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The Offside

A Day of Champions League Beauty
The last time these four teams square danced, the day was defined by the absurdity of the goals rather than the beauty: the Lukasz Fabianski howler; the Lukasz Fabianski howler: pt. II; and Miroslav…
about 9 hours ago
Daily Dose: March 9th, 2010 – Featuring One Cristiano Ronaldo and Many Many Mirrors
Is Cristiano Ronaldo self-obsessed? Or just aware of his image as a self-obsessed footballer and willing to play on it? Probably both. Video via 101GG. Jeff Cunningham claims to be Freddy Adu (Dirty T…
about 11 hours ago
Champions League Week Three Liveblog: Attack of the Puffy Jacket.
Champions League Week Three Liveblog: Tuesday
yesterday
Champions League Predictions: Jesus Christ, Superstar.
There are two days of Champions League on offer this week: The Day of Beckhamania and The Day Before Beckhamania. Arsenal, Porto, Fiorentina, Bayern, Real Madrid & Lyon will need to take a backsea…
yesterday
Daily Dose: March 8th, 2010.
High quality footballing technique, courtesy of Belgium. FIFA will take us into the future. (The DA) Leverkusen needn’t worry about that ‘undefeated’ bit anymore… (The Fundesliga) Felix Magath…
yesterday

Soccerlens

Manchester United v AC Milan – Live Blog – 10 March 2010
David Beckham will return to Old Trafford for the first time since leaving the club in the summer of 2003 as AC Milan travels to face Manchester United in the UEFA Champions League.
about 5 hours ago
Fiorentina 3-2 Bayern Munich – Video Highlights – 9 March 2010
Fiorentina grabbed a 2-0 lead but Bayern Munich stormed back to advance on away goals on Tuesday.
about 13 hours ago
Arsenal 5-0 Porto – Video Highlights – 9 March 2010
Arsenal came out aggressive and would grab an early lead they would never relinquish on Tuesday.
about 13 hours ago
Wenger should rethink his policy on plus 30’s
So Arsene Wenger is satisfied with his decision to re-sign Sol Campbell. In a press conference ahead of his side’s second leg tie with Porto [...]
yesterday
Fiorentina v Bayern Munich – Preview – 9 March 2010
Bayern Munich will take a 2-1 lead from the first leg into the second leg against Serie A side Fiorentina in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday, March 9, 2010
yesterday

101 Great Goals

Is this the cheekiest penalty of all-time? Hisato Sato (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) vs Shimizu S-Pulse
Tactics over how to take the best penalty vary. In South America they are very found of the paradinha penalty (see here), while in Europe we have seen several occasions (most famously with the Henry &…
about 2 hours ago
Slap & Tickle: Robbie Kruse (Melbourne Victory) vs Kim Sung-Hwan (Seongnam Ilhwa)
Remember Vinny Jones and Paul Gascoigne? Well now we have the slightly less memorable pairing of Robbie Kruse versus Kim Sung-Hwan. Tuesday’s Asian Champions League match between the Melbourne Victo…
about 2 hours ago
Irresistible Arsenal are lauded, Chelsea incriminated in another dodgy deal, Pompey screw-up Europa League paperwork & Arsenal track Zidan while Man City target Poli
Comment & analysis round-up Quote of the day: “If I don’t smile tonight, I will never smile. We controlled the game, we played our fluent football and our positive start with the early goals g…
about 3 hours ago
VIDEO: Nasri wonder-goal as Arsenal smack five past sorry Porto; Robben’s screamer lifts Bayern past Fiorentina on away goals
Arsenal 5 - Porto 0 (Agg. 6-2) (Champions League, March 9, 2010) (Extended highlights here and analysis here.) Arsenal, without captain Fabregas, bagged the crucial goal to bring the aggregate score t…
about 4 hours ago
VIDEO: Sunderland’s Bent hits trips past Bolton; Brum get revenge on Pompey; Koren thunderbolt leads Baggies over Owls; Leeds hit Tranmere for four
Sunderland 4 - Bolton 0 (Premier League, March 9, 2010) Despite coming into the match without a win in 14 matches, Sunderland needed just 41 seconds to move ahead of Bolton in a massive 6-pointer when…
about 4 hours ago

Who ate all the pies

Wilson Palacios Stuns Tottenham: ‘I’d Love To Join Real Madrid’
Spurs enforcer fancies a move to sunny Spain
about 2 hours ago
Football Venn: Wayne Bridge Vs Johan Cruyff
yesterday
Champions League Predictions: Arsenal Vs Porto, Fiorentina Vs Bayern Munich
Arsenal Vs Porto / Fiorentina Vs Bayern Munich: Who's Going Through?surveys
yesterday
Smoking Wayne Bridge Skanks It Up In Miami, Adriano’s Drink Demons, Phil Neville’s U-S-A Chant, The Slaphead XI, Malbranque’s Costly Nightclub Visit
yesterday
Beckham-Mania Alive! David Beckham Arrives At Manchester Airport Ahead Of Man Utd-Milan Champions League Clash
yesterday

Dirty Tackle

If Wigan avoid relegation, they're going to Barbados
Wigan owner Dave Whelan (pictured above, conjuring your default computer background) returned from a bit of sun and relaxation in Barbados just in time to see his club notch their first win in almost…
about 2 hours ago
Cicinho doesn't like Real Madrid, loose-lipped Raul
Brazilian defender Cicinho, who is on loan at Sao Paulo from Roma, spent two injury-scarred seasons with Real Madrid upon which he apparently doesn't look back very fondly. He busted out his sour grap…
about 3 hours ago
Davey Becks can't hide joy for Old Trafford return
Davey Becks couldn't help but smile as he walked back onto the pitch at Old Trafford for a bit of training on Tuesday. The second leg of AC Milan's Champions League tie with Manchester United will ma…
about 8 hours ago
Links! And Messi watching TV with a goat!
All the stuff being covered outside the unfriendly confines of the award-winning Dirty Tackle...This is the second installment (here's the first) of Pepsi's World Cup campaign and wow, is it weird. I…
about 8 hours ago
South Africa needs a billion condoms for the World Cup
South Africa is expecting a very sexy World Cup this summer. According to the country's health minister, they think they'll need one billion condoms this year -- more than twice as many as the governm…
yesterday

Footballsup

REVIEW: Why England Lose and Other Curious Phenomena Explained
I nearly wrote a review of this before I had finished it - it was so good. I'm glad I didn't though. Read on for an explanation for that somewhat weird comment...
about 2 days ago
Owen injury hampers England’s World Cup chances
'What?!' I hear you cry. 'He wouldn't have gone anyway!'. That's probably true. But that's not why his injury damages our chances. It's because of Rooney. Read on...
about 5 days ago
Play-offs Off… writes Andrew Walker
Following a meeting between the Football Association and the twenty Premier League chairmen, the Champions League fourth place play-off idea has been thrown to the scrap heap...
about 6 days ago
England’s Movers and Shakers
In the wake of England's laboured 3-1 victory over Egypt, which players harmed or furthered their cause?
about 6 days ago
England in Turmoil
While everything looked so rosey a few months ago, nearly every aspect of England's squad is now a concern. It's amazing how things have turned around. Fabio's fingernails must be decreasing by the da…
about a week ago

A Football Report

AFR's Good Causes Giveaway (courtesy of SoccerPro)
Here at A Football Report we like to think of ourselves as decent human beings (when not on the...
about 3 hours ago
Beckham Returns Home, Real Madrid Need Goals: It’s Champions League Wednesday!
By Dominic Vieira Another Champions League match day on the agenda, two huge clashes between...
about 7 hours ago
Champions League Match Centre: Arsenal 5-0 Porto
Match Recap “It is never perfect but it was a very good, very strong performance. Our...
yesterday
The main problem with Arsenal? Their Keepers aren't Kung Fu Masters like the Great Jens Lehmann
Arsenal’s top keepers, Manuel Almunia and Lukasz Fabianski, have come under quite a bit...
yesterday
Tuesday Champions League Showdown
By Dominic Vieira It’s the second round of the last 16 in the Champions League. It is now or never,...
yesterday

Off the Post

Video: Sunderland’s Fraizer Campbell gets his boot stuck in the advertising hoardings
Reasons why aggressive celebrations normally end badly #791 Sunderland striker Fraizer Campbell was clearly frustrated at his prolonged wait for a first Premier League goal for the club. So when he di…
about 2 hours ago
Video: Nicklas Bendtner helps Arsenal cruise past Porto
Gunner finds his accuracy Now we know why Nicklas Bendtner didn’t take his shooting boots to the match last weekend - he was saving himself for last night’s match against Porto. The Arsenal strike…
about 3 hours ago
Fabio Capello bugged before England v Egypt: the photographic evidence
Fab Cap’s secret recordings Here it is: the moment Fabio Capello fell victim to a carefully concealed clandestine recording device ahead of England’s friendly victory over Egypt last week. In all…
yesterday
Win two tickets to Manchester United v Fulham
It’s competition time! Manchester United face Fulham at Old Trafford this Sunday (1.30pm kick-off) as they look to keep up momentum going in to the business end of the season. OTP has teamed up with…
yesterday
England may not have been impressive but the World Cup is a results business
Sponsored post England may have beaten African champions Egypt 3-1 last Wednesday night but it seems fans and bookies have been left equally unimpressed by the performance, especially in the first hou…
yesterday

