Team by Team Preview Part 2

Another day, another day closer to the big kick off in the premier league. Yesterday I covered Arsenal through Bolton and this morning I present ...

Scoring on an Injured Keeper: Péter Kovács Won't Make the FIFA Fair Play Award Shortlist

Odd Grenland are through to semi-finals of the Norwegian Cup after beating SK Brann 5-1 at home yesterday. But that scoreline wasn't the big story ...

Everton Launch New Kit With "The Scouse Haka"

In a move that 101GG are calling "The Scouse Haka", Everton launched their new black and pink away kit by hiring six Maori men to ...

Football League Championship predictions with lemon

Rather than compete with the stupendously good Championship preview compiled by the Plymouth blog's helmsman, Jim, I've decided to take an alternative approach. One thing ...

Arshavin 2, Atletico Madrid 1, Senderos Exits to Everton and more

Afternoon all. I thought I'd jump in for a few thoughts after today's 2-1 win against Atletico Madrid in the first game of the Emirates ...

Everton home kit 2009/10

First of all thanks for the nice welcome comments - I'm looking forward to blogging about my beloved toffees. Ok, down to business then. What do you ...

Here we go...

Hi. Welcome to Everton Offside. I'll be blogging my way through pre-season and the upcoming 2009/2010 Premier League campaign and discussing all things blue. Before I ...

Transfer Talk: How Dare You, Mr. Vieira!

Patrick Vieira is a cunning bastard. Well past his prime and entering retirement territory as the ability to time a tackle has left him entirely, ...

No News is Good News, Right?

It has been a relatively quiet, yet paradoxically stressful, week for Inter and us fans. The sword of Damocles still hangs over our heads as ...

WEEKLY TRANSFER RUMOR ROUND-UP II

[gallery] The transfer rumors seemed to be slowing down, after a few frantic weeks of wild speculation, most of it, pretty outrageous but in the last ...

WEEKLY TRANSFER ROUND-UP

[gallery] Three Possible New-Comers to Gerland This Season. I'm planning to do one of these at the end of every week to sum-up the concrete, as ...

Tim Cahill: Always Fashion Conscious

Whether he's playing for Everton or qualifying for the World Cup with Socceroos, Tim Cahill knows labels are important: Check the Armani waistband he carefully ...

Daily Dose: June 8th, 2009.

Stuff to read while you take out the ref with clinical tackling/falling down...... The Sids which shouldn't scare parents - La Liga awards. (guardian) One beverage - ...

Europe’s 10 Most Overpriced Transfers; Or: Prem Transfer Roundup - Revisited.

Yesterday we assessed our predicted transfer bargains from September (with mixed results), and today it's time to look back at our perceived overpriced transfers. A ...

Transfer Talk: Everybody In, Everybody Out.

Rumor has it Florentino Perez's first act after hiring Manuel Pellegrini will be to install a revolving door in the Bernabeu dressing room. Out will ...

Rant Box: Chelsea v Everton

This is the big one, my friends. FA Cup Final. At Wembley. Against Everton. The final match of the season. The final match of Guus Hiddink's initial ...

FA Cup buildup: A message from Guus

Via the Chelsea official Web site... "Back in March, just one month after I started working at Chelsea, supporters from the Fans' Forum came to visit ...

The Final Game of the Season: The FA Cup Final

While the season for most sides is now over, two teams get to play out the traditional season closer with very different things at stake. ...

Burnley and the fall of the city clubs

In the build up to that game in Rome, I haven't had a chance to pass on my congratulations to Burnley, who after winning the ...

FA Cup buildup: The Road to the final

The Final League Table Vs My Pre-Season Predictions

Predictions are a fool's game. The beauty of this game we watch is that its like a soap without a script - you never know ...

The Best Bits of the 08/09 Premier League Season

And so, as Frank Sinatra once sang, we approach our final curtain, at least for the 2008/9 season. Just one game left for everyone ...

Tevez Is Going, But How Do You Feel About?

After trawling the internet for football news, as I usually do, today I noticed that more so than usual there appears to be lots of ...

Spurs 0 - Everton 0: Not quite Enough...

Today saw a confident display by Spurs, even without many of our regular starters, But it wasn't enough to steal all 3 points from a ...

Spurs 1 - Baggies 0: Was there ever any doubt?

...Yes, yes there was some doubt during this game. West brom being a team that carved up Sunderland last week was riding high on confidence ...

Will Michael Owen get his Mojo Back?

Remember back ten years ago, when Michael Owen was the Saviour of English football? Even more than El Becks, as he was not yet known, ...

Rant Box: Chelsea v Everton

Man, it's been a long couple of days. Sorry for the lack of posts. Today, we'll get a preview of the FA Cup final. Everton invade ...

You Can't Win 'Em All!

That's my main reaction to this. I've had a day to digest it and that's how I feel. As I watched the penalty shootout preparations ...

Confession Box: Have you ever cheered for a rival club?

So Sunday saw Everton beat Manchester United on penalties, and progressing to the FA Cup final. As Phil Jagielka struck his penalty, it struck me ...

Tim Howard Kills ManU Quintuple Hopes, Sets Up an All-Blue FA Cup Final

(Video via 101 Great Goals) Manchester United's dreams of a quintuple are officially dead, and Everton/US National Team goalkeeper Tim Howard is the one standing ...