Articles tagged with "world-football"
Japan's Attempt to Curb Arsenal-itis
By chris | November 13th, 2008Some clubs bring the full cavalry to their cup matches because it's the only competition they have a chance at making a decent showing. Other ...
The MLS Conference Finals. Or Cup Semifinals. Or Whatever.
By Laurie | November 13th, 2008First off, why don't we just dispense with the absurdity right now and call these games what they are: The MLS Cup Semifinals. ...
Didier Drogba Strikes Back
By Daryl | November 13th, 2008And not in a good way. Drogba scored a nice goal during Chelsea's Carling Cup defeat at home to Burnley yesterday - his first of ...
Mudball: Football in a Sinking Bog
By Daryl | November 13th, 2008It's been a while since we bought you a variation on the beautiful game like motoball (soccer on motorcycles) or fireball football (self explanatory). But ...
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: Nov 12th, 2008
By Daryl | November 12th, 2008Something to read while you eschew foam fingers for a giant inflatable man member...... A new way to do player ratings (The Spoiler) The Fernando Torres Story ...
"How Not To Handle a Backpass," by Rémy Vercoutre
By Laurie | November 12th, 2008Let's say you're a backup goalkeeper looking to prove your value to the team. You get your chance in a Cup game where your ...
New Football Fad: Ball In Shirt Trick
By chris | November 12th, 2008Is this even legal? Does it matter? The ref let it go and it's flat out brilliant. Although I'm sure this kid - seems to ...
If Soccer Bloggers Ruled the World
By Laurie | November 12th, 2008We at The Offside love being football/futbol/soccer bloggers. We really do. But we have noticed that there are some things in life that ...
Arsenal Belong In The Championship
By chris | November 12th, 2008Having watched Arsenal's Youth & Reserve Team All-Stars embarrass a proper Premier League side in the Carling Cup last evening, I can only think one ...
The Redknapp Family Plays Wii
By chris | November 11th, 2008In the attempt to make video games even cooler, Nintendo has decided to tap up...Harry Redknapp. Alright, not really. They're trying to say that Wii ...
Italy Fields an All-Refugee Team
By Laurie | November 11th, 2008They speak different languages. They can't use their real names publicly because it would endanger their familes at home. They have to call ...
Carlos Vela's Moment of Magic
By chris | November 11th, 2008The kids are alright. The scoreboard will show the story to be Jay Simpson's brace in just his senior team match, but grab yourself a ...
Jens Lehmann To Bow Out With Dignity. Not.
By Daryl | November 11th, 2008Jens Lehmann was booked on Saturday for protesting a little too loudly during Stuttgart's 2-2 draw with Frankfurt on Sunday. A Frankfurt player apparently feigned ...
The New Premier League Drug Test That Even Rio Ferdinand Can't Escape From
By Daryl | November 11th, 2008Remember when Rio Fedinand "forgot" to go to his drug test? That won't be happening again. And not just because Rio seems to be a ...
Three Man, Twelve Goal Show
By chris | November 10th, 2008Four goals. Pretty rare feat. But having two players score four apiece in the same league on the same day is exceptionally crazy, especially when ...
Daily Dose: Nov 10th, 2008
By Daryl | November 10th, 2008Something to read while you watch the best finish of the weekend go into the wrong net... Happy birthday to ADP (Del Piero Offside) Immature fun at ...
Pitch Riots & Bolivian Beatdowns
By chris | November 10th, 2008Traveling to the sort of "fringe countries" in terms of South American football (read: those not named Argentina or Brazil) almost always proves to be ...
Brazilian TV's Great WAG-Off
By chris | November 10th, 2008So this is what it all comes down to. Forget the ball, the players, the meaningless games, Brazil has taken it to the level we've ...
MLS Playoffs: And Then There Were Four
By Laurie | November 10th, 2008I seriously need to start betting. In my preview, I picked all four of the MLS Cup semifinalists (technically the Conference semifinal winners), even ...
Derek Parlane McQueen - The Biggest Name in Football
By Daryl | November 10th, 2008Most people inherit the team they support from their parents. Usually because they take you to games when you're young and the dye is cast. ...
IOSS: Voyeur Implodes
By Daryl | November 10th, 2008More puppety goodness with The Special One and his I'm on Setanta Sports buddies, including some disturbing footage of the Voyeur imploding (twice) and an ...
10 Things We Learned in the Premier League: Manuel Almunia is Smarter Than He Looks
By Daryl | November 10th, 20081. Manuel Almunia is smarter than he looks (maybe) Have a look about 1:20 into this video: When Mikael Silvestre played him a dreadful backpass, Manuel Almunia ...
Weekend Quiz Answers: The Jerseys
By Laurie | November 9th, 2008If you haven't taken our Weekend Quiz, stop by this post and make your best guesses. Then come back here for the answers. This quiz ...
Weekend Junk Pile
By Laurie | November 9th, 2008Once again, our collection of really fun things that we can't just throw away, but which weren't quite important enough to give them their own ...
Weekend Quiz: Name the Kit/Jersey
By Laurie | November 8th, 2008This week's quiz is all about the kits. The jerseys. About naming these shirts And because giving you nine jerseys from, say, the ...
Offside Rewind: Links Only A Mother Could Love.
By chris | November 7th, 2008Discussing Stevie G's "penalty". Strange yellow cards in Croatia and Brazil. David Beckham's MLS career could be over sooner than people thought. But even without His GoldenNuggets, ...
Name To Remember: Marc Janko.
By chris | November 7th, 2008There was a link to the story on Marc Janko with FIFA in the Daily Dose yesterday, so I decided to check out the Red ...
Best MLS Goals of 2008
By Laurie | November 7th, 2008"Best MLS Goals" is not an oxymoron, so you haters can just shut up now. Despite the appearance of the occasional American football line, there ...
If Joey Barton Burgled a Liverpool Player, Then THAT Would Be News
By Daryl | November 7th, 2008Time to get metaphysical: If something happens with predictable regularity, then is it still news? Today we learned that Liverpool's Lucas returned from Champions League duty ...
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