Articles tagged with "turkey"
Daily Weekend Dose 07.06.08
By Laurie | July 6th, 2008
We are entering our lazy period here at The Offside. Euros are over, Ian's at a wedding, and Daryl's off somewhere sipping umbrella drinks ...
Euro Report: Expansion Talk and Spanish Breakthrough
By Ian Rose | June 24th, 2008We're back with another report, now that the quarterfinals of Euro 2008 are over and it's down to the final four. Daryl Grove joins ...
South American Euros
By Lugo | May 24th, 2008In this day of the official birth of the south american union I'll take the occasion to make the list of (confirmed or potential) representatives ...
We're the Champions!!!!!!!! And how great it feels!!!!!!
By Musab | May 10th, 2008It's official we are the champs this year yet again!!!!!! Here are some pictures to satisfy your craving for CimBom glory. A full report will ...
Weekly Poll: Who Will Win Euro 2008?
By Laurie | May 9th, 2008It's time for our weekly "Who Will Win Euros" Poll. Last week's vote was close, but in the end it was Germany who won out with ...
Title Watch: Pray for Victory
By Daryl | May 2nd, 2008There are title races all over Europe this weekend. Some will get decided over the next two days, others are going to take a little ...
Countdown to the Great Derby-Galatasaray v.s Fenerbahce
By Musab | April 22nd, 2008This Sunday, the whole of Turkey will be fixed on one match. The great Istanbul derby between Galatasaray and Fenerbahce. What makes this seasons derby ...
Looking for Euro 2008 Bloggers
By Daryl | March 20th, 2008We're looking for bloggers to join our team for Euro 2008 on WCB. If you want to blog about any of the following teams: Austria, Croatia, ...
Postmatch: Galatasaray 2-0 Kayserispor, Nothing special. Galatasaray continues on the path to the championship
By Musab | March 9th, 2008Well I guess even champions need to be able to write off these kind of matches. After a couple of pretty hard matches with Bayer ...
Now That's A Proper Derby
By chris | February 28th, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpWAN1h9D_Q[/youtube] Everybody knows it's not a proper derby unless a red card or two is displayed. Fenerbahce and Galatasaray scoff at this notion, as one to ...
More V-Day Football Love
By chris | February 14th, 2008One might say that this details a true love of football. I say this details a woman who should smartly find herself elsewhere in the ...
Weekend Watch Recap: A Mixed Bag
By Martha | January 28th, 2008Saturday Liverpool v Havant and Waterlooville: The minnows acquitted themselves magnificently, twice going ahead in a first half in which they were, by all accounts, the ...
The Fix is In: 8-0 is Quite a Dive
By Martha | December 5th, 2007In addition to those Euro 2008 qualifiers that are under investigation for match-fixing, UEFA are also reported to have been contacted by Europol about 26 ...
News from the Field- Feldkamp presses the button, Turkey beats Norway
By Musab | November 19th, 2007Herr Feldkamp had a quasi-press conference today and laid out his plan. He plans to buy a central defender in the winter window. I think ...
News from the Training ground, plus Turkey's match with Norway
By Musab | November 16th, 2007Today was a pretty quiet day at Galatasaray's Florya Training fields. seeing as to how there will plenty of international call-ups. Feldkamp and his minions ...
The Referee was clearly offside
By Bob | October 3rd, 2007[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRw-RYFbcT4[/youtube] We've all seen games when the referee's decisions have affected the outcome, but rare is the time when the referee's goal scoring prowess is the ...
The Daily-Or-So News Dispatch (07.09.28)
By Sam | September 28th, 2007+ Djibril Cissé charged for attempted murder? Maybe! Besiktas' Brazilian midfielder Ricardinho has recently announced he plans to sue Marseille's international striker for the tackle ...
Représente ta ligue: Forget the League, OM's Gunning for the European Championship
By Sam | September 18th, 2007Eight matches in Ligue 1 and only one win to show for it? Pish posh. They can lose against Valenciennes and Nice, but their ain't ...
Fan Attacks Player in Turkey, Chaos Ensues
By Bob | August 13th, 2007[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=YpgkhH35E_k[/youtube] The 2007/2008 Turkish Premier Super League season got off to a dubious start on Sunday with a fan attacking a player and a match ending ...
You Say Gençlerbirliği Spor Kulübü, I Say...That Team From Ankara
By Trent | July 16th, 2007Don't you just love it when English-speakers make a big deal about not being able to pronounce proper nouns from other languages? What jerks. ...
The International Caps they earn in Turkey are Out of this World
By Bob | June 5th, 2007It is a week of international football, which means that nationalism rises to the surface and countries break out their traditional gear. In the ...
Galatasaray Fans Take Tossing to the Next Level
By Bob | May 21st, 2007You always read about how heated the derby between Galatasary and Fenerbache in Turkey is and now you can see why the fans get into ...
Mr. T's Anti-Diving Message is starting to Spread
By Bob | May 9th, 2007It was only a matter of time before the words of the prophet spread. He told us to get some nuts and He told ...
Barcelona may pay £2M for 12-year-old Muhammad Demirci
By Bob | March 13th, 2007It was way back on April 4th of last year when World Cup Blog introduced the world to the Turkish Ronaldino. This naturally led ...
New Training Exercise: Dodge the Flying Water Bottles
By Bob | January 2nd, 2007Ah yes, derbies can bring out the best of behavior. Here we get a peak at what it is like when Galatasaray is welcomed ...
Materazzi's Newest Weapon
By Bob | November 16th, 2006If Marco Materazzi drives like he plays football, you might want to stay off the roads in Italy. The only thing scarier than the ...
Italy v Turkey. Yay.
By Martha | November 16th, 2006Thanks to the intrusion of real life, I haven't yet watched last night's game. It's sitting in the Tivo (-like device) waiting for me to ...
Turkey is the New Italy
By Bob | August 2nd, 2006Now that Italy has captured the World Cup and proven the domestic league scandals are hardly an obstacle to glory, other countries might be starting ...
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