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Canadian Premier League: Introduction To Professional Soccer In Canada
By Source (WP:NFCC#4), Fair use, Wikipedia In this day and age you don’t often hear of a new Professional Football league starting up but that has happened in 2019 here in Canada. Starting any new professional sports league is not an easy task as we see every few years in the United States, almost every…
Read MoreLincoln City F.C.: August Team Of The Month Supporters Perspective
Note: The following was submitted to Lincoln City supporter Matt Pearce. Matt is an avid listener of the show and loyal supporter of The Imps. On our recent Episode 51, Darren Woodhead referenced to Lincoln City as being a bit off the map, or in the sticks. Matt, a proud Lincoln resident felt a few…
Read MoreGhana Premier League: Introduction To Ghana’s Top Football Division
By Source (WP:NFCC#4), Fair use, Wikipedia The Ghana Premier League, is a football division the is ripe with history, having been founded all the way back in 1956. In fact, some of the clubs date back much further than even that. The league’s most successful franchise, Asante Kotoko S.C., located in Kumasi, has won the…
Read More3 Players From The U.S. NASL Who Played In The 1982 World Cup
The U.S. men’s national soccer team, with the exception of 2018, have been a regular feature at the FIFA World Cup in recent tournaments. However, the failed to Qualify between 1950 and 1990. Despite this absence, three players from other nations appeared at the finals whilst playing for club’s in the United States, at the…
Read MoreJamaica National Football Team: CONCACAF Gold Cup Preview
Every two years nations from across CONCACAF (the Fifa region including the US, Mexico, and Canada) meet in the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The current iteration of the tournament dates to 1991 when CONCACAF officials canceled the CONCACAF championship. That first Gold Cup was hosted by the United States as they went on to win the…
Read MoreThai League 1 & 2: Introduction To Thailand’s T1 & T2 Football Divisions
Buriram United’s Chang Stadium is the largest in the league, with a capacity of over 32,000. By ::::=UT=:::: – panoramio.com 2, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia There are a total of 16 teams that compete in the Thai League 1, T1 for short, or Toyota Thai League officially, for sponsorship purposes. The total of teams…
Read MoreMinnesota United FC: June 2019 Team Of The Month Profile
Photo of soccer player and coach, Adrian Heath. By Wilson Wong (user: Longbomb) – Own work, CC BY 3.0, Wikipedia While Minnesota United FC is in the just their third season in Major League Soccer, the history of professional soccer in the Twin Cities dates all the way back to 1976. Back in the old…
Read MoreUEFA Europa League Preliminary Round: 2019-2020 Tournament Preview
By Source, Fair use, Wikipedia The 2018-2019 UEFA Europa League came to an end when Chelsea F.C. defeated Arsenal F.C. in the final on the 29th May 2019. Remarkably, just two weeks later preparation was underway for the 2019/20 competition. Many may not know that in addition to the 48 teams that qualify for the…
Read MoreRussian Premier League: Introduction To Russia’s Top Division Of Football
There are a total of 16 clubs that play in the Russian Premier League, which is Russia’s first division football league. This current of the league was established in 2001 under the Russian Football Union. The league ranks in the middle-upper echelon within UEFA, and therefore, at the end of the season the RPL is…
Read MoreLadbrokes Premiership of Scotland: Introduction To The Scottish Football League
The Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership has a long and storied history, but is also a league that has undergone a fairly new reformation. It stems from a merger of the original Premier League and The Football League. This merger took place in 2013. Since then, the 12 team table has been dominated by just one club,…
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