Articles tagged with "romania"
Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini wants you to know about Romanians' DNA
By Bob | March 13th, 2007As Martha on the Italy Offside and Rose on the Palermo Offside have detailed this week, Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini is one crazy bastard. ...
Prisoners in Romania Escape during Champions League Match
By Bob | March 9th, 2007If you have ever watched a movie about prison guards you know that they are both mean and dumb. If it is in the ...
A Name to Remember: Elton Jose Xavier Gomes
By Bob | March 2nd, 2007The first thing you might notice when watching the video clip of Elton below is that he is vertically challenged. The Brazilian attacking midfielder ...
The Joy of Football
By Bob | February 5th, 2007Some days the football world is so discouraging. Crowd violence in Brazil, a stadium ban in Romania and the continued uncertainty in Italy after ...
Transfer Talk: No Luque, No Young, Plenty of Ronaldo
By Bob | January 15th, 2007It is that time of year again when the rumors are hot and heavy and fiction becomes reality. We’ll do our best to help you ...
Transfer Talk: A Galacticos Reunion in Saudi Arabia?
By Bob | January 10th, 2007It is that time of year again when the rumors are hot and heavy and fiction becomes reality. We’ll do our best to help you ...
News from Romania: It's Time to Fire the First Team
By Bob | December 29th, 2006The lessons we learn today from everyone's favorite league is that mediocrity will not be tolerated and that patience is not a virtue. Just ...
News from Romania: We'll Trade our Keeper for your Gas Pipeline
By Bob | December 21st, 2006Every time I am home for the holidays my family asks the same questions. Why aren't you married? Why haven't you made millions ...
News from Romania: Cashing in on a Year-End Bonus with 15 Games to Go
By Bob | December 15th, 2006Usually when a coach is promised a bonus for winning a championship his club dishes out the bonus after the championship is won. Such ...
News from Romania: The not so Friendly Skies
By Bob | November 27th, 2006It is well documented how dangerous it is nowadays for football fans and players to travel through airports. Now you can add airplanes to ...
The Best Seat in the House is on top of the House
By Bob | October 26th, 2006Except for the occasional low flying plane getting in the way, the view from above sure beats the one in the stadium. I only ...
Monaco fire up the Baloney
By Sam | October 23rd, 2006Laszlo Bölöni, that is. AS Monaco's Romanian bench boss was shown the door, a mere 10 league games after being welcomed so nicely after Didier ...
Daily Dose 10.23
By Bob | October 23rd, 2006Some stories to read while you stop pretending to be Men at Work in the shower… * The Premiership lawyers go after the little guys (101 ...
Daily Dose 10.04
By Bob | October 4th, 2006Some stories to read while you finally get around to looking for the guy you haven't seen in years.... * A Mexican football love triangle straight ...
News from Romania: Ho Hum, Three more Coaches Out
By Bob | September 25th, 2006It was business as usual this past weekend in Romania with the owner of a club receiving a 12-game suspension for attacking referees, two coaches ...
Daily Dose 09.25
By Bob | September 25th, 2006Some stories to read while you collect £2,000 to buy a hypoallergenic cat.... * Dick Kuyt wants you to wear his clothes (Who Ate all the ...
The Message about Fair Play Day hasn't Quite Been Heard
By Bob | September 21st, 2006Today is the International Day of Peace so if you are thinking about starting a war or beating up your neighbor, we kindly request that ...
News from Romania: It is not OK for a Coach to Head Butt his own Player
By Bob | September 19th, 2006It has been a few weeks since we reported news from our favorite league, but don't let the absence of posts deceive you, there has ...
News from Romania: Another Fine Reason for Fines
By Bob | August 29th, 2006We're five matches into the Romanian league season and already we're on a record pace for fines being handed out to players. We've told ...
News from Romania: Voodoo ain't Welcome Here
By Bob | August 28th, 2006The lesson we learn this week from Romania is that you should never trust those Bulgarians. Not only does yes mean no in their ...
The News from Romania: A Heavy Price for a Victory
By Bob | August 15th, 2006It is a race to the bottom in our favorite league as yet another team has come up with a fun and unique way to ...
News from Romania: It doesn't Pay to Win
By Bob | August 8th, 2006It wouldn't be a real week here at The Offside without news regarding financial trouble in our much beloved Romanian football league. The problem ...
News from Romania: Please, No Pictures
By Bob | August 3rd, 2006I have to admit that I have a soft spot for Romanian football. I spent a year living in neighboring Moldova (yes, it is ...
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