afternoon in early April and the baseball season in the US is under way for another year. I'm sitting in the top tier of…
US Football

“When the chips are down…

23 Sep 201228 Sep 2012
...I'll be around With my death-defying love for you" Three months ago I made my first trip west from New York to the barren lands of Harrison, New Jersey where…
US Football

Above us only stars….

13 Aug 201216 Aug 2012
In just under a year's time, a famous name from the past will once again begin to shine in the public domain.  The New York Cosmos are back, and who…
European Football…

Red Bulls find their wings but not enough to fly to the top of the table

26 Jun 20123 Jul 2012
It seems like an eternity since I saw Dartford lift the Blue Square Bet South Play Off final trophy back in May.  In fact it is only 6 weeks ago,…
US Football

RLS wilt with no AC in DC

30 Sep 20111 Oct 2011
When in Rome goes the saying, and in terms of football this should apply to any and every place you visit in the world.  Never has this been the case…
US Football

That Sounds like Bull

6 Apr 20116 Apr 2011
Luge Pravda takes us on a journey west from New York to the barren wastelands that were once home to Bruce Springsteen, Whitney Houston and Tara "mmmmmmm" Reid for the…
US Football

The red rose of Lancaster

1 Oct 20102 Oct 2010
We love hearing strange and unusual stories here at TBIR Towers.  We could of course dedicate all of our time just watching the press releases from Upton Park these days…
England…

When Stuart met Daryl but not in a cafe….

12 Jun 201015 Jun 2010
So today is the day that two old enemies lock horns again.  Some say they have been waiting sixty years for the chance to get even after events in the…
England…

US and them

12 May 201017 May 2010
Football is a global game, and our Premier League is probably the most cosmopolitan in the world.  Fancy watching a live game at 3pm on a Saturday?  Well simply head…

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