Scotty

just reset it in your profile - some seem to have worked, others didnt (including Don's !)

we are still trying to find a solution ... but one workaround we know that does work is to use FIREFOX !

yes. - wasnt working properly - was trying (and failing miserably) to show previews of just about anything that was a link !

think we have narrowed it down to cookies ! if you dont already have a cookie set for the site, the login module doesnt want to work. one thing we omitted to do yesterday was to rename the default login cookie to the same name as we used before (we have done that now). now need to figure out why its killing all the links !

very strange !!! I too could replicate the problem using Internet Exploder (but not Firefox which is my browser of choice) but after managing to login once using IE, the login box now appears to be working when i try it again after logging out ....... strange thing is, that during months of testing (using both IE and FF), this issue did not occur once so I am thinking it may be session or cookie related rather than browser related. Both myself and CaleyD are investigating !

for those having troubles - click on forum on the main menu and then the login button on the forum menu - that should work. going to move this topic to the main forum as users who arent logged in cant see this one and therefore cant see the workaround they can use until we fix it.

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Received pictures from Trevor of the Elgin, Clach and Keith games - once we have switched over to the upgraded site they will be available in the gallery.

or how about these beauties from the USL second division ...... Albuquerque Geckos Chattanooga Express Cincinnati Cheetahs Columbus Xoggz ??? Everett BigFoot Lexington Bluegrass Bandits Southwest Florida Manatees New York Capital District Alleycats Myrtle Beach Seadawgs

nahh ... Rochester Raging Rhinos has to be the best ......

100% correct - according to Wikipedia, they had that name in 1996 but were forced to change http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City_Wizards What seems quite amazing is the number of times teams change owners and in some cases where one owner has multiple teams ..... Lamar Hunt used to own Kansas, Dallas and Columbus before selling Kansas to a consortium in 2006 and then popping his clogs. The Anschutz Entertainment Group owns the Galaxy, Chicago Fire and Houston Dynamo as well as many other sporting teams elsewhere (including a 49% share of Sweden's Hammarby) and used to also own New York before selling them to Red Bull.

No teams in Florida now ... not since the Tampa Bay Mutiny and Miami Fusion were kicked out :015: but if we are going for non existent teams then how about Baltimore Boost Rhode Island Ripples Miami Macaroons Portland Puff Candies Seattle Spangles Washington Wine Gums Tulsa Tooty Frooties Oklahoma Opal Fruits (moved to California and became Sacramento Starbursts) Las Vegas Lovehearts Pittsburgh Polo Mints Wyoming Walnut Whips Albuquerque Aeros Minnesota Munchies Toronto Tunnocks Teacakes

simple .... he signed a contract subject to the successful granting of a work permit. If the work permit is not granted, the deal will likely be null and void. nothing to stop him signing the contract .... he just cant turn out for the team (or be paid ?) until it is granted.

OK - I'll bite (especially with these names :015:) for the existing teams ...... Toronto Twix or Twirl Chicago Caramel Chivas Chocolate Oranges Columbus Curly Wurly's Colorado Creme Eggs Dallas Dolly Mixtures or Double Deckers D.C. (United) Dairy Milks Houston Hula Hoops Kansas City Crunchies LA Fruit and Nuts (has to be doesnt it) New England Nik Naks (was struggling with this one !) New Yorkies Real Salt Lake Revels or Rolos or just Salt Lake Snickers or Smarties

:rotflmao: The names are a bit strange in some cases, but got me looking up the history ...... I learned a few things ! Toronto FC was named as such because the owners wanted a real football name. enough said. :021: :021: :021: Chicago Fire were named as such because they were formed on the 126th anniversary of the Great Fire of Chicago in 1871 so you could probably let them off too. :022: Columbus Crew were named by fans in a contest !!! (supposedly 'crew' refers to the working class background of the area and has nothing to do with Christopher's shipmates) :020: D.C. United was another that wanted a traditional football name so :021: :021: Kansas City are called the wizards because the main character in Wizard of Oz is from Kansas !!! :020: :020: :020: New England Revolution are so called because of the New England region's involvement in the American Revolution :020: New York have - in my opinion - one of the worst names as the 'Red Bulls' purely and simply because of commercial reasons (Red Bull purchased the club in 2006). Before that they were the New York / New Jersey Metrostars which was also a commercial name ... The club actually started as the 'Empire Soccer Club' but changed to MetroStars because the owner had a company called Metro Media. It might have been MetroFlash had main sponsor Nike got its way but a compromise of MetroStars was reached which is still better than Red Bull !!! :020: :020: :020: :020: Chivas USA (or more precisely Deportivo Chivas USA) is called this because the co-owners own clubs in Mexico (Deportivo Gudalajara) and Costa Rica (Deportivo Saprissa). The mexican side has the nickname Chivas so probably not a bad name in the end considering that most of its fans and players are latino. :022: Colorado Rapids - No confirmation of the origin of the name but most believe it is because of the Colorado River which is a very important resource in the state. The team signed a partnership deal with Arsenal in early 2007 and briefly considered changing name to Arsenal Colorado. fortunately this was shelved. :020: Dallas became respectable in 2004 when it changed its name to FC Dallas. Before that they were called Dallas Burn (not sure why). :022: Houston Dynamos are actually the San Jose Earthquakes in a new town (a bit like Clydebank/Airdrie although it is rumoured that San Jose will be back in the MLS next season which should be quite a rivalry). The name was originally floated as Houston 1836 (referring to the year Houston was founded) but this was controversial as the history had a lot to do with war between Mexicans and Americans and with a high latino population in the area, the name was dropped. Like Columbus, the owners then had a fan contest to decide the name but MLS stepped in and decided that fan contests would no longer be allowed to decide names for new teams and imposed the name Houston Dynamo. The Dynamo part is a reflection of the city's industrial economy and because a couple of defunct teams also had the name before. :020: LA Galaxy - not named after a chocolate bar but might as well be. The name is supposed to represent the fact that LA is home to a galaxy of stars ! :020: :020: :020: Real Salt Lake - The owner chose the name as he wanted to associate his team with Real Madrid ! Although fans initially hated the name, the club has now forged links with the Spanish giants. :020:

At this point, Beckham's football playing career is winding down but to the Americans he is a huge draw, with superstar friends (Tom Cruise and Katy Holmes, along with Will and Jada Pinkett Smith threw him a welcome party !!!). This move is a superb one for him as he will be able to establish a business that will keep huge wads of cash rolling in long after his career is finished. Lets face it, he is never going to be a silver tongued commentator or professional pundit and as his career fades he will be less and less in demand .... the academies that are being setup in his name will be his legacy.

NO - I would say Houston, Dallas, and New England are currently the 3 top teams and Chicago, Salt Lake and LA Galaxy are the 3 worst.

rumoured to be signing for DC United in your favourite league (MLS) this week. JJ Okocha is also rumoured to be signing for Real Salt Lake and Denilson for Dallas.

Clint Dempsey, Shalrie Joseph and Taylor Twellman are all players who were reported to be interesting European teams at the back end of 2006 ... see http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story...97&root=mls Brian McBride (Fulham) went to England from MLS DaMarcus Beasley (Rangers) went to PSV from MLS Eddie Johnson (Kansas) a target for Derby this week. Freddy Adu - constant rumours

Apart from the blatant geographically based football snobbery displayed in that post, the simple truth is that in Beckham's case no-one will want him after the LA Galaxy and he wont want to play for anyone else anyway as he will be 37 and the (figure)head of a chain of succesfull "soccer" academies across North America with a wife who is haplessly (or maybe hopelessly) wandering from one Hollywood mishap to the next. While MLS is currently not up to the standard of EPL, Serie A, Bundesliga etc and may even be below SPL, it is improving all the time. But the MLS is just a means to an end in Beckham's case, or in the case of his backers/sponsors. forget Basketball, Baseball, Hockey, and all those other American sports .. the NUMBER ONE participation sport in North America for youngsters up to about the age of 11 or 12 is "SOCCER". The equipment is cheap, the maintenance of facilities is reasonably cheap, and the schools can make it 'co-ed' (in other words both boys and girls). This is the market where Beckham hopes to make far more than the millions he is actually making for playing for the team ..... As the kids get older, they get into things like NFL, NHL, NBA etc as that is definitely where the salaries are to be made (MLS only pays youth players about $12000 a year !!) but the younger kids dont take part in basketball or even baseball in the same numbers as football .... and thats his market.

We hope to add Trevor Martin to the stable of photographers who supply us with pics and I'll bet his zoom is bigger than all of yours put together :blah01: :blah01: You could use the tech support forum for this - and if we absolutely had to we could add a sub-forum for photography.

as one of the 'selling points' of this top was 'take to the field with the team for every game' then those who paid their money will be very unhappy if it doesnt !!!

on the new version of the site we hope to make it easier for you guys and others to upload pictures directly to the galleries. the new version of the site (hopefully) is going to be more user friendly and allow for more direct interaction in terms of adding articles, stories, match reports and photos ....... hopefully we will manage to switch over this week - we have been doing a lot of testing, including test migrations of things like the forums and galleries and all has gone well so far.

TCF, I like your youthful enthusiasm, but in the real world, its not likely to happen :004:

That is my understanding too. This is just a guess but I think the away top the players wear will have the names, the away top received by those who paid to have their names on it will also have the names, but the 'replica' top sold in the shop to everyone else probably wont ...... this will distinguish the limited edition tops from normal tops. perhaps Angela or someone else from the stadium might confirm ?