Back of the Net News

Porto pay price for leaving entire squad at home
FC Porto were left rueing an administrative error that saw all 26 of their first-team squad stranded at Francisco Sa Carneiro Airport after Arsenal overwhelmed a hastily assembled team of ex-pats 5-0.…
about 8 hours ago
Gearing up while winding down
With the 3rd round of coaching coming to a close it’s time to think about the summer. Paul, Dilshan and I aim to take the team to Guam and really shit some people up and by that I clearly mean: play…
yesterday
O’Neill sparks turnaround by ‘beating whole team up at half-time’
Aston Villa’s extraordinary second-half performance against Reading, which saw them rally to win 4-2 after being two goals down, was inspired by ‘a serious physical thrashing’ from fiery boss…
yesterday
Gullit ‘footbally sex’ idea rebuffed
Estelle Cruijff has reacted unfavourably to her husband Ruud Gullit’s ‘footbally sex’ proposal, according to reports from the couple’s home in Los Angeles. Gullit, a graduate of the Amsterdam…
about 2 days ago
Joy turns to horror as Van der Vaart gets stuck in shirt
Real Madrid’s players suffered a huge comedown after their dramatic 3-2 win over Sevilla when it became apparent that goal hero Rafael Van der Vaart had become permanently trapped inside his shirt.…
about 3 days ago

Four Four Two

Welcome to Odds On with Paddy Power
How we’ve managed to sign a new deal the week before Cheltenham (the equivalent of Christmas for me) I’ll never know, but we’ve over the moon to have signed up with FourFourTwo.For those that ha…
yesterday
Landon Donovan: America's most wanted
Oh to be Landon Donovan. The most wanted American in England since David Bieber (and for much, much nicer reasons, though I'll admit to not having heard of him until he popped up in a Wiki search), ou…
yesterday
Ronaldinho, Kaka and Arshavin set to go on trial
“There are players who’ve made their whole career on one match. There are players who do everything to make a splash on television and then it’s over. Afterwards they play but they live on their…
yesterday
Barca fall for Madridista magic, once again
La Liga Loca learned two things during its cheeky visit to the UK over the weekend, and one on its return to Spain.Brighton appears to have morphed from a pleasing, chill-out crusty-friendly paradise…
yesterday
The Tuesday 10: Very naughty referees
Arsenal take on Porto still smarting about the referee's first-leg performance. At least they didn't get one of this lot...Melvin SylvesterSchool caretaker Melvin Sylvester was refereeing an Andover S…
yesterday

The Onion Bag

Cole: It was them airport scanners, honest
Ashley Cole has blamed saucy airport security staff for spreading photos of him naked.
about 3 weeks ago

In the Stands

Japanese Football 11 vs 100
A strange one this, here is a video of Cerezo Osaka FC playing 11 vs 100 schoolkids. The first goal on 5 minutes is definitely worth watching. Final Score 3-2 to Cerezo Related posts:Japanese Binocula…
about 2 days ago
Arsenal only nine wins away from being Champions
What a week. Let’s get this all clear before we start. Depending on who you talk to, if they aren’t an Arsenal supporter you could very well believe the following: Ramsey’s leg broke itself, it…
about 2 days ago
Best Football Advert Ever… Powerade – Wayne Rooney
Sorry I didn’t give you one of these last weeks folks, got distracted by a leg break that happened in Stoke. Anyway this weeks best football advert ever is the current powerade campaign featuring Wa…
about 4 days ago
To Wayne im sorry
Two autograph hunters try and trick John Terry into writing, Sorry to ‘Wayne’. According to the info on the video he wrote: “To Wayne, best wishes.” Related posts:Wayne Bridge is a coward… T…
about 4 days ago
The Tipster
This week from the tipster I’m looking at the weekend’s fixtures and finding some value. It’s FA Cup weekend so there should be some decent games. This weeks accumulator is:… Arsenal to beat…
about 5 days ago

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EPL Talk

Barney Ronay Interview: EPL Ta…
Barney Ronay is a senior sports writer for the Guardian and a regular contributor to When Saturday Comes. In this edition of the EPL Talk podcast, I pick up when we left off the last time Barney was o…
about 6 hours ago
Get the New EPL Talk iPhone App
I’m really proud to announce that EPL Talk has just launched a brand-new iPhone app today. If you’re a regular reader of this site and you own an iPhone app, it’s definitely a must-have. The EPL…
yesterday
Premier League Footballer of the Week, Gameweek 29
Champions find a comfortable spot while potential Champions book Wembley Goodbye Landon (maybe) There were four Premier League matches this weekend with one Monday night and another two set for Tuesd…
yesterday
England’s 23-Man Roster For 2010 World Cup: Prediction
There are only 93 days to go before the 2010 World Cup kicks off. As we get closer to the tournament, the pressure will increase for many England players as they worry whether they’ll make the final…
yesterday
Behind Most Soccer Fans Is A Great Woman
You may have heard the phrase before, “Behind every great man there’s a great woman.” Or as Jim Carrey said, “Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.” While we’re rolling out o…
yesterday

World Cup Blog

World Cup 2010 Jerseys: South Africa
Almost all the team jerseys for World Cup 2010 have now been revealed, and are available to buy from our World Cup 2010 jersey store. Based on what we’ve seen so far, I’m reasonably impressed. The…
about 14 hours ago
World Cup Moments: Dennis Bergkamp’s Goal vs Argentina in 1998
If you remember the 1998 World Cup in France, then you remember Dennis Bergkamp’s goal for the Netherlands in the quarterfinal vs Argentina. The score was 1-1 in the 89th minute, and extra time look…
yesterday
Fashion Faux Pas: Italian Fishnet.
Italy’s Gianluigi Buffon’s official World Cup home kit was released recently, and it caught a few eyes. Largely because everyone at Puma thought it was to be for the Italian ski team to be perform…
yesterday
Brazil World Cup Team History: Part III (1974-1990)
In Part I of Brazil’s World Cup history, we covered the barren years of 1930 to 1954. In Part II we reveled in the golden years of 1958 to 1970, which yielded three World Cup triumphs and permanent…
yesterday
Are There Workable Alternatives to Video Replay/Goal Line Technology?
As Rob already reported in his previous post, FIFA just put their foot down on the issue of introducing any form of technology to help referees. At the 124th Annual General Meeting of the Internationa…
about 3 days ago

Two Hundred Percent

Hartlepool United’s Silence May Cost Them More Than £10,443.97
It all started around a week ago, when a committee member at Northern League club Billingham Town found an envelope taped to the gates of their Bedford Terrace ground. Inside the envelope was a writ f…
about 12 hours ago
Who Has Been Bugging England, Then?
To anyone that has been following the modus operandi of the British gutter press for the last few years or so, the news that the England hotel at The Grove Hotel at Chandler's Cross, near Watford in H…
about 15 hours ago
The World Cup Of National Anthems (Part One)
yesterday
Match Of The Midweek: Colchester United 0-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
There is something strangely appealing about a really bad pitch. In an age in which so many aspects of football seem to be so sanitised, there is something quite comforting a pitch with puddles on it…
about 2 days ago
Video Of The Week: Frontline Football – Palestine vs Iraq
This week's Video Of The Week is another episode of the Frontline Football series from 2006, featuring a World Cup qualifying match between Palestine and Iraq.
about 2 days ago

Premiership Talk

Wenger believes in Sol
Ahead of his side’s tough Champions League fixture this evening against FC Porto, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has stated that one of the players he is counting on is veteran Sol Campbell. Campbell, w…
yesterday
Hull City will go down
That headline is hardly the most shocking of statements given their perilous position at the foot of the table, but after their performance at Goodison this weekend it’s more certain than ever that…
yesterday
How about them Magpies?
When Newcastle were sent packing into the Football League Championship after the final fixture of last season, many felt that the Magpies’ relegation was the inevitable end of a declining football…
yesterday
The Damned United: A must watch!
A lesson in footballing history!
yesterday
Wigan Athletic v Liverpool – LIVE
Join Premiership Talk’s Zain Alvi as he provides play-by-play coverage of Liverpool’s visit to the DW Stadium this evening. Rafa’s Reds are battling to regain fourth place while Roberto Martinez…
about 2 days ago

Albion Road

Premier League Preview - 8-10 March
Our team of previewers look at the Premier League's latest offerings - as four top flight fixtures take place between Monday and Wednesday.Monday night sees the division's two Spaniards face off, each…
about 2 days ago
EPL Preview - 6-8 March
Our team of previewers look forward to this weekend's action and make their predictions on 'likely' results - though just how likely it is to predict results at the minute, after the topsy turvy campa…
about 5 days ago
One chapter close, another opens
Portsmouth’s entry into administration had been signalled well in advance and closed an unhappy chapter for the south coast club. If the club had not gone into administration, it would certainly h…
about a week ago
English Premier League Previews - 27-28 February
We all love a relegation dog fight don't we? This week, relegation fans - if such a phrase exists - we have a double serving of drop-zone six-pointers, with Burnley vs Pompey and Bolton vs Wolves.Else…
about 2 weeks ago
Bari
Full Name: Associazione Sportiva Bari City: Bari Country: Italy Founded: 1908 Colors: Red, White Stadium: Stadio San Nicola (58,000) Previous Names: Foot-Ball Club Bari (1908-28), Unione Sportiva Bar…
about 2 weeks ago

