Articles tagged with "legends"

The Offside 100: 2000-09, THE RESULTS!

By Rob | November 7th, 2009

Last week, I asked you to vote for you favourite 20 players of the decade, here in this very post, are the Top 100 players ...

AC Milan Legends: Carlo Ancelotti

By Gianfranco | July 18th, 2009

I think it is rather funny that I was going to run this Legends’s post on a day where the comments on the previous post ...



FM Legends | Juan Manuel Torres

By Marco | March 21st, 2009

I discovered him while looking at the stats leaders for the Argentine Primera near the end of the Clausera. He led the league with the ...

Time to Visit an Old Friend

By Gianfranco | March 20th, 2009

Sunday’s game is about as loaded a game as we are going to see next to the Derby. This fixture last season, a 3-1 ...

FM Legends | Adriano

By Marco | March 11th, 2009

I started this category to talk about the legends of your careers. The players that rescued the team from certain relegation, carried them on their ...

Guess who's birthday is today- Roberto Baggio!

By Francesco | February 18th, 2009

So when I was a little kid watching calcio back in the '90's, my idol was none other than Roberto Baggio. Everything about him amazed ...

Top 10- Greatest Galatasaray players

By Musab | January 12th, 2009

In a previous top 10 I listed the top Galatasaray transfers of all time. This time I will put the spotlight on the greatest players ...

Saluting a Legend - Andy Cole Retires.

By Rob | November 11th, 2008

News today that EPL legend and member of the 100 Club, Andrew Cole has retired after failing to make an impact at Notts Forrest in ...

Safe hands.

By Toby | November 11th, 2008

My last player bio was about a player who I thought no longer thought wanted to be in the team or at the club in ...

Thinking About Gazza

By Rob | September 18th, 2008

A 41 year old man was arrested this morning due to criminal damage - the 41 year old is believed to be troubled former England ...

Milan Legends: Mauro Tassotti

By Gianfranco | August 16th, 2008

The forgotten man of the Milan defense was in fact as superb as the rest of his defensive fraternity. We have talked about Franco, ...

Milan Legends: Sebastiano Rossi

By Gianfranco | August 9th, 2008

When I look at the current roster and I see Dida and Kalac, I can not help but reminisce to a day when one man ...



Milan Legends: "Billy" Costacurta

By Gianfranco | August 2nd, 2008

When I started these legend posts I really didn’t anticipate the appreciation for them, and the comments and emails to keep them going. I ...

Milan Legends: Don Fabio

By Gianfranco | July 26th, 2008

I can’t tell you how surprised I was that as I was writing this legends post, Alessio had posted a negative bio of our old ...

Milan Legends: Demetrio Albertini

By Gianfranco | July 19th, 2008

We talked about Baresi, who holds a very special place for me in Milan lore. But this man, after Maldini, was my favorite player to ...

Milan Legends: Franco Baresi

By Gianfranco | July 12th, 2008

Last weekend we talked about Sacchi, and Alessio over at Juve did a great piece on Conte. I thought what the hell, why not ...

The World is Ours!

By Bruno Romani | June 29th, 2008

Today, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of our first World Cup. The only national squad to have Pele and Garrincha playing together. A team that ...

Ambassadors set to host Real Madrid

By Lugo | April 19th, 2008

Or at least those are the news that as published yesterday, altough today Marca cites this El Tiempo interview where Millonarios' president Juan Carlos Lopez ...

Rovers Legends - Bob Crompton (1879-1941)

By Dan Clough | August 6th, 2007

To begin my series on Rovers legends I am going to look at Bob Crompton. The man heralded as our greatest ever player and a ...

Trouble in Milan, Or: Ah, Crap. Madini's Crocked.

By Martha | March 12th, 2007

Paolo Maldini is hurt again, and I sort of feel like it might be partially my fault for jinxing him. On Saturday, you may recall, I ...

A Quick News Round-Up as You do Your Duty as an American and Think About William Howard Taft

By Martha | February 19th, 2007

•Did you see the blood pouring out of Eugenio Corini's nose yesterday, during Palermo's dismal draw with Chievo? Well it turns out the thing was ...

Cherish These Last Few Months of Maldini

By Martha | November 21st, 2006

The day Milan fans have dreaded for 20+ years is finally set: Paolo Maldini told the papers today that he's going to call it quits ...

A Pair of Injuries to Italians, One Slightly Older Than the Other

By Martha | November 7th, 2006

Talk about adding insult to injury (or something): After picking up both a loss and a nasty shiner during Milan's match at Atalanta, Gennaro Gattuso ...

Oh, and Speaking of Maradona ...

By Martha | November 7th, 2006

He's coming back. No, really. According to a recent interview, when Juve and Napoli return to Serie A (they're currently tied for fourth and sixth, ...


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