R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

Barely four months after it has begun, the FA's campaign to encourage football players and supporters to respect their match officials looks in danger of ...

Photo of the Day: Mike & JT

You may have heard, Chelsea youngsta Michael Mancienne has been called into the England senior team for the Three Lions' friendly with Germany in Berlin ...

10 Things We Learned in the Premier League: Anelka > Drogba

1. Nicolas Anelka > Didier Drogba Great player that Didier Drogba is, he seems a little too injury prone and a bit of a danger to ...

C-Ron named FifPro Footballer of the Year

Cristiano Ronaldo has been named World Footballer of the Year by the Fifpro orginisation. Fifpro is the union of footballers around the globe. The award, ...

Gallery: Chelsea 1, AS Roma 0

Wednesday Roundup!

After the amazement of yesterday, today was always going to be a bit of a comedown, but there were still plenty of talking points in ...

Blues for England

Don Fabio announced his England international squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Kazakhstan and Belarus over the weekend. Among the 23-man squad are four Chelsea ...

Gallery: Chelsea 2, Aston Villa 0

Another 8 goal thriller anyone?

Last time Villa played Chelsea at Stamford Bridge was on Boxing Day of last year and very few will have forgotten the game. Most Villa ...

Not That We're Complaining About Nudity, but What's With These Boys' Diaper Undies?

I love Italy. It is a glorious country. Where else in the world do we find that "footy joy" and "spontaneous nudity" are ...

Chelsea Players "Too Rich and Too Soft"

Chelsea visited Transylvania to play CFR Cluj in the Champions League this week, and didn't make a particularly good impression on their Romanian hosts. Apparently ...

Photo: John Terry Says Yes To Fans, No To Pants.

This was so two days ago, but who cares. I hesitate to ask what is so pressing that John must remove his pants in the tunnel ...

Gallery: Chelsea 1, Manchester United 1

John Terry Could Use A Selhurst Park-like Incident to the Face

Much has been made of the recent decision by the English FA to reverse the red card of Chelsea’s heroic defender John Terry, who has ...

Poll: Should John Terry's Red Card Have Been Overturned?

Unsurprisingly, Sir Alex Furious Ferguson is furious about the FA's decision to overturn the red card Mark Halsey waved at John Terry last weekend (see ...

Should John Terry be appealing?

One of the biggest talking points of the weekend has been John Terry's attempted Rugby tackle against Manchester City on Saturday. The defender saw red ...

Good Week/Bad Week

And so we arrive in our Saturday night slot, where I take a look at the day's football, and let you Offsiders know who has ...

Robinho Outshines Berbatov on Debut, But Only Just

A majority of Offside readers (including myself) voted that Dimitar Berbatov would likely have a better debut for Man Utd than Robinho would for Man ...

Chelsea Defender Gets 12 Month Ban For Spitting

Don't worry Chelsea fans, it's not John Terry. But it is a defender with the potential to partner Terry in seasons to come: young Serbian ...

Ronaldo Wins Again, Ignores Sir Alex

Ronaldo picked up a few more awards to add to his insane trophy haul from last season by being named both the European Club Player ...

Cobham training facility unveiled

Chelsea broke in its newest addition today with the official opening of the new academy at Cobham. Among those on hand for the shindig included ...

Daily Dose: 08.19.08

Stuff to read while you call the cops for a noise disturbance at a kindergarten....... Argentina's women's team pays tribute to the Spanish men's basketball team. ...

Congrats to JT

"I think everybody realizes it means the world to me to retain the armband." A big congratulations goes out to our boy JT, Johnny Terry, for ...

Seriously Fabio, no Ashley Young?!

Fabio Capello yesterday named his England squad for the friendly against the Czech Republic, but the HUGE surprise for me is the omission of Ashley ...

Prem Preview: Let the games begin

The time has finally arrived. Word. Chelsea begins a new era today as it opens the 2008-09 season against Portsmouth at Stamford Bridge. The match marks ...

£15 million for David Bentley? Why Are Englishmen So Expensive?

You've likely heard by now that Spurs have signed David Bentley from Blackburn for £15 million. Good move for the player, but that's a big ...

Photo of the Day: Andriy! You've Picked Up a Tan!

Picked this up, complete with caption, over at the generally extremely accurate Yahoo photo site. But even the best strike out once in awhile. Either ...

What's Avram doing in LA?

He's giving Phil Jackson advice. Wait, what?  Avram the Gone has been a guest of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers this week as the team attempts to ...

Photo of the Day: England's Brave

John Terry plunders a first-half goal against the atrocious United States during Tuesday's international friendly at New Wembley. From Barry Glendenning's MBM on The Guardian: He ...

Champions League final forgotten claims Hargreaves

It always looked like it was going to be tricky - days after the first all English Champions League final, England are meeting up for ...