Clubs on the Verge of Domestic Titles

By Inara | April 26th, 2008

Though there's still several weeks left in most European football leagues, some domestic title races are already over. In Portugal, Porto were declared champions (though they might be relegated) while in Greece, Olympiakos won their 36th title (thank ...

Vennegor and Niculae represent SPL with goals

By Ian Rose | March 26th, 2008

In today's crazy international action, most Scottish eyes were on the 1-1 draw with Croatia. But SPL club fans could look to a few other matches to see their favorite players as well. Ghana once again capped Hearts midfielder Laryea Kingston, despi ...

Missed opportunity for Romanian football

By Ian Rose | November 9th, 2007

As Bob so fittingly put it this week: Every year there is at least one team in the Champions League that makes you wonder how in the world they even qualified for the thing. This year it is Steau Bucharest. The Romanian club has been simply awful. I

International round-up: Bentley snubbed again

By Dan Clough | October 15th, 2007

Despite getting man of the match in our last game against Birmingham, and scoring a superb goal, Steve McLaren thought better of giving him another chance in the England game against Estonia. Fair enough, if we are 1-0 up, or drawing, or it's just a ti

Weekly Dose 16.09.07

By Jan | September 17th, 2007

I had no time to do any blogging the past couple of days, so I decided to cover some of the football that I missed with a few quick links instead. Germany beat Romania 3-1 coming from behind in a friendly on Wednesday. The match ended Romania's fourte

Would You Watch Mutu TV?

By Martha | August 7th, 2007

Though those of us outside of Romanian would probably have to be satisfied with just reading about it (and praying for YouTube clips), the press there are reporting that Adriano Mutu has been approached to star in a reality show of his very own, which wou

Video: Baku v. Dacia Chişinău

By Ian Rose | July 4th, 2007

Someday there will be clashes between mighty giants of football to decide the UEFA Cup, but for now, it's July, and that means that it is the time for the smaller teams to shine, or to go home early. This past weekend, in the second leg of the Intertoto

Yet even more rumors...

By Steven | June 12th, 2007

The president of Steaua Bucharest has apparently told local TV outlets that Dorin Nicolae Goian, a 26-year old defender, will leave the club to sign a new contract with Dortmund. According to Wikipedia (as I know nothing about this guy), he's scored th

Monaco fire up the Baloney

By Sam | October 24th, 2006

Laszlo Bölöni, that is. AS Monaco's Romanian bench boss was shown the door, a mere 10 league games after being welcomed so nicely after Didier Deschamps left to pursue the Serie B title with some team named Juventus. Monaco's long-time stand-there-and-d

News from Romania: Another Fine Reason for Fines

By Bob | August 30th, 2006

We're five matches into the Romanian league season and already we're on a record pace for fines being handed out to players. We've told you already about players being punished for victory and players being punished for letting in a meaningless goal and

News from Romania: Voodoo ain't Welcome Here

By Bob | August 29th, 2006

The lesson we learn this week from Romania is that you should never trust those Bulgarians. Not only does yes mean no in their country, but if you aren't careful they might just send their defense minister to your country to put a voodoo curse on your na

The News from Romania: A Heavy Price for a Victory

By Bob | August 15th, 2006

It is a race to the bottom in our favorite league as yet another team has come up with a fun and unique way to reward its players for a win. Last week we reported about the financial strain being caused by Politehnica Iasi's surprisingly strong start in

News from Romania: It doesn't Pay to Win

By Bob | August 8th, 2006

It wouldn't be a real week here at The Offside without news regarding financial trouble in our much beloved Romanian football league. The problem stems from Politehnica Iasi's surprisingly strong start. You would think that two consecutive wins woul

News from Romania: Please, No Pictures

By Bob | August 4th, 2006

I have to admit that I have a soft spot for Romanian football. I spent a year living in neighboring Moldova (yes, it is a real place) and just about every weekend I would escape reality by watching a Romanian league game on television. The style of play

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