Articles tagged with "africa"
We Interrupt this Blog for Technical Difficulties
By Bob | June 28th, 2007In an effort to make the world a better place we are doing all kinds of things on the back end of The Offside today ...
Tragedy and Craziness in International Soccer
By Bob | June 4th, 2007It was a horrible, bizarre and riveting weekend of international soccer. A tragedy involving fans once again tarred the beautiful game, while some fans ...
A Name to Remember: Andre Dede Ayew
By Bob | May 30th, 2007There are very few of us that ever have to follow in the footsteps of a legendary father. Heck, my dad has never blogged ...
Bad Juju Forces Malawian Soccer Teams to Play a Man Short
By Bob | May 16th, 2007It is an age old dilemma for coaches and players alike. Do you ignore the bad juju and go for a win, or do ...
149-0: The Most Lopsided Game in Club Football History
By Bob | May 9th, 2007It is official. You can now add Panagiotis Pontikos' name to the record book. Just make sure you spell it correctly. According ...
Abedi Pele needs to work on his Match-Fixing skills
By Bob | April 17th, 2007You all are undoubtedly honest people. Let's suspend reality for a moment and say that you are dishonest. In fact, you are willing ...
Like any good fan he shaves, paints himself and abstains from sex
By Bob | April 13th, 2007Our hero of the week hails from Kenya. The BBC informs us about Isaac Juma Onyango, a football fan who has taken his support ...
Is it a Dive if you are Struck by Lightning?
By Bob | March 29th, 2007Beware of the elements when playing football. If you aren't swept up by a tornado or getting smacked by wind-blown signs you might be ...
In Honour of Sir Alex Ferguson
By Andy | March 16th, 2007Now come on!!! Did you really think I would publish a picture of SAF on this site. You are joking me!!! I prefer the blonde ...
Shinguards, Check. Cleats, Check. Male Genitalia, Oops
By Bob | March 13th, 2007I remember when I was a young footballer the referees would always check both teams before the match started. They'd make sure that our ...
Didier Drogba named 2006 African Footballer of the Year
By Bob | March 1st, 2007What a difference a year makes. A year ago at this time many people were questioning Chelsea's Didier Drogba. His play was inconsistent, ...
A Name to Remember: Etienne Emmanuel Eto'o
By Bob | February 28th, 2007Anyone who has an older brother who isn't a complete fuck up will tell you that it is difficult to follow in a sibling's footsteps. ...
Spanning the Globe: The Sound of Silence in Italy, Romario Reaches 990
By Bob | February 12th, 2007Chances are you probably don’t have the time to follow every football league in the world closely. Never fear. We are here to help. Here’s ...
Rene Higuita is a Role Model for South Africa's youth
By Bob | January 18th, 2007You are the Colombian ambassador to South Africa. Your job is to help build bridges between the two countries. You want to help ...
A Red Card for the Wind Storm
By Bob | January 18th, 2007There has been a lot of talk about South Africa's ability to host the World Cup in 2010. Naysayers have talked about the country's ...
African Amputees Play Soccer for Peace
By Bob | January 4th, 2007Based on the number of people coming to this site through search terms like “Sunderland sex romp,” “Landon Donovan’s small penis,” and “Oliver Kahn scares ...
Matias Fernandez Latin American Football of Year; African Shortlist Announced
By Bob | January 2nd, 2007We feel like proud parents around here today following the news this weekend that The Offside’s great discovery Matias Fernandez was voted Latin American footballer ...
Ghana Footballer Ayi Nii Aryee Forced to Live in Airport for Months
By Bob | December 8th, 2006The Global Game has a remarkable post about a football player from Ghana who has been forced to live in an airport in the Philippines ...
Samuel Eto'o Named FifPro African Footballer of the Year
By Bob | November 21st, 2006After an outstanding year at Barcelona, Samuel Eto'o was named African Footballer of the Year by FifPro today in Algiers. The diminutive forward who ...
The Best African Footballer of the Past 50 Years
By Bob | October 24th, 2006Not to be outdone by the not-so-shortlists compiled for the FIFA Player of the Year Award and the European Player of the Year, the Confederation ...
Fan for a Match: Soaring to Victory
By Bob | October 2nd, 2006There probably is an old adage somewhere out there about victories tasting better because of defeats. We know that feeling all too well today ...
Fan for a Match: Moroka Swallows
By Bob | September 28th, 2006When we first started our Fan for a Match feature we were bright eyed and bushy tailed. We woke up early every Thursday morning ...
Fan for a Match: Choking on Guinea Pigs
By Bob | September 25th, 2006If our Fan for a Match experiment has proven anything, it is that it doesn't matter which continent we turn to, our support brings out ...
Fan for a Match: Esperance
By Bob | September 21st, 2006After more than a month of seeing our Fan for a Match selections from South America to Siberia crash and burn, we think we've found ...
Where are they now?: Joao Ricardo
By Bob | September 12th, 2006The World Cup seems like it was decades ago despite Sepp Blatter's feeble attempts to keep it alive. In reality, it was almost two ...
Nigeria: Come for the Football, Stay for the Machetes
By Bob | August 1st, 2006A few months back on World Cup Blog we reported that referees in Nigeria are sometimes encouraged to take bribes. While this hardly is ...
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