Chelsea 3-0. I don't see Burnley doing shit with Chelsea at the Bridge.

8/28/2009 10:22:37 AM

DROGBA DROGBA DROGBA

8/28/2009 2:14:44 PM

big match tomorrow. i know a few of us are going to watch at ruckus tomorrow if any other wolfwebbers wanna venture to the raleigh location around noon

8/28/2009 10:55:07 PM

I might consider coming, although I assume I will be the only Arsenal fan.

8/28/2009 10:55:59 PM

no you wont. kiljadn and maybe d7 is coming, they are united fans along with me. one of my other friends who will be wearin an arse jersey supposedly and his brother i think, are coming. both supporters of the 'lol

[Edited on August 28, 2009 at 11:00 PM. Reason : arsenlol]

8/28/2009 11:00:24 PM

Perhaps I shall show up. It is fun to watch with other people, and a noon kickoff for a game like this is rare.

I was in NYC last weekend and watched the Arsenal Portsmouth game at Nevada Smith's and it was a fucking blast. There were around 50 or so Arsenal fans in there all singing and chanting.

8/28/2009 11:03:20 PM

nice. i doubt it will get that rowdy...it would be cool/scary if it ever did get crazy in ruckus for a soccer match.

8/28/2009 11:05:54 PM

I might after the spurs game finishes up. I don't usually watch with people who "like" soccer.

8/28/2009 11:45:53 PM

you might as well come out too. lets turn ruckus into a soccer bar haha

8/28/2009 11:59:08 PM

1-0 Chelsea at the half

8/29/2009 8:42:35 AM

That Burnley fan they just mentioned (Dave Burnley, changed his last name) is INSANE.

He has been to every Burnley match since April 10, 1974. And I mean EVERY. Home and away, including friendlies. For example, he came to Cary when Burnley came over to play the Railhawks last summer.

Here is the last match he missed, 35 years ago:

Quote :

"Burnley was originally scheduled to play at Newcastle on Dec. 1, 1973. But it was postponed because there was a miner’s strike, which meant no night games because there wasn’t coal to supply electricity. There was also a train strike, which hampered travel. And it was the worst winter England had seen in more than a decade, so matches were postponed throughout the season. The match was rescheduled to April 10, 1974, though few knew about it. Dave worked the phones in earnest, but no one could tell him when the match would be played. The afternoon of April 10, he finally found out it was on when he called Newcastle. “In a panic — I hadn’t missed a game for five years then, since Jan. 16, 1969 when we played [Queens Park Rangers] at home — so me only other route was to try to scramble a helicopter,” Dave said. He got on the phone and was told that it would take 30 minutes to get clearance for takeoff. He was then told that the soonest the chopper could touch down in Newcastle would by at 9:15 p.m. The match would end shortly after 9. “I didn’t even inquire about the price,” he said, the dejection still evident in the retelling of this tale 34 years later. “That was the end of it. I went upstairs, and as a grown man, I cried me eyes out. And we won that game 2-1 on a Wednesday night, and my mother said, ‘Burnley have won! Burnley have won!’ And we saw it come up on the news. I shouldn’t do it, but I threw my slipper at it. I pledged from that day, April 10, 1974, to make sure I go to every game no matter what it takes.” "

8/29/2009 8:58:46 AM

the ESPN halftime shows have been ridiculously awkward and shitty

it's like they threw some of their employees on there that have English accents and thought that was enough


^ damn, that is awesome, here's the bio on his website - http://www.daveburnley.co.uk/aboutdave.html

[Edited on August 29, 2009 at 9:00 AM. Reason : .]

[Edited on August 29, 2009 at 9:04 AM. Reason : dave burnley]

8/29/2009 8:59:05 AM

thats cool and all to have that much support for your team, but I figured he was some sort of multi-millionaire executive who could afford to travel that much, this is downright depressing

Quote :

"But Dave’s working career has, by necessity, been shaped by his need to attend Burnley matches, and as the club always came first, he has been forced to change his job and indeed his whole line of work to enable him to continue his attendance record, to such an extent that he has now had more than 100 full time jobs and more than 70 different occupations. Personal relationships too have suffered for the cause. Many girlfriends have come and gone, each having to accept that his love for Burnley FC surpasses all else. One such relationship resulted in the birth of Dave’s only child, a daughter who was named Clarette in honour of his team. She is now grown up and studying at university. The financial burden of following the Clarets has also proved great over the years, to the extent that the cost of travel and match attendance has meant Dave still lives at home with his elderly mother."

8/29/2009 9:32:47 AM

He should get a job with the club.

8/29/2009 10:02:54 AM

Yeah, you'd think the club would give him a job as assistant kit man or some shit.

