Comments on: Barking instructions | Soccer dogs feature in ‘dog culture’ magazine http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2006/07/barking-instructions-soccer-dogs-feature-in-dog-culture-magazine/ Soccer as a second language Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:52:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: The Global Game | Circus is in town http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2006/07/barking-instructions-soccer-dogs-feature-in-dog-culture-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-34242 The Global Game | Circus is in town Fri, 07 Dec 2007 22:03:35 +0000 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=174#comment-34242 [...] an update to our earlier report on dogs and football (20 Jul 06), Pfaff will be tending the nets during a four-on-four exhibition—Belgium vs. [...] [...] an update to our earlier report on dogs and football (20 Jul 06), Pfaff will be tending the nets during a four-on-four exhibition—Belgium vs. [...]

]]> By: Aaron Corman http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2006/07/barking-instructions-soccer-dogs-feature-in-dog-culture-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-444 Aaron Corman Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:00:16 +0000 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=174#comment-444 And if they ever need another story, there's the one about my dearly departed Chocolate Lab named <strong>Nutty.</strong> I used to bring her with me to games all the time ... as a player and as a ref. One day when I was reffing a game, I looked over at her and noticed that she wasn't at her usual location by my bag. And as play went back the other direction, I soon realized that Nutty was ambling across the field. The match was still scoreless as the attacking team moved in for a shot, but as Nutty was making her way across the penalty area, she blocked the ball near the penalty spot. The regular ’keeper, interestingly, didn't do quite as well that day as his team would go on to lose the match 8–nil. That is among my favorite memories of Nutty, who made many friends along the touchline and elsewhere. And if they ever need another story, there’s the one about my dearly departed Chocolate Lab named Nutty. I used to bring her with me to games all the time … as a player and as a ref.

One day when I was reffing a game, I looked over at her and noticed that she wasn’t at her usual location by my bag. And as play went back the other direction, I soon realized that Nutty was ambling across the field. The match was still scoreless as the attacking team moved in for a shot, but as Nutty was making her way across the penalty area, she blocked the ball near the penalty spot.

The regular ’keeper, interestingly, didn’t do quite as well that day as his team would go on to lose the match 8–nil.

That is among my favorite memories of Nutty, who made many friends along the touchline and elsewhere.

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