Articles tagged with "relegation"
When A Win Is Ultimately A Loss
By jacob | May 14th, 2008So. I think it goes largely without saying the weekend of May 10th, 2008 won't be fondly remembered in Berkshire. I think I, like many others, was hoping that the feared "Second Season Syndrome" would result in a 15th place finish at worst. This ...
Somehow they found a way...
By timmyg | May 12th, 2008Unbelievable. No, honestly, what has transpired the past 5 weeks is Hollywood blockbuster fodder. Stuff you learn in middle school, only to find out isn't true past high school. Narrative's that our post post-modern society all but got rid of. ...
Title Watch: Champions Will Be Crowned...
By Daryl | May 9th, 2008...and others will be abdicating from top flight football. Read on to see who needs to do what in England, Italy and France this weekend: England: Man Utd and Chelsea are level on points, but Utd have a big advantage with goal diffe ...
Episode 22: Superclásico, Ligue 1 and Premiership Roundup
By Ian Rose | May 8th, 2008It's that time of the week again, and after a week of technical glitches that made me very nearly give up on the computer altogether, we are back with Pod episode 22. Joining me for this one are Christian Reyes, who is still licking his wounds a bit ...
The Unbelievable Run Continues
By timmyg | May 4th, 2008We're finally a Premier League team. After winning two roads games in a row, and now shutting out fellow-strugglers Birmingham 2-0, it is fitting that the club is out of the relegation zone -- albeit barely. Brian McBride threw his body around ...
The Unbelievable Run Continues
By timmyg | May 4th, 2008We're finally a Premier League team. After winning two roads games in a row, and now shutting out fellow-strugglers Birmingham 2-0, it is fitting that the club is out of the relegation zone -- albeit barely. Brian McBride threw his body around ...
Fulhamerica, **** Yeah!
By Ian Rose | May 3rd, 2008(Note: A little something for the ladies, courtesy of Brian McBride. If you're going to make a post with this many goal differential numbers in it, you need to add in some eye candy to get some butts in the seats.) The lyrics to the above-referen ...
Episode 21: Paris is Burning
By Ian Rose | April 29th, 2008No, film buffs ... we will not be talking about the drag documentary, but Paris St. Germain is a main topic of discussion this week, as Ligue 1 faces the very real possibility of losing its only Parisian club, and its fans go a little insane. Inara ...
Twenty Minutes of Hysteria
By timmyg | April 27th, 2008For everyone who considered Diomansy Kamara a flop was proven wholly incorrect yesterday. His two goals were incredible: a dismantling of Corluka before the nutmeg (yes, NUTMEG) of English wunderkind Joe Hart; and an absolute scorcher in the 90th tha ...
Bottom of the Barrel Run In Prediction Game
By Greg | April 24th, 2008I'm kind of bummed because I just realized that I have to leave my apartment to watch the Chels pound on ManU this Saturday because I won't pay $15 for Setanta Sports. However, I WILL go to a bar in order to watch the match and spend TWICE that amou ...
Saints 0 Burnley 1
By Mike | April 21st, 2008If the Bristol City game showed why Saints should be challenging for promotion, then this defeat showed why we're battling relegation. Since relegation from the premiership I've lost count of the number of games which follow the same pattern: Saints ...
Falling through the fingertips
By timmyg | April 20th, 2008When the obituary is written about Fulham's 2007/08 season, the recurring theme should be "blown chances." Derby, Sunderland, Wigan, Birmingham, Newcastle, 'Boro, West Ham -- all matches (some twice) that were for the taking yet ended with less than ...
Players Going on Strike is the Latest Fashion
By Inara | April 19th, 2008Players from Boavista have announced that they will be on strike this weekend due to the fact that their salaries are two months overdue. The Porto based club, currently 10th in the BWIN Liga, know that a win may allow them to move into eighth, b ...
All About Promotion: Who's Coming Up in Europe?
By Laurie | April 17th, 2008The other day we talked about the rather depressing subject of relegation. Today though? The sun is shining, so let's move on to a much happier topic: Promotion. What second-level European teams may be moving up to the top flight? This is not ...
Episode 19: Blatant Abuse of the 4-3-3
By Ian Rose | April 16th, 2008The podcast family widens a little as we welcome a new member to the crew. Red Bull New York Offsider Dave Martinez joins us for his first run out, to discuss his Bulls, as well as the rest of the MLS action this week. Don't worry - there's still p ...
