

Articles tagged with "athletic-bilbao-team-news"
Spanish Supercup: Nothin's Wrong
By Paul | August 17th, 2009Yesterday, Athletic failed once again to pick up silverware, falling 2-1 to Barcelona in the Spanish Supercup.Unfortunately, I got dragged out with my parents for ...
Gameday- Spanish Supercup Final
By Paul | August 16th, 2009Today, Athletic take on treble winners Barcelona in the Spanish Supercup to kick off the 2009/2010 season of La Liga. Barcelona are, indeed, a ...
Loan-ly Loaners
By Paul | August 14th, 2009Two new loan deals have now been made by Athletic- one coming in and another going out. First, Ander Murillo is out on loan to ...
*CANCELLED*LIVE BLOG- UEFA Europa League 3rd Round Qualifier (@ BSC Young Boys)*CANCELLED*
By Paul | August 6th, 2009Well, ETB totally let me down and no other streams are available- sorry guys, but this has always been the drawback to being an Athletic ...
No More Signings...
By Paul | August 4th, 2009So, if the news is true, Joaquin Caparros is pleased with the squad and Athletic will not be buying anymore players this summer. Caparros thinks ...
A Preseason Win- That's More Like It!
By Paul | August 1st, 2009Today, Athletic Club played against Arenas Club de Getxo and won 3-0. The scoreline shouldn't be a surprise, but considering Athletic's lackluster form so far ...
Caption This! #3 (With Last Week's Winner)
By Paul | July 31st, 2009You know the rules- leave a comment with a caption that you think fits the photo (funny is always good) and next Friday when I ...
Lions Tamed By Young Boys (An Uphill Battle Ahead)
By Paul | July 30th, 2009So the first leg of 3rd round of Europa League qualifying is in the books...and Athletic have fallen 1-0 to BSC Young Boys. This is ...
Live Blog: UEFA Europa League Athletic-Young Boys
By Paul | July 30th, 200990+3:55: The Final whistle is blown. Athletic will go into the second leg at Wankdorf (take a moment to laugh at the name of BSC's ...
Liveblog UEFA Europa League: Athletic Club vs. BSC Young Boys (Jul. 30, 2009)
By Paul | July 29th, 2009Tomorrow at 2:30pm Houston time (that's 3:30pm Eastern, 9:30pm in Bilbao) I'll be here to liveblog Athletic's first Europa League game. Athletic's 18 players named ...
Caption This! #2 (With Last Week's Winner)
By Paul | July 24th, 2009The rules are the same, I'll post a picture, leave a caption in the comments, and next week when I post the next photo to ...
A Win (Sort Of)
By Paul | July 22nd, 2009Today, Athletic played their friendly against Spanish giants San Roque and won....because of an 88th minute penalty that was taken by Etxeberria. Llorente was brought ...
Shedding Dead Weight
By Paul | July 21st, 2009Today, Athletic and Iñigo Velez agreed to rescind the player's contract,and Velez has moved on to Numancia. I saw this coming with the De Cerio ...
Down on Penalties
By Paul | July 19th, 2009Another pre-season game was played yesterday vs. Anderlecht, and Athletic go down on penalties. Ok, so they lost. I'm not too worried (yet). This is ...
Caption This! #1
By Paul | July 17th, 2009So just as a way to add a bit of flavor to the blog, I have decided to post a new photo every Friday and ...
Europa League 3rd Round Draw: Los Leones to Take on Young Boys
By Paul | July 17th, 2009So Athletic's draw for it's first Europa League matches has been made. In the third round of qualifying, they will be taking on Switzerland's BSC ...
Benfica 2-Athletic 1: Saviola Wins It for the Eagles
By Paul | July 16th, 2009Today was Athletic's first preseason game of 2009, and it ended as a 2-1 loss for Los Leones. Really, the team did not look too ...
First Friendly (vs. Benfica)- Link to Live Match Below (ON NOW!!)
By Paul | July 16th, 2009I am currently watching the first friendly of the season vs Benfica at this location. The commentary is in Portugese, so if you can tolerate ...
Beating Them To The Punch: Athletic's Third Signing
By Paul | July 15th, 2009According to the latest reports (here and here) Athletic have signed Real Sociedad's 23-year-old left defender Xabi Castillo for €1 with another €600,000 in based ...
New Signing: Oscar de Marcos
By Paul | July 11th, 2009According to various Spanish news sources (such as this one- it's in Spanish), Athletic have bought Alavés midfielder Oscar de Marcos. Depending on where you ...
Gearing Up
By Paul | July 10th, 2009The boys have already been training (as we all should know by now) and today the La Liga 2009-10 schedule was released. Here's the team's ...
New Season, New Threadz (and a bit heavy on the photos)
By Paul | July 8th, 2009Finally, I get my kit porn and my urges can be relieved! Umbro and Athletic held a press conference earlier today officially unveiling their ...
Almost Here: New Kits
By Paul | July 6th, 2009Maybe it's just that I love new kit porn but I am pretty pumped up about Athletic's new kits which will be officially presented on ...
HELLO!
By Paul | July 4th, 2009Hello readers, my name is Paul and I am now the blogger for Athletic Club Bilbao here on theoffside. I have been a follower of ...
Paul
By Paul | July 2nd, 2009Straight outta Houston, Texas, Paul's Athletic Club Bilbao obsession comes from his Basque heritage. When not writing for the Athletic Bilbao page on theoffside, he ...
Write for Athletic Bilbao Offside
By Daryl | May 13th, 2009We're looking for a brave blogger to take over Athletic Bilbao Offside. It's not a paid position, but if you're an Athletic fan who wants ...
Nothing to Lose
By Elisa | November 15th, 2008Athletic came back and earned a point against Mallorca. For the neutral a fabulous game with tons of goals, 3-3 was the final score. ...
Bad Moon Rising
By Elisa | November 2nd, 2008I just started a new job and it's been crazy, but I'm back. Here's a cartoon from Anton to demonstrate my sentiments on the latest ...
Athletic v Barça Preview: A Meeting of the Minds Over Java
By Elisa | October 18th, 2008DAVID VS GOLIATH? Two guys having a coffee break in a crowded café’… One of them support the Los Leones and the other is a fan ...
We Were Rubbish**
By Elisa | October 8th, 2008Despair, Despair, Despair, Athletic just started on the fearsome foursome run and looked frickin awful vs Sevilla. If something doesn't happen and quick, it's ...