Footbo

Video Technology - FIFA Get it Wrong Again?
It seems that the world's football governing body has once again decided that modern day technology has no place in the world's most followed sport. Saturday 6th March will be a date that FIFA could .…
about 2 days ago
Wenger should buy a defensive midfielder
Now with romours surfacing that Adebayor could leave for Man City, i believe Wenger should use that money properly. Man City wont mind shelling out $20m with the riches they have. Wenger should fir ..…
about 9 months ago
Bayern in the Champions League: All the way to Madrid !
What a night it was. I was calm before the game and believed we will pass Fiorentina quiet easily. Well I was only really nervous last night after the 2:0. For a couple of minutes I thought this migh…
about 4 hours ago
Arsenal-5 Porto-0! Is it really as good as it sounds??
After last nights performance as the Emirates one can say Arsenal played one of the best games of the season going forward, but if you go and look at the game, Arsenal struggled at the back!? Dont get…
about 5 hours ago
Real Madrid and Lyon Do The Champion?s League Dance Again
The stadium might make a lift-off with the crazy fans this time around? With Real Madrid down 1-0 to Lyon after their first match this one should be a doozy. There?s no way in the world that a set ...…
about 10 hours ago

Footballing World

The Monday Miscellany
Real Madrid are becoming neurotic about their inability to win the UEFA Champions League. Also, could we have some all-South American clashes at the World Cup?
about 2 days ago
Absence of Egypt will be a Pharaoh disappointment
Egypt will be missed come the World Cup and a 3-1 victory against them should not be scoffed at, writes Mike Martin.
about 6 days ago
How does Crouch do it?
Along with crop circles and the pyramids surely Peter Crouch’s England goal scoring records should be up there with the world’s greatest mysteries. This isn’t a slight at Crouch’s abilities, h…
about 6 days ago
The Monday Miscellany
If you think Ryan Shawcross is being vilified for his tackle on Aaron Ramsey, just imagine what would have been said if he'd pulled out of the challenge. Also, just where was Mickey Hamill?
about a week ago
The Monday Miscellany
Panic about England's goalkeepers is unnecessary, writes Mike Martin. Also, could Ukraine have a touch of Brazilian flair come Euro 2012?
about 2 weeks ago

Fisted Away

Roberto Mancini – The scarf behind the man
FistedAway EXCLUSIVE: Roberto Mancini’s scarf has broken its silence after joining the manager in England to take charge of Manchester City. The fashionable item of neckwear opens up about its tough…
about 3 days ago
Arsenal apparently don’t like it up, across, through, or lunging recklessly into them
Following painstaking research from the nation’s leading football pundits, and Robbo Robson, it has been discovered that many Arsenal players – amazingly - do not take kindly to being maimed every…
about a week ago
Futfanatico: The Disputed Womb and Cristiano’s Penalty
::: FistedAway today welcomes a guest post from Elliott, editor of the rather lovely Futfanatico ::: Just when you thought that two professionals working for the same organisation could put a personal…
about 2 weeks ago
Futfanatico: In Desperation, Pompey Turns to the Last Available Sheik
::: FistedAway today welcomes a guest post from Elliott, editor of the rather lovely Futfanatico ::: Reports out of Portsmouth paint a dire picture. Facing the very real prospect of administration, th…
about 3 weeks ago
Shell-shocked Bolton return to training ground to iron out “slick passing move” blunder
The finger-pointing began at the training ground yesterday morning, as after drawing 1-1 against Tottenham in the F.A. Cup, a shocked and disgusted Bolton Wanderers side carried out an inquisition int…
about 3 weeks ago

You'll Never Win Anything With Kids

Football and The Internet #3: Those Who Stream
Every day, a small group of people share their televisions subscriptions to sporting events with others. They are, undoubtedly, breaking laws, and they are, arguably, disrupting the system that funds…
about 4 months ago
Premier League Shorthand
A quick review of the past week in the Premier League: Biggest Winners: Spurs. Biggest winners, both with regard to their performance, and the fact that, well, they were the biggest winners. Biggest L…
about 4 months ago
Photos From Ryu #8
Shay Given, France v Republic of Ireland, 19/11/2009 Says it all — crushed. Discuss your thoughts on tonight’s events below. You can view more of Ryu’s photography on his Flickr here. Report Thi…
about 4 months ago
Photos From Ryu #7
Diego Maradona, Spain v Argentina, 14/11/2009 Argentina lost 2-1 to Spain, and Maradona’s blurry career in management was added to by a two month ban for his mad, verbal attack on journalists last m…
about 4 months ago
Football and Gaming #1: Pro Evolution Soccer 6 In Retrospect
Pro Evolution 6 was arguably the last great edition of Pro Evo, every subsequent edition has decreased in quality whilst Konami’s competitors, EA Sports, have gradually caught up and arguably comple…
about 4 months ago

3nil

Liverpool not very good on a Monday either
Rafa Benitez has crossed Monday off his list of good days, drawi3 Vote(s)
yesterday
FIFA to hibernate in cave and play pong
FIFA officials have vowed to build a new HQ out of matchsticks a3 Vote(s)
about 2 days ago
Best Male Actor - Some of the greatest dives ever seen
Nominations include Watership Down, and Mrs Doubtfire5 Vote(s)
about a week ago
Group of Financiers 'the Red Knights' set to be called w*****s by everybody
A group of city financiers, who enjoy playing World of Warcraft 7 Vote(s)
about a week ago
Dowd linked to Serbian mafia
Phil 'the pharmicist' Dowd has strong connections with the Serbi4 Vote(s)
about a week ago

The Flat Back Four

2009/2010 Barclays Premier League Week 28 Review: The Weekend's Three Best Footballing Moments
Only four Premier League matches were played but there were significant matches indeed. Significant because both Arsenal and Manchester United took full advantage of Chelsea's involvement in the FA Cu…
yesterday
Liverpool in Europa League: 10 Things You Need To Know About Lille OSC
Liverpool have had a mixed month of football prior to their Europa League Round of 16 match against French Ligue 1 side Lille. In between beating Unirea Urziceni, Liverpool have displayed their best (…
yesterday
Another False Dawn For West Ham United!
Boy, West Ham needed a win against Bolton but Bolton, being our bogey team, it was all going to be difficult, wasn't it? If not for two early goals, we could have made a good stab at winning but now w…
about 3 days ago
The Wenger Gyrations, Cristiano Worshippers And Rafa Benitez Is A DVD Pirate And "Silhouette"?
The horrendous pictures of Aaron Ramsey's broken tibia and fibula continued to haunt my weekend's memories. The best part of the weekend's matches was that West Ham United stays 13th, three points abo…
about a week ago
The West Ham Connection In The England World Cup Team
West Ham have always prided themselves as the club which won England the 1966 World Cup. Of course, Martin Peters, Bobby Moore and Geoff Hurst were heroes on that night. They were also West Ham United…
about 2 weeks ago

Futfanatico

Sergio Ramos: Athlete, Celebrity, Role Model
Now I know your general defense – athletes are not role models. No, when they sign their professional contract and jump headfirst into the public eye, they have a license to kill. The media is to bl…
about 2 days ago
With this Real Madrid side…
about 4 days ago
The USMNT – Take a Deep Breath
So yeah, it’s been awhile since I dissected a few myths surrounding the US national team. In general, I like to avoid topics that invite trolls. In case you hadn’t noticed, my blog’s readership…
about 5 days ago
Junito: Crawling to the World Cup Final
I am all smiles today and for one simple reason: this morning, Junito absolutely wanted nothing to do with the broom. Nope, he sprung out of bed, ran to the closet, picked out the soccer ball, and wok…
about a week ago
The Ronaldo-Alonso Drama Heats Up…
First it was Mrs. Alonso’s womb, but now the competition between Ronaldo and Xabi has hit a new low – easy to make penalty kicks. Read more about this new development at the fantastic satirical so…
about 2 weeks ago

A Different League

Everton news - Pienaar banned from driving amid exit rumours, Ruddy on way out
Every morning A Different League searches the nations press to bring you the latest goings on at Everton Today: Everton's Steven Pienaar Banned From Driving For A Year. (Read more...) Everton FC's Ste…
about 2 hours ago
Club Focus - Chelsea - An armband assault?
Chelsea’s cup progress was distorted once again as John Terry stole the headlines with a controversial celebration. The club captain paraded his armband after his powerful header secured victory fo…
about 2 hours ago
Tottenham news - Palacios wants Madrid move, Pav still wanted by Lokomotiv, Taarabt continues to impress
Every morning A Different League searches the nations press to bring you the latest goings on at Tottenham. Today: Tottenham's Wilson Palacios wants Real Madrid move. (Read more...) Adel Taarabt’s m…
about 2 hours ago
Man Utd news - Fergie unsure of Milan line-up, watch Man Utd v Milan live, Brown out for 6 weeks
Every morning A Different League searches the nations press to bring you the latest goings on at Manchester United. Today: Watch Manchester United v AC Milan live on your computer. (Live football) Man…
about 2 hours ago
Man City news - Poli deal on the cards, Buffon rejects move, Johnson doubts World cup chances
Every morning A Different League searches the nations press to bring you the latest goings on at Manchester City. Today: De Jong: Manchester City Have A 'Good Chance' Of Finishing Fourth In Premier Le…
about 2 hours ago

Punk Football

Rebels lose at Buxton
Source: Manchester Evening NewsSam WilliamsMarch 06, 2010FC United slipped to their first defeat of 2010 with a 3-0 loss at Buxton.The Rebels lacked a cutting edge up-front following Kyle Wilson’s r…
about 4 days ago
Richard Ord’s City facing two huge matches
Source: Newcastle Evening ChronicleMar 5 2010Evening Chronicle DURHAM CITY, still searching for their first point of the season, face a tough double over the next two weekends.Richard Ord’s side hos…
about 5 days ago
Rebels snatch late win
Source: Manchester Evening Newshttp://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/fc_united/s/1194603_rebels_snatch_late_winMarch 04, 2010An injury-time winner from Ben Deegan gave FC United a vita…
about 6 days ago
Ex-footballer is jailed for loan shark offences
Source: This is Lancashire8:15am Thursday 4th March 2010A FORMER semi-professional footballer has been jailed for two years after admitting working as a loan shark.Tony Cullen, aged 36, of Myrtle Grov…
about 6 days ago
Ossett Town left deflated after FC United of Manchester late show
Source: Wakefield Express Published Date:03 March 2010By Nick RiggFC United of Manchester 2Ossett Town 1BATTLING Ossett Town left in-form FC United of Manchester with nothing to show for their efforts…
about 6 days ago

