You have all heard of Chelsea football club right? Owned by a Russian billionaire. Spends way too much money on players. Biggest asshole manager. And of course, the champions of last year's Premier League season. Well, l'il old Crystal Palace just beat 'em, at their home ground, on manager Jose Mourinho's 100th game at home in charge where he had won 98 of them. And we played them off the field. We are now second in the league and everyone is talking about whether we can end up among the top four elite teams come the end of the season. This is some crazy shit people.
We have no game this weekend as there are international games but we will be back the following Saturday. And who are we playing, I hear you hark. Only Manchester City. The team currently top of the league who have won all games and not conceded a goal. This will be a top two team clash where we could end atop of the Premier League table.
If you haven't currently experienced the joy of watching our boys then you need to come down. The Austin Eagles are growing and I would hate for you to be left out.
And in the meantime, for those of you who already bleed red and blue blood, I have a challenge for you. Crystal Palace FC are well known for having a staggering number of players clad with varying styles of facial hair. Below is a link to a test to name 15 men behind the beards. Anyone who completes this task with over 50% correct shall be bought a beer at Fado in two weeks time. I got 11 fyi. It's not easy.
http://www.holmesdale.net/page.php?id=82&story=6418&archive=1&page=1
There is one sad piece of news though. Striker and CPFC mainstay Glenn 'uncle' Murray has left the Eagles nest. He was a huge part of our promotion team two years ago and has scored so many important goals. But the main reason for our tears is because he was so unimposing and looked more like an old man who we dragged off the stands during a particularly terrible game hoping he could do better than the current muppets. Austin Legal Eagle Jose Valera framed it perfectly when he said "with uncle Murray gone who is going to get too drunk at Christmas and knock over the tree, or make racist comments and then say "I'm just saying...." or pinch aunt Louise's rear when she bends over to pull the thanksgiving turkey from the oven, or make defenders feel as if there is no reason to defend the goal because a drunk 48 year old fan just ran onto the pitch."
Beautifully put Jose.