Articles tagged with "athletic-bilbao"
Athletic Bilbao 1 - Atlético 0: Danggg
By Al | October 31st, 2009It hurts. Once again, there is no purpose in a review. Pretty much, it was an unfortunate first result for Quique Sanchez and the team suffered ...
Daily Dose: October 6th, 2009.
By chris | October 6th, 2009Stuff to read while you show off your clinical own goal finishing skills..... Tip of The Offside hat to wob, who sent the above video to ...
Daily Dose: September 21st, 2009.
By chris | September 21st, 2009Stuff to read while Massimo Bussaca shows a one-finger salute to the fans.... Though the inevitable headline is here. (Avoiding The Drop) A little weekend roundup for ...
Daily Dose: August 20th, 2009.
By chris | August 20th, 2009Stuff to read while you watch Kaka praise Jesus and fist-pump the pk for 5-0 in a friendly..... Cesc to Barcelona: mark it down (eventually). (Fanhouse ...
Seba Verón Takes a Voluntary Pay Cut
By Daryl | August 11th, 2009Juan Sebastián Verón recently matched his famous father's feat of winning the Copa Libertadores with Estudiantes. But if there were any doubts about Seba being ...
This Weekend on The Offside and World Cup Blog
By Laurie | August 1st, 2009Some fun things you won't want to miss on our site this weekend: Arsenal Offside has the top five Arsenal goals of all time. And ...
Daily Dose: July 9th, 2009.
By chris | July 9th, 2009Stuff to read while you watch a not-quite-svelte Ronaldo score a hat trick..... A team worth shouting about: Athletic Bilbao. (SoccerLens) The ten most shocking transfers - ...
Weekend Quiz Answers: Those Non-British Club Crests
By Laurie | July 5th, 2009So, on the topic of club crests: Apparently I'm not the only person who spends time staring at people's chests. (It's okay for ...
CSKA Sofia Plan to Go Local (or: Why You Can't Always Trust Wikipedia)
By Daryl | June 16th, 2009CSKA Sofia made themselves popular with Sepp Blatter today by announcing a policy of Bulgarian players only. Not so much 6+5 as 11+0. CSKA finished second ...
Athletic 1, Atlético 4: Feels Even Better, Man
By Al | May 24th, 2009In Marca's words: Everything is easier when you have Diego Forlan in your life. So Atlético pretty much killed Athletic Bilbao and pissed on their Copa ...
Transfer Talk: Funny Money Abound.
By chris | May 20th, 2009Man City have denied making a €150m bid to for one Lionel Messi, activating his buyout clause. A bid which wouldn't bat a solitary eye. You ...
Censoring The Nat'l Anthem Will Get You Canned
By chris | May 15th, 2009The long story short: Athletic Bilbao [shameless advertisement: AB needs a blogger] and Barcelona are from Basque Country and Catalonia, respectively. Both would like independence, ...
Diving Files: Hatem Ben Arfa & Iker Casillas Ham It Up.
By chris | March 19th, 2009Hatem Ben Arfa is as contemptible as he is talented - and he's quite talented. In the dying moments of last night's draw in Amsterdam ...
So....close! Atletico Madrid 3- 2 Villarreal
By Javier | March 15th, 2009@*#()@&**($&@*($&*@&*$. So. Close. The screw up on Javi really screwed us over. Proof that the Rangers tactics suck. We used a 5-3-1 right after he ...
Athletic Bilbao Fan Thrusts His Way Into The Spotlight
By chris | March 5th, 2009Twas a very big day for Athletic Bilbao. Huge day, even. So huge they spilled out onto the streets. What happens when jubilant and, most likely, ...
The Domestic Cups Runneth Over(eth)
By chris | March 5th, 2009The Champions League gets the pub and the UEFA Cup the scraps, but domestic cup competitions, often seen as mere afterthoughts, provide some of the ...
Spanish Club Wants To Get Paid, Drops Pants.
By chris | February 10th, 2009Without a single fact to back this up at the moment, it seems the financial crisis has hit Spanish football the hardest - mainly because ...
Disgrace and the Barcelona Friendly
By al | January 13th, 2009The phrase "anything can happen in football" is the only way to describe why the hell we got creamed 2-3 by Athletic Bilbao. We were completely ...
Reports of Match-Fixing Rock Spain
By chris | December 4th, 2008Match fixing in football is, unfortunately, nothing new. Some may even say it's par for the course, particularly if we're talking about Eastern European football ...
The Atlético Crest and its Meaning
By al | December 1st, 2008Ever wonder "what the hell kind of crest is that" when you see the Atlético Madrid crest plastered everywhere? I know I did (not really). ...
Daily Dose: October 29th, 2008.
By chris | October 29th, 2008Stuff to read while drive around aimlessly with your friends..... Boris Johnson wants football clubs to spend their money on something other than overpriced imports. (The ...
Atletico Madrid 4- Villarreal 4 0_0
By Javier | October 26th, 2008I can't even begin to write what I felt towards the result of this match. Its a combination of..pissedexcitedawesomebadassconfusedupsetsuprised. That sounds about right. 4-4? Who ...
Joseba Etxeberria To Play Next Year For Free
By chris | October 3rd, 2008For most, the term "giving back" to their club is an expression. Usually it's staying on when a larger club is calling, or taking the ...
Stealing a Point
By Elisa | September 26th, 2008Athletic played on Thursday at El Colombino against Recreativo Huelva. What can I say but a God awful display of football. Fortunately for ...
On the Third Day....
By Elisa | September 23rd, 2008Yes, we finally won a match and this time at San Mames. Well it's about time! And what the hell happened to this ...
Athletic v Valladolid - Game On!
By Elisa | September 20th, 2008Athletic prepare for their 2nd home game of the season. This time we need to get all 3 points, regardless. The next few ...
Preseason Time
By Elisa | July 13th, 2008Athletic returned to pre-season training this week at the Isla Canela near Huelva. The Mister has called into camp 33 players - 5 Canteranos ...
Liveblog: Real Madrid v Athletic Bilbao
By Steve | April 24th, 2008Hala Madrid! The 34th matchday of the season is almost upon us, and Los Merengues host Athletic Bilbao on Sunday. The match will ...
Caparros returns to Galicia
By Elisa | April 12th, 2008The prodigal son, Joaquin Caparros, goes back to his old stomping grounds where he managed the team for two years and was not exactly successful. ...
Los Leones v Los Periquitos
By Elisa | April 10th, 2008Que cute eh? Don't you love this foto? Questions to the masses: Who is one of the top in form teams in La Liga, tied with ...
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