Articles tagged with "world football"
The Offside Podcast, Episdode 22
By Daryl | May 9th, 2008They 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 week. Or, if you're a glass is half full type, then it's just in time for a weekend preview. Joining Ian this w ...
Phenoms Taking Their Names Off The Market
By chris | May 9th, 2008It's just the cool thing to do, apparently. Two of the biggest names in world football 25 and under in Samir Nasri and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar were supposed to go up for auction this summer, with The Artist Formerly Knows As G14 with be clamoring to ...
Tim Wiese Kicks Ivica Olic in the Head. And Gets Away With It
By Daryl | May 8th, 2008Oh yes he did. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGplCUlBCtw[/youtube] As spotted on the ever-excellent Bundesliga Offside, this is Werder Bremen keeper Tim Wiese's challenge on Hamburg striker Ivica Olic during the Bundesliga's northern ...
End of an Era at Barcelona
By Daryl | May 8th, 2008Wednesday was an unhappy night for Barcelona. In a semi-low key El Clásico at the Bernabéu, Barcelona's players had to give newly crowned champions Real Madrid a guard of honour. And then they lost 4-1. Samuel Eto'o missed the game through ...
That 1.7 million's Not a Bribe! It's for Chocolate and Candies!
By Daryl | May 8th, 2008Hats off (if you're wearing one) to Romanian champions CFR Cluj. The team won Romania's Liga 1 yesterday, beating Universitatea Cluj 1-0 to claim the first championship in the club's history and the first team from outside Bucharest to take the title ...
Scudamore Running Scared of Blatter's 6+5
By Daryl | May 8th, 2008Seems unfair to blame one man for everything that's wrong with an entire league. But I'm going to do it anyway, because chief exec Richard Scudamore seems to have made it his mission to personify the arrogance of the English Premier League. I'm still ...
Vote: What Should This Type of Goal Be Called?
By Daryl | May 7th, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO8wYUiOrWs[/youtube] A few days ago, we attempted to name this move that Stefan Gislason pulled off to score for Brondby. We got a decent response with quite a few suggestions. So they're collected below in ...
Man Utd vs Chelsea, and Barack Obama vs Hillary Clinton
By Daryl | May 7th, 2008We don't do politics on The Offside, but we love a good analogy. And it was recently suggested to me that the Premier League title race between Man Utd and Chelsea is a mirror image of the US Democratic Primary between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinto ...
No Need For Real Players Anymore
By chris | May 7th, 2008That's it, ladies and gents. It's only a matter of time before Big Bucks Abramovich is swooping down in his helicopter and he's buying up the best robots money can buy. This is Goalias. He's a robot designed by the University of Stuttgart in ...
"2 Good 2 Bad" 2007/8 Premier League Highlights
By Daryl | May 7th, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghiyzrG9UTI[/youtube] For those unfamiliar, Match of the Day is a BBC institution. A Saturday night highlight show that's been around for as long as most people can remember, currently hosted by Gary Lineker ...
Ronaldinho Has Left the Building
By Daryl | May 7th, 2008I've got some news for you. The Ronaldinho we knew and loved in 2006 is gone, and he's not coming back. That Ronaldinho was young, happy and healthy. And the football he played was brilliant. For a while there it was as if YouTube existed purely to s ...
When Goalkeepers Score...
By Daryl | May 7th, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF_3W53ALyw[/youtube] This magnificent strike is from Montgomeryshire Division Two in England, on April 26th. Montgomery Town goalkeeper Steve Goodwin was taking a free kick 78 yards away from the opposition ...
Football is the New Diplomacy as Ticket = Visa in Moscow
By Daryl | May 6th, 2008Remember how the Champions League Final was going to be a nightmare because it takes so long to get a Russian visa? There was pessimistic talk of Manchester United and Chelsea fans being unable to get their paperwork done in time and European club fo ...
Gattuso's Summer of Change
By chris | May 6th, 2008The big news of the week on the market front has been the less-than-shocking revelation that Mathieu Flamini is leaving the Emirates for Serie A - only mild surprise being it's not for Torino, seemingly his destination, but for big bucks in Milan. Gi ...
