Weekend Dose 08.17.08

Something to read while you send a friend request to the oldest person on Facebook... New Bundesliga stars for a new Bundesliga season (Bild) Fabio Capello. In ...

Second in the Prem baby!

Villa 4 - 2 Man City Villa have got off to a flying start by beating Man City 4 - 2 at home, goals coming from ...

Chelsea Vs Portsmouth Liveblog!

Last years Champions League and Prem runners up Chelsea, kick off thier season today with a tough game against FA Cup winners Portsmouth. Its on ...

Premier League Preivew - Stevie G Style

The 2008-2009 Premier League season is almost here my friends, and with the arrival of a new season of competition comes a new season of ...

Preview to the Season IV - (Sunderland-Wigan)

Tomorrow at midday, the season, finnally, gets underway. The prepetual groundhog day of waking up wondering of Gareth Barry is going to Liverpool, or whether ...

Preview to the Season Part III (Man United-Stoke)

Part of my preview to the season which kicks off on Saturday - Parts one and two can be found HERE and HERE - now ...

Daily Dose: 08.11.08

Stuff to read while you get paid in Homer Simpson money..... Various methodologies of keeping players. (SoccerLens) SWP sets up an academy to help kids become overpriced ...

Welcome to the EPL Offside!

Hello, welcome, pull up a chair. Serie A has one, so we thought it was only right that the Prem should have its own blog ...

It just so happens that Smarties, BBC TV show QI, Pot Noodle condiment sachets, and big dusty books aren't the only ones with all the answers!

So there you have it and there you are... blessed with remnants of my non-existent foresight! For clarification and confusion avoidance purposes, the overall table ...

Daily Dose 08.04.08

Something to read while you get the new iBod installed... Benny Feilhaber - singing sensation (Yank Soccer) Is China spying on opposition teams at the Olympics (SI.com) Cristiano's ...

Malaysia to Kick Out All Foreign Footballers

While we debate the legal and ethical implications of 6+5, Malaysian football has gone ahead and implemented 11+0. That means all foreigners will be booted out ...

Game 39 is Back!

If you thought the Premier League's Game 39 was going to just go away and die quietly, you were wrong. It's back. It's wearing a ...

Louis Saha?

The rumour mill is alive and well and seemingly without conscious. Reports begin to circulate, with news sources quoting each other and of-course, the team, ...

Djibril Cissé

More of the dirty-little rumour than fact at this stage but the Daily Mirror is reporting that Mark Hughes is preparing a bid on disgruntled ...

The future of David N’Gog

Le Parisien is reporting that promising nineteen year-old striker David N’Gog will be signed today by Liverpool of the Premier League. David is in the ...

Bigger assets than Dolly Parton and runs of the FA Cup variety.

Anyhow, back to a more important team and matters. Last season saw the league campaign become the support act to the diva that was the ...

Premier League Fixtures Announced

For those of you who are already tired of international football, well, first of all, shame on you because Euro 2008 has been a great ...

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Don't worry, that's not a real video. But I'm sure you've seen that message more than once before here on The Offside and elsewhere, and ...

Top One-Man Offenses in Europe

We all know that Cristiano Ronaldo (love him or hate him) took home this year's European Golden Boot for his 31 Premier League goals. ...

Daily Dose: 5.18.08

Some things to read over while you do something amusing: Ives predicts football-heavy ESPN 3 (Soccer By Ives) Relegated ...

Episode 23: Neil Dunkin and US Soccer Report

After a number of hurdles, we're happy to say that we have finally gotten (somewhat) the knack of phone interviews, and so we are thrilled ...

Squeeky Bum Time: All over Europe

It's May, and while most people in the world are reveling in the sunshine and flowers and all that, you and I have our minds ...

Manchester United are Premier League Champions

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tai620mnilo[/youtube] This is the penalty that technically won the Premier League title this year. With Chelsea only managing a draw with Bolton, the title could ...

The Offside Podcast, Episdode 22

They say it's all donwnhill once you hit 22. And that proved right as technical glitches mean The Offside Podcast is a little late this ...

Episode 22: Superclásico, Ligue 1 and Premiership Roundup

It's that time of the week again, and after a week of technical glitches that made me very nearly give up on the computer altogether, ...

Title Watch: Pray for Victory

There are title races all over Europe this weekend. Some will get decided over the next two days, others are going to take a little ...

Gallery: Winning mends everything

With about a quarter of the match to be played, Chelsea won a free kick near the edge of Manchester United penalty area. Sparks proceeded ...

And Lo, Avram Grant came good on his promise.

Over here at the Champions League offside, we've been as bemused and frustrated with Avram Grant as everybody else. Adam (a Chelsea fan) especially. The ...

Gallery 2: Chelsea 2, United 1

Gallery 1: Chelsea 2, United 1