Episode 12: Eduardo, Gazza and the Race for Spain

Six of one, half a dozen of the other, as they say, and here we are at Episode 12 of the Offside Podcast. This week, Anne Ramzy, Daryl Grove and Ryan Knapp join me to talk about the events of the week that was in world football. We discuss Gazza's break

Yeah, About That Quadruple

OK, after a few days of contemplation, I believe I'm ready to discuss this debacle. Out-thought, out-played, out-managed and simply outclassed, Chelsea relinquished its hold on the Carling Cup on Sunday. Tottenham dealt their London rivals a hammer bl

Carling Cup Final - Player Ratings

Player Ratings for the Carling Cup Final Paul Robinson - Looked horrible on the free kick. Hesitates when it's time to come to the ball. Did make a few nice saves though. 6 Pascal Chimbonda - Didn't look half bad. Had to come off so we could c

Carling Cup Final Review

Ah, what a game the lads played yesterday! There was a sense of urgency right off the bat from Tottenham. Their passes were crisp and creative and it was obvious that our intent was to come forward and take an early lead. Chelsea weathered the storm t

Woodgate Heads Spurs to Glory!

A few photos to get us started today. You'll have to forgive us here at Spurs offside for not posting yesterday after the game but there was quite a bit of celebrating to be done! COYS!!

Job Done, Not Done Well... Bring on Chelsea!

So Spurs avoided a possible pitfall v. Slavia Prauge. For those who didn't see the 1-1 draw it was really one of those games that could have ended in favor of either team. With Berbatov, Keane, Lennon, Malbranque and Jenas all playing only a portion

All the Goals from Yesterday and a Couple of Opinions

I remember hearing Martin Jol sing the praises of Jermaine Jenas all the time during the his time with Spurs. It always occurred to me that either one or all of these points must be true of the Midfielder: A.) He's a God in practice B.) Jol is try

Spurs Demolish Le Arse 5-1, Book trip to Wembley

Tottenham Hotspur have booked a trip to Wembley for the Carling Cup final after beating bitter rivals Arsenal 5-1 at White Hart Lane Tuesday night. What a game! Spurs fans everywhere deserve this one! It's been too long since we've beat the Gunners an

Recap: Carling Cub semifinal, first leg

Who says the Carling Cup is a third- or fourth-rate competition? Chelsea's semifinal first leg against Everton on Tuesday at the Bridge was a fairly good match. In fact, it was enthralling. At the close, 10-man Chelsea secured a crucial advantage in th

Three cup disasters!

After becoming accustomed to cup runs it's hard to take that we are now in January with only the Premiership to play for. Last season we were unlucky to lose in the FA Cup semi final, the year before we were knocked out in the Carling Cup semi and the

Spurs draw Gunners in Semi-Final

Tottenham Hotspur have drawn Arsenal in the Carling Cup semi-final. The first leg will be played at the Emirates (January 7th) with the second (January 21st), at WHL. COYS!!

Video: Spurs v. City

Sorry for the bad quality. It was all I could find. COYS! -Richard

Rovers 2 - 3 Arsenal (aet): A Game of Four Halves

Shocking and embarressing, two words that describe the first half for Rovers. Two goals that could have been easily prevented had our defence been in the form they were in a couple of months ago. Unfortunately that's all in the past and we are currentl

Spurs Go Marching On! (To Semi-Final)

What a dream game for Tottenham Hotspur! Jermaine Defoe scores six minutes in as Spurs dominate City early only to find themselves down a man minutes later as Didier Zokora receives a harsh red card. Defoe was then forced to come off in favor of Teemu

Spurs Notes

- I feel like Spurs finally, FINALLY, made a bit of a statement Saturday when they won at Fratton Park. With Zokora at Centre Back and a pretty potent Pompy team on the pitch, recent scoring woes aside, Spurs pressured the ball, made things difficult

Cup draw looms, another run please?

As the FA Cup draw beckons (3:15pm on BBC1 to be exact) it's time to start praying for some silverware. We have two chances, the Beer Cup and the FA Cup. In order to win trophies, you have to beat the best, so for us to beat Arsenal and progress in

Foxes Take Chelsea to the Brink

Carling Cup: Chelsea 4 Leicester City 3 Leicester City lost a thrilling 4-3 contest to Chelsea on Halloween night in west London. A tremendously entertaining contest which saw a glut of goals and an inspiring performance by City keeper Martin Fulop. Th

Pompey 1 - 2 Rovers - Revenge is sweet!

Having been the only team to take three points off us all season this result was a particularly good one for us. We are through to the Fifth round of the Beer Cup and a win at 'Fortress Fratton' is a real feather in our cap! Goals from Benni and one

Middlesbrough v Chelsea

What a bad International break this time round for Chelsea. Forget about the international team, England always flatter to deceive. Nope. Its all about John Terry and Ashley Cole. Terry has been ruled out for a minimum of four weeks with knee trouble and

Valencia 1-2 Chelsea AGAIN in the Mestalla

Never in a million years did I expect to write such a surprising scoreline as written in the the subject header line. I have always believed that you should always 'EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED' when it comes to the fortunes of Chelsea Football Club and that

COME ON CHELSEA, COME ON CHELSEA

Lets start on a happy moment. Cast your minds back to 10th April 2007 and watch the vid below: Oh Yes!!! Essien's last gasp winner against Valencia in the Mestalla, and Chelsea's progress to the Champions League semi-final secured!!! Oh my how

It's Pompey

A disappointing Beer Cup 4th round draw sees Rovers travelling to Fratton Park to take on Portsmouth. I personally was praying for Blackpool but it wasn't to be. In other news, Santa is loving life at Rovers!

Preview: Chelsea v Fulham

Fulham are the visitors to Stamford Bridge this afternoon in the first Premiership game since Jose Mourinho left the club and the match is new coach Avram Grant's first home game in charge. I believe there is still lots of anger and resentment at the

Rovers 3 - 0 Brum goals

Hull City 0-4 Chelsea

At the moment Chelsea fans who are still in shock over Jose's departure and the very quick appointment of Avram Grant shouldn't go too mad about the win at Hull City last night. I mean no disrespect to Hull City and their fans, I am past the days of '

Club in crisis! Wish someone had told me...

Chris O from Some People Are On The Pitch believes Rovers are in a crisis! Yes, fair enough, we only had 9,205 at our game last night. But it was the Beer cup on a Wednesday night in a small town. "After The Blues' first Champions League game of

Reading 2; Liverpool 4

Phew, what a game. Back and forth and back and forth again before we eased clear. 4-2 doesn’t really do the Liverpool performance justice – Convey’s goal, while a superb strike, was through a veritable bevy of offside Reading players and how Tor

Sir Alex Gifts Carling Cup Tie to Coventry

Man Utd 29 Kuszczak 26 Bardsley (45 Brown ) 23 Evans (56 Carrick ) 19 Pique 25 Simpson 17 Nani 30 Martin (45 Campbell ) 22 O'Shea 33 Eagles 21 Dong 08 Anderson *Sir Alex takes the piss with that team* I pity the poor season tic

Carling Cup: Hull City v Chelsea

Its been almost SEVEN days since Jose left, and it feels like a lifetime. I still can't get my head around WHY Chelsea and Jose parted the way they did!!! To me the most appropriate time to part company should have been at the end of last season, espe

Rovers v Brum - Expect changes

Rovers are set to make about six changes tonight as Sparky aims to rest key players in time for Saturday's game at Sunderland. The Beer Cup not as huge a priority as the Premiership and the UEFA Cup gives us a chance to try out some of the younger and