With the Champions League final, the European season comes to the end. I watched a lot of teams and lot of games and determined that the clubs I like best are Everton of the English Premier League and Ajax of the Dutch Eredivisie. Next year I’m thinking I’ll try to watch as many games featuring [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Ireland’
30 Mar
Soccer Spectating Report 21-30 March
Ireland 2:1 FYROM (26 Mar) Ireland’s Euro 2012 qualifying campaign resumed with this succesful home match. The Irish capitalized on errors by Macedonian keeper Edin Nuredinovski for goals by Aiden McGready and Robbie Keane. Ireland were obviously the better side although they rested on their laurels enough to allow Ivan Trickovski to cut the lead [...]
13 Oct
International Draws
The past week has been dominated by international team games, including Euro 2012 qualifying and both the US men’s and women’s teams hosting friendlies in Philadelphia. USA 1:1 China (6 Oct 2010) – The second of two games versus the People’s Republic as the US women tune up for the World Cup 2011 qualifiers (the [...]
10 Sep
Slow Soccer Week
I didn’t have many games to watch this week as the European clubs took time off to allow their players to play in the Euro 2012 qualifiers. I wonder what USA players on European teams do when all their teammates are off playing on their national teams? I also tried to watch a Boston Breakers’ [...]
3 Sep
Soccer Week
1. FC Kaiserslautern 2:0 FC Bayern Munich (27 Aug 2010) – This game was hosted by the oddly named team (is that like First National Bank?) in the same stadium where the 2006 World Cup debacle between USA & Italy took place. Defending German and DFB-Pokal champions and Champions League runners up took on 1. [...]
22 Jun
Book Reviews: The Dead Republic by Roddy Doyle
Author: Roddy Doyle Title: The Dead Republic Publication Info: New York : Viking, c2010. ISBN: 9780670021772 By the same author: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha A Star Called Henry The Woman Who Walked into Doors The Commitments The Snapper The Van Oh, Play That Thing Paula Spencer The Deportees: and Other Stories Summary/Review: Doyle completes [...]
4 May
Book Review: The Gathering by Anne Enright
Author: Anne Enright Title: The Gathering Publication Info: RecordedBooks (2007), Audio CD ISBN: 1436102650 Summary/Review: Dreary, overwrought, cliche-ridden, mawkish, pretentious, self-absorbed … these are just a few adjectives to describe this novel selected by my book club. Veronica Hegarty is the first-person narrator of this story who uses the suicide of her brother Liam as [...]
29 Apr
Book Review: Ulysses by James Joyce
What can I possibly say about Ulysses (1920) by James Joyce in way of review? Here are 18 thoughts, one for each episode. I can’t believe I finally finished reading Ulysses. I can’t believe I read Ulysses for fun. I can’t believe I didn’t read Ulysses in my college English courses. What cowardice forced my [...]
27 Apr
Reading James Joyce’s Ulysses, part VII – Film Edition
One would think that Ulysses, a novel which is remarkable for it’s experiments with language and writing styles as well as the interior dimensions of its characters far more than plot, would be unfilmable. Yet I found two different movies that attempt to take Ulysses on, and having read the book I decided to watch [...]
17 Mar
Retropost: Confessions of a St. Patrick’s Day Curmudgeon
Posted by Liam in Ideas, Opinion & Commentary. Tagged: Boston, Catholicism, Faith, Family, Fun Stuff, History, Holidays, Ireland, Local, New York, News, Politics, RetroPost, Saint Patrick's Day. Leave a Comment
In honor of this special day let’s revisit one of my favorite posts. While most kids look forward to Christmas, when I was a child, St. Patrick’s Day (along with Thanksgiving) was one of my favorite days of the year. It was a big day in my family usually involving going to the parade in [...]
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