Articles tagged with "europe"
Best. Managers. EVAR.
By Martha | September 13th, 2007The London Times spent the summer churning out football-related top 50 lists of every possible stripe, from biggest sporting scandals to worst footballers, and they ...
The Awesome (Though Perhaps Ill-Advised) Big Phil
By Martha | September 13th, 2007O Murro de ScolariUploaded by frslb No matter what you think of how the current Portugal team is playing, Luiz Felipe Scolari (AKA Big Phil) has ...
Euro 2008 Qualifying: Iceland Own Northern Ireland, Other Games Happen
By Martha | September 13th, 2007Group F minnows Iceland may not be able to beat Lichtenstein or Latvia, but give them a match against Northern Ireland -- third in the ...
Ray Ray's Mind Games Work...For Scotland
By chris | September 12th, 2007France 0-1 Ecosse But EcossaisUploaded by NeRoMe The inimitable genius that is Raymond Domenech has struck again, this time inspiring the favored team to victory once ...
Oh Happy Days: Euro Qualifiers
By chris | September 12th, 2007Oh yes, the international break is wrapping up, yet still in full swing, with some big battles looming large today. Some usual, and some not-so-usual, ...
Son, Your Gran's Dead. Oh, Sorry, Wrong Gran.
By Trent | September 11th, 2007Stephen Ireland's week started off pretty well. Over the weekend, he scored in Ireland's 2-2 away draw with Slovakia in a Euro 2008 qualifier. ...
From Russia with Talent
By Daryl | September 8th, 2007[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ecEHsQoGBQ[/youtube] The Russian league maybe doesn't get the attention it deserves, but there's some real talent in there. Andrei Arshavin plays for wealthy FC Zenit St. ...
Know Your Minnows: AE Larisa
By Ian Rose | September 2nd, 2007With the UEFA Cup first round approaching, and my European vacation ('Look kids, Big Ben, Parliament') coming to an end, it's time to resurrect possibly ...
Milan Win Sombre Super Cup
By Daryl | September 1st, 2007AC Milan beat Sevilla 3-1 in the European Super Cup in Monte Carlo last night, a sombre game played in the shadow of Antonio Puerta's ...
Sparta Prague player accused of giving Nazi salute
By Bob | August 31st, 2007[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=OoCfjlCHh8s[/youtube] Sparta Prague midfielder Pavel Horvath is facing the scrutiny of the Czech football federation after being accused of giving a Nazi salute to his club's ...
UEFA Cup first round set
By Ian Rose | August 31st, 2007Well, the draw is complete, and the first round of the UEFA Cup proper is set and ready. There are some interesting ties here. ...
Siroki 0-3 Tel Aviv ... Burning down the house (Video)
By Ian Rose | August 18th, 2007Celebrations are one thing, folks, but can we please leave the stadium intact? Hapoel Tel Aviv traveled to Bosnia to take on Siroki Brijeg ...
Lens, Hamburg and Leiria held to draws
By Ian Rose | August 16th, 2007It's going to be a bit tougher going for some of the bigger teams in the UEFA Cup's second qualifying round than they might have ...
Told ya so: Anorthosis shocks Romanians
By Ian Rose | August 16th, 2007This is the first in a one-part series in which I am right about anything. Anorthosis Famagusta, quickly becoming my favorite side in the ...
Litex and Hajduk and MIKA, oh my! ... A preview of today's matches
By Ian Rose | August 16th, 2007Unlike that other European tournament, the UEFA Cup doesn't split its match rounds over two days. All 33 first legs of the Cup's second ...
Pars look for first Euro win since '69
By Ian Rose | August 16th, 2007In the last of three nights in a row of European football for Scottish sides, Dunfermline looks to complete the set after good performances by ...
Rangers 1-0 Red Star in the Champions League
By Ian Rose | August 14th, 2007Well, as I've said, this is a HUGE week for Scotland in European competition. As both Celtic and Rangers vie for the Scrooge McDuck-like ...
Fan Attacks Player in Turkey, Chaos Ensues
By Bob | August 13th, 2007[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=YpgkhH35E_k[/youtube] The 2007/2008 Turkish Premier Super League season got off to a dubious start on Sunday with a fan attacking a player and a match ending ...
Sweden's European Beat-Down, and more...
By Ian Rose | August 13th, 2007It may not seem like it, but going into this big week of European football, with both UEFA Cup and Champions League matches on cue, ...
A huge week ahead for Scotland
By Ian Rose | August 12th, 2007This week, three Scottish sides are playing in European competition - Celtic and Rangers in the Champions League, and Dunfermline in the UEFA Cup. ...
Partizan Belgrade expulsion confirmed
By Ian Rose | August 8th, 2007After considering their appeal, UEFA has decided against Partizan Belgrade and confirmed their expulsion from the UEFA Cup. They won decisively in the first ...
36 matches today - first qualifying round is over
By Ian Rose | August 2nd, 2007Ahhh ... the marathon days of the early rounds. There were 36 matches today, as the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup wrapped ...
Know Your Minnows - Anorthosis Famagusta FC
By Ian Rose | August 2nd, 2007God, I love that name. This week's 'Know Your Minnows' segment is all about Anorthosis Famagusta FC of Cyprus. As a football fan with a ...
Victory for the smallest side in the UEFA Cup
By Ian Rose | August 1st, 2007While writing this blog, I use the term "minnow" rather loosely. Of course, there is a huge diversity of teams in European football, and ...
Should UEFA consider regional issues in draws?
By Ian Rose | July 31st, 2007The Partizan Belgrade affair this week, which saw them first ejected from the UEFA Cup, then maybe-sort of let back in, brings up an interesting ...
Partizan allowed to play second leg
By Ian Rose | July 31st, 2007The saga of Partizan Belgrade continues. A week after ejecting Partizan from the UEFA Cup due to fan violence, UEFA has taken a look ...
Eleven Intertoto winners move on to UEFA Cup
By Ian Rose | July 29th, 2007The match results are in, and these are the eleven clubs from the Intertoto Cup moving on to UEFA Cup qualifying: União Leiria (Portugal) Sampdoria (Italy) Atlético Madrid ...
Hammarby are lone first-round Intertoto survivors
By Ian Rose | July 29th, 2007Last season, two first-round Intertoto teams made it all the way through that tournament and into the UEFA Cup: Ethnikos of Cyprus and Maribor of ...
Today's video lesson: Don't clear into the box
By Ian Rose | July 29th, 2007Video from Atletico Madrid 1-0 Gloria Bistrita yesterday. It was a nice attack and cross, and all credit to Diego Forlan for the finish, ...
End of the road for Gloria. Madrid barely survives.
By Ian Rose | July 28th, 2007Well, as Meat Loaf would have said if he was slightly less optimistic, three out of five ain't bad. I called all the easy ...
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