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 ...

UC Memories: 26 November 1957

Before there was such a thing as the UEFA Cup, the second-tier cup competition in Europe was known as the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. It ...

Maybe he's just unlucky: Ridsdale's Cardiff City on brink of bankruptcy

And Ridsdale's in the brown stuff again. I think the headline says it all.

Highlights of THAT MATCH!

Scum 0 - 2 Rovers Click here to watch highlights of Rovers trip to Burnley in the First Division, December 2000. Bitter rivals who had had to ...

Some of the Greatest moments in Galatasaray History-(Video)

Team-History Tuesday: Tony Yeboah

For the next few weeks, I'm going to take a look at some of the best players ever to don the legendary white jersey. Don't ...

Peter Ridsdale: "I did get you a competent manager, honest"

Peter Ridsdale - that beloved chap - has alleged that Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill signed a pre-contract to join Leeds shortly before Ridsdale left ...

More Simon Garner!

Peter Ridsdale: You're being smeared, sir? Really?

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the bookshop, Peter Ridsdale has seen fit to grace us with a belated explanation ...

Unforgetable Goals- Hakan Sukur vs Leeds United

Great turn and pass by Gheorghe Hagi before Hakan cuts through the defense like a knife through butter.

Another ewd 'un!

Rovers v Derby 1987. Derby were one of the best teams in the division at the time while Rovers were playoff chasers...

Past vs Present

As the start Rovers have made this season is constantly being compared to that of the Championship winning season of 94/95. Let's have a look ...

If you always wondered what Franz Beckenbauer was doing on the 15th of September 1982 from 11.45am to 7.40pm...

...then let me help you out and fill you in with the details. 11.45am Beckenbauer uses the border crossing at Heinrich-Heine street and declares his intentions ...

More vintage footage

This time against Aston Villa in 1988...

A History Lesson

"Gercekleri Tarih Yazar, Tarihide Galatasaray Yazar!" "The Truths are written in history, and history is written by Galatasaray!" For those of you who aren't familiar, Galatasaray is ...