The 90th Minute

Burnley v Stoke City Preview, Prediction, and TV Listings
Burnley hosts Stoke City in an crucial match as they fight for survival in the English Premier League. The match will take place at the Turf Moor in Burnley, England on Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Kick…
about 4 hours ago
Real Madrid v Lyon Preview, Prediction, and USA/UK TV Listings
Real Madrid will need a solid performance to reach the quarterfinals as they trail 0-1 heading into the second leg in theUEFA Champions League. The match will take place at the Bernabeu Stadium in Mad…
about 5 hours ago
Manchester United v AC Milan Preview, Prediction, Live Blog, and USA/UK TV Listings
David Beckham will return to Old Trafford for the first time since leaving the club in the summer of 2003 as AC Milan travels to face Manchester United in the UEFA Champions League. The match will be…
about 5 hours ago
Columbus Crew 2-2 Toluca – Recap and Video Highlights – CONCACAF Champions League – Tuesday, March 9, 2010
The Columbus Crew began the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals with the first leg at Crew Stadium on Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Columbus are the only Major League Soccer team in the quarterfinals wh…
about 8 hours ago
Landon Donovan asking Los Angeles Galaxy to extend his loan at Everton
Landon Donovan, who’s been a success at Everton during a loan deal, has been talking to the Los Angeles Galaxy about extending his stay in England. He’s fit in well with Everton and has shown he c…
about 12 hours ago

Football Spotter

Bundesliga: Goals of the Year 1971 – 1995
Packed to the brim with bicycle kicks, flying headers, volleys and Jurgen Klinsmann
about 5 days ago
You are the Ref: Windy Own Goal
You are the ref #7896: On a windy day an outfield player takes a goal kick which blows up in the air, over the flailing goalkeeper and straight back into the net. Do you allow the goal?
about 5 days ago
Ilunga Mwepu – Phoenix From The Flames
One of the best Phoenix From The Flames and it’s good to see Ilunga laughing about it now. Their story is actually quite sad, Zaire were then the first sub-Saharan African team to qualify for the Wo…
about 3 weeks ago
Ronaldinho at his best
A simply unstoppable strike, scored against Sevilla at the unusual time of about 1.30 in the morning. The reason being that Barcelcona had moved the kick-off midnight in the hope of being able to fiel…
about 3 weeks ago
The complete Panini Italia 90 collection
The complete Panini Italia 90 collection with all 428 stickers. Collected, Swapped and Scanned. It is scandalously missing Toto Schillaci and Roger Milla and if you look at the Italian side they have…
about a month ago

The DA

Further England scandal as Ryan Shawcross revealed to be KGB spy
English World cup hopes took another dent yesterday after reports confirmed Stoke City defender Ryan Shawcross was involved in an undercover, KGB operation to bug Fabio Capello's team talks. Soviet fi…
about 2 hours ago
Footballers who should really stick to short back and sides
This week's poll sees the DA take a look at some haircuts that are, quite rightly, illegal in some parts of the world. With John Terry's Mohawk making the headlines it's time to take the pressure off…
yesterday
Liverpool not very good on a Monday either
Rafa Benitez has crossed Monday off his list of good days, drawing ever closer to a full compliment of week days Liverpool are not very good at. So far, the Anfield club have sucked on a Monday, Tuesd…
yesterday
FIFA to hibernate in cave and play pong
FIFA officials have vowed to build a new HQ out of matchsticks and the skin of mountain bears whilst playing pong on their Magnavox Odyssey computers a spokesmen has confirmed. A vote by the Internati…
about 2 days ago
'4th Place Playoff no where near stupid enough' says Premier League
The Premier League have branded a 4th place playoff for the final Champions League spot 'far too boring' declaring that plans are already forming over 'far more radical and completely ridiculous ideas…
about 5 days ago

Good of the Game

Blatter and his Fifa colleagues are not fit to run football
This article will be short and unfortunately not so sweet as I only have one point to make, and I plan to make it as abruptly as possible.Sepp Blatter and his cronies at the top of football's internat…
about 2 days ago
Pressure building on tighter financial control from football authorities
The Guardian today carries a piece emphasising the Government's plans to exert greater pressure on the footballing authorities regarding financial regulation of clubs.This issue has become an increasi…
about 3 weeks ago
Would a Champions League playoff do more harm than good for Premier League clubs?
The Premier League has drawn up proposals for an end of season playoff to determine the fourth English Champions League spot, which could potentially come into force as early as next season. UEFA has…
about 3 weeks ago
How do you define "good" football?
Gabriele Marcotti writes a very thought-provoking piece in his blog for The Times about the argument between Wenger and O'Niell over whether Aston Villa play good football, and the wider debate in the…
about a month ago
Are Liverpool the most disappointing team in the country?
Following Liverpool's woeful FA Cup exit in midweek against a struggling Reading side, i found myself dismayed once again over the fortunes of one of the grandest clubs in the game. It led me to ask t…
about 2 months ago

Football on the Wire

Soccer Sequence No.19 - Update
As a result of new figures been published this week, Soccer Sequence No.19 has been updated. Who would have guessed that Liza Minnelli would be the beautiful game's oracle. Liza, like Martin Peters, w…
about 5 days ago
Hart in the Palace
Congratulations to Paul Hart on his appointment as Crystal Palace manager. Since I first mentioned Hart in a post in late August, he has managed three different clubs. Will he beat the record…
about 5 days ago
Week 23 Flutter Predictions
I have focussed on certainties. Maybe.This week my choices for my Super 5 accumulator :- ArsenalManchester UnitedChraltonNorwichLeedsMy score predictions for the Small 3, from a limited choice because…
about 5 days ago
More Dummies Please
In my quest to find players who can actually dribble, here is a short video featuring a proper player. Enjoy and let me know your favorite dribbler. Some of my favourite wingers can be found on…
about a week ago
Profit and Loss for Week 22
Accumulated Total Outlay Accumulated Winnings Profit/(Loss) £65.10 £30.02 -£35.08
about a week ago

Footy Sphere

football graffiti - via www.my-spb.ru
football graffiti - via www.my-spb.ru
about 12 hours ago
tablecloth: Against modern football (via aadamus)
tablecloth: Against modern football (via aadamus)
yesterday
tumblr tuesday
Show some love: Pick one of your favourite blogs to recommend this week.
yesterday
Hey mate! So I'm new to Tumblr, where can I find a few proper blogs dedicated to footy? Love your site by the way!
Hi getstuckin, thanks for the kind words. I see you’ve already started following some of the more popular football blogs on tumblr. There’s a few more available though. If you scroll down to the…
yesterday
Proud member of Sheffield FC. The World’s first football...
Proud member of Sheffield FC. The World’s first football club. It’s not about which team you support. It’s about football.
yesterday

Funny Football Moments

How You Know Your Team Is In Deep Shit
1. When your team is clearly beaten by a team captained by the-one-and-only Titus Bramble. 2. When your team is nowhere near 4th spot and its already close to mid-March. 3. When your captain could po…
yesterday
Cristiano Ronaldo Limbo Rock
Cristiano Ronaldo is pictured here during the match against Sevilla, showing off his limbo moves from the party he attended the previous weekend. Real Madrid went on to beat Sevilla 3-2 to go top of t…
about 2 days ago
Emmanuel Adebayor in Clash of the Titans
Emmanuel Adebayor had a cameo role in the 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans. Scheduled for release in April, Arsenal fans will definitely be looking forward to the slaying of the Adebayor monster by…
about 3 days ago
Thierry Henry Explains Himself
Thierry Henry speaking to coach Raymond Domenech after France was beaten 2-0 by Spain in an international friendly match. Domenech: Is everything ok? Why didn’t you use your hand? Henry: I’m savin…
about 3 days ago
Peter Crouch The Versatile Dancer
Not only is he good at the Robot Dance. He is also an amazing tango dancer.
about 3 days ago

Footy Factor

Will Goal Difference Decide the Title Race?
As we head into the final stretch of the Premier League season, we are witnessing the closest title race in years. Just two points separate Manchester United, Arsenal, and Chelsea, who’ve been playi…
about 4 hours ago
Why AC Milan Can Beat Manchester United
Winning at the San Siro in the first leg sees Manchester United firm favourites to progress to the quarter-finals. How can you ignore the obvious: Three away goals. Wayne Rooney in the form of his l…
yesterday
Twenty-Sixth Week Premiership Football Conclusions
Although midweek internationals and weekend FA Cup fixtures dominated this football week’s calendar, there was still time for a handful of enthralling Premiership encounters; Paul Scholes proved the…
about 2 days ago
Putting a Price Tag on Manchester United
Earlier this week, the Glazer family turned down an offer worth £1 billion cash to sell Manchester United. The offer came from the “Red Knights,” a group of high-profile financial figures from…
about 5 days ago
Have the Media Spoiled England’s World Cup Hopes?
Last year, England were considered one of the favourites to win the World Cup. Buoyed by an exemplary qualifying campaign – winning nine of 10 fixtures on the road to South Africa – Englan…
about 6 days ago

