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Author: Charles Peacock

Austin FC supporter since day 1, find me in Section 104

Bright Sunny Optimism

Posted on March 1, 2025March 1, 2025 by Charles Peacock

Hello False Niners! I am filling in for Louis this week as he needed a break after finding out about the demise of his beloved chickens. As he soul searches (his own, chickens don’t have souls) he is still in communication and he will be back soon. It is a beautiful morning near Austin, TX…

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An Intensive Critique of the Heartbeat Kit

Posted on February 24, 2025February 24, 2025 by Charles Peacock

Another season is here, which means Adidas has once again used the Design Paintbucket to come up with kits for every team using their one template they’ve come up with over their two year design process. Obligatory links to previous iterattions: Dillo and the rest. They release within two weeks of the season starting, which…

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The Definitive Austin FC Giveaway Index: Q2 Beanie (2/22/2025 vs. Sporting KC)

Posted on February 23, 2025February 23, 2025 by Charles Peacock

There are very few things in life better than getting something for free. It’s why the human race has engineered ways to fire hot dogs, t-shirts, and tacos out of a compressed air cannon.  We here at The False Nine, in our attempt to cover all aspects of Austin FC fandom, have come up with…

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The Definitive Austin FC Giveaway Index: Season Ticket Holder 5-year Anniversary Gift

Posted on February 17, 2025February 16, 2025 by Charles Peacock

There are very few things in life better than getting something for free. It’s why the human race has engineered ways to fire hot dogs, t-shirts, and tacos out of a compressed air cannon We here at The False Nine, in our attempt to cover all aspects of Austin FC fandom, have come up with…

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The Bandwagon Has Open Seats for Stupid Questions – The False Nine Mailbag

Posted on January 26, 2025January 26, 2025 by Charles Peacock

After two seasons of general malaise at Austin FC…we are so back. For those of you who are starting to pay attention, there’s been a lot of changes at the club, starting last season when Josh Wolff, the only manager Austin FC has ever known, was fired after the team was mathematically eliminated from the…

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The 2024 MLS Pre-Match Top Rankings

Posted on November 11, 2024November 11, 2024 by Charles Peacock

Welcome dear readers to this year’s annual MLS Training Top Rankings where we debate and critique the league wide training kits. Fashion is an important part of the sport and because MLS teams only introduce one new kit person due to the lazy hard working folks at Adidas they make up for it by releasing…

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Just Howling Around – Good Bye

Posted on October 6, 2024October 6, 2024 by Charles Peacock

EXT: view of a suburban house. INT: We see the kitchen and dining room table separated by a countertop. A staircase to the second story of the house is in the background. ANGELA is in the kitchen preparing breakfast. GAVIN is seated at the table looking at his phone eating breakfast.  JOSH comes down the…

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What to Watch Instead of Austin FC: She’s the Man (2006)

Posted on September 18, 2024September 18, 2024 by Charles Peacock

Hello Austin FC faithful (because let’s be honest, that’s all who is left this season). As Austin are coming off a 2-1 loss to Toronto FC Saturday and take on LAFC at BMO Stadium (where Austin have lost their last three matches by a combined score of 8-0) and will be without three contributors (Sebastian…

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The False Nine Chickens Predict Austin FC vs. Vancouver Whitecaps or “How we ran afowl of the law”

Posted on August 31, 2024August 31, 2024 by Charles Peacock

Needless to say, it’s been a week at The Compound and due to time constraint, I’m going to get right to it. It all started last weekend when a few of us visited Nashville for the Austin FC match at beautiful GEODIS Park. It was a lovely weekend with great weather, but unfortunately, Louis was…

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The Definitive Giveaway Rankings – Nashville SC edition

Posted on August 26, 2024August 26, 2024 by Charles Peacock

We don’t normally get to do this due to the lack of Giveaways during Austin FC road matches plus our general malaise at attending thanks to Austin’s 3-7-3 record on the road this season. But this weekend? We were delighted to find out that Nashville SC would have a giveaway and had to ensure we…

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