For the first time in history, a team no longer has any right wing players

This has gotten out of hand. How can THIRTEEN first team players be injured all at once? As a result we have no players left ...

Get Back (to where you once belonged)

Understandably, this season's blistering start has sparked a kind of enthusiasm not seen here since the Cragnotti days (and its eventual financial implosion). In fact, ...

Rovers won't sell out!

From Blackburn Vital Football: Blackburn Rovers chairman John Williams has vowed not to sacrifice the clubs proud family heritage in the quest to find a ...

Juventus Legends: Zinedine Zidane

Damn the international breaks, seriously. Could there be any worse timing? We get one weekend of Serie A and then have to wait two weeks ...

Canal 100 Tuesday

With the end of the Olympics, Canal 100 Tuesday is back. Today, I went further inthe past. The match is for the 1965 Rio State ...

The Last Time We Met 'Em: Hamilton Accies

Each week, in addition to (or sometimes, on 99-degree days in a city that shouldn't have 99-degree days, in lieu of) a match preview, I'll ...

A history of the city, in pictures

Bordeaux is not just a name on a jersey, it's also a beautiful city in southwestern France, home of 200,000 people and the center of ...

It's been 16 years

Maracanã, July 19, 1992. Five years after their latest National League title, Flamengo defeated Botafogo on a 5-2 aggregated (3-0 and 2-2) and became the ...

Making it 40 million fans

Franck asked me on my Welcome comments to make it 40 million Flamengo fans. We "only" have 33 million so let's get he work started. ...

Saturday morning MEGA update...

I promised myself I wouldn't make this a habit but a lot happened this week IRL (In Real Life for all you World of Warcraft ...

Best UEFA Cup final ever?

Tomorrow, the 37th champion of the UEFA Cup will be crowned, and it will be the first UEFA Cup for either side if they manage ...

Death of a Hero

Former Wolves keeper Mark Kendall died last night at his home in South Wales, he was just 49. Mark was the Wolves 'keeper in my ...

Some old Nostalgia: Galatasaray 5-1 Fenerbahce (including a goal by Ribery!)

Rangers look for 47-year-old payback

The day is upon us. To be honest, going into this season, I didn't expect to see an SPL side in a continental semifinal ...

Congratulations Atlético-MG for the 100th Anniversary

  As usual, I always get late to birthday parties. Yesterday, Atletico-MG turned 100 years-old. Congratulations to one of the most traditional Brazilian clubs! The anniversary ...

Blast from the past: City beat Liverpool at Anfield

I thought I'd post this clip of Brian Tinnion scoring to knock Liverpool out of the FA Cup in 1994. Let's hope we get the ...

An Old Clip

Rovers players of old show the southern softies of Portsmouth how to 'tackle', ahem. Bit of a bloodbath! Glenn Keeley and Jim Branagan involved heavily!

The last time they met

There are 16 teams remaining in the UEFA Cup, some of them perennial European squads, like Bayern Munich and Rangers, others new to the continental ...

Rumor: Figo Revs DP?

Soccer by Ives and MLS Rumors are reporting that the Kraft family is going to shell-out the cash to buy Portuguese legend Luis Figo. The ...

Blast from the past: Beating Arsenal at Highbury in '76

With City pushing for promotion, I thought I'd post this video of Paul Cheesly scoring the winning goal away at Arsenal on the first day ...

Steve Bull for Stafford

I remember when the chant used to be "Steve Bull for England," but suppose that was a long time ago now. Another century, if you ...

Team History Tuesday: Marching on Together

Gary McAllister's appointment as Leeds manager has me in a strange mood. If Leeds were England, I'd feel patriotic. They're not, though, so here's a ...

Leeds Offside's Lunchtime Links: January 30th

Gary McAllister is the new manager of Leeds United! Fans the world over rejoice. I sit back with an apprehensive expression on my face and ...

Leeds sue the Football League: More info

More details about the Leeds Lawsuit were in the Post today. The details themselves aren't that interesting to non-Leeds fans: Leeds allege that they were compelled ...

Molegate Update: Shaun Derry innocent. No new suspects.

Molegate - the biggest scandal to hit Leeds United since ... come to think of it, Molegate pales in comparison to about 17 recent Leeds ...

Three cup disasters!

After becoming accustomed to cup runs it's hard to take that we are now in January with only the Premiership to play for. Last season we ...

Wolves in a Nutshell

Hi there, I'm Daryl. I've been merrily blogging away here on The Offside (and over at World Cup Blog) for what feels like forever now, ...

And six months ago...

Six Months ago, we were finishing a great season with a qualification to the Champions League and a final of the Coupe de France that ...

The road to the derby- Blast from the past: Galatasaray 5-1 Fenerbahce

The Turkish cup final 2 years ago, beat the lesser ones, got our cup. 'Nuff said.

Der neue König von Bayern...

Little Francky Ribery has gone a long way. NOt even six months after having left us this summer, Kiki has been killing them out ...