Articles tagged with "english-premiership"
English Premier League Manager Rankings for 2007/8
By Daryl | May 15th, 2008A total of 27 managers (excluding caretakers) were in charge of English Premier League clubs during the 2007/8 season. Some were better at their jobs ...
The Most Generous Player in the Premier League
By Daryl | May 14th, 2008OK, so he's not technically in the Premier League anymore as Birmingham City were relegated last weekend. But Olivier Kapo is still pretty generous. Some ...
Olof Mellberg Leaves Aston Villa With Class
By chris | May 13th, 2008Too often footballers are portrayed as money grubbing whores whose only care is the thickness of their wallets or the number of places their faces ...
Best Football-Related Disclaimer/Retraction Ever
By Laurie | May 13th, 2008This was a little tidbit from today's Daily Mail: ROMAN ABRAMOVICH In our article 'Abramovich snaps after Russia blow it against Israel' 21 November 2007, we reported ...
Could Michael Owen Really be Headed to Japan?
By Laurie | May 13th, 2008The EPL season is over. The new league champions have been crowned. What does this mean? It means: Cue the latest round of rumors ...
Daily Dose 5.12.08
By Laurie | May 12th, 2008Some news to read as you use a corpse head to smoke marijuana: Because 2000 naked people are the obvious way to promote a footy tournament ...
10 Things We Learned in the Premier League
By Daryl | May 12th, 20081. Ryan Giggs has more Premier League medals than Andriy Shevchenko has goals Giggs scored the decisive second for Man Utd against Wigan to earn himself ...
Manchester United are Premier League Champions
By Ian Rose | May 11th, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tai620mnilo[/youtube] This is the penalty that technically won the Premier League title this year. With Chelsea only managing a draw with Bolton, the title could ...
D-Day Preview
By Ian Rose | May 11th, 2008They look so happy, don't they, laughing and smiling at each other? In a few hours, one will still be happy. For the ...
The Offside Fantasy League: Value for Money
By Daryl | May 9th, 2008It's the final day of Premiership action on Sunday. And so it's the final day of The Offside Fantasy League too. Unfortunately, it doesn't look ...
You, Sir, Are Up For Review!
By chris | May 8th, 2008Normally those words aren't a positive sign. Not for Sven-Goran Eriksson, who must've interpreted this as music to his slightly overgrown ears. Or maybe it's ...
Scudamore Running Scared of Blatter's 6+5
By Daryl | May 8th, 2008Seems unfair to blame one man for everything that's wrong with an entire league. But I'm going to do it anyway, because chief exec Richard ...
Man Utd vs Chelsea, and Barack Obama vs Hillary Clinton
By Daryl | May 7th, 2008We don't do politics on The Offside, but we love a good analogy. And it was recently suggested to me that the Premier League title ...
"2 Good 2 Bad" 2007/8 Premier League Highlights
By Daryl | May 7th, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghiyzrG9UTI[/youtube] For those unfamiliar, Match of the Day is a BBC institution. A Saturday night highlight show that's been around for as long as most people ...
How To Ruin A Season, by Adrian Mutu
By chris | May 6th, 2008It has been an altogether fantastic season for the Viola, their first with a clean slate after the turmoil of Calciopoli. They've spent most of ...
Gattuso's Summer of Change
By chris | May 6th, 2008The big news of the week on the market front has been the less-than-shocking revelation that Mathieu Flamini is leaving the Emirates for Serie A ...
Is the Premier League Top Four Unbreakable?
By Daryl | May 6th, 2008As Newcastle's unbeaten run came to an end against Chelsea yesterday, Kevin Keegan looked at Avram Grant's bench and saw Frank Lampard, Joe Cole and ...
Daily Dose 5.05.08
By Laurie | May 5th, 2008Some news to read as you have more fun on Cinco de Mayo than I'm going to. (Just FYI, this is how Anglo Saxons ...
Title Watch Update
By Laurie | May 5th, 2008A couple of titles were settled this weekend, and a couple of challenges got more complicated. Here's what the Title Watch looks like after ...
Video: Promotion Ecstasy for Stoke City
By Laurie | May 5th, 2008[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=t7b-1ojmoaI[/youtube] There are pitch invasions, and then there are Pitch Invasions. This one qualifies for the capitals. Stoke City last played in the Premier ...
10 Things We Learned in the Premier League
By Daryl | May 5th, 20081. Nani isn't much of an actor No doubt that Lucas Neill provoked him. But the poor man's Cristiano Ronaldo was stupid to headbutt the Aussie, ...
Cesc Fabregas Juggles A Fireball
By chris | May 5th, 2008I have two questions: 1. Does Nike know that's Cesc Fucking Fabregas? 2. What do you think Arsene thought when he saw this? I can't imagine he ...
Nani's Headbutt: the Video
By Laurie | May 4th, 2008Best quote from this video? "I think Lucas mighta provoked him a bit, and Lucas has gone down a bit easy." No kidding. But in the ...
Fulhamerica, **** Yeah!
By Ian Rose | May 3rd, 2008(Note: A little something for the ladies, courtesy of Brian McBride. If you're going to make a post with this many goal differential numbers ...
Daily Dose 5.02.08
By Laurie | May 2nd, 2008Some news to read as you crash a $136 million fighter jet because you forgot to lower your wheels. Top ten one-club football stars in the ...
Highest Paid Footballers (and Guess Which MLS Star is #1?)
By Laurie | May 2nd, 2008The numbers are out. Guess who the #1 highest-paid footballer is? You'll never guess. I'll give you a hint. Plays in ...
Daily Dose 5.01.08
By Laurie | May 1st, 2008Some news to read as you escape from prison by accident: William Gallas can't buy champagne in France, but his white chauffeur can (From a Left ...
Marcello Lippi Is Not Worried About Making English Friends
By chris | May 1st, 2008Marcello Lippi has earned a ton of respect in the last decade, with a trophy cabinet enough to make any coach blush. When Lippi speaks, ...
Daily Dose 4.30.08
By Laurie | April 30th, 2008Some news to read as you get arrested for trying to cash a $360 billion check: Our Red Bulls Offside blogger Dave Martinez interviews Hunter Freeman ...
What did the Groundsman Say to Set Off Patrice Evra?
By Laurie | April 30th, 2008"Idiot" or "immigrant"? Which is the worse insult? It all depends on who you ask. Why does it matter? Because when you're talking ...
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