Friday, September 14, 2007
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The Last Five Works I've Read (updated 09/27/09)
- Autumn 2009
- Billy Ruffian: The Bellerophon and the Downfall of Napoleon - The biography of a ship of the line, 1782-1836 by David Cordingly
- A Hanging Offense: The Strange Affair of the Warship Somers by Buckner F. Melton, Jr.
- Injured Honor: the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, June 22, 1807 by Spencer Tucker and Frank Reuter
- Summer 2009
- 21 by Patrick O'Brian
- Blue at the Mizzen by Patrick O'Brian
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The Beautiful Game
Also known as Football, Futbol, and in the countries where it is not so well known, soccer. Below are the events with which I try to keep up. I primarily follow European Football. I will title each event and list the phase in which it is currently engaged. Follow the link to get all the info on each.World Cup 2010
National teams from all over the world. Qualifiers and friendlies take place for a couple of years leading up to the big event which occurs every fourth year. Teams I'm following are listed below with status. The number is their current standing in their group, the letter is the result of their last match.
Currently: Qualification Stage (Final: July 2010, South Africa)
(Top 3 qualify and 4th place enters playoff)
USA
Qualified!
(group winners qualify, runners-up advance)
England
Qualified!
Portugal
Qualified!
Denmark
Qualified!
Germany
Qualified!
Turkey
Out of Competition
Spain
Qualified!
France
CHEATED in order to Qualify
Italy
Qualified!
Ireland
Was CHEATED BY FRANCE out of qualification
Netherlands
Qualified!
(two group winners and two runners-up qualify)
Australia
Qualified!
South Africa
Hosts, Automatic Qual.
(top 4 teams qualify, 5th place enters playoff)
Argentina
Qualified!
Brazil
Qualified!
Euro 2008
National teams from EUFA (Europe) compete for the title of best in Europe. It all comes to a head every fourth year, offset from World Cup by two years.
Currently: Final 29 June 2008. Spain defeated Germany.
Champions League
Club teams from UEFA (Europe) compete for the title of best in Europe. Contested annually. This season the following EPL teams are competing: Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, and Arsenal.
Currently: Draw for Group Stage 27 Aug. Group Stage begins 15 Sept.
Barclays Premier League
These are the best 20 club sides in England. There isn't a championship. Instead wins and ties result in points that are accumulated throughout the season. Each team plays each of the other teams twice: once at home and once away, for a total of 38 matches. The one with the most points at the end is the champion team.
Currently: Season has begun!
Fixtures posted //here//
Click //here// for the current standings.
FA Cup
Hundreds of English clubs qualify to participate in the oldest football contest in the world. The EPL teams join in January, so updates to this section will begin at that point.
Currently: Qualifying underway.
The Treble 2010
For English footballers, winning each of the last three competitions above in a single season is called the Treble. For 2010 there are four teams that can potentially pull this off: Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, and Arsenal.
Champions League:
Premier League:
FA Cup:
About Me
- Matthew Bradley
- Nashville, Tennessee, United States
- Since graduating from ETSU with a BA in History, I've served 4 years on active duty in the US Army as an artillery officer, spent a year selling drugs for Eli Lilly and Co in East Texas, and invested 5 years in earning my Master of Theology degree from Dallas Theological Seminary while working as a pastor in the Baptist church. I'm currently on staff as an assistant pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Nashville, TN. I am married to Leslie and father of two wonderful boys, Ian and Xavier. I have expensive hobbies that I can't afford, but that consume much of my thought and time when I'm not wrestling with my boys or working. Among these are flying (currently not active, but hoping to be soon), sailing (which Leslie and I do each year in the British Virgin Islands), scuba diving, reading (especially history), backpacking, and all things Apple.
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