Articles tagged with "turkey"
When Graeme Souness Planted the Galatasaray Flag in Fenerbahçe's Pitch
By Daryl | September 18th, 2009When it comes to antagonizing opposition fans, Emmanuel Adebayor is a mere amateur next to Graeme Souness. Souness was managing Galatasaray in 1996, and his team ...
Rambo Okan: The Superfan Strikes Again.
By chris | August 17th, 2009[101 Great Goals] Rambo Okan isn't what you'd call a card-carrying member of the "prawn-sandwich brigade". He's probably what you'd call "clinically insane" (not that the ...
2009-10 European Football Season Start Dates
By chris | August 7th, 2009Reminder Perhaps it was the explosive start off the blocks to the transfer season before settling into a silent slumber, but it seems big time club ...
Lowering Expectations To Darius Vassell-Like Levels
By chris | July 2nd, 2009We've all seen fans get a little too crazy over a signing - some of us have even been guilty of the slightly overzealous behavior. ...
Transfer Talk: Mmmm...Barca.
By chris | June 10th, 2009A Spanish newspaper has reported that Zlatan Ibrahimovic to Barca for Samuel Eto'o plus cash (€10m or so) is as good as his name. Italian ...
UEFA Cup Final Liveblog
By chris | May 20th, 2009UEFA Cup Final Liveblog Congrats to Shakhtar. Here's a quick highlights video:
The Woodwork Is Not Necessarily A Goalkeeper's Best Friend.
By chris | May 4th, 2009"Expect to see this clip on a cheesy sports TV show, and probably a number of other football websites, at some point soon." Ask and you ...
Daily Dose: May 1st, 2009.
By chris | May 1st, 2009Stuff to read while you score your milestone 200th goal in spectacular fashion..... Fergie now wants only red M&M's in the OT dressing room. (Dirty Tackle) A ...
UEFA's Elite Football Stadia - Part 2.
By chris | April 17th, 2009Click here for Part 1. Intro: After a severe bout of curiosity resulting in far too much time perusing the internets, we finally came upon a ...
The Brawl of the Bosphorus (Sort of)
By Daryl | April 13th, 2009You've probably already heard about/read about/seen what happened in yesterday's Istanbul derby, where the Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe players almost took the whole Battle of the ...
The Secret To Underdog Success
By chris | March 27th, 2009The city of Sivas is modest and the Sivasspor's history even more so. They don't have the allure of Istanbul and their Turkish Super Lig ...
Galatasaray Condemns Turkish Football to Eternity of Positive Stereotyping
By Daryl | February 26th, 2009Is it racist/prejudiced when you ascribe certain attributes to entire cultures? Even if said attribute is a positive? I think it probably is. But if Turkish ...
Photo: Now That's A Political Statement.
By chris | February 5th, 2009Move over Freddie Kanoute, you've been trumped in the Gaza conflict political statement department. Ibrahim Dagasan of Sivasspor staked a Palestinian flag at the center ...
Fenerbahçe's Tümer Metin moves to Larissa
By j | February 4th, 2009Prior to the transfer window closing Fenerbahçe's provided Tümer Metin his outright release with the thirty-four year old Turkish international moving to Larissa of Super ...
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 ...
Ümit Özat returns
By klaus | January 18th, 2009In a great piece of news, Ümit Özat is expected to return to the squad as he has been received medical clearance to resume practicing ...
Fenerbahçe raids MKE Ankaragücü for Abdülkadir Kayalı
By j | January 1st, 2009In a surprise move, Fenerbahçe is reported to have beaten a number of top clubs throughout Europe for MKE Ankaragücü's Abdülkadir Kayalı. Still only seventeen ...
My Favorite Things of 2008, Part III
By Laurie | December 31st, 2008Chris and Daryl started this one out (although Daryl's was technically his "favourite" things, which I believe is entirely different.) Now it's my turn, ...
Die Königsblauen take key victory over Berliners
By Porter | December 7th, 2008The growing criticism against Fred Rutten was silenced as die Königsblauen defeated Hertha BSC 1-0 is a perfectly crafted manner. Schalke was resolute in their ...
Vágner Love strikes for three as CSKA Moscow is perfect
By j | December 4th, 2008CSKA Moscow completed its perfect run of four victories in the group stage of the UEFA Cup defeating Ligue 1 side AS Nancy-Lorraine 4-3 with ...
5 Great Players who made dreadful managers
By Rob | December 4th, 2008So, Roy Keane's tenure at Sunderland has come to a premature end. He need not worry though, he's a long way from being the worst ...
Metalist Kharkiv v Olympiacos UEFA Cup preview
By sasha | December 3rd, 2008After their shocking 1-0 defeat of legendary Turkish side Galatasaray, Metalist Kharkiv can qualify if they defeat Olympiacos. Both clubs are coming off great victories ...
Tyne-Tees derby match preview
By j | November 28th, 2008The fifteenth week of the season has Newcastle off to tangle with Middlesbrough at Riverside in the 120th Tyne-Tees derby. With the Magpies third from ...
Metalist Kharkiv with tough test against Galatasaray
By sasha | November 27th, 2008Metalist Kharkiv face legendary Turkish side Galatasaray in the UEFA Cup today. Galatasaray have dominated Group B and possess six points after two matches. ...
Schalke 04 UEFA Cup match preview
By j | November 26th, 2008Mark Hughes leads his Manchester City in a tough UEFA Cup match against Bundesliga's Schalke 04 at their home grounds, Veltins-Arena. The home side comes ...
Porto advances in Champions League
By j | November 26th, 2008Jesualdo Ferreira's Dragões advance to the knockout stages of the Champions League with a 2-1 victory over Fenerbahçe at Istanbul’s Sükrü Saraçoglu in a score-line ...
time to remind Vfb of last season
By j | November 22nd, 2008Armin Veh's VfB Stuttgart travel to Volkswagen Arena to face Die Wölfe in an important mid-table Bundesliga match. With Wolfsburg sitting ninth in the table ...
Watching from the sidelines...
By Peter Katsiris | November 6th, 2008As the UEFA Cup takes center stage across Europe this evening, one of the teams not participating tonight will be Olympiacos. The Greek Champions will ...
Rubin Kazan wins Championship!
By j | November 2nd, 2008Manager Kurban Berdyev had his prayers answered as Rubin Kazan have clinched the Rosgosstrakh Championship of Russia by defeating Saturn Moscow Oblast today 2-1. Mr. ...
Turkish delight leaves bitter taste for Olympiacos
By Peter Katsiris | October 23rd, 2008The revival of the Greco-Turkish rivalry didn't produce a memorable result for Olympiacos on this night, as Olympiacos was narrowly edged by Galatasaray at the ...
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