Articles tagged with "world-football"
Daily Dose 11.17
By Bob | November 17th, 2006Some stories to read while you plan your trip to Fucking, Austria…. More on the Gonzalo Higuain saga (Soccer Mad in America) They've located the precise spot ...
Email Subscription to The Offside
By BootsnAll | November 16th, 2006Lucky you! You've found a super neat and almost hidden page where you can sign up for email updates to new content on The Offside. What's ...
Gonzalo Higuain: The Player that Everyone Wants
By Bob | November 16th, 2006A few weeks back when I wrote about the Gonzalo Higuain, I could hardly have predicted the number of headlines he would end up creating. ...
The throw-in that went in
By Bob | November 16th, 2006As we have seen with those who can throw the ball forever, the throw-in can be a pretty nifty weapon on the pitch. But ...
The Legend of Ferenc Puskas
By Bob | November 16th, 2006It is pretty easy to criticize modern football for being too corporate, too conservative, and any number of other things. I agree with some ...
The Not So Beautiful Game
By Bob | November 16th, 2006In a week in which we got to see my beloved Snow Leopards of Kazakhstan get hammered by Portugal and San Marino scored a Pyrrhic ...
Materazzi's Newest Weapon
By Bob | November 16th, 2006If Marco Materazzi drives like he plays football, you might want to stay off the roads in Italy. The only thing scarier than the ...
Daily Dose 11.16
By Bob | November 16th, 2006Some stories to read while you run away from the drunk elk…. No need to write that Blanco obituary quite yet (Mexico Offside) Figo to MLS? ...
Under-10 Team Sponsored by Heavy Metal Band Motörhead
By Bob | November 15th, 2006When you think of the lyrics that are in the heavy metal band Motörhead's songs, the first thing that probably comes to your mind is ...
The High Cost of being a WAG
By Bob | November 15th, 2006I'll admit that I was largely ambivalent about the Wives and Girlfriends (WAGs) phenomenon at this year's World Cup. Every time they showed pictures ...
The Concussion made him think the Opponent was a Ball
By Bob | November 15th, 2006The video below comes to us from Ukraine where things got a bit ugly during a reserve match between Dynamo Kiev and CSKA last week. ...
Daily Dose 11.15
By Bob | November 15th, 2006Some stories to read while you create a map of the places you've been… So many bad soccer movies, but which is the worst? (ThroughBall) It is ...
Lending new meaning to the term 'ball hog'
By Bob | November 14th, 2006Those of you who are avid fans of the Pig Olympics are probably used to seeing images like this one, but this was the first ...
36 Balls on the Pitch and Nary a Goal in Sight
By Bob | November 14th, 2006Taking a cue from the multiple ball trick in Ecuador, the field at Macclesfield is littered with balls thrown onto the pitch. Club officials ...
Horror Tackles and Reckless Challenges
By Bob | November 14th, 2006The computer tech gods have not been on my side today, leaving me a grumpy blogger with the strangely satisfying desire to drop kick my ...
One More Reason you won't see Soccer on ESPN
By Bob | November 14th, 2006With more than 50 international matches slated for Wednesday, today is the proverbial calm before the storm. This offers us an opportunity to take ...
Hide and Go Score
By Bob | November 14th, 2006You have to wonder why more strikers don't try the tactics seen in the video below. Perhaps it is because most keepers are a ...
Daily Dose 11.14
By Bob | November 14th, 2006Some stories to read while you assemble the world's largest thong… Boring and cheap, that sums up the New England Revolution (The DCenters) A talking football that ...
Luton Town boss Mike Newell is a card carrying sexist
By Bob | November 13th, 2006We learned this weekend that Luton Town manager Mike Newell longs for the simple days when gender roles were more clearly defined and blown calls ...
Perhaps Fans Should be required to Carry Paper Currency
By Bob | November 13th, 2006I've never been in a position where people have tossed money my way, either figuratively or literally. After watching the recent trend of fans ...
Brazil is King of the Beach Soccer World Cup Sand Castle
By Bob | November 13th, 2006After a wild and unpredictable tournament that featured brawls and breasts, the Beach Soccer World Cup in Brazil final turned out to be a predictable ...
Daily Dose 11.13
By Bob | November 13th, 2006Some stories to read while you play the air guitar wearing the coolest invention ever.... Cha Ching. Here's your MLS goal of the season (SoccerBlog) If Premiership ...
The Biggest Wall in Goal you'll Ever See
By Bob | November 13th, 2006Taking a cue from the Great Wall of China, the team in the video below lines 11 across the goal during what has to be ...
The Offside Rewind: All Twisted Up
By Bob | November 10th, 2006The Return of Nightmare on Abel Street Naming stadiums after genitalia is a growing trend Adolph Hitler hits the motivational speech circuit Gazza looks like he enjoys hanging ...
Benfica is almost as popular as Scientology
By Bob | November 10th, 2006Benfica currently resides in third place in Portugal's football league, but the Lisbon giants are first in the hearts of their legions of fans. ...
Diddy is a Gunner
By Bob | November 10th, 2006If it weren't for celebrities, I would never know which toothpaste to buy, which shampoo to use or which erectile dysfunction medicine to ask my ...
Weekend Watch: Who you callin' a Leatherhead?
By Bob | November 10th, 2006Some matches to keep an eye on while you do whatever the hell it is you do on the weekends….. Saturday Torquay vs. Leatherhead – It is ...
English Football Fans Can Now Prove who is the Biggest Wanker
By Bob | November 10th, 2006Attention English football fans. There might be a new pre-game ritual in store for you in the very immediate future. After you have ...
The Brawl at the Beach
By Bob | November 10th, 2006I think the fact that I haven't seen the sun in a couple of weeks is making me pay way more attention to the Beach ...
Daily Dose 11.10
By Bob | November 10th, 2006Some stories to read while you go train surfing in Germany… Piss your pants, it all comes down to the MLS Cup final (My Very Brain) The ...
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