Articles tagged with "europe"
Can the Romanians hold on to Intertoto glory?
By Ian Rose | July 28th, 2007Today, the first five of the eleven UEFA Cup spots will be decided in the Intertoto Cup. Two of the highlight matches feature Romanian ...
Partizan out of UC ... what's next?
By Ian Rose | July 26th, 2007Another week, another European ejection for fan violence. All we need now is one from the Champions League and we'll have the UEFA Trifecta ...
Some Supporters aren't helping their Club's UEFA Cup chances
By Bob | July 26th, 2007We are still in the early stages of the 2007-2008 UEFA Cup and already the tournament is shaping up to be a real battle. ...
Video: Atletico Madrid falls to Gloria Bistriţa
By Ian Rose | July 24th, 2007All the goals from the shock of the weekend - Atletico Madrid's 2-1 loss to Romanian side Gloria Bistrita in the third round of the ...
Intertoto, Round 3 ... for all the marbles
By Ian Rose | July 23rd, 2007This is it, the one that counts. The third round of the Intertoto Cup is underway, and eleven teams will move on from here ...
2007-08 UEFA Cup Is Underway
By Ian Rose | July 19th, 2007The Intertoto Cup is fun. I love it, I really do. But, let's face it. This is not the Intertoto Cup blog. ...
Bełchatów tries to reclaim Poland's footballing honor
By Ian Rose | July 18th, 2007After the Intertoto incident that got Legia Warsaw kicked out of that tournament, comments have been thrown about all over Europe as to whether Poland ...
He's a Keeper so he's allowed to use his Hands
By Bob | July 17th, 2007[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JRACqZsVZc[/youtube] It has been pretty well established that if you put most footballers in a paper bag the footballers won't be able to fight their way ...
Sunday results - Tobol and Odessa are through
By Ian Rose | July 15th, 2007The second round of the Intertoto Cup came to a close today, with Tobol Kostenay of Kazakhstan and Chornomorets Odessa of Ukraine moving into the ...
Saturday Action at Intertoto
By Ian Rose | July 14th, 2007All but two of the Intertoto Cup second round matches are decided, with the remainder to be played tomorrow. Here are the stories from ...
Intertoto Weekend Preview
By Ian Rose | July 13th, 2007Well, another week has flown by and it is time for the glory that is the weekend. Along with all the drinking and sleeping ...
Know Your Minnows: Rubin Kazan
By Ian Rose | July 12th, 2007In the last installment of "Know Your Minnows", we took a look at Rapid Vienna of Austria. This week, we'll focus on the team ...
Legia banned, Poland spared in UEFA probe
By Ian Rose | July 11th, 2007After the halftime riot at this weekend's Intertoto match with Vetra FC, Legia Warsaw fans have handed themselves a trip home from Europe, and a ...
Intertoto Cup video: Look, Ma, No riot police!
By Ian Rose | July 9th, 2007Well, since Bob beat me to the punch on the Polish hooliganism this weekend in Vilnius, I figure I'll just stick to posting video of ...
The Intertoto Cup is a nice excuse for a War on the Football Field
By Bob | July 9th, 2007[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=B7GFFr-galA[/youtube] Normally the Intertoto Cup is played in obscurity in places like Moldova, Macedonia and Lithuania. The UEFA Cup qualifying tournament made the news this ...
It was a less than successful season for Chernomorets
By Bob | July 9th, 2007I'm always a sucker for the underdog and I have a lot of admiration for fans of teams that perpetually suck, like Real Salt Lake. ...
Intertoto Second Round, First Leg Report
By Ian Rose | July 8th, 2007This weekend, the stakes in Europe rose one more level as the second round of the Intertoto Cup got underway, with the 14 winners from ...
UEFA Cup Memories: Liverpool 2001
By Ian Rose | July 6th, 2007Last time, we took a look at incoming Manchester City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson and his impressive win in 1982 with IFK Gothenburg. Today, as ...
Video: Baku v. Dacia Chişinău
By Ian Rose | July 3rd, 2007Someday there will be clashes between mighty giants of football to decide the UEFA Cup, but for now, it's July, and that means that it ...
Adin Brown, Norwegian Hero
By Bob | July 3rd, 2007[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itE-OiEO0Ac[/youtube] When he played in MLS, I always thought that goalkeeper Adin Brown was missing his true calling in life. With his size and ability ...
Know Your Minnows: SK Rapid Wien
By Ian Rose | July 2nd, 2007Last time, we took a look at Cork City FC of Ireland, who went ahead and won their first-round Intertoto Cup tie. This time ...
Intertoto First Round complete. 14 go home.
By Ian Rose | July 1st, 2007The first pink slips of the European season were handed out this weekend, as the fourteen ties of the first round of Intertoto were decided. ...
UEFA Cup youngsters take the field in U20 World Cup
By Ian Rose | June 30th, 2007Even with a topic as broad as the UEFA Cup, a blog beat that allows me to write about football in just about any European ...
UC 1st round draw revealed: Three matches to watch
By Ian Rose | June 29th, 200774 teams will enter the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup on July 19th, and as of today, we know the breakdown of who ...
UEFA Cup Memories: Gothenburg 1982
By Ian Rose | June 28th, 2007This is the first in a series of posts called UEFA Cup Memories, bringing back some of the great moments in the tournament's history. With all ...
Video: MLS needs these sort of corners
By Ian Rose | June 27th, 2007They may not have the excitement of a Messidonna-esque run through the defense, but set pieces are a great way to get the biscuit in ...
Intertoto Cup, Round 1, 1st Leg: Europe Kicks Off
By Ian Rose | June 25th, 2007After that grueling 30 days that is the off-season, the first European tournament football of 2007-2008 has finally arrived, in the form of the 2007 ...
When Face meets Knee, Face usually loses
By Bob | June 25th, 2007It has been a couple of months since we have seen a keeper lay the smack down on a forward and that is a couple ...
Fair Play is not Easy
By Bob | June 25th, 2007It is one of the more sporting traditions in football. A player goes down injured and the other team stops play. The injured ...
Welcome to the Offside UEFA Cup blog
By Ian Rose | June 24th, 2007Welcome to the Offside UEFA Cup blog. Though the Champions League is clearly the more prestigious and lucrative of the two, I love, and ...
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