Articles tagged with "europe"
Early results: Bolton take shock point in Munich
By Ian Rose | November 8th, 2007The early matches of UEFA Cup group stage day 2 are over, and there are some real shocks. Bayern Munich, nearly everyone's favorite for ...
Zagreb are Dinamo under Branko Ivankovic
By Bob | November 6th, 2007This is the time of year when the number of managers standing in the unemployment line grows exponentially. Chairmen are fed up with the ...
Why Are We Doing So Well?
By Dan Clough | November 6th, 2007I’ve just done a guest article over at Soccerlens about Blackburn Rovers’ start to this season. Here it is: Blackburn Rovers have enjoyed an excellent start to ...
What if the European Leagues had an MLS-style Playoff System?
By Bob | October 31st, 2007In the circles in which I run, most people I know accept MLS having a playoff system as simply being a part of sports in ...
The G-14 extends some curious invitations
By Bob | October 31st, 2007Imagine your excitement when you open up your mailbox and you find an invitation to a star-studded Hollywood party. You are a b-list actor ...
Group Stage Matchday 1: I fail at prediction
By Ian Rose | October 25th, 2007That's right. My OWL in Divination is in serious doubt. We had a great first matchday in the UEFA Cup group stages ... ...
UEFA Cup Group H Preview
By Ian Rose | October 24th, 2007Okay, it's finally here. We're done with all that Champions League nonsense and now it's time for the real tournament. Just kidding. ...
UEFA Cup Group G Preview
By Ian Rose | October 22nd, 2007It's almost time to get back to that tournament everyone in the soccer world cares about more than any other ... and, it's also time ...
Freddy Adu owns the Portuguese League Cup
By Bob | October 22nd, 2007[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVUBt84pNI0[/youtube] Lest you were thinking that Freddy Adu might have been feeling sad that he missed Real Salt Lake's season ending victory over the Colorado Rapids, ...
The worst starts in Europe, 2007-08
By Ian Rose | October 20th, 2007(Like the Luxembourg post, this is a little off-topic, but I don't really care. Sue me.) So, we are about 1/4 into most of the ...
UEFA Cup Group F Preview
By Ian Rose | October 18th, 2007We are almost through the previews, and there's only a week or so until I can start tallying up exactly how many games I got ...
UEFA Cup Group E Preview
By Ian Rose | October 15th, 2007The fifth of eight groups in the UEFA Cup might just be the most interesting. There might not be any English or Italian teams ...
Off Topic: Go Luxembourg!
By Ian Rose | October 14th, 2007Okay, this has nothing to do with the UEFA Cup, but since the I like to talk about little minnow teams on this blog, I ...
UEFA Cup Group D Preview
By Ian Rose | October 12th, 2007Fourth part, yada yada, eight parts, yada yada. Here's my preview of Group D of this year's UEFA Cup. Group D is, in order of ...
UEFA Cup Group C Preview
By Ian Rose | October 11th, 2007This is the third in an eight part ... blah blah blah, get to the predictions. Group C is, in order of seeding: Villareal (Spain), AEK Athens ...
UEFA Cup Group B Preview
By Ian Rose | October 10th, 2007This is the second in an eight part series outlining each of the UEFA Cup groups, and making my predictions for each and every UEFA ...
UEFA Cup Group A Preview
By Ian Rose | October 9th, 2007This is the first in an eight-part series taking a closer look at the eight groups in the UEFA Cup group stage, previewing the matches, ...
The UEFA Cup draw
By Ian Rose | October 9th, 2007The UEFA Cup groups have been drawn, and here they are. I'll be taking a closer look at each group, one per day, over ...
UEFA Cup draw preview: The hypothetical group of death
By Ian Rose | October 8th, 2007Well, we are about twelve hours from the UEFA Cup draw in Nyon, Switzerland, and though it might not have the glamour of the Champions ...
The Pots for the UEFA Cup Draw
By Ian Rose | October 5th, 2007The UEFA Cup group round draw is set for 9 October. I know you'll all be clenching your teeth and losing sleep until then. ...
Greeks wreak havoc in UEFA Cup
By Ian Rose | October 4th, 2007The Greek sides in the UEFA Cup went on a rampage in this round. Here's a quick rundown. All scores shown are aggregates. AEK ...
Swedes in classic UC comeback, Italians fall
By Ian Rose | October 4th, 2007We have some early results from today's action in the UEFA Cup, and one of the big stories is Sweden's Helsingborg. Having lost their ...
The Referee was clearly offside
By Bob | October 3rd, 2007[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRw-RYFbcT4[/youtube] We've all seen games when the referee's decisions have affected the outcome, but rare is the time when the referee's goal scoring prowess is the ...
Not your everyday free kick
By Bob | October 2nd, 2007[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=46pnEQXfIu8[/youtube] We've seen our share of trick free kicks, but perhaps never one as tricky as the effort in the video above. It comes from ...
Could the Belemers ruin Bayern's party?
By Ian Rose | September 28th, 2007As we approach the second leg of the UEFA Cup's first rounds, I'll be taking a look at some of the first-leg matches and some ...
Goal video: Tampere United v. Bordeaux
By Ian Rose | September 23rd, 2007Earlier this week, Bordeaux got a solid start to their UEFA Cup first round with a 3-2 win at Tampere United. But, regardless of ...
Putting the 'Ball' in Ball Boy
By Bob | September 21st, 2007[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gUgPkJ76x8[/youtube] The year of the ball boy continues. This time it is a Tottenham lad gaining a moment of fame with his cheeky actions during ...
Aberdeen accepts scoreless draw to open UEFA Cup
By Ian Rose | September 21st, 2007When Aberdeen manager Jimmy Calderwood saw his draw in the first round proper of the UEFA Cup, he could be forgiven for a bit of ...
Larissa 2 - 0 Rovers, erm... says it all really!
By Dan Clough | September 21st, 2007In the worst display of football in a Rovers game since the departure of Graeme Souness Rovers were humiliated in Greece last night! But I don't ...
Now it's on ... 38 matches today
By Ian Rose | September 20th, 2007Alright, enough of this one-match-per-day crap. We had the grinding 1-0 Hamburg win on Tuesday, the surprising 1-1 draw between Lens and Copenhagen yesterday, ...
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