Photo of the Day: Welcome to Euros
By Laurie | May 6th, 2008Oh, look! They even used the official ball! Isn't that a nice touch? This giant ball, adorned with the Swiss, French and European flags, is decorating the village of Chatel-St-Denis in Switzerland. Chatel-St-Denis is the location of the Lus ...
Photo of the Day: Welcome to Euros
By Laurie | May 6th, 2008Oh, look! They even used the official ball! Isn't that a nice touch? This giant ball, adorned with the Swiss, French and European flags, is decorating the village of Chatel-St-Denis in Switzerland. Chatel-St-Denis is the location of the Lus ...
Is the Premier League Top Four Unbreakable?
By Daryl | May 6th, 2008As Newcastle's unbeaten run came to an end against Chelsea yesterday, Kevin Keegan looked at Avram Grant's bench and saw Frank Lampard, Joe Cole and Andri Shevchenko lounging around. Then he looked at his bench and saw Cacapa. Then he decided the Pre ...
Capello is Told that England WILL Make WC 2010 Semis. Or Else.
By Laurie | May 6th, 2008A quick check of my favorite fact source Wikipedia confirms the awful truth: When it comes to the World Cup, England is a quarterfinal team. Of the fifteen World Cups between 1950 and 2006, they've been champions once (1966) and made it to th ...
DC United Signs with Volkswagen
By Laurie | May 6th, 2008The first thing I realized as I was writing this post was this: I did not know how to spell Volkswagen. With an "e," folks. You'll need to remember this. Particularly if you're a DC United fan. Why? Because after weeks of rumors, Volkswag ...
Arsenal Ladies Putting Arsenal Men to Shame
By Daryl | May 6th, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0dgSlDGN_Q[/youtube] Another trophy-less season for Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal men. But another trophy-filled season for the Arsenal Ladies, who beat Leeds Utd Ladies 4-1 at the City Ground last night to ...
Daily Dose 5.05.08
By Laurie | May 5th, 2008Some news to read as you have more fun on Cinco de Mayo than I'm going to. (Just FYI, this is how Anglo Saxons celebrate the day.) Clint Dempsey is going to stay with Fulham (My Soccer Blog) Julie Foudy is now a blogger! Yes, THE Julie ...
We Need a Name For This Type of Goal
By Daryl | May 5th, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO8wYUiOrWs[/youtube] Stefan Gislason scored this magnificent opening goal in Brondby's 3-0 win over Nordsjaelland yesterday, but I can't properly enjoy it until I know what it's called. Is it a karate kick? ...
Title Watch Update
By Laurie | May 5th, 2008A couple of titles were settled this weekend, and a couple of challenges got more complicated. Here's what the Title Watch looks like after this weekend's games: Italy: Serie A In an odd turn of events, AS Roma were AC Milan's biggest fans this ...
Botched Transfer Details Mean Anelka Can't Play in Chelsea's Last Game
By Laurie | May 5th, 2008Let's say your team is owned by a Russian billionaire, one of the richest men in the world. He has no problem tossing cash around with profligacy to benefit the team. He uses this money to get what he wants, to the point that his team has four of t ...
Photo of the Day: The Ink Could not Save Them
By Laurie | May 5th, 2008Alas, all the tattoo ink in the world could not save Leicester City from relegation. They needed a win against Stoke City, but they couldn't scrape up the needed goal to break the tie. Final result: 0-0. The result gives Stoke City the joy of ...
Video: Promotion Ecstasy for Stoke City
By Laurie | May 5th, 2008[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=t7b-1ojmoaI[/youtube] There are pitch invasions, and then there are Pitch Invasions. This one qualifies for the capitals. Stoke City last played in the Premier League English top flight in the 1984-85 seas ...
The Boca vs River Superclasico Dance Off
By Daryl | May 5th, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlMSrw5Dq3U[/youtube] Above is Sebastián Battaglia's `14th minute header from a Juan Roman Riquelme corner, which gave Boca Juniors their first win over River Plate in three years. You might want to turn yo ...
Jose & Friends: "It's" Status, "Avram's Team" & The Bogey
By chris | May 5th, 2008The boys are back this week with calls from Becks, Big Boss Abramovich, Alex and an in-depth interview with Dave of Ameobi stalkerdom. Inevitably, Jose is asked about Chelsea's advancement, and he, of course, takes credit. Sven's status is discus ...
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