Articles tagged with "france"
The Zidane Headbutt Enters French Politics
By Bob | May 4th, 2007What does it take to get us interested in French politics? Usually a couple bottles of wine, some excellent cheese and a whole lot ...
Thierry Henry Hates Watching Football
By Trent | March 24th, 2007Wha?! How could anyone be so bereft of sanity? How can a man willingly go without watching footy until the grass grows 'round ...
Domenech and Wenger to Fight under the Stands after 6th period
By Bob | March 15th, 2007If I had paid more attention during French class in school I could probably come up with a fancy sounding word to describe the pissing ...
Azzurri Drop in Rankings, Or: I Blame France
By Martha | March 14th, 2007Well, that run at the top of FIFA's World Rankings was fun while it lasted. I hope none of the Azzurri starting decorating or buying ...
Thierry Henry Staying; Wenger Blames Domenech; Sun Rises in East
By Trent | March 14th, 2007He's been banged up most of this season, and the transfer rumours will not stop. Of course, some still wish Arsenal had sold him ...
Congrats to Flamini
By Trent | February 5th, 2007Twenty-two-year-old Gunner midfielder Mathieu Flamini has received his first call up for the French squad ahead of Wednesday's friendly with Argentina. Well done!
Fans Choose some Odd Ways to Show their Displeasure
By Bob | December 15th, 2006For those of you who were looking forward to seeing a replay of the World Cup final between Italy and France so that the real ...
I'm Sorry, What?
By Martha | December 8th, 2006Don't start counting that fourth World Cup just yet, friends -- two groups of fans appeared in a French court yesterday, insisting that the World ...
Ribéry ain't going nowhere
By Sam | November 17th, 2006After much speculation and media-influenced babbling, the newly sidelined Franck Ribéry has once again written in stone that he will stay in Marseille, at least ...
Gonzalo Higuain: The Player that Everyone Wants
By Bob | November 16th, 2006A few weeks back when I wrote about the Gonzalo Higuain, I could hardly have predicted the number of headlines he would end up creating. ...
Goal of the Week
By Sam | November 14th, 2006This is the best video I could find, sorry for the baggage, but the second goal by Elmander was the chosen one, I would've hoped ...
Marseille prepares city-wide suicide-fest
By Sam | November 14th, 2006If not something worse. OM's favourite butt-ugly midget, Franck Ribéry, while training with Les Bleus leading up to Wednesday's France-Greece, came down with a nasty ...
All of a sudden, Higuain appears
By Sam | November 9th, 2006How about that young buck Gonzalo Higuain? Not one month ago, Bob talked about him on the site, then the french rumor sites get in ...
Daily Dose 10.27
By Bob | October 27th, 2006Some stories to read while you have 23 girls with brass knuckles fighting over you.... Just when you hoped the Queen would be paired with Thierry ...
Round of 16 - League Cup
By Sam | October 25th, 2006We're down to eight teams in the cup that no one cares about. Not too many surprises, but it wouldn't be a cup day without ...
A Name to Remember: Gonzalo Higuain
By Bob | October 25th, 2006Some people are born with football in their genes and River Plate's Gonzalo Higuain is one of them. The 18-year-old striker is the son ...
Goal of the Week
By Sam | October 24th, 2006Toulouse's Brian Bergougnoux's bullet strike against Monaco earned him goal of the week honours.
Daily Dose 10.24
By Bob | October 24th, 2006Some stories to read while you practice crossing the marathon finishing line… We've got the race to finish second to Lyon all covered (France Offside) Frank Lampard, ...
Monaco fire up the Baloney
By Sam | October 23rd, 2006Laszlo Bölöni, that is. AS Monaco's Romanian bench boss was shown the door, a mere 10 league games after being welcomed so nicely after Didier ...
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 ...
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