Okay, after spending forever fruitlessly searching the web I'm turning to you all for help.

I need to find a list of West Ham United's 1992 matches and their results. I didn't think this would be hard, but I can find everything BUT the match list and results for 1992. I can find stats, player lists, etc. but not who they played, where, and who won.

Anyone that can point me to a site with this information will be my new hero.

Thanks.

 

http://www.fchd.btinternet.co.uk/cups/aicup1992-93.htm

You are going to have to do a bit of looking, but I think this might help. If you cross reference some of the matches, you can get dates and then make a list.

 

What's this for? You doin a soccerstar!Harry? It's so out there that I think I'd read it.

Although, more likely you're just looking this up for something for Dean to talk about.

 

Not that out there. I've seen one where Harry was a soccer prodigy, living with Poor Single Mother!Lily. He gets noticed, and his photo appears in the paper, where his uber famous father, James, sees it. I've also seen Tennis star!Harry, and National Swimmer!Harry.

 

Nah, no soccerstar!Harry. I just like to have my facts right when I reference them in a story. If Harry Potter existed in a completely seperate world than ours it wouldn't matter, but he doesn't. He lives in a time and place that experienced real events and I like to tie them in when possible.

 

Oh really?

I demand proof.

Links please...

 

Here's Tennis!Harry. I couldn't find the other ones, but I admit that I didn't look very hard.

Edit: Clarifying, this fic isn't recommended. It's just something I came across a while ago and provided the requested link. My opinion is that it's mind-numbingly stupid.

 

Generally, I don't like fics where the characters eat sandwhiches, as Harry did at the end of the first chapter.

I understand IP82's dislike of Harry Potter fanfiction without magic now.

 

Ugh I hit the red 'X'

It says no magic, I thought these stories would actually incorporate the Tennis with the Magic bits...like Harry whipping out his racquet and sending a flaming fireball of tennisful doom towards Voldemort.

Instead it read like this:

Oh well if the rest of those fictions read like this don't waste your time Lorelei, I thought they would be good stories with more original ideas.

 

Why would anyone want to read a harry potter story that doesn't include magic, it makes no sense.

 

Part of the problem is in HP canon. I've read a very good essay about the value of Human AUs written by a BtVS fan. Unfortunately, the same logic doesn't apply for Harry Potter. Unlike HP, one of Buffy's strengths was the character development. HP characters are not fleshed out at all- they're mostly generic cardboard archetypes. With Buffy, placing the characters in a nson-magical normal etting allows the writer to test their characterization skills, and is enjoyable to the reader. With HP, it might as well be original fiction.

 

Well, I would, if harry could do this:


Just wait until 0:20

 

I've enjoyed some very specific Human AUs in BtVS. The way I see it, Human AUs only work when the canon has very fleshed out characters, and when the author is amazing at characterization. They need to have a damn good plot as well.

 

Most of that stuff isn't even original. It's just the use of given HP- (or whatever) names to rename characters in other stories.

I.e. Tennisstar!Harry is just the transfer of HP-Names on an anime called 'Prince of Tennis' or so. That isn't even a crossover.

It was once mentioned in the worst stories or worst summaries thread.

 

WTF, that was one of the weirdest things I have ever watched, why did dinosaurs randomly appear?

 

The whole thing is amusing. What idiot thought up of an anima revolving around tennis?

 

WTF happened to this thread?

 

I honestly have no idea. I think four of the posts were actually on topic, but I could be wrong. Hijacking the thread back from the hijackers, I'm wondering how the research his coming along. Did my stuff help?