Articles tagged with "norway"

Nike's Airport - Norwegian Style.

By chris | November 3rd, 2009

This is slightly late in the game, as it's a preview for the Norwegian 2009 Tippeligaen. The same Tippeligaen season which ended on Sunday. (Rosenborg ...

Norway Beats Valencia & Vice-Versa

By chris | August 21st, 2009

Valencia CF is probably growing some fierce dislike for the country of Norway. In the fall of '07, back when Valencia were supposed to be ...



Coleen Nolan's hometown 1, Roald Dahl's 1

By Martyn | August 17th, 2009

I was really looking forward to making the trip to Blackpool. The away end may have an aversion to roofing and the journey there alone ...

2009-10 European Football Season Start Dates

By chris | August 7th, 2009

Reminder Perhaps it was the explosive start off the blocks to the transfer season before settling into a silent slumber, but it seems big time club ...

How to Ruin a Religious Celebration, by Espen Nystuen

By Daryl | July 1st, 2009

This is quite the coincidence. Just a few seconds after publishing this post about whether footballers should be allowed to celebrate with relgious gestures, I ...

Daily Dose: February 11th, 2009.

By chris | February 11th, 2009

Stuff to read while you wonder whose life Diego is threatening....... The Unprofessional Foul Power Poll. (Unprofessional Foul) Danielle Lloyd reneges on her moment of righteousness, to ...

Runar Berg: The Ultimate Teammate.

By chris | February 6th, 2009

Runar Berg isn't a superstar. At least he's not a superstar in common terms, transcending continental and national boundaries. He's only been capped four times ...

UEFA Fair Play Standings Released; Scandinavians Are Friendly; Andorrans Mean Bastards.

By chris | January 27th, 2009

UEFA's Fair Play rankings are basically their way of trying to dispel the notion "nice guys finish last". Here nice guys get an extra bonus...before ...

The hunt for a striker heats up for Olympiacos

By Peter Katsiris | January 14th, 2009

With Darko Kovacevic likely to be unavailable and unable to continue his football career anytime soon - and possibly soon to retire - and Konstantinos ...

Olympiacos inches closer to a Tettey transfer

By Peter Katsiris | January 8th, 2009

The Greek Champions have been pursuing Rosenborg BK's Alexander Tettey for quite some time now, but it now seems the Norwegian outfit has decided to ...

Dollop of Schadenfreude: Sitter Misses

By chris | October 13th, 2008

Dear Chris Iwelumo, Feel better soon, it could've been worse (even though it was out of your hands). Love, The Offside

Other Villans on duty

By Martini Extra Dry | October 12th, 2008

Yesterday's international action saw no less than 6 Villa players selected for their nation's sides, 5 starting and one on the bench. None of our ...



Iwelumo & Scotland Struck Down By Karma

By chris | October 12th, 2008

This is going to go down as one of the worst sitter misses in recent history. You could even argue it was harder to ...

Chelsea Fighting The Good Fight

By chris | October 10th, 2008

In times of financial crisis like these, who do you feel most sorry for? Roman Abramovich and Chelsea FC, undoubtedly. If anyone needs money, it's ...

Episode 17: Champions League and Title Races (+ Contest)

By Ian Rose | April 1st, 2008

Well, it's April, and rather than play any nasty tricks on you the way Matt at the Celtic blog did on me, we bring you ...

Rosenborg Tackle Global Warming

By Daryl | February 15th, 2008

We've already learned that Barack Obama is a West Ham fan, and now we know who Al Gore supports. Or at least who he should ...

After the draw: I'm satisfied

By Ian Rose | November 25th, 2007

The World Cup draw is over, and here's Scotland's group: Group 9 Netherlands Scotland Norway Macedonia Iceland Not a bad draw. Holland has to be considered one of the weaker 1-seeds, ...

News from the Field- Feldkamp presses the button, Turkey beats Norway

By Musab | November 19th, 2007

Herr Feldkamp had a quasi-press conference today and laid out his plan. He plans to buy a central defender in the winter window. I think ...

News from the Training ground, plus Turkey's match with Norway

By Musab | November 16th, 2007

Today was a pretty quiet day at Galatasaray's Florya Training fields. seeing as to how there will plenty of international call-ups. Feldkamp and his minions ...

Women's World Cup Semi-Finals: Germany 3-0 Norway, USA 0-4 Brazil

By Jan | September 27th, 2007

Germany reached the final of this year's Women's World Cup and again the final scoreline is a bit misleading. The story of this match mirrored ...

Academy, Reserves and Chelsea Ladies UPDATE

By Andy | September 18th, 2007

The Academy travelled to Aston Villa on Saturday morning and like the first team a couple of weeks ago, were beaten. The game ended 2-1 ...

Anfield Banter: Antwi injured, Heinze not coming, & some international previews

By Brian | August 21st, 2007

* In what was looking like a great season to come for on-loan Godwin Antwi, a hamstring injury has forced the 19-year-old to sit out ...

Anfield Banter: Is Cicinho our newest target?, Lucas & Mascherano called up but Leto is not, & Blackburn courts Barnett

By Brian | August 8th, 2007

* Apparently Real Madrid right wingback and Brazilian international Cicinho is the next player on Rafa's wish list. He would be a great buy ...

That's One Way to Defend against a Free Kick

By Bob | May 15th, 2007

There is nothing fun about being in a wall. Just this past weekend I watched a player literally get knocked out after a free ...

What are you trying to say here?

By Bob | May 8th, 2007

I know next to nothing about the Norwegian football league, but thanks to their excellent English language skills I now know that VIF Fredrikstad supporters ...

A Name to Remember: Tarik Elyounoussi

By Bob | November 30th, 2006

Norway is a country that has helped us all learn how to pronounce names like Morten Gamst Pedersen and Ole Gunnar Solskjær. For a ...

Norway offers the Greenest Pastures for European Footballers

By Bob | November 27th, 2006

Forget England and Spain. Don't even think about signing to play in Italy or France. If you are a footballer who wants to ...


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