Articles tagged with "spain"
Sevilla Goes International
By Anthony | March 29th, 2009I don't understand why everyone hates international break, personally I love it. I don't know if it's because my beloved country are reigning European ...
Pfft! Basketball is a Welcomed Distraction!
By Peter Katsiris | March 26th, 2009Theoffside.com readers, you might remember the attack on popularity of basketball by Daryl and Chris over on the main page, but this past week or ...
Daily Dose: March 24th, 2009
By Daryl | March 24th, 2009Something to read while you prepare for the Twitterpocalypse: (p.s. Follow The Offside on Twitter) Is this the key to eternal youth? (HABs Offsde) And would it fix ...
Drive-By Shootings Aren't Just For Gangs Anymore.
By chris | March 19th, 2009Running a football club can get kind of boring, particularly in this depressing financially climate, and doubly so for a club in the financially strapped ...
Xisco: Eagerly Bringing the Man-Love
By Lotte Cox | March 13th, 2009Xisco is currently sitting on the bench at Newcastle, which must be awfully depressing for him -- not only is he not playing, but he's ...
Daily Dose: March 3rd, 2009.
By chris | March 3rd, 2009Stuff to read while you watch Kun Aguero show up for much more than a paycheck against Barca on the weekend...... Unprofessional Foul's latest Power Poll. ...
Daily Dose: Feb 26th 2009
By Daryl | February 26th, 2009Something to read while you learn that good choreography has a price... What's on your football bucket list? (Weekend Warrior Offside) "Landy flows how Landy’s gotta flow" ...
Karagounis gives Panathinaikos tender advantage ahead of Athens replay
By Peter Katsiris | February 25th, 2009A scintillating strike by Giorgos Karagounis has allowed Panathinaikos to take an away goal back to the OAKA Spyros Louis Stadium on March 10th, as ...
Champions League: Villarreal vs. Panathinaikos [Live Blog]
By Peter Katsiris | February 25th, 2009With the final whistle, Panathinaikos has taken a substantial step into achieving its goal of reaching the next round. The final score from the El ...
Champions League Preview: Panathinaikos’ European inferno set to reignite
By Peter Katsiris | February 25th, 2009The UEFA Champions League returned to full swing on Tuesday night, but twenty-four hours later the road to Rome will resume for Panathinaikos who travel ...
Daily Dose: February 12th, 2009.
By chris | February 12th, 2009Stuff to read while you ask these two politely to get a room, it was just a goal.......... ....and also hope that's just a really small ...
Spanish Club Wants To Get Paid, Drops Pants.
By chris | February 10th, 2009Without a single fact to back this up at the moment, it seems the financial crisis has hit Spanish football the hardest - mainly because ...
Daily Dose: February 4th, 2009.
By chris | February 4th, 2009Stuff to read while you dribble through a minefield with no one watching (til now)......... The new (sorta) and improved (definitely) Azzurri kit. (Italy Offside) ESPN fails ...
Marca reports Atletico interest in Olympiacos bench boss
By Peter Katsiris | January 30th, 2009According to Spanish sports newspaper Marca, Atletico Madrid is interested in the services of Olympiacos manager Ernesto Valverde. While the capital club currently employs Mexican ...
New Nike Campaign: Ramos, Fabregas, Drogba, Cole and Arshavin
By Lotte Cox | January 22nd, 2009Nike have a new line of jackets -- V for Victory, geddit? -- and for the ad campaign, they're photographing their favorite athletes both in ...
Fan Voted UEFA Team of the Year Announced
By chris | January 22nd, 2009Surely millions of fanboys and fangirls couldn't have shown half a noggin? Surely not. Surely there was lots of bickering between who has the better ...
Surgery for Nihat silences Olympiacos link
By Peter Katsiris | January 20th, 2009It wasn't the most vibrant headline regarding Olympiacos' first acquisition of the winter transfer window, but the ongoing rumor pointing Villarreal's Nihat Kahveci with a ...
The hunt for a striker heats up for Olympiacos
By Peter Katsiris | January 14th, 2009With Darko Kovacevic likely to be unavailable and unable to continue his football career anytime soon - and possibly soon to retire - and Konstantinos ...
Winter Wonderland: Naked Balls & Snowfans
By chris | January 12th, 2009Or is it the other way 'round? With global warming taking over football pitches all across Europe, fans are finding ways to make the football experience ...
Watch The FIFA World Player of the Year Gala Live
By chris | January 12th, 2009The five final candidates - Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Xavi & Fernando Torres - are in Zurich for the FIFA World Player of the ...
Photo: Jean Claude van Damme Referees In Spain
By chris | January 6th, 2009GolTV is on in the background and the La Liga recap is running. The weekend's fixture between Recreativo and Numancia comes on and, during one ...
Aris snaps up Xanthi star
By Peter Katsiris | January 5th, 2009Less than day after calling it quits on his seven-and-a-half year stay with Skoda Xanthi, Stavros Lambriakos was made the newest member of Aris FC ...
No Winter Signings, Maniche Speaks, and Atlético Begin Hardcore Training
By al | December 30th, 2008'Cause we don't need them, according to club president Enrique Cerezo. "I said in October that we wouldn't bring anyone this winter. We have a roster ...
Transfer Rumours: Benfica
By Carlos | December 26th, 2008With the transfer market opening up in a couple of days, teams are looking to fill in those empty spots on their rosters to create ...
Daily Dose: December 11th, 2008.
By chris | December 11th, 2008Stuff to read while you relive a poor career decision...... Wenger needs to buy muzzles in the January window. (SoccerLens) Talking through Spain's match fixing. (ESPN) Djimi Traore's ...
Who will be next for Panathinaikos?
By Peter Katsiris | December 11th, 2008About twenty-four hours after Panathinaikos sealed its spot in the first knockout round of the UEFA Champions League, the ‘Trifylli' are now awaiting their next ...
Reports of Match-Fixing Rock Spain
By chris | December 4th, 2008Match fixing in football is, unfortunately, nothing new. Some may even say it's par for the course, particularly if we're talking about Eastern European football ...
(Almost) Real's Newest Dutchman
By Lotte Cox | December 3rd, 2008Hey, Mom! I'm going to Spain! Yeah, everyone I know plays there! Assuming he passes his medical, Klaas Jan Huntelaar will be leaving Ajax next month ...
Spanish Segunda B: The Best Lower League In Europe.
By chris | November 12th, 2008Let's omit the small talk and just get down to brass tacks: Real Madrid: Knocked out of the Copa del Rey by Segunda B side (third ...
Daily Dose: November 6th, 2008.
By chris | November 5th, 2008Stuff to read while you struggle to comprehend this headline out of context..... Cristiano Ronaldo's excessive perspiration becomes locker room prank material. (The Spoiler) Spain spreading the ...
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