Articles tagged with "greece"
First Lemonis, Now Ivic; Kokkalis has holes to fill
By Takis | May 8th, 2008After Olympiacos manager Takis Lemonis was fired in February after Olympiacos' exit from the UEFA Champions League, club President Socrates Kokkalis filled the void by ...
The Austrian Beckham Sinks AEK Athens
By chris | May 1st, 2008You just knew something like this would happen. After AEK was "stripped" of its title unjustly because the worst team in the league fielded an ...
Another Champion Crowned In An Odd Manner
By chris | April 30th, 2008You've got to love Eastern European football. While the rules of the game may be the same, the entire region seems to have these little ...
Another Potential Championship Goes Off The Pitch
By chris | April 23rd, 2008Fresh off Olympiakos being handed their Greek championship trophy in a courtroom, the top of the table in Ukraine might be altered due to some ...
Championship Gets Legal in Greece
By chris | April 21st, 2008Who doesn't love a good championship celebration in the courtroom? Greek football was forced that route this season after Olympiakos contested a 1-0 loss to ...
Red Bulls v. Columbus Cows Game Preview
By Dave Martinez | April 5th, 2008OVERVIEW: Welcome to game 1! We are dealing with some injuries, starting up to 2 rookies, and are beginning our season a week ahead of ...
Looking for Euro 2008 Bloggers
By Daryl | March 20th, 2008We're looking for bloggers to join our team for Euro 2008 on WCB. If you want to blog about any of the following teams: Austria, Croatia, ...
Jozy had the Green Apple Splatters
By Dave Martinez | March 15th, 2008For those critical of our boy Jozy's play against Cuba the other day . . . let me ask YOU something . . . How ...
Daily Dose 2.9.08
By Daryl | February 9th, 2008Stuff to do while you sneak into a church to look at porn on a nun's computer.... Mohamed Aboutreika makes the good player guide (Just Football) A ...
Lomana LuaLua Lives!
By Martha | January 22nd, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DKFRIy8t14[/youtube] Having been replaced by his kid brother at Newcastle and fallen out with Harry Redknapp at Pompey, Lomana LuaLua moved on to Greece, where he's ...
Juninho Pernambucano Bends Home Number 36
By Daryl | January 13th, 2008One was in France, the other in Greece, but slightly long-in-the-tooth Brazilian midfielders Juninho Pernambucano and Rivaldo both bent home memorable free kicks yesterday. Juninho's ...
Weekend Watch Recap: Goals Galore in Switzerland!
By Martha | December 3rd, 2007Howdy, neighbor. Welcome to your regularly scheduled recap of Friday's Weekend Watch. Saturday Milan v Juventus: As has become their standard MO at home, Milan didn't score. ...
Misson Somewhat Accomplished for UEFA Cupsters
By Sam | October 5th, 2007With one quarter of the Ligue 1 clubs competing in the first round of the UEFA Cup, whose second leg was disputed this week, you ...
Greeks wreak havoc in UEFA Cup
By Ian Rose | October 4th, 2007The Greek sides in the UEFA Cup went on a rampage in this round. Here's a quick rundown. All scores shown are aggregates. AEK ...
Not your everyday free kick
By Bob | October 2nd, 2007[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=46pnEQXfIu8[/youtube] We've seen our share of trick free kicks, but perhaps never one as tricky as the effort in the video above. It comes from ...
The Daily-Or-So News Dispatch (07.09.19)
By Sam | September 19th, 2007The big news on the French football front today was of course Lyon's slap-in-the-face trip to Barcelona, but let's not forget the other goings-on around ...
Know Your Minnows: AE Larisa
By Ian Rose | September 2nd, 2007With the UEFA Cup first round approaching, and my European vacation ('Look kids, Big Ben, Parliament') coming to an end, it's time to resurrect possibly ...
Where next for Rivaldo?
By Daryl | May 12th, 2007Remember Rivaldo? He was basically Ronaldinho before there was a Ronaldinho, starring for Barcelona and Brazil and wowing the world with lots of impossible looking ...
Greece Fans and Teams Brawl on the Pitch
By Bob | April 16th, 2007It was a dubious return to action this weekend in Greece with a third division match between Panetolikos and Illioupolis interrupted for half and hour ...
Legal News: Booze, Hookers and Sausages
By Bob | April 2nd, 2007One of the many benefits of being a football fan is that it can enhance your knowledge of the law. Footballers are forever running ...
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 ...
Some Odd Ways of Celebrating Fair Play Day
By Bob | September 26th, 2006This past weekend, fans and clubs around this beautiful world of ours were treated to FIFA's Fair Play Day, a noble effort to promote peace ...
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