Articles tagged with "other"
A contrarian take on France - Ireland
By Dan | November 19th, 2009Sometimes, I just can’t help myself. Against all of my better judgment, I read as much of the self righteous indignation that erupted after ...
Manchester United
By Oli | October 26th, 2009Sunday was the first time I wrote that name, since the day of the draw. Like Robins, I've been scared of what would happen to ...
I Don't Love the 90s: The North Atlantic league is still a terrible idea.
By Dan | October 20th, 2009As long as the North Atlantic league proposal is back on the table, let me just preemptively mention a few other things from the late ...
The Joy of Shameful Joy
By Dan | October 14th, 2009In club land, the international breaks are something like an enforced naptime. But, in anticipation of the Uruguay – Argentina match that might send ...
Murder in Serbia
By Dan | September 29th, 2009Grim news from Belgrade this morning, where a Toulouse fan who was assaulted prior to the French club’s group stage match with Partizan Belgrade died ...
Crime committed, celebrities not involved.
By Dan | September 27th, 2009In case you hadn’t already heard, UEFA is investigating a rather significant number of European qualifying round matches from recent seasons for evidence of match ...
Hey everybody, let's deconstruct the taboo around diving.
By Dan | September 24th, 2009Cristiano Ronaldo, Didier Drogba, Francesco Totti, Hernan Crespo, Arjen Robben: all talented, renowned international footballers, yet the sight of their names is no doubt making ...
Barnsley in Transfer Fest Scandal!!!!!!!
By Oli | September 16th, 2009Actually, I made up one of those words. But, it has been an unbelievably active day, showing that Robins won’t just be thinking one win ...
HELLO EVERYBODY!!!!!
By Oli | September 14th, 2009Hell yeah, the people now have a voice. It honestly makes me happy to say: Welcome to Barnsley Offside. That's right, as the football club starts a ...
The Pesants Revolt
By Dan | September 8th, 2009Sometimes, the rule breaking by the rich and powerful is so blatant that even the proper authorities cannot ignore it, and are compelled to actually ...
Serious Crowd Trouble Should Result in On Field Punishment
By Dan | August 24th, 2009More words have probably been wasted on football hooliganism than any other subject having to do with the game. While some of these studies ...
Random Club Affiliation: Part 1, Aesthetics
By Dan | August 13th, 2009A behavior that most, if not all, fans engage in is the development of an affinity or an aversion to clubs that have little or ...
Know Your Minnows: FC Zestaponi
By Dan | July 14th, 2009An 11-1 aggregate score is bound to attract attention, even when it takes place in early Europa League qualifying rounds between two teams that even ...
Your Future Dream is a Shopping Scheme: Florentino Perez Returns
By Dan | July 9th, 2009Compared to many people, I am fairly ambivalent about Real Madrid. Though they would definitely be categorized as a team that inspires a lot ...
Red Bull, Again
By Dan | June 23rd, 2009Just when it seemed that I could not possibly write another piece on news going on outside the transfer window, comes a head-in-hands piece of ...
Leave The Capitol: Foreign Player Limits Come to Bulgaria
By Dan | June 17th, 2009One of the major issues that invariably comes up as part as proposed reforms to the game is a return to the days of limits ...
Debt and the Maiden
By Dan | June 11th, 2009Despite Real Madrid’s best efforts to buy everybody, I still consider this time of year, the first few weeks after the end of the season, ...
Goodbye Lenin (and Cottbus)
By Dan | June 6th, 2009As 2009 progresses, it seems that nearly every day that goes by is the anniversary of a significant landmark of East Germany’s dissolution. For ...
European Restructuring Part Two: New Boots and Contracts
By Dan | May 27th, 2009The decision to expand the UEFA Champions League was one of the most significant in the modern history of the European game. As discussed in ...
Hertha In Europe: Sensible Bites
By Dan | May 24th, 2009Remaining objective about the team you support is one of the great challenges in football. Even if you aren’t writing about it, there’s always ...
European Restructuring Part One: The Wealth of Nations
By Dan | May 23rd, 2009European competition used to be relatively straightforward. There was the European cup, for domestic champions, the Cup Winners’ Cup, for domestic cup winners and ...
Top 5 UEFA Cup Finals: # 4
By Dan | May 18th, 20091988-1989 Napoli 5 - Stuttgart 4 Napoli's finest hour, featuring a classic, yet underrated, Maradona performance. The close aggregate score actually flatters Stuttgart, who were not awful, ...
Dutch football: reshaped by modern forces?
By Dan | May 15th, 2009As followers of Dutch football will already be well aware of, the 2008-09 campaign has concluded without Ajax, PSV or Feyenoord, the traditional big clubs, ...
Arshavin move angers O'Neill?
By Chris | February 4th, 2009In Aston Villa's world, a 5pm transfer deadline on 2nd February is a 5pm deadline. In the Sky-backed, cloak-and-dagger world of the 'Big Four', a ...
Paul Birch passes away
By Chris | February 2nd, 2009Yet more sad, sad news out of Villa Park today. The official website has announced the tragic death of Paul Birch, who lost his battle ...
Villa disappoint in FA Cup - Merseyside next up
By Chris | January 26th, 2009I know little about Aston Villa's goalless draw with Doncaster Rovers in the FA Cup fourth round on Saturday, and I have no desire to ...
Johnny Dixon passes away
By Chris | January 21st, 2009Johnny Dixon, Aston Villa's 1957 FA Cup winning captain, has passed away aged 85. Johnny, who had been battling against Alzheimers disease, played over 400 games ...
Carew, Bouma, and Donny Rovers
By Chris | January 21st, 2009Greetings, Villans. Villa news has been bubbling along for the last couple of days - I think it's time for a quick update. Doncaster progress to face ...
UEFA Cup draw and a related coin-based conspiracy
By Chris | December 19th, 2008Aston Villa were represented in Nyon this lunchtime for the draw for the last 32 and last 16 of the final UEFA Cup. I'm in ...
Villa to face Gillingham in FA Cup
By Chris | December 10th, 2008Aston Villa's two possible opponents in the third round of the FA Cup played their second round replay at Edgeley Park last night, with a ...
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