8/29/2009 10:24:55 AM

Any position that would allow him to travel with the team would be a dream job, but he might not like it if he had to "work" during the game.

8/29/2009 10:33:20 AM

Bolton up 1-0 on some shitty marking on a corner from Liverpool

their defense looks shitty, that new Greek signing sucks

8/29/2009 10:36:37 AM

Wow. Is Rafa done for?

(is the Lolverpool game on ESPN?)

8/29/2009 10:37:39 AM

firerafa.com seems to be available at the moment.

8/29/2009 10:38:29 AM

no, Setanta I think.... I'm watching a stream

8/29/2009 10:39:12 AM

Johnson makes it 1-1... that's at least one thing Rafa looks to have done right this year, he's been the only good player in every game for Pool so far

8/29/2009 10:43:23 AM

I've never had so much trouble getting a stream for a game. Pretty sure it's 0-0 between spurs and birmington

8/29/2009 10:53:14 AM

Yeah, 0-0 in the 49th minute. It's on FSC

8/29/2009 11:06:48 AM

and Bolton score to start the 2nd half... damn it

Bolton red in the 55th, an immediate Gerrard rip off the crossbar, and a Torres goal a minute later, 2-2


[Edited on August 29, 2009 at 11:17 AM. Reason : TORREESSSSS]

8/29/2009 11:08:19 AM

Wow, Crouch has NARROWLY missed 3 goals now...

[Edited on August 29, 2009 at 11:24 AM. Reason : Spurs look like a goal is coming...]

8/29/2009 11:23:47 AM

1-0 spurs on a goal by crouch

8/29/2009 11:32:44 AM

lol Spuds

8/29/2009 11:33:37 AM

CodMacho, you comin to DA RUCK?


Birmingham score to equalize!

[Edited on August 29, 2009 at 11:34 AM. Reason : .]

8/29/2009 11:33:43 AM

Haha... that was enjoyable even if Bowyer is a complete douche...

[Edited on August 29, 2009 at 11:36 AM. Reason : jozy in for hull in 63rd minute agains wolves (1-1)]

8/29/2009 11:34:59 AM

^^possibly. i don't know where the field is for today's game. you been there before?

[Edited on August 29, 2009 at 11:35 AM. Reason : k]

8/29/2009 11:35:26 AM

nope, I'm just gonna punch it into my GPS and hope for the best

bout to roll out now. gon get me a slice or two, too.

[Edited on August 29, 2009 at 11:42 AM. Reason : .]

8/29/2009 11:41:33 AM

GERRRAARRRRD makes it 3-2

8/29/2009 11:43:39 AM

Going to Ruckus.

8/29/2009 11:48:54 AM

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST BIRMINGHAM WHAT THE FUCK

8/29/2009 11:52:28 AM

God damn it, Blues...

8/29/2009 11:52:50 AM

WTF blues

8/29/2009 11:54:26 AM

SPURSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

8/29/2009 11:56:24 AM

woot spurs!

8/29/2009 11:58:03 AM

Nm found it

[Edited on August 29, 2009 at 12:28 PM. Reason : F]

8/29/2009 12:21:35 PM

okay thats enough reason for me, I'm getting an Arshavin shirt


hey whaddya know, another horseshit penalty for united in a big game

[Edited on August 29, 2009 at 1:36 PM. Reason : .]

8/29/2009 1:31:03 PM

DAMNNNN arsenal is fuckin up

8/29/2009 1:40:35 PM

thats quite possibly the dumbest own goal I've ever seen

8/29/2009 1:42:52 PM

sweet dive by eboue

8/29/2009 1:48:10 PM

For all you guys who love soccer (and want all CFB and CBB games but don't want to pay for the packages on TV) but don't have access to ESPN360.

http://extranet.espn.com/espnsynd/private/hub/

Enter ESPN360 through this site. Make sure you sign in with your free myESPN username in the top right when you open the ESPN360 website. Then click remote access and sync it. Works like a charm.

Bundesliga, La Liga, Portuguese league, Serie A and Championship League in England among others...

8/29/2009 2:05:21 PM

lol @ whinger

[Edited on August 29, 2009 at 2:15 PM. Reason : celebrated when van persie put it into the net, then realised it was offside and then got sent off]

8/29/2009 2:13:09 PM

^^ freaking sweet, thanks a lot man

8/29/2009 2:32:55 PM

8/29/2009 3:20:19 PM

thanks be to diaby, United's 12th man. and lol at wenger

8/29/2009 3:39:12 PM

lol

someone plz find a better pic than this:

8/29/2009 4:21:12 PM

--------

And I'm watching on ESPN360 Porto play at some crap Portugal side called Naval and there are like six people at the game... at least the commentators are English.

8/29/2009 4:26:48 PM