Anti Football

Are technology and football compatible?
With FIFA’s recent, and somewhat bold, decision to shut down the potential use of goal line technology, and with it technology’s future in football, they have re-ignited the controversy surroundin…
yesterday
End of road for Royals
Reading have been enjoying a literally season-saving run of form over the past several weeks only to see it end as they slammed into an incredibly determined Aston Villa side in Sunday’s FA Cup sixt…
about 2 days ago
Betting Tips Weekend 6th – 7th March
Portsmouth v Birmingham 2/1 Despite Pompey’s impressive result last week at Burnley, a committed Birmingham side should have enough in the tank to see them off. Arsenal v Burnley 2/13 Going by the f…
about 4 days ago
This weekends Bundesliga action
The Bundesliga this weekend offers some interesting fixtures that have potential to influence the title race in the long term. Cologne 0-1 Bayern Cologne hosts Bayern immediately after allowing them t…
about 4 days ago
Will the 3 Lions Roar?
The English football team’s recent victory over the recently crowned African champions didn’t provide much in the way of new revelations that may affect Fabio Capello’s squad selection for the u…
about 5 days ago

Football United

Needing more carrots and less sticks
If you can keep the crowd quiet at West Ham there is a possibility that they may turn. In his post-match interview, Phil Brown revealed that part of Hull's strategy for the game at the weekend was to…
about 2 weeks ago
repair rundll32 exe error with records office
Rundll32 errors are very common because all windows computers use dll files to save space on your computer. Lots of programs share portions of code with one another in shared dll files. If your compu…
about 2 weeks ago
Beauty Salon
Benefit Cosmetics Some Kind-a Gorgeous Overall Rating: List Price: $26.00 Amazon Price: $28.00 Actress and Activist Sharon Stone is a golden beacon of beauty. Now past the mid-century mark, she st…
about 2 weeks ago
Soapbox: Bennett the bottler (ask any Arsenal or SAFC fan)
Steve Bennett, not Salut! Sunderland's favourite referee by a long shot (even when we get his name right - see comments), so comprehensively annoys opposing sets of fans that he probably feels he mus…
about 2 weeks ago
City slump to home defeat
Saturday 20th February 2010 LEAGUE ONE: NORWICH 0 - SOUTHAMPTON 2 My thoughts on this one?... One of major disappointment first and foremost. Ok, so we’d not been playing well of late, albeit pickin…
about 2 weeks ago

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World Football

Some People on the Pitch

Bundesbag Week 25 - Hope for Hannover, Leverkusen Lose
Last week I posed the question 'could Leverkusen go through the entire season unbeaten yet still not win the Bundesliga'? This week, the question was emphatically answered - no!The Bayer club are now…
yesterday
Sound of Football Episode 30 - Technology in Football
This week, the chaps discuss an old bugbear. In light of FIFA's recent decision to not pursue the use of goal line technology, Chris, Graham and Terry talked about the problems and concerns they have…
yesterday
32 for 2010: USA
We're now a quarter of the way through our 32 for 2010 series looking at the teams that have qualified for the World Cup in South Africa this summer. To mark the occasion, we've set our resident Footb…
about 2 days ago
Midweek TV Preview: 8 - 11 March 2010
Monday 8th March19:45 Colchester United v Brighton & Hove Albion, League One, Sky Sports 1/HD1Both teams have lost only one game in their previous six, and for Colchester that was their last game…
about 2 days ago
32 For 2010: New Zealand
New Zealand arrive at the 2010 World Cup knowing they’ve already achieved their main objective – to end the long wait for a second appearance at the Finals. If anything, the All Whites can look fo…
about 3 days ago

The Offside Italy

The Top 20 Italian Players of the Decade
All month I've been seeing these Top _____ of the Decade posts all over the Offside, so I thought with 2010 just around the corner it's time to unveil the list of the top 20 Italian players of the dec…
a long time ago...
Goals of the Week: Giornata 16
Some nice goals this week, with the most goals coming in Cagliari-Napoli (3-3). Cagliari's Alessandro Matri scored his 8th goal of the season and it was his 7th consecutive game with a goal, tying the…
a long time ago...
And the 2009 Bidone d’Oro is….
While every December an elite list of players hope to win the Balon d'Or (Golden Ball), another list of elite players are hoping not to win the Bidone d'Oro (Golden Trash Can). Past winners include Ri…
a long time ago...
Totti vs. Cassano: The long-awaited showdown will finally take place (rain permitting)
We all remember the Francesco Totti and Antonio Cassano partnership at Roma. Cassano had always stated that growing up he admired Totti and one of the reasons he went to Roma was to play alongside him…
a long time ago...
Great Serie A Games: Milan-Juventus 1996/1997
In this week's Great Serie A Game (which doesn't include Roma), we go back to the 1996/97 season, April 6, 1997 to be exact. Milan, who had won the Scudetto the year before under Fabio Capello, were g…
a long time ago...

Il Re Calcio

One Game is Enough for Arnautovic
How long does it take to judge a player? In Inter's case the answer is one game and it doesn't even have to be a meaningful one.That, at least, is judging by Marko Arnautovic's example. The Austrian f…
about 5 months ago
Serie A Preview 2009/10: Udinese
Main Transfers: Bernardo Corradi (Reggina), Jose Alemao (Santos), Leandro Caruso (Godoy Cruz), Kelvin Matute (Arezzo) Outlook: Having waiting as long as they could, Udinese cashed in on Fabio Quagliar…
about 7 months ago
Serie A Preview 2009/10: Siena
Main Transfers: Gael Gennevier (Pisa), Gianluca Pegolo (Parma), Reginaldo (Parma), Francesco Parravicini (Atalanta), Albin Ekdal (Juventus), Michele Fini (Cagliari) Outlook: Another summer, another ho…
about 7 months ago
Serie A Preview 2009/10: Sampdoria
Main Transfers: Daniele Mannini (Napoli), Fernando Tissone (Argentina), Marco Rossi (Parma), Matteo Guardalben (Treviso). Outlook: The arrival of manager Gigi del Neri was the big news of the summer f…
about 7 months ago
Serie A Preview 2009/10: AS Roma
Main Transfers: Stefano Guberti (Bari) Outlook: Contrary to most other clubs, most rumours surrounding Roma haven't included players' names but names of those who could buy the club from the Sensi fam…
about 7 months ago

The Offside Rules

You May Have Heard Something About New MLS Websites in 2010
By now you have probably heard a few things here and there about the new MLS website that is dropping soon. You should probably know that there will also be new sites for the clubs as well. To help yo…
yesterday
Barflying: Brazil 46
Last week the barfly in me took me to midtown Manahattan for the Brazil-Ireland match. Admittedly, midtown is not the most interesting place in New York. But on a one block stretch of 46th St. is an a…
yesterday
NSR: Washed Out "New Theory"
I know this record was everybody's late-summer jam last year but I'm still feeling it especially since there is now a roller rink involved. Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go an find a couch to m…
about 2 days ago
Wizards Meet the Royals in K.C. Sports Pre-Season Bonanza
Much to the disappointment of my beloved father, I loathe baseball. Sure, I love the stadium dog and siting on my ass for a few innings on the rare occasion that I get to go to a game, but to watch it…
about 2 days ago
The Official Kevin Alston and Darius Barnes Video Blog
Potential sponsors for The Official KA & DBarnes Video blog:The Blair Witch Shaky-Cam Co.GranolaMango (the fruit, not the Chris Kattan character)Jersey ShoreThe opening credits for The Fresh Princ…
about 2 days ago

Just Football

Arsenal 5-0 FC Porto: Fabregas Not Missed as Nasri & Arshavin Run Riot
Common perception has it that the Champions League knockout stages represent the highest standards anywhere to be found in the game. The crème de la crème of world football. Where the best players,…
about 6 hours ago
Jermain Defoe & Roman Pavlyuchenko should be Spurs' 1st Choice Strikers - Poll Results
At the end of February, in the midst of a growing campaign from Tottenham Hotspur supporters for Roman Pavlyuchenko to get his chance in the first team, we asked who you thought should be Spurs' first…
yesterday
From Scout to Manager - Now Reading's McDermott Is Eyeing Wembley
By James Sullivan Brian McDermott thinks that Reading’s magical FA Cup run has put the club back on the map and insists that the team should have no fear going into Sunday’s game after wins over L…
about 4 days ago
Salvador Cabanas Update: Full Recovery 'Could Take Years'
Salvador Cabañas's recovery from the gun attack which left him with a bullet lodged in his brain 'could take years' according to doctors, and doubts persist over whether the Paraguay international wi…
about 5 days ago
Top 30 Football Blogs in the UK (as ranked by Wikio)
Popular blog search engine Wikio recently got in touch with Just Football to offer us advance notice of the Top 30 Football Blogs this month as per their highly scientific data. Here are the results:1…
about 6 days ago

Pitch Invasion

Fan Ownership: The Successes of the Trust Movement
In the second part of our exploration of Trusts and football, we look at those clubs currently flying the flag for the Trust movement.
about 12 hours ago
The Sweeper: UEFA Recognises Football Supporters Europe
In an important step in dialogue with supporters, UEFA recognised a fan organisation as the voice of supporters in Europe.
yesterday
Photo Daily: Emerald City Supporters
Emerald City Supporters of the Seattle Sounders
yesterday
Putting the Trust into Football: An Examination of Supporter Ownership
All this week Pitch Invasion is looking at the concept of fan ownership. We'll look at the highs and lows of supporter ownership in English football, and its prospects for the future. In our opening p…
yesterday
African Soccerscapes: History, Ideas, and the 2010 World Cup
Andrew Guest reviews the book African Soccerscapes and asks its author Peter Alegi about his work as related to South Africa 2010.
about 2 days ago

