

Articles tagged with "france"
Hi, I'm Sam, Lyon wins, blah blah blah
By Sam | October 23rd, 2006Hi offsideateers, welcome to my branch of the wonderful website that is The Offside. The French Ligue 1, otherwise known as the race to second ...
Not vintage, but it'll do
By Jim | October 19th, 2006Well, I've seen better, but this one I actually didn't see as much as I would have liked to pass before my eyes. Not getting ...
Comeback for Thierry Against the Faroe Islands?
By Trent | October 11th, 2006French and Arsenal striker Thierry Henry will try to bounceback today when Les Bleus take on the Faroe Islands in Euro 2008 qualifying. France, ...
Vikash Dhorasoo Shown the Door at PSG
By Bob | October 11th, 2006It is not very often the case that you see a player who played in the World Cup sacked by a club in the same ...
Presumably, drop kicking a referee is now illegal in France
By Bob | October 10th, 2006French legislators today passed a new law today to address the scourge on society known as attacks on sports referees. The new law makes ...
Henry Heads to Scotland, Hansen Says Take 'im Down
By Trent | October 6th, 2006No Prem match for the Gunners this wekkend, of course, as international duty beckons for many of the Arsenal side. For one, Thierry Henry and ...
Barthez Bids Adieu to Football
By Bob | October 5th, 2006The 2006 World Cup Final will go down in the record books as Fabien Barthez's last game. The French international announced today that he ...
In any Language, Vikash Dhorasoo should stick to Making Movies
By Bob | September 26th, 2006It has been a pretty productive couple of months for France midfielder Vikash Dhorassoo. First he managed to piss off his World Cup teammates ...
Yeah, but does it have Opposable Thumbs?
By Bob | September 22nd, 2006In another sign that humans are becoming obsolete, French side AS Nancy-Lorraine has purchased an automated lawnmower to keep their pitch perfectly manicured. The ...
Materazzi Fancies Zidane's Sister
By Bob | September 5th, 2006After much erroneous speculation and many failed efforts at lip reading, we finally learn today that magic words that Italy's Marco Materazzi uttered during the ...
Jose Mourinho: Modern Day Abolitionist
By Bob | August 28th, 2006Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho has almost done the impossible. He has almost made us sympathetic towards France coach Raymond Domenech. Almost. Mourinho has snuck ...
Barthez the Human Adventure is Looking for a Human Adventure
By Bob | August 8th, 2006Fans of the bald headed, chain smoking, goal wandering France keeper Fabien Barthez are rejoicing today at the news that he wants to play for ...
Death, Taxes, Lyon
By Bob | August 3rd, 2006Friday marks the beginning of the Ligue 1 season in France and the beginning of another Lyon run towards a championship. The past five ...
Head Butt Rock
By Bob | August 1st, 2006France's World Cup loss is your Ipod's gain. In the wake of Zinedine Zidane's head butt meltdown in the World Cup final, a music ...






