French Football Dose: 10/30/09

LIGUE 1 SAISON 2009/2010 - TRAILER Links to click as you watch the lasted Ligue 1 video propaganda... 1) Thierry Henry, Franck Ribery, and ...

Ligue 1 Flashback!

We all know that Ligue 1 has some amazing players playing in the league at the moment.  But, fans of the league have also seen ...

FIFA's Naptime Week Presents Cinema Day: Les Arbitres, Zidane's Portrait, Salve Gerla & Stayin' Alive In Jo'Burg.

Do you remember back in school - or perhaps some of you are living this as we speak - when a teach would roll in ...

Soundoff: Which Current (or Recently Retired) Footballers are Future Legends?

This is a tough question, and it requires a few generalizations. But here we go: There is a top tier of soccer players. No one's 100% ...

Adidas Draws Up A Dark New Ad Campaign

[101 Great Goals] After Nike took Patrice Evra on a foray into the meshed worlds of his past and 1980's video games, we get another show ...

Zizou: The Next da Vinci

[Dirty Tackle] Mere days after trumpeting the decline of virals and return of quality ads, are we allowed to feature a viral? Sure, if it's got ...

Daily Dose: July 10th, 2009

Something to read while you consider Real Madrid's new policy on red boots: (Only players costing €90m+ may wear them) Obama vs Lula (The Gaggle) It's Friday, so ...

Offside Rewind: Woosh!

Seven stories from The Offside and World Cup Blog that you may have missed this week: Do you wish you were Zizou? The Bundesliga has the biggest ...

Why Kaka is Not the Most Expensive Footballer of All Time

Seems some in the English media are convinced that Kaka's transfer to Real Madrid makes him the most expensive of all time. And going purely ...

I Dream of Zinedine Zidane

Ken Loach's much anticipated movie "Looking for Eric" - in which a postman named Eric receives philosophical advice from Eric Cantona - goes on general ...

Daily Dose: June 8th, 2009.

Stuff to read while you take out the ref with clinical tackling/falling down...... The Sids which shouldn't scare parents - La Liga awards. (guardian) One beverage - ...

Transfer Talk: ...And Talk And Talk And Talk.

Just because a player was once brilliant on the pitch doesn't mean he'll be brilliant off it in the front offices. See: Zinedine Zidane. "Kaka has ...

First he wins for the most beautiful goal, and then comes the best player award with Zidane. Towards the end of the video, Zidane comments ...

Gourcuff Says Yes, The Rest Will Be History

At the awards after being presented the trophy for best player in the league: "I, personally, I would stay in Bordeaux. After that, we need to ...

Offside Rewind: Listen to My Heart Beat

Seven stories from the past week on WCB and The Offside. Lucas Radebe talks World Cup 2010 Zizou likes Barca's style Players you love to hate Cup-tied schmup-tied The beautiful ...

Zidane: Patriot & Barca Fan.

If you're sick of the Champions League coverage, and understandably so, this has nothing to do with matters at Stamford Bridge. Thankfully. Rather it has everything ...

Daily Dose: March 13th, 2009.

Stuff to read while you celebrate ping pong like the dramatic sport that it is...... Pondering the Rafa-less Liverpool. (View From The Terraces) Man City are snubbed ...

The 10 Most Annoying Transfer Sagas of the 21st Century

Real Madrid's presidential elections have been announced for July 5th. Which means at least one potential president will promise to deliver Cristiano Ronaldo to the ...

Weekend Quiz Answers: More Bad Boys

If you haven't taken our second Bad Boys quiz, stop by here and make your guesses, then come back to this post for the answers. ...

Offside SoundOff: In Honor of the Oscars, Share Your Favorite Videos

Tonight is Oscar night. What does this mean? We think it means that it's time to honor the people who created the Kinetograph, ...

A Name to Remember: Madin Mohammed

There's a good chance you've already seen this vid of young Madin Mohammed in action by now, but if not then you're in for a ...

Yoann Gourcuff - The Next Big Thing

It was suggested to me a while back that Yoann Gourcuff is the next big thing. Not just another "new Zidane" (hallo to Bruno Cheyrou) ...

Santos Mirasierra sentenced...

On October 1st, before we lost the game to Atletico madrid, some of our fans were attacked by the Spanish Police because of the banners ...

Offside Unleashed: Why Zizou is not ZiZi

So a couple of weeks back, my co-blogger Chris says to me: "Is it true that the reason Zidane's nickname is Zizou and not ...

5 Things We Learned From Matchday 5: Wednesday Edition.

The Cinderellas are in group B, not A. Cluj was the underdog-come-good story to start out the campaign, and deservedly so. They beat Roma - though ...

Ronaldo Plays Twenty Minutes for Charity; Zidane Goes an Hour

Watching charity matches is always a little surreal. Part footy match, part spectacle, part day trip away from the retirement home. I don't ...

Zizou. Mmmmm.

If there was one man who could put the sexy in headbutt, it would be Zinedine Zidane. I really miss him. So too does Raymond ...

Weekend Quiz Answers: Who Were Those Legends?

First, if you haven't yet done our Weekend Quiz, stop by this post to see if you can identify our players. So who were ...

Daily Dose: 10.01.08

Stuff to read while you steal a truck carrying 5,000 condoms, 800 HIV tests and a 23-foot inflatable prophylactic*...... The hypocrisy of Zidane? (Guardian Unlimited) And Zidane ...

Juventus Legends: Zinedine Zidane

Damn the international breaks, seriously. Could there be any worse timing? We get one weekend of Serie A and then have to wait two weeks ...