Articles tagged with "pele"
The Appeal of Hating a Great Footballer
By Rob | November 7th, 2009Albert Camus, the philosopher, author and football fanatic, was once asked that if he had to choose between football and the theatre, which he would ...
Jesper Blomqvist: Better Than Pelé. Sort of.
By Daryl | October 2nd, 2009Our list of the 10 (Actually 12) Greatest Almost Goals of All Time yesterday featured the famous Pelé miss from 1970, where the Brazilian bamboozled ...
Soundoff: Which Current (or Recently Retired) Footballers are Future Legends?
By Daryl | September 30th, 2009This is a tough question, and it requires a few generalizations. But here we go: There is a top tier of soccer players. No one's 100% ...
Offside Rewind: Uphill Battle
By Daryl | August 28th, 2009Bayern Munich fans spell it out You're saying it wrong! Common footballing mistakes Of which "EPL" is not one Eduardo joins the football diving hall of fame Meet Nathan ...
Daily Dose: July 7th, 2009.
By chris | July 7th, 2009Stuff to read while you play the ball..... Roger Federer wore Arsenal 3rd kit this weekend. (Three Match Ban) How Michael Owen snagged himself a ManU contract. ...
You Can Prove Anything With YouTube
By Daryl | May 28th, 2009This clip from the mid-90s golden era of Fantasy Football League obviously predates YouTube. It even predates the internet as we know it, and in ...
“The Don” vs. “The Dick” (as in Randy of course). What I would have loved to ask “Dick”
By Herschel | May 1st, 2009No Wizards soccer this week so I decided to dip my toes in the editorial waters of general soccer news. So last week MLS President Don ...
Ronaldo Likes Chips
By Daryl | April 27th, 2009As Ronaldo fat jokes go, that's not a bad one. Could be worse, could be better. Visit Dirty Tackle for more deliberations on the Ronaldo ...
MLS 101: The Sins of NASL, and How We're Still Paying for Them
By Laurie | April 17th, 2009Want to sound like a pro when you talk about all of the quirks and oddities of MLS? Just memorize this one-size-fits-all answer: "So we ...
Weekend Junk Pile: She Said Yes! (Kind of. Maybe.)
By Laurie | March 28th, 2009A few items that caught my attention this week but weren't worthy of a whole post. Remember last summer, when France crashed and burned ...
Pele Throws Ronaldo & Robinho Firmly Under The Bus
By chris | March 22nd, 2009More often than not, I want nothing more than for ex-legends to shut the fuck up and fade off into bolivian. Pele and Maradona are ...
Azuis e brancos lose Pelé to Portsmouth
By j | January 26th, 2009While not surprising, the Dragões announced today that they have loaned Pelé to Portsmouth of the English Premier League with a purchase option for €6.5m. ...
Daily Dose: Nov 21st, 2008
By Daryl | November 21st, 2008Something to read while you dream of what might have been... Cristiano Ronaldo's alternative method for terrorizing fullbacks (Off the Post) What did Marta mean exactly? (WPS ...
Canal 100 Tuesday
By Bruno Romani | November 4th, 2008Last Sunday, Palmeiras beat Santos 2-1. Today, Canal 100 Tuesday brings to you another Palmeiras - Santos. This is the final of the 1959 State ...
Tulio Maravilha’s Delusions of Grandeur
By chris | October 23rd, 2008Ever heard of Tulio Maravilha? Me neither. Apparently he's some Brazilian goal-machine, currently hanging out in their second division with Vila Nova. Tulio has this ...
Porto advances in Portuguese Cup with easy win
By j | October 20th, 2008Porto's Portuguese Cup hopes advanced with an easy 4-0 victory over lower division Sertanense. Jesualdo Ferreira wisely used the match as a general tuneup for tomorrows ...
Weekend Quiz Answers: Who Were Those Legends?
By Laurie | October 5th, 2008First, if you haven't yet done our Weekend Quiz, stop by this post to see if you can identify our players. So who were ...
Think Your Lawyer Is Bad? Try Pele's Going Rate.
By chris | September 15th, 2008For a club or country wanting some easy PR, hiring a footballing icon to simply attend your game is a pretty surefire way of going ...
Canal 100 Tuesday - WC Qualifying Edition
By Bruno Romani | September 9th, 2008Today, having in mind this Wednesday's World Cup Qualifying round, I'll bring a video of the best national team to ever step on earth. This ...
The End of the Mercato
By cathal | September 1st, 2008Can I begin this post by declaring that I feel like I have been hit by a very large truck? Ok, I just did. Now ...
Quaresma DEAL DONE for €30.6m
By j | August 31st, 2008Porto has officially announced the deal to send Ricardo Quaresma to Inter Milan is now complete. The club will receive a base-line €18.6m, plus Pelé who ...
Ricardo Quaresma deal today
By j | August 30th, 2008Gazzetta dello Sport is reporting that the deal to send Ricardo Quaresma to Inter Milan will be announced today. The deal is said to be ...
the end of the Ricardo Quaresma saga?
By j | August 27th, 2008Per Gazzetta dello Sport the saga of Ricardo Quaresma will conclude within the next forty-eight hours, with Jose Mourinho getting the perfect winger for Inter ...
Back in the saddle again
By salvatore | August 5th, 2008Well it's back to reality today for me after a little holiday, so let's dive right in. In the last ten days it seems the ...
The World is Ours!
By Bruno Romani | June 29th, 2008Today, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of our first World Cup. The only national squad to have Pele and Garrincha playing together. A team that ...
Pele Robbed at Gunpoint, Still Has All His Goals
By Daryl | June 23rd, 2008Could you rob a legend? I definitely couldn't. I can't even borrow a teabag without getting cold sweats. But 10 armed men in Sao Paulo ...
Shep Messing Loves Chewing Tobacco!
By Dave Martinez | June 21st, 2008This is priceless. Kudos go to the idiots (affectionately speaking of course) over at DCU's Big Soccer boards, as well as Metro11's post on ...
El Fenómeno Takes A Shot At Pelé
By chris | March 17th, 2008Way too much is made of the ramblings of past legends, whether it be Pele, Maradona, Johan Cruijff, or whomever. For some reason people seem ...
FIFA 08 - THE OFFSIDE CUP - STARTS MARCH 12!
By Dave Martinez | March 7th, 2008Thank you to everyone for their input and participation. I have received contacts from 20 of the 32 players. So if you havent emailed me ...
Sunday Morning Hangover, It's a Bad One
By Gianfranco | February 17th, 2008I can’t stop thinking about this Ronaldo situation; I am literally losing sleep over it. I hear people constantly talking about, and how he was ...
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