Articles tagged with "israel"
Controversial Cellcom Soccer Commercial (and the Reality via YouTube)
By Daryl | July 23rd, 2009The above commercial for Israeli telephone company Cellcom has caused a stir in the Middle East. It depicts Israeli Defence Force soldiers playing soccer with ...
Cretans don’t want the Greek National Team
By Peter Katsiris | February 17th, 2009It's a rebellious move by supporters of OFI Crete, but the islanders have begun to protest the Hellenic Football Federation's (EPO) choice to move Greece's ...
Photo: Now That's A Political Statement.
By chris | February 5th, 2009Move over Freddie Kanoute, you've been trumped in the Gaza conflict political statement department. Ibrahim Dagasan of Sivasspor staked a Palestinian flag at the center ...
Freddie Kanoute Goes All Political
By chris | January 8th, 2009Freddie Kanoute isn't one to shy away from mixing his on-pitch play with his off-field beliefs. When Sevilla picked up a betting site as a ...
Pitch Invader Floored by Flying Knee to the Face
By Daryl | November 17th, 2008This video isn't new, but it is funny. I think it's from Israel's Tel Aviv derby between Maccabi (yellow) and Hapoel (red). One foolish pitch ...
Alex From the Halfway Line
By Daryl | September 2nd, 2008Not many YouTube football videos are set to techno music. Bit this one is. And though to begin with it just looks like some men ...
Israel Filial Celebrates River's 107th Birthday
By Christian | May 29th, 2008Many thanks to Martin Yona (first row, 3rd from right), President of the River Plate Israel Filial, who recently forwarded these videos and photos of ...
Best Football-Related Disclaimer/Retraction Ever
By Laurie | May 13th, 2008This was a little tidbit from today's Daily Mail: ROMAN ABRAMOVICH In our article 'Abramovich snaps after Russia blow it against Israel' 21 November 2007, we reported ...
Beitar Jerusalem Fans Celebrate Too Soon
By Daryl | April 14th, 2008You can definitely celebrate too soon. Even if, like Beitar Jerusalem, you're the runaway leaders of the Israeli Premier division. Here's what happened: Beitar were ...
Violent Country of Origin = More Yellow Cards = More Violent in General?
By Laurie | April 8th, 2008I have to admit to being a sucker for academic studies. Seriously, I'll be reading the newspaper and see, "Study shows dogs with fleas ...
9 Reasons Livorno Loves Lucarelli
By Marco | January 16th, 2008As we all know by now (Thanks to Martha and Francesco ) Lucarelli is going to Parma. He's not coming back to the little Tuscan ...
Your managerial minds at work
By Bob | October 23rd, 2007Last week I posted about the lower division team in Israel that is being managed by Internet users. Reuters picks up on the story ...
Closing Comments on Ashkan Dejagah
By Jan | October 20th, 2007I had previously blogged about the controversy surrounding Germany's U21 national team player Ashkan Dejagah, and it's time to conclude this story with the latest ...
Internet Users to manage Israeli Soccer Team
By Bob | October 18th, 2007Think back to the old days before something called cyberspace existed. We went to a travel agent to do our vacation planning, we did ...
Bentley Watch - The return of the boo boys
By Dan Clough | September 10th, 2007David Bentley finally made his long awaited England debut at the weekend. Unfortunately for him it only lasted about 7 minutes after Shaun Wright-Phillips played a ...
A Flying Dropkick is one way to Stop a Pitch Invasion
By Bob | May 29th, 2007In the past few years television stations have made a deliberate effort to avoid showing pitch invasions during football games. That is normally a ...
Well!!!! Didn't I Tell You?!?!?!?!
By Andy | March 29th, 2007About six days ago I previewed the up and coming Internationals and qualifiers that players of Chelsea Football Club would be entering into - ie ...
The Daily Diatribe: Gerrard proves his class, video highlights from recent Reserves' and FA Youth Cup matches
By Brian | March 25th, 2007* I only have three observations from yesterdays match between the Three Lions and Israel, which wasn't as boring as the score nor the press ...
So Long, Farewell
By BC | March 23rd, 2007During the January transfer window there was speculation of Chelski looking to purchase Israeli stand-out Tal Ben Haim for a mere three million pounds or ...
I Hate International Breaks- But Watch Out for Ben Sahar!!!!
By Andy | March 22nd, 2007I really hate International breaks. Not only International breaks tend to disjoint Chelsea's rhythm when they are on a roll, but England have been ...
Reserves v Tottenham LIVE Blog RESULT!!!
By Andy | March 19th, 2007FULL-TIME CHELSEA 0-0 TOTTENHAM (Third 0-0 in a row LOL LOL LOL!!!) At last, right at the death of the game, Charlie Lee (Tottenham) gets ...
Reserves LIVE Action Tonight
By Andy | March 13th, 2007The flavour of Portugal descends on the deepest part of Essex (where the girls wear white stilletos and dance around their handbags and think ...
Bits and Pieces - 14/02/07
By Andy | February 14th, 2007Before I go off and 'do the old Romantic bit' for Valentines Day, here are today's bits and pieces in the world of Chelsea Football ...
'Tis the Season for Football Peace
By Bob | December 27th, 2006There is something about this time of year that leads people to put away their differences and to extend the olive branch of peace. ...
Spanning the Globe: Bribes, Brawls and Black Sabbath
By Bob | December 18th, 2006Chances are you probably don’t have the time to follow every football league in the world closely. Never fear. We are here to help. Here’s ...
Sven's New Team?
By Bob | October 25th, 2006No, out-of-work manager Sven-Goran Eriksson is not the new boss of the red and white under-8 team. That would be child abuse. Instead, ...
Challenges on and off the Pitch for Maccabi Haifa
By Bob | August 8th, 2006Even under the best of circumstances, the players on Maccabi Haifa would face a serious challenge playing against a team like Liverpool. But as ...
Playing for Peace
By Bob | August 4th, 2006I have to admit that it is tough reading the newspapers today. The violence, the hatred, the anger….and that is just in the sports ...
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