Soccer
June 2021 and Mid-Year Reading Recap
Sigh. Well, I think posting a monthly (and even half-year) reading recap a full three weeks into the next month has to be some sort of record, even for me, but here we are. And I admit that at this point I’d even been contemplating holding off another week so as to combine this with […]
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Leonard Gribble: The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
I’d set this as my book to accompany the England vs. Germany match during this year’s European football / soccer championships but I should probably make it clear that it wasn’t the fact that Germany lost (deservedly) in a major tournament match against England for the first time in decades that made me lose my […]
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An Alphabet of My Likes and Dislikes: “F”
This is a post belonging to a new blogging project — the title is pretty much self-explanatory, I think; the project’s introductory post can be found HERE. Credit for the idea: BeetleyPete. As always, the only thing linking the two items mentioned in this post in my mind is that they both start with the […]
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Favorite Sports Teams and Pennants
24 Festive Tasks: Door 8 – Penance Day, Task 2: It’s “Pennants” day according to MbD’s husband: post a picture of your favorite team’s logo/mascot and the last time they’ve won a championship (or not). QUIDDITCH First things first (though I’m not the first here to post about this) — as a proud Gryffindor, […]
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Excuse me if I’m having a heart attack …
Original post: ThemisAthena.booklikes.com/post/1768357/excuse-me-if-i-m-having-a-heart-attack ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The ensuing discussion on BookLikes:
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Football / Soccer World Cup 2018 – Preparations
Let the games begin … Original post: ThemisAthena.booklikes.com/post/1765883/post
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Man, what a thriller. I haven’t seen a match, and a penalty shoot-out like this, in a looong time. I’m just glad it’s over and the German team finally managed to beat Italy for once in a championship match!! Yey!!! Thank you Manuel Neuer and Jonas Hector!!! Original post: ThemisAthena.booklikes.com/post/1430524/yesss Merken
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