Scratch Monarchs

but i do like the sound of London Fog!

Or Spurs?

Broil? What's a broil, whatever that is, got to do with London?

London BeefEaters

then you could say broil the BeefEasters?

You get more mileage out of "seems" than any man alive, Pal.

How about the London Septics, since their won't be any locals on the team.

fnar and do you find that unseemly?

seems you may

"London Broil"

A cut of tough beef that has been marinated and then, usually broiled. It is what beef jerky is made from.
Related to rosbif.

Not all, Pallie, not at all.

I just think it's funny. You use it to suggest "a serious analysis has come to the conclusion" when what you really mean is "my deliberate misreading of the facts suggests".

I would expect to see Green Bay, Wisconsin, competing in the County Cricket Championship before I'll see a proper NFL franchise in London, or any other city outside of North America.

How could Wembley be such a mess?

Two words: Ken Bates.

Dare one call him a master?

Keith Obermann's Oddball last night had a clip from the Wembley fiasco:

showing clips of one Marc (k) Roberts, called a serial streaker, streaking au naturel around the playing field with bobbies trying to corral him in - seems he had quite a dash

it said he is famous for streaking at rugby and soccer matches - this no doubt was the highlight of a boring night for Brits attending.

London Fog would be a perfect name.

The London Fog clothes company goes bust practically every week. Then next thing you know, it's phoenixed again - a triumph of hope over experience.

Perfect metaphor for Blouseball in Europe, I'd say.

According to another pre-game article from USA Today Friday the explanation for whether or not it was a sell out:

article said capacity was 90,000 but apparently is 86,000

but it mentioned that quite a few seats had been taken out to improve the sight lines needed for proper football

thus it apparently was a sell out or well could have been