Articles tagged with "fifa"
6+5 or 4+4 = Inter 2009?
By Johonna | May 8th, 2008Today Joseph S. Blatter, the president of FIFA had a press conference to explain why he feels that "6+5 Rule" is integral for the future of soccer, especially in Europe. Under this rule, clubs will have to field 6 players at each match who are eligi ...
TFC- Daily Dose Question 6 + 5 = ?????
By nicholas | May 8th, 2008If you have been a regular reader of my little blog, you will have no doubt know where what my opinion is on the whole 6 + 5 rule Sepp Blatter is trying to implement. For me the TFC blog has always been my little soap box to rant and rave ab ...
Scudamore Running Scared of Blatter's 6+5
By Daryl | May 8th, 2008Seems unfair to blame one man for everything that's wrong with an entire league. But I'm going to do it anyway, because chief exec Richard Scudamore seems to have made it his mission to personify the arrogance of the English Premier League. I'm still ...
Jorge Rojas, Vinotinto Vet, and Chris Innes - Trialists
By Dave Martinez | April 8th, 2008Who says we need to pilfer Chicago for all our acquisitions? Jorge Rojas, 30, a Venezuelan National veteran with 78 caps to his name, and the infamous Chris Innes, former captain of the bankrupt and dying Gretna FC of SPL, are now on trial with th ...
Red Bulls 1 - 0 Carolina Railhawks
By Dave Martinez | March 28th, 2008Always nice to go into a season with a win. I just watched the replay. For you guys. So I hope you appreciate it. ;) First off, Claudio Reyna was the man of the match, hands down. And he did it within a strange line up . . . check this ou ...
The Teams for the Tournament
By Dave Martinez | March 3rd, 2008Ladies and Gentlemen, we have 32 teams! Now comes the hard part. I will be taking the better of 2-3 days (as necessary) to touch base with EVERYONE, and arrange a set, convinient time for everyone to be on. This is 32 INDIVIDUALS we are talking about
Should UEFA have a say on hard tackles?
By Ian Rose | February 28th, 2008The media uproar around Martin Taylor's tackle on Eduardo, and the horrifying break that resulted, has begun to subside, leaving the questions of why this sort of tackle is so routinely allowed in England, and what to do about it. The question that inter
Loyal readers who own 360s
By jon | February 28th, 2008My brother in blog, Dave, is setting up a Fifa08 tourney online, so if you're got a 360, sign up. You can play me, and probably beat me in extra time, which is apparently what happens to me every time I play. So. JOIN.
Episode 10
By Ian Rose | February 13th, 2008This podcast is brought to you by the Roman numeral X. We venture into the unknown world of double digits with our tenth podcast, expanding our boundaries to include South American football as we welcome Christian Reyes from the River Plate Offside and
OT... NEWS FROM ANOTHER BLOG
By nicholas | February 9th, 2008Recently the big wigs from the premiership announced that they are in discussions to introduce the idea of an international round of matches to there already crowded calender. And lets just say that the response from the English media and fans was not a w
Dutch Cheese Has Fewer Holes Than I Thought
By Gianni | October 11th, 2007Wait, it's the Swiss one that has the holes right? Dammit, I knew something wasn't right. Either way, Fiorentina barely squeezing past our favorite Dutch Dairy Delicacy, after PKs, for Batistuta's sake, was not how I had imagined our return to Euro
Chelsea Reserves and Chelsea Ladies UPDATE
By Andy | August 26th, 2007The Reserves kick off their season on Wednesday night when they take on the Reserves of Portsmouth FC at Havant and Waterlooville FC. As usual if you remember from last season, where possible ALL Reserve games will be LIVE Blogged and Wednesday night
Riddle Me this Mr. Cowherd
By Gianfranco | July 24th, 2007If American Football is so big and bad, then why does its glorious Madden video game franchise get consistently outsold by measly Soccer's Fifa Franchise...not to mention the most sought after fantasy sport online at the moment is again SOCCER...Be afraid
FIFA Asked to Uncover Lingering Tevez Transfer Mess
By Nick | July 18th, 2007Goodee. Well not actually, but it's about f*cking time this mess gets sorted out. I hardly reckon I'm the only United fan on planet Earth who's tired of the delay in all of this -- plus just a tad skeptical about Tevez's original deal with West Ham to
The Law Rules in Lyon's Favor
