Articles tagged with "fifa"
"El Zurdo" Jorge Rojas - Red Bull
By Dave Martinez | June 29th, 2008With a smiling face and a crowd of fans, El Zurdo Rojas not only confirmed the rumors, but took it all a step forward - ...
Cricket Moves Against Mugabe ... Should Football Follow?
By Ian Rose | June 27th, 2008We've had a few comments here on the site suggesting that the 2010 World Cup in South Africa should be boycotted, partially in response to ...
Karim Benzema on Cover of FIFA 09
By Inara | June 26th, 2008I don't play video games. I've never owned a gaming system, nor have I ever wanted one. Online Literati is about all I'm capable of. ...
No Special Treatment For England, But Win Stands
By Ian Rose | June 5th, 2008Three Lions haters, line up for this one. FIFA announced today that England's win over Trinidad and Tobago will stand and continue to be ...
Vinotinto Jorge Rojas back in the Picture?
By Dave Martinez | June 2nd, 2008Univision is reporting Jorge Ramos, Vinotinto (Venezuelan National Team) veteran, with 76 caps to his name, will be a Red Bull soon. Left sided player? ...
FIFA Says "Screw the EU, We're Voting for 6+5"
By Laurie | May 30th, 2008FIFA met this week and took some important votes on several key issues. The one that could have the most impact on the ...
Sepp Threatens to Suspend Iraq
By Ian Rose | May 25th, 2008Considering all the horrible things that have taken place in Iraq over the past five years and before, administrative suspension probably isn't the biggest worry ...
Switzerland Considering Taking Lyon to FIFA
By Inara | May 22nd, 2008For a guy that doesn't play, Patrick Muller creates his share of drama. Ever since the happy news that Muller was among the Swiss call ...
Sepp Blatter Thinks Too Many Brazilians are Playing for Other Countries
By Laurie | May 16th, 2008It's not just foreign players in clubs that worry FIFA President Sepp Blatter. It's also the foreign players in national teams. His biggest ...
6+5 or 4+4 = Inter 2009?
By Johonna | May 8th, 2008Today Joseph S. Blatter, the president of FIFA had a press conference to explain why he feels that "6+5 Rule" is integral for the future ...
TFC- Daily Dose Question 6 + 5 = ?????
By nicholas | May 8th, 2008If you have been a regular reader of my little blog, you will have no doubt know where what my opinion is on the whole ...
Scudamore Running Scared of Blatter's 6+5
By Daryl | May 8th, 2008Seems unfair to blame one man for everything that's wrong with an entire league. But I'm going to do it anyway, because chief exec Richard ...
Jorge Rojas, Vinotinto Vet, and Chris Innes - Trialists
By Dave Martinez | April 8th, 2008Who says we need to pilfer Chicago for all our acquisitions? Jorge Rojas, 30, a Venezuelan National veteran with 78 caps to his name, and the ...
Red Bulls 1 - 0 Carolina Railhawks
By Dave Martinez | March 28th, 2008Always nice to go into a season with a win. I just watched the replay. For you guys. So I hope you appreciate it. ...
English FA Show Sepp's Suggestion the Red Card
By Daryl | March 18th, 2008You thought the debate about Martin Taylor's punishment for his tackle on Eduardo was over? Think again. FIFA were recently sniffing around the case, with ...
Forum Poster "Leaks" The Champions League Draw 90 Minutes Before It Happens
By chris | March 14th, 2008This is so ridiculous it's borderline laughable, but the facts are coming through and they're looking quite tempting. An internet poster on the Liverpool Echo ...
FIFA Giving The Old F-U To F-U-N
By chris | March 9th, 2008For the second time in two weeks, a Serie A player scored a decisive goal in a game, took his shirt off to celebrate and ...
The Teams for the Tournament
By Dave Martinez | March 3rd, 2008Ladies and Gentlemen, we have 32 teams! Now comes the hard part. I will be taking the better of 2-3 days (as necessary) to touch ...
Should UEFA have a say on hard tackles?
By Ian Rose | February 28th, 2008The media uproar around Martin Taylor's tackle on Eduardo, and the horrifying break that resulted, has begun to subside, leaving the questions of why this ...
Loyal readers who own 360s
By jon | February 28th, 2008My brother in blog, Dave, is setting up a Fifa08 tourney online, so if you're got a 360, sign up. You can play me, ...
Scudamore Fears the Wrath of Sepp
By Daryl | February 27th, 2008Premier League supersuit Richard Scudamore and his plans to play Premier League matches on the moon (I forget the details) took yet another step backwards ...
Episode 10
By Ian Rose | February 13th, 2008This podcast is brought to you by the Roman numeral X. We venture into the unknown world of double digits with our tenth podcast, expanding our ...
OT... NEWS FROM ANOTHER BLOG
By nicholas | February 9th, 2008Recently the big wigs from the premiership announced that they are in discussions to introduce the idea of an international round of matches to there ...
Six Plus Five = One Happy Sepp Blatter
By Daryl | February 6th, 2008We've been hearing about the six plus five rule for a while now. If you're not familiar, the proposed rule would mean every starting eleven ...
The Business of Football Turned On Its Head
By chris | January 31st, 2008On January 31, 2008 - a date which will go down in history for the economics of global football - The Court of Arbitration of ...
FIFA Bans Kenyans for Graft. But Jack Warner's Still Grafting.
By Laurie | January 26th, 2008Do the words "FIFA Corruption Investigation" make anybody else snicker? In a kind of cynical and jaded way? They shouldn't. I know ...
Clubs to Profit From Internationals
By Martha | January 21st, 2008As Chris reported last week, the G14 is being disappeared, along with the lawsuits the members clubs had been bringing against UEFA and FIFA in ...
Blatter Fears "Invaders from Brazil"
By Martha | November 27th, 2007FIFA President Sepp Blatter has found the real problem for international football, and it's nothing to do with bankrupt FAs, England being crap, or the ...
Dutch Cheese Has Fewer Holes Than I Thought
By Gianni | October 10th, 2007Wait, it's the Swiss one that has the holes right? Dammit, I knew something wasn't right. Either way, Fiorentina barely squeezing past our favorite Dutch Dairy ...
Chelsea Reserves and Chelsea Ladies UPDATE
By Andy | August 26th, 2007The Reserves kick off their season on Wednesday night when they take on the Reserves of Portsmouth FC at Havant and Waterlooville FC. As usual ...
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