Fulham "Reserves" win another
By timmyg | April 15th, 2008Keep the momentum rolling! Fulham "Reserves" defeated Aston Villa's Reserves 2-0 tonight in a wet affair at Motspur Park. I put quotes on "Reserves" because the squad contained more of the 'where are they now?' crowd. Woy's January purchases came ...
If Relegation Happened Today, Who Would Go Down?
By Laurie | April 15th, 2008Ah, relegation. It's every club's biggest dread. (With the probable exceptions of the EPL's Derby County, or French Ligue 1's Metz, or SPL's Gretna, where death might be the only event better able to offer pain relief.) And it's a rite of passage ...
Finally, Finally...
By timmyg | April 13th, 2008Fulham finally did it. After a season of countless leads dropped while away, they finally managed to stay in front. After last weekend's absolute debacle, the squad put forth a performance not seen in years. I really wish I could express more ins ...
The Magnificent Fall of União Leiria
By Ian Rose | April 12th, 2008We all marvel at teams that seem to perform beyond their potential, the little guys that come out of nowhere, emerging from relative obscurity to make miracle runs in their league, cup, or sometimes even in Europe. Unless they happen to beat our bel ...
Weekly Relegation Update - Week 9
By Jeremy | April 7th, 2008Another week of fixtures gone by and Newell's is still in 14th place. The good news is we beat Central and are widening the gap on the teams below us, except for San Martin. Their victory pole vaulted them from 19th and an auto relegation spot to 1 ...
Dear, Oh Dear. Relegation guide.
By Shane | April 7th, 2008Dear oh dear, Osasuna's route to salvation will be as hard as the Olympic torch reaching china, they are both destined to suffer till the end. Once again the three points have escaped Pamplona. Once again, the opponents did nothing to deserve the ...
Will the Alonso brothers face off in the Prem?
By Ian Rose | April 5th, 2008Footballers' brothers often find a way to wriggle their way into the news. I don't think there are enough stories about famous players' sisters to institute a BAS of the Week column quite yet, but we'll keep an eye on it. Ronaldinho is represen ...
Well That Just About Does It....
By timmyg | April 5th, 2008Fulham fans everywhere waved bye-bye to the top flight after a (yet another) horrid display in their 3-1 loss to Sunderland. I'm not going to vent how completely unacceptable that scoreline is: in general, in relation to the specific opponent, and ...
Mallorca-Real Madrid
By Jeremy | April 4th, 2008Real Madrid is the only sizable European club I have seen play in person and every year when Mallorca plays them I am reminded of the game I saw with Michel and Butragueno in the lineup. I still have my cheap ass Butragueno jersey that I bought near ...
Im Back
By rich | April 4th, 2008Welcome back readers. My problems have been fixed by the boys at The Offside, and now i can blog regularly again. Which is good news for me, and hopefully good news for you. Anyway down to business, KK(Kevin Keegan) has reiterated the import ...
Osasuna vs Recreativo "9 pointer"
By Shane | April 4th, 2008So a short blog , well shorter than usual, to tell you that Osasuna vs Recreativo is on sky sports 3 7PM. This is probably one of the most important games of the season if not the most. Tickets for this game were sold at €10 so the stadium would ...
Fulham Podcast #2
By timmyg | April 1st, 2008HatterDon from FulhamUSA calls in as we discuss the Derby Debacle. (and sorry about the lack of initial bumper music -- some problem with recording. so just queue up "Ring of Fire" and play for like 20 seconds before listening.) Fulham Offside ...
Fulham Podcast #2
By timmyg | April 1st, 2008HatterDon from FulhamUSA calls in as we discuss the Derby Debacle. (and sorry about the lack of initial bumper music -- some problem with recording. so just queue up "Ring of Fire" and play for like 20 seconds before listening.) Fulham Offside ...
Livorno 0-0 Siena, Disorganised Derby Diary
By Marco | March 31st, 2008Livorno manages to stay above water for another 7 days. Kudos to Giancarlo Camolese for sending out the 3-4-1-2 out there but the trident attack didn’t produce a single goal. Francesco Tavano started to show us some glimpses of his Valencia ...
Valuable Points and Villareal campeon
By Shane | March 31st, 2008/> Cuco Ziganda our manager and ex footballing legend claimed to be very happy after Osasunas away 0-2 victory over Getafe and so am I. With more practical than beautiful football and with a defence tighter than a catalan osasuna broke a bad ome ...
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