Serie Aaaaaargh

Zero goals means zero titles
RESULTS Sat Mar 6 Fiorentina 1-2 Juventus, Roma 0-0 Milan Sun Mar 7 Atalanta 0-0 Udinese, Bari 1-0 Chievo, Bologna 2-1 Napoli, Cagliari 2-2 Catania, Palermo 1-0 Livorno, Sampdoria 2-1 Lazio, Siena 1-1…
about 2 days ago
Balotelli banished as Lippi chooses team men
Marcello Lippi’s final squad before having to decide on the 23 players who will carry the hopes of a nation to South Africa has garlanded more coverage of those missing from the party to face Camero…
about a week ago
Conspiracy and silence (sometimes) in Italy
RESULTS Sat Feb 27 Catania 4-0 Bari, Lazio 1-1 Fiorentina Sun Feb 28 Chievo 2-1 Cagliari, Genoa 3-4 Bologna, Juventus 0-2 Palermo, Livorno 1-2 Siena, Milan 3-1 Atalanta, Napoli 2-2 Roma, Parma 1-0 Sam…
about a week ago
Big bird soars as Inter rise to Chelsea challenge
Lucio is the only central defender available to Jose Mourinho this weekend – but by the way the Brazilian took on the Chelsea front line and anyone else who ventured near Inter’s penalty area, he…
about 2 weeks ago
Cesar's ice-cream prang leaves Mourinho cold
Jose Mourinho's charm offensive yesterday may have impressed the foreign press but cut little ice with the locals.He was hardly recognisable from the snarling figure of the weekend, now working the ro…
about 2 weeks ago

La Liga Loca

Barca fall for Madridista magic, once again
La Liga Loca learned two things during its cheeky visit to the UK over the weekend, and one on its return to Spain.Brighton appears to have morphed from a pleasing, chill-out crusty-friendly paradise…
yesterday
The Paraguay-Disrespecting Weekend Predictions - Round 25
SaturdayDeportivo (6th) vs Tenerife (19th)Deportivo and Zaragoza met in court this week over the ongoing transfer saga concerning Queen Angel Lafita, who moved from the former to the latter at the end…
about 5 days ago
Curiosity and complaints ahead of France friendly
There are four distinct approaches adopted by Spain's sports papers in handling Wednesday's friendly with France: previewing it, ignoring it, complaining about it and extrapolating the pants off it.AS…
last week
Barça to make Villa offer he can’t refuse
If the Barcelona press are trying to fend off the lustful advances of Chelsea, Manchester United and Real Madrid towards David Villa and lure the Asturian to the Camp Nou couch with a playful pout, th…
about a week ago
La Liga’s Good Day, Bad Day - Round 24
RESULTS Sat Feb 27 Barcelona 2-1 Málaga, Getafe 0-2 Real Zaragoza, Tenerife 1-5 Real Madrid Sun Feb 28 Atlético Madrid 4-1 Valencia, Deportivo Xerez 1-1 Espanyol, Racing Santander 0-2 Almería, Real…
about a week ago

Run of Play

London Calling
I wouldn't say that my hearing is shot, but it's not what it once was—too much Clash, in too many enclosed spaces, at too young an age—so I can't turn up the TV as loud as I would like. Or rather,…
about 13 hours ago
B.A.F.C.: The Golden Age #2
Immigration and eugenics in the early 1920s. This has nothing to do with American soccer during this period, until you consider who was watching it. Normal blog service resumes soon… Related posts:B…
last month
B.A.F.C.: The Golden Age #1
See the full-sized version, which I'm not calling HD out of respect for other people's televisions, on our page at Vimeo. Related posts:B.A.F.C.: The Golden Age #2A Preview of the Past Related posts:B…
about 2 months ago
A Preview of the Past
Thought you might like a glimpse of what we've been plotting over the last few weeks. But remember: when you take a sneak peek into the vortex, the vortex takes a sneak peek into you. Happy New Year!
about 3 months ago
The Champions League Draw, Which Was in No Way Rigged
Inter have just drawn Chelsea in the first Champions League knockout round, and Manchester United have drawn A.C. Milan. In case years of overexposure to the media haven't ruined your brain in such a…
about 3 months ago

On this Football Day

England v Brazil: Our Top Five Moments
‘The English invented it, the Brazilians perfected it.’ As England and Brazil head east to lock horns in the Doha desert this weekend, we thought we’d run down the top five moments between the S…
about 4 months ago
November 8 – Coppell Quits City and Who’s the Pisshead in the Black?
A mid-'90s Manchester City show how not to run a football club and a referee in Germany has one or two too many pre-match jars. Related posts:April 25 – The Great Dane Quits MUCH told-off Danish def…
about 4 months ago
November 7 – Hearts of Darkness and Spurs Derby Joy
Dodgy goings-on at Scotland's most controversial club and the rarest of things - a derby win for Spurs! Related posts:March 28 – Spurs Struggle… For a Change With Swiss Tube ticket enthusiast Chri…
about 4 months ago
November 6 – Fergie Storms In and Kidnap!
Manchester United hit the jackpot and the dodgy side of South American football raises it's ugly head in today's journey into the OTFD vaults. Related posts:May 31 – Fergie Fired Alex Ferguson has n…
about 4 months ago
November 5 – Mind the Gap and Huddersfield Shanked
Herbert Chapman gets the better of the London Underground and Bill Shankley's managerial career gets a leg up in Yorkshire. Related posts:September 27 – To Everton the Spoils and Make Your Mind Up D…
about 4 months ago

Back Page Football

Bundesliga Round 25
Poor old 1. FC Nuremberg have the rather unflattering record of seven Bundesliga relegations. Yet joy to the world, the [...]
yesterday
Tuesday Night’s Champions League Preview
The first batch of this years Champions League quarter finalists gets decided tonight as Europe’s premier club competition continues. Arsenal [...]
yesterday
Moments of Magic #16
As Newcastle United continue to lead the way in the Championship, Moments of Magic relives one of the best goals [...]
yesterday
Opinion: Can a fans’ trust work?
In a long overdue return to BPF, Gav Reilly ponders whether the Red Knights model of ownership can really work [...]
about 2 days ago
Premier League Preview
The FA Cup returns this weekend and has the knock on effect of playing havoc with the Premier League schedule. [...]
about 4 days ago

Football Japan Minutecast

Omiya take emotional victory; wins for Kashima, Nagoya
Minutecast No. 53 Unfancied Omiya Ardija were the biggest winners on the opening weekend of the 2010 J1 season after an emotional 3-0 victory over newly-promoted Cerezo Osaka at the NACK5 Stadium on S…
about 2 days ago
Antlers take Super Cup after Endo misses in shootout
Minutecast No. 52 J. League champions Kashima Antlers carried home the first silverware of the 2010 season after beating Emperor’s Cup winners Gamba Osaka on penalties in the Fuji Xerox Super Cup on…
about a week ago
Nakamura close to Yokohama return
Minutecast No. 51 National team stalwart Shunsuke Nakamura has reportedly agreed to end his eight-year spell in Europe and return to the J. League with former club Yokohama F. Marinos.The former Reggi…
about 2 weeks ago
[PR]注目のキーワード「加尾」
about 2 weeks ago
China take title as Japan suffer controversial loss to South Korea
Minutecast No. 50 China are the winners of the 2010 East Asian Championship after host nation Japan went down to a ill-tempered 3-1 defeat in the tournament’s final game against South Korea in Tokyo…
about 3 weeks ago

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MLS

Full Back Files

Roster Reset | When What To My Wondering Eyes...
...should appear, but a possible Mivdun and eight tiny reindeer... defenders... whatever. And I guess the tiny part went out with 5'8 Shintaro Harada (5'8 center back? Smacks of a little desperation,…
yesterday
Feature Creep | Huh?
Seeing as how we're only a few short weeks away from MLS First Kick (here's hoping!), I thought it was time to survey my domain a bit. Inspired by the pruning and shaping that goes on in forming up ML…
about 3 days ago
Roster Reset | We're Off To Be The Wizards
Now granted, coaches have favorites that they can drag with them from club to club; witness Harry Redknapp for a prime example of the species. But generally, said coaches are dragging quality with the…
about 3 days ago
With or Without You | a USA Match Reaction
So what abiding memory does the wrong side of a 2-1 in Amsterdam leave you with? Do you find solace in the stodgy inevitability of loosing the possession battle but not surrendering too many quality c…
about 6 days ago
Roster Reset | Hamid Opening Doors?
The boys are back from Florida, swapping in some new trialists for the recently dismissed. We won't have Three Boys or apparently a challenger for Wicks as the backup, and the search goes on for defen…
about a week ago

TIAS

fubu (bring the boys back home)
In the last few years, I’ve spoken with Frank Dell’apa, Ray Hudson, Grant Wahl, Ives Galarcep, Jack Bell, Bruce McGuire, Jeff Carlisle, Buzz Carrick, Mitch Peacock, Robert Abramowitz, Beau Dure, a…
about a week ago
good people doing bad things
AMERICAN SOCCER MEDIA LANDSCAPE NEEDS TO GET BEYOND THE BLOG Ives Galarcep moved to Fox Soccer. MLS hired my Waiting For Gaetjens co-host Greg Lalas and Sports Illustrated’s Jonah Freedman to run ML…
about 3 weeks ago
two sides of the mexican pipeline
After hearing from a few people about the poor sound quality of the interviews on last week’s Waiting For Gaetjens podcast (sorry about that), I figured I’d transcribe the two interviews and post…
about a month ago
vietnam star or league minimum
Did I just learn why the negotiations over the collective bargaining agreement are so contentious? Did I find out just how disrespected the Vietnam league is? Or did I discover that MLS doesn’t thin…
about 2 months ago
fifa & the year of african football
Do FIFA and its international tournaments really make a difference for the countries that host them? Could they? Should they? And what responsibility must the host country take on? What if instead of…
about 2 months ago

