Soundoff: Who is Football's Biggest Traitor?

I've been surfing around looking for bloggable El Clásico related material. I came across pillow fights disguised as boxing, black magic and French C.Ronaldo impersonators, ...

Jimmy Bullard Submits his Entry for Goal Celebration of the Season

(1m40s into the video - via 101GreatGoals) For some imitation is the highest form of flattery. For Hull City's Jimmy Bullard it's just another brilliant addition ...

What Your Offside and WorldCupBlog Bloggers are Thankful For...

It's Thanksgiving Day here in the United States, a time to eat food and give thanks. (Unless you're a turkey, in which case you do ...

The Grimbsy Town Letter In All Its Glory

Have you seen it yet? You should. You really should. It's a perfect example of the grasp of this thing they all the world wide ...

9-1 Is Probably A Good Time For A Refund

[101gg] Presumably you've heard the scoreline already, if only because you can read headlines. That thrashing, the second worst in Premier League history, which will ...

Jurgen Sierens' Comedy Goalkeeping: Funnier With or Without Music?

It's behind you! Poor Jurgen Sierens. The Roeselare keeper stopped a long-range shot from Anderlecht's Moroccan midfielder Mbark Boussoufa, but then lost the ball. Sierens attempted ...

Real Salt Lake Beats Beckham's Galaxy on Penalties to Take the MLS Cup

-- David vs. Goliath. -- Highest-salaried team in MLS vs. lowest. -- Most-written-about team vs one of the least. -- Western Conference ...

Preview: 2009 MLS Cup

This is what MLS has been waiting for; a chance to show off their trophy player and their showcase franchise, on the grandest stage they ...

Messi Gets A Boot To The Face

Fernando Amorebieta would make Hulk Hogan get all misty eyed with this performance. But where is the follow up leg drop? (I hope some ...

When Roy Keane Attacks: Five Survival Strategies

First, a confession: I kind of love Ipswich Town manager and former Ireland captain Roy Keane. (Even though he terrifies me.) Must ...

How to Get Footy Fans to Stop Smoking: The Prizes Britain SHOULD be Offering

Best quote from this article on the National Health Service's plan to use footy fans' love of their sport to get them to quit ...

Just How Corrupt is European Football?

It's difficult to answer that question with any precision. But seems the answer is "a lot more corrupt than we realized". Because German prosecutors think ...

Learning to Love Football's International Break

It's international break time in world football right now. Dates that FIFA has blocked out on the calendar for international play. Which means no club ...

The Offside's Utterly Unofficial Awards for Chicago - RSL. The "Eastern" Conference Finals

Final score Chicago 0-0 RSL aet, RSL takes it on penalties, 5-4. First, just like last year, we have to go with the "AMERICANS SUCK AT ...

LA 2-Houston 0. The Offside's Utterly Unofficial Awards for the MLS Western Conference Championship

It's that time again! The time to give the Utterly Unofficial MLS Playoff awards that the teams, players and owners really deserve. ...

Daily Dose: November 13th, 2009

Something to read while you support your national team hanging out the window of a moving vehicle. On Friday 13th. FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images World Cup playoff preview ...

Rémi Gaillard: Foot 2009

I know this isn't new. I also know that Chris already posted it on Water Cooler Offside. But I don't care. It's Friday, and this ...

Water Cooler Offside: Take a Gulp

Please allow me to bring one of the newer Offside blogs to your attention. It's called Water Cooler Offside, and it's written by Laurie, Chris ...

The German Cure-All To Diving: Just Ask.

We've all done it. Tried to decipher the means, motives and mayhem behind a certain situation all within the whirling storm of our minds, failing ...

Djurgårdens Fans Not Good at Celebrating, or: Why You Should Support Assyriska in 2010

I didn't really have a favourite Swedish Superettan (second tier) team to support until recently. But then Luka emailed The Offside and persuaded us to ...

A Night of Mourning.

German Keeper Robert Enke Passes Away, 32.

Tragic news coming through this evening: German national team and Hannover 96 keeper Robert Enke has died through what most outfits are calling an apparent ...

My 10 Favourite Foreign Language Football Phrases

One of my favourite things about The Offside and WorldCupBlog is that we're a bit international. As a result, I've been exposed to a lot ...

Is There a Name For Zlatan's Trick vs Mallorca?

I hope everyone has seen Zlatan Ibrahimovic's magical assist for Barcelona vs Mallorca this weekend. I saw it live on TV and instinctively applauded. Even ...

Story Of A Diver: David N'Gog Ends His Career Before It's Begun.

[101GG] This is bad. So very, very bad. Liverpool and Birmingham offered us, as Daryl so aptly pointed out, 'what the Premier league is supposed to be ...

Daily Dose: November 9th, 2009.

Cameron Jerome adds his submission for Premiership Goal of the Year. [101GG] Girls' soccer is the new WWE. (Unprofessional Foul) A kind word heals all wounds. (Studs Up) Everybody ...

We Can Be Heroes, Just For One Day

This weekend, is a magical weekend in English Football, it's the first round of the FA Cup. While in other countries knockout cup trophies don't ...

The Appeal of Hating a Great Footballer

Albert Camus, the philosopher, author and football fanatic, was once asked that if he had to choose between football and the theatre, which he would ...

The Offside 100: 2000-09, THE RESULTS!

Last week, I asked you to vote for you favourite 20 players of the decade, here in this very post, are the Top 100 players ...

Soundoff: Nominate Your Favourite Football Films

Movies and soccer. Two things that traditionally don't mix well. In documentary form, maybe. But in scripted Hollywood form? No. For various reasons, it usually ...