By Inara | July 12th, 2007The end to the Nilmar saga has arrived. At least until Corinthians find yet another way to delay payment. In a press release, Lyon announced that the Court of Arbitration for Sport (the highest possible authority in athletics) ruled in their favor. Th
Headgear ban apparently not applied to Copa América
By Ian Rose | June 29th, 2007As reported earlier in this blog, a FIFA regulation on uniforms and headgear has forced Scotland's first female Muslim football team to basically shut down, since many of the players will not make the choice to abandon their religious beliefs, including t
Scottish women's team shut down by Hijab ban
By Ian Rose | June 25th, 2007Scotland is not a nation known for its diversity, but there are actually a number of pretty sizable Asian communities, several of them Muslim, and several of these communities, not surprisingly, are active in grassroots local football. Scotland's first f
Evo Morales is my hero
By Isaiah | June 13th, 2007This has nothing to do with Barcelona, but it warms the cockles of my cold, cold, second-place heart anyway. [From BBC] Evo Morales, president of Bolivia, has taken it upon himself to defy FIFA's ban on playing games above 2,500m (8,202ft) by playing
Out, damned SFA head ... the John McBeth story
By Ian Rose | May 29th, 2007Yeah, when I saw this story, being both the Scotland beat blogger and a Shakespeare nerd, I got a little overwhelmed. I thought about adding in comments about daggers in mens' smiles and Scotland standing where it did ... but I got over it. For those
Figo in Contract Dispute with Al Ittihad. Already?
By Martha | May 28th, 2007It's seemed all along that the only way Luis Figo wouldn't join Al Ittihad next season would be if he broke his contract with the Saudi club, since he signed with them in January, and made a commitment to play there, at least through December. Now, though
Scotland 16th, and rising?
By Ian Rose | March 20th, 2007Hello everyone. First off, I'd like to introduce myself. My name's Ian and I'll be your blogger. Specifically, I'll be covering the SPL, Scottish leagues and Scotland national side for Offside. If you have any direct questions for me, please leave a c
BREAKING: UEFA Lays Down the Post-Brawl Law
By Martha | March 14th, 2007UEFA's disciplinary committee just finished their meeting on the Inter-Valencia brawl, and the following punishments were handed down: •David Navarro: Seven months •Nicolas Burdisso: Six matches •Maicon: Six matches •Carlos Marchena: Four ma
UEFA Considers Bigass Bans for Brawlers
By Martha | March 13th, 2007According to reports in unnamed Italian papers, the central participants in the Inter-Valencia post-game brawl could be facing some serious bans. UEFA's disciplinary committee meets to consider the matter tomorrow, but rumors suggest they will request a 1
'For the good of the game'
By Craig | December 5th, 2006What a prize chump Sepp Blatter is. I mean, seriously, what is his purpose? Clearly to sit in his Zurich penthouse and dream up yet more ways to inconvenience just about everyone involved in football. Ridiculous idea #437 is football-less winters. Such
Henry, Rosiky, Lehmann Among FIFA POY Finalists
By Trent | October 13th, 2006Arsenal men Thierry Henry, Tomas Rosicky and Jens Lehmann have been announced as finalists for FIFA's World Player of the Year. Rosicky, who has had a very nice debut at Arsenal thus far, will not win the award. Neither will Lehmann. Henry, however, ha
Dein to Chair G14
By Trent | October 6th, 2006Arsenal vicechairman David Dein has been given the nod to chair the G14 for the upcoming year. The G14, you may recall, is a consortium of the more-or-less 14 most powerful football clubs in Europe. And it's as true as it ever was: nobody looks afte
Juventus Continues to Fall on its own Sword
By Bob | August 24th, 2006One of these days they might actually start playing football again in Italy, but until then all we can do is sit back and watch Juventus try to kill itself and kill interest in its league. Yesterday, FIFA announced that it might ban Italian teams from in
Franz Beckenbauer Continues to be Everywhere
By Bob | August 24th, 2006We're not sure if the guy in the blue shirt next to Bill Clinton at last night's New York Mets baseball game is really Franz Beckenbauer, but considering how he kept popping up everywhere during the World Cup it really wouldn't surprise us if that is him.
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