Two Footed Tackle

Rent-a-Quote Redknapp and the gloomy future of the British manager
One of the many downsides of having to take the day off work with a banging headache is sodding Sky Sports News. For all my prejudice, I still tune in when there's absolutely nothing else on. And toda…
yesterday
Prediction League: Week 24 - Predictions
Portsmouth vs. BirminghamChris: PortsmouthIan: BirminghamGary: BirminghamFulham vs. TottenhamChris: DrawIan: Fulham Gary: FulhamArsenal vs. BurnleyChris: ArsenalIan: ArsenalGary: ArsenalWest Ham vs. B…
about 2 days ago
Nicklas Bendtner: a dirty secret
That's right, a dirty secret. And I'm not talking about a dirty secret of Nicklas Bendtner's, I'm talking about a dirty secret of mine. I think that in different circumstances, the Arsenal striker wou…
about 6 days ago
TFT Podcast Ep 39
This week, English football has been taking a long, hard look at itself. On the field, Arsenal's 19-year-old midfielder Aaron Ramsey suffered a double leg break thanks to a tackle from Stoke City's Ry…
about a week ago
Prediction League: Week 23 - Round-Up
This week I've been doing a bit of learning HTML so I thought it would be a clever idea to incorporate it into the Prediction League instead of writing a small essay on each week's games. Just to expl…
about a week ago

Du Nord

Some News for Tue Mar 9, 2010
A CAUTIONARY TALEThis is a story for everyone who wants MLS to open the purse strings and spend spend spend:Jonathan Wilson of the Guardian looks at the lean times for teams in Russia after a decade o…
about 15 hours ago
Some News for Mon Mar 8, 2010
STARTERSHerculeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez! Herculez Gomez has scored for the 4th game in a row for The Sweet Potato Makers!dNCarlos Bocanegra scored the game winner for Rennes, with his foot! Who…
about 2 days ago
du Nord is 5 Years Old Today
I launched du Nord on March 7 2005.Five years ago today.Never in my wildest imagination did I think it would still be going this long.Nor did I ever plan on the site having any relevance to the soccer…
about 3 days ago
Some News for Fri Mar 5, 2010
STARTERSDon't miss the Photo Essay: Nike takes du Nord to London England. Published earlier today right here at the big dN.There has been a lot of talk about Landon Donovan staying at Everton. But I s…
about 5 days ago
Photo Essay: Nike Takes du Nor…
London, England - Feb 23-27 2010(Click on all images to enlarge)1 I went to London England Feb 23-26 at the bequest of Nike Soccer, all expenses paid. Not a bad way to live if you ask me.2 This is wha…
about 5 days ago

Soccer by Ives

Nasri's Wonder Goal (and Arsenal's romp)
Arsenal thoroughly demolished FC Porto in Champions League action on Wednesday, posting a 5-0 victory on the strength of a Nicklas Bendtner hat-trick, but the moment of the match came when Samir Nasri…
about 8 hours ago
MLS Ticker: Crew tackle Toluca task, Navas signs with Houston and more
Photo by ISIphotos.comBy AVI CREDITOR The Columbus Crew will step on the pitch Tuesday night to play a meaningful game for the first time in months. That's hardly the squad's biggest obstacle to overc…
about 14 hours ago
UEFA Champions League: Your Running Commentary
The first two spots in the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals will be earned today in a pair of hotly-contested second legs. Arsenal is at home against FC Porto (2:45pm, FSE/FSN) needing to overturn…
about 16 hours ago
Your February Questions Answered: Part Two
Photo by ISIphotos.com Good afternoon folks. I'm back from Europe and ready to get back into the swing of things, and that will begin with the latest installment of Your Questions Answered. Among the…
yesterday
A preseason look at D.C. United
Photo by ISIphotos.com By AVI CREDITOR The offseason was one of great change for D.C. United. A number of major personnel moves make this season a bit of a mystery for the four-time MLS Cup champions,…
yesterday

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South America

Pitaco do Gringo

Portuguesa put an end to Santos’ winning run
Santos’ run of nine wins in a row in the Paulista came to an end on Sunday night ...
about 2 days ago
Brazil 2-0 Republic of Ireland 2nd March 2010
Goals in each half gave Brazil a 2-0 win over the Republic of Ireland ...
about a week ago
Brazil probable line-up vs Republic of Ireland 2nd March 2010
Brazil take on the Republic of Ireland this afternoon in their last fixture before the World Cup ...
about a week ago
Santos sweep Corinthians aside
Santos staked their claim for the Paulista after overcoming a full-strength Corinthians side 2-1 in the Vila Belmiro ...
about a week ago
Luís Fabiano injured – Dunga brings in Grafite and Carlos Eduardo for Republic of Ireland game
Wolfsburg forward, Grafite, and Hoffenheim midfielder, Carlos Eduardo, have been brought in for Brazil’s friendly vs the Republic of Ireland ...
about 2 weeks ago

My Argentinian Football

Argentina Get A Wake Up Call
“We didn’t lose because of the altitude,” Clarin cited Heinze as saying. “We lost because they were better than us and we didn’t play well.” Well said, gringo.Going out and playing your ga…
about 10 months ago
Riquelme Quits! Thank "God"
We can thank the man they call God in Argentina for Riquelme quitting. Here are the relevant statements.Maradona points out what already many of us have been saying:It's not useful for anybody if he g…
last year
Pablo Vitti - An Argentine in Toronto
Toronto FC signs Independiente striker Pablo Vitti on loanWell done Toronto FC in getting a player with a lot of potential. Toronto FC has needed some firepower and getting an Argentine can make the d…
about a year ago
Diego Visits Portugal - And Other News
Diego Maradona is giving us a lot to write about; and so is Di Maria. If you click on this link you'll see why I love Di Maria. This kid has been standing out from the pack since the first time he don…
about a year ago
Diego Hearts Inter Milan
(and it's making me a little happy)It's no secret Inter Milan loves Argentinians. Particularly Moratti. Now, we can say one very popular Argentine loves them back.“Moratti is a fine man and has led…
about a year ago

Argie Bargy

The Pant-Soiling DT-Hammered Weekend Preview
There may have been thousands of international friendlies around the globe thanks to FIFA week, but the ravenous Argentines were far from having their football appetite sated by the sight of the natio…
about 5 days ago
Maradona slowly finding the right blend
This is like a chess match!With Argentina in action on one channel, and England on the other, and after taking a quick peek at the respective coach’s CVs, you’d expect the comment to have been abo…
about 6 days ago
Man in black causes Avellaneda aggro again
‘In an uncommon reaction, Russo wasn’t angry with the referee, despite losing’ – Sunday newspaper headline Coaches blaming referees for a defeat is par for course around the world. But the kni…
about a week ago
Tea-time for Banfield and Vélez
It is, as Mr Editor pointed out last week, Libertadores o’clock. The finger tapping has been heard and duly noted, the frown has been imagined, and the hint has been taken. It's update time. (Crack…
about 2 weeks ago
The Oil-Searching Grave-Digging Weekend Review
RESULTS Sat Feb 20 Newells Old Boys 1-1 Lanús, Tigre 1-1 Gimnasia La Plata, Vélez Sarsfield 3-0 Independiente Sun Feb 21 Atlético Tucumán 1-1 Argentinos Juniors, Banfield 0-0 Rosario Central, Raci…
about 2 weeks ago

South American Football

Diego's Dilemma - How Argentina Can Aim For World Cup Glory
a long time ago...
Reconstructing the River Academy: Back to Basics
After recently regaining it's great captain in the form of a new President, River are now looking to make some changes...
a long time ago...
Uruguay And Argentina Record Impressive Victories In Europe
a long time ago...
Brazil 2 - 0 Republic Of Ireland : Another Insipid Performance From The Brazilians
a long time ago...
own goal
a long time ago...

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Newspaper

Guardian Sports Blog

Today in Sport – live! Giles Richards | Gregg Roughley | John Ashdown
Discuss the day's big issues, send us your favourite links, follow us on Twitter and take a look at our 2010 sport calendar9.53am: We've just had the morning meeting and here's what to expect through…
about 3 hours ago
Leonardo, a leader after Berlusconi's heart, will urge Milan to attack | Richard Williams
The intelligent Brazilian will give his owner exactly what he wants – stylish football to the point of extravaganceIt was the first Milan manager to conquer Manchester United, Giuliano Gipo Viani, w…
about 4 hours ago
Nicklas Bendtner turns from missing person to hitman | Amy Lawrence
Arsenal's Danish striker has been pilloried for his profligacy – but not on this occasion as he repaid his manager's faithThe elongated three-week gap between the two legs of this last-16 tussle has…
about 5 hours ago
Bill McLaren: the bonny spirit that haunts Scotland v England | Frank Keating
The late and lauded commentator is the ghost of Calcutta Cups past and futureThe friendly ghost so fondly whisping around the rafters of every stadium through all the Six Nations matches so far has be…
about 12 hours ago
Wright-Phillips deal offers Quest chance of belated success | David Conn
The winger's £21m move from City to Chelsea in 2005 involved the use of an unlicensed agent, a tribunal has foundThe Football Association is examining whether there are grounds for charging both Shau…
about 12 hours ago

TheGame - Times

Can Bendtner become the real deal at Arsenal?
Frank Praverman Oliver Kay suggests in his match report today that Nicklas Bendtner's critics were silenced by the first hat-trick of his career, scored in the 5-0 thrashing of Porto. Certainly, Bendt…
about 3 hours ago
Who gives the best team talk? Here are the stats ...
Gabriele Marcotti Just one item this week, mainly because there’s lots of numbers to sift through. Last weekend, as you may recall, Aston Villa were losing 2-0 away to Reading at half-time in the FA…
about 3 hours ago
Watch Samir Nasri's goal against Porto
Click image image to watch Nasri's goal Frank Praverman If you haven't already seen it then take a few seconds to watch Samir Nasri's goal against Porto last night. Nicklas Bendtner must be feeling a…
about 4 hours ago
Sunderland learn there's no sure thing in football
George Caulkin A few days ago, Steve Bruce spoke to his mum on the telephone. After the usual niceties, Mrs Bruce posed a question to her offspring. “Son,” she said (and we’re paraphrasing here)…
yesterday
Ahead of TheGame: England's main concern is with defence
You can set the agenda by sending in a question for one of our experts to answer. E-mail aotg@thetimes.co.uk We asked: Will the bugging incident derail England's World Cup hopes? Oliver Kay, The Times…
yesterday

Football Spy - Mirror

Transfer news updates...on Mirrorfootball.co.uk
Football Spy has moved... All our transfer news and gossip, plus the Football Spy video, can now be found on the Mirrorfootball.co.uk website's all new Football Spy blog...
about 7 months ago
Video: Transfer news round-up and analysis from Football Spy - August 6
Who is telling the truth about Darren Bent? Why are people laughing at Portsmouth? Join Darren Lewis for today's Football Spy video and let us know what you think below....
about 8 months ago
AC Milan agree deal for Spurs target Klass Jan Huntelaar
Spurs appear to have lost out in their battle to sign Klass Jan Huntelaar, after AC Milan confirmed this afternoon that they have agreed a fee with Real Madrid for the Dutch star. Continue reading...
about 8 months ago
Wigan sign Chelsea youngster Scott Sinclair on loan
Wigan have tied-up a season-long loan deal for Chelsea striker Scott Sinclair. Continue reading...
about 8 months ago
Tottenham all set to seal £8million Sebastien Bassong signing
Tottenham are all set to bolster their defence amid reports Newcastle star Sebastien Bassong is undergoing a medical with the London club. Continue Reading...
about 8 months ago

The Telegraph

Durban and Wellington: a tale of two cities
An international was mugged as he returned to his hotel following a test match. He was knocked to the ground, received a black eye, needed four stitches, was badly shaken up and ruled out of the next…
about 9 months ago
Chelsea’s ill-advised Uefa appeal deserves to fail
When even Didier Drogba thinks that it is time to move on and stop playing the victim, you would think someone might take notice. But no, all-too predictably, Chelsea have informed Uefa of their inten…
about 9 months ago
Is Carlos Tevez really worth £25.5m?
Kia Joorabchian, Carlos Tevez's adviser, did not intend to put his client's true value into perspective when he suggested that, had Wayne Rooney been in the same contractual situation as Tevez at Manc…
about 9 months ago
Why match-fixing could be the biggest threat facing sport today
THE biggest threat facing sport today? With the Tour de France looming, some might argue that it is doping. Others would look to the truly frightening increase in debt in football, with the latest fig…
about 9 months ago
Another global tournament, another England flop
Another global tournament, another England flop. Yet nobody seems to mind very much. Mass demonstrations on the streets of north Teheran demanding revolution and regime change, but nothing immediately…
about 9 months ago

Journalists

Guillem Balague

Commitment a higher priority than quality?
In defence of Ryan Shawcross, it`s said that his tackle on Aaron Ramsey was late but not malicious. After all, `it`s part of the English game and, being English, he’s therefore honest and com...
about 6 days ago
Premier League peep show appeals to Spanish double standards
All these revelations about the private lives of English players have created an interesting debate in Spain... In my weekly column in The Daily Mirror I have been d...
about 2 weeks ago
La Liga Previews: week 24
A look ahead to this weekend`s Spanish football action showing on Sky Sports: Real Madrid travel to Tenerife, Barcelona host Malaga, Sevilla continue their fight for a top four finish at home to At...
about 2 weeks ago
We are all responsible for sorry football finances
English clubs don`t have a monopoly on living way beyond their means - Valencia, Xerez, Zaragoza and Mallorca are all on the verg...
about 3 weeks ago
La Liga Previews: Week 23
A look ahead to the live Spanish Football action showing this weekend on Sky Sports...
about 3 weeks ago

Raphael Honigstein

Felix Magath shrugs off title talk but Schalke can't help but impress | Raphael Honigstein
The only person who doesn't believe Magath can work his title-winning magic two seasons running is the man himselfAfter Schalke's 4‑1 win at Frankfurt, Felix Magath rolled out his old NYC cop at the…
about 2 days ago
Football Weekly: Chelsea collapse in the battle of the Bridge
It's the first day of spring and James Richardson is joined by the gloriously in bloom Sean Ingle, Rafa Honigstein and Barney Ronay for your latest edition of Football Weekly.We start with another wee…
about a week ago
Franck Ribéry sinks Hamburg to end Bayern's identity crisis | Raphael Honigstein
Another late 'that's how they are'-moment for Bayern has filled their rivals with a dreadful sense of deja vuA little more than nine years ago, Patrik Andersson's last-minute free-kick won Bayern Muni…
about a week ago
Lukas Podolski finds nothing to boast about at comedy Cologne | Raphael Honigstein
Germany's €10m striker started the season insisting he 'had nothing to prove' but has little to show for himself so farIt's a good job Hansi Flick's tastes aren't too discerning: the assistant of th…
about 2 weeks ago
Ruud van Nistelrooy hits the sweet spot for Hamburg | Raphael Honigstein
Ruud van Nistelrooy's magic start for Hamburg in the Bundesliga has had the German media gushingTurkeys don't really vote for Christmas. But on Saturday, Stuttgart came very close to thanking their to…
about 3 weeks ago

Dominic Fifield

Nicolas Anelka and Chelsea begin talks over contract extension to 2013
Club and striker confident of swift agreement. Talks over Joe Cole's new deal remain deadlockedChelsea have opened talks with Nicolas Anelka's representative over extending the France striker's stay…
about 13 hours ago
Portsmouth 1-2 Birmingham City | Premier League match report
After giddy success comes Portsmouth's agonising reality check. The optimism whipped up by Saturday's unlikely progress into the FA Cup semi-finals was sucked from the club by a defeat here which leav…
about 14 hours ago
Ellis Short's long shadow looms but Steve Bruce remains defiant | Dominic Fifield
The Sunderland manager is not alone among the top-flight strugglers in feeling relative securitySteve Bruce might have been forgiven the haunted look of the condemned man yet, as he considered Ellis S…
yesterday
Abuse makes John Terry stronger, says Frank Lampard
Chelsea captain explains armband celebration . Terry: 'I was just giving the Stoke fans a bit of banter'Frank Lampard says John Terry will emerge stronger from the abuse to which he has been subject…
about 2 days ago
Captain John Terry seizes the helm and makes his point | Dominic Fifield
John Terry reasserted his presence in Chelsea's FA Cup advance past StokeJohn Terry has made his point. This tie was still on edge, the visitors mustering themselves in pursuit of an equaliser, when C…
about 3 days ago

Phil McNulty

Man Utd look unstoppable
Manchester United gave Chelsea and Liverpool an inch - then took a crucial, hard mile towards retaining the Premier League title. For 11 minutes all the conditions that traditionally constitute a surp…
about a year ago
Can Man Utd re-write history?
Sir Alex Ferguson bristled and unleashed his best turn to stone glare at the mere hint that history might be about to wrap Manchester United in its warm embrace once more. Ferguson was on familiar ter…
about a year ago
Parry loses power battle
Liverpool's rumour mill has been spinning wildly with claims about a big-name departure from Anfield - now we know it has been a case of right rumour wrong man. Rafael Benitez was the name in the fram…
about a year ago
England's elite in pole position
The English elite were all handed hazardous assignments in the last 16 of the Champions League - but Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool have established a solid platform to move forward…
about a year ago
Hiddink's grounds for optimism
Chelsea's group hug at the final whistle was a symbolic gesture to silence talk of a divided camp - of more interest to new coach Guus Hiddink will be a display that showed real substance still exists…
about a year ago

Broadcasters

BBC

Wenger eyes Chelsea or Man Utd
At Emirates Stadium History suggests Chelsea or Manchester United might just fancy meeting Arsenal in the Uefa Champions League quarter-finals. Arsene Wenger wishes to make it clear the feeling is ent…
about 4 hours ago
The answer to Arsenal's goalkeeping problems?
I am sitting in the passenger seat of a left-hand drive Audi on a sunny if blustery Friday lunchtime in late February. It is parked in the potholed car park of Brentford's training ground in west Lond…
yesterday
Terry Stokes the fire
Well you just can't keep John Terry out of the news, can you? I'd been waiting for the next trademark headed goal and subsequent celebration and old JT didn't let us down, did he? Passionate, veins bu…
about 2 days ago
Versatility is crucial but can be a curse
Good players can play in any position is one of those idealistic football theories that is very rarely proven to be correct. Of course, players should be aware of the tactical implications and footbal…
about 2 days ago
Doing it for the kids
It's the dream of every football-loving dad to one day see his child play for the team he loves. For me it's a case of when, not if. It's not that little Lois is being touted as the next Wayne Rooney…
about 2 days ago

ESPN SoccerNet

Landon Donovan finds his comfort zone in England
Chang: