Articles tagged with "europe"
A contrarian take on France - Ireland
By Dan | November 19th, 2009Sometimes, I just can’t help myself. Against all of my better judgment, I read as much of the self righteous indignation that erupted after ...
You want to live with common people...Some Very Early Thoughts on the Champions League Drop-Ins
By Dan | November 9th, 2009Even though many of the Champions League groups are closely contested, and won’t be decided before match day 6, I think we’re far enough along ...
We Won
By Abby | November 5th, 2009We won. We won. The first time since August- against Brøndby, way back when. All those weeks of things getting worse and worse, of less and less ...
Hair of the Dog - Hamburger (and Benny) Hill
By Cham | November 5th, 2009I feel we can skip the typical match report on this one. It would look something like this: Hamburger SV nil, Celtic nil... According to The Herald, ...
Group Stage: Match Day 4
By Dan | November 5th, 2009It’s match day four in the Europa League. While we’re very much in the business end of the group stage at this point, some ...
Going Dutch
By Abby | November 4th, 2009Oh, I wish it was last season. For many reasons, of course, but also because we'd have a reasonable chance of actually getting out of ...
Is This Really Rafa's Fault?
By Dave Martinez | November 1st, 2009This was the face that told the story, as Liverpool was stunned at Craven Cottage yesterday, taking a 3-1 loss with them into their Champions ...
Oleksandr Kucher Enters The Diving Hall Of Fame
By chris | October 29th, 2009[101 Great Goals] When Dr. Paul Morris laid out the ways and means of diving, giving referees the necessary tools to catch the culprit (failure thus ...
Group Stage: Match Day 3
By Dan | October 22nd, 2009It’s certainly been a fun week for European football; the Europa League did its part to keep things going. So, let’s get into what ...
I Don't Love the 90s: The North Atlantic league is still a terrible idea.
By Dan | October 20th, 2009As long as the North Atlantic league proposal is back on the table, let me just preemptively mention a few other things from the late ...
The Joy of Shameful Joy
By Dan | October 14th, 2009In club land, the international breaks are something like an enforced naptime. But, in anticipation of the Uruguay – Argentina match that might send ...
Fatal Bosnian Riot Ends In 8 Arrests - Of Cops.
By chris | October 8th, 2009Things tend to get a bit dicey in the bowels of Eastern European hooliganism, but even this is a bit much to swallow as true. ...
Group Stage: Match Day 2
By Dan | October 1st, 2009There was a little bit of everything on match day 2 in the group stage: redemption, surprises, and some consolidation of power already. In ...
A pre-match rant about Rapid Vienna - Celtic
By Dan | October 1st, 2009Does it get more simultaneously pathetic and irritating than the whining we’ve had to put up with from Celtic for the past few weeks? ...
Crime committed, celebrities not involved.
By Dan | September 27th, 2009In case you hadn’t already heard, UEFA is investigating a rather significant number of European qualifying round matches from recent seasons for evidence of match ...
Ending The Career Of An Opponent On Live Television? Bad Idea.
By chris | September 25th, 2009[101 Great Goals] Don't Scandinavian footballers realize they have these crazy new inventions called televisions and from these televisions we can see pretty much damn near ...
There's No Cheating In Football!
By chris | September 24th, 2009[101 Great Goals] Oh wait. This is Kim Christensen. Kim is a goalkeeper for IFK Goteborg. Kim is also in a lot of trouble. Because, you ...
The Questionable Editing of a Funny Highlights Reel
By Rob | September 19th, 2009So there are highlights from todays Russian Premier League match between Saturn and Spartak Moscow. Seems like quite a run of the mill match (the ...
Group Stage: Match Day 1
By Dan | September 17th, 2009After two days of eminently predictable action in ‘the world’s premier club competition,’ the Europa League group stages kicked off. I have to say, ...
Wir Glauben
By Abby | September 16th, 2009You don't have to read German to know that things are a bit dire in the Hertha camp. Five games played; four lost. Seventeenth place. Most ...
Tuesday's Champions League Preview
By Rob | September 14th, 2009Finally the Champions League returns to our screens tomorrow, and there are some brilliant games to kick us off in the first week. And while ...
The Pesants Revolt
By Dan | September 8th, 2009Sometimes, the rule breaking by the rich and powerful is so blatant that even the proper authorities cannot ignore it, and are compelled to actually ...
If You Survive Me
By Abby | August 31st, 2009In April, last season, the come-from-behind 2-1 win against Werder Bremen caused a lot of us to believe that we were really going to do ...
Scotland in danger of losing lucky 13th place
By Ian Rose | August 30th, 2009Scotland entered six teams into European competition this season - Celtic, Rangers, Aberdeen, Motherwell, Hearts, and Falkirk. After a dismal start that saw Aberdeen ...
Should They Stay Or Should They Go?
By Rob | August 30th, 2009So after all the hoo-ha about Eduardo's stumble and fall, this weekend bought up a few more similar incidents (inevitably) that made me question the ...
Sheva and Nine Other Reputation Ruining Transfers
By Rob | August 29th, 2009So Shevchenko has finally ended his Chelsea nightmare and rejoined Dynamo Kiev. Once the most feared striker in the world, he never really made an ...
Stumble and Fall: What punishment should Eduardo get?
By Rob | August 29th, 2009First off, hello. I'm Rob and I'll be here to enjoy the weekend with you. You might know me from the ...
The Favorites and Underdogs for Advancing in Europe
By Ian Rose | August 28th, 2009It's that time of year again, and after a few qualifying rounds, both the UEFA Champions League and the newly branded Europa League have drawn ...
Group Stage Draw and Thoughts
By Dan | August 28th, 2009GROUP A: Ajax Amsterdam – Anderlecht- Dinamo Zagreb- Timisoara GROUP B: Valenica- Lille OSC – Slavia Prague- Genoa GROUP C: ...
Geh'n Wir Nicht
By Abby | August 27th, 2009Rumors of our demise have been exaggerated. Not, you know, that there wasn't a reason to start them. 45 goalless minutes started the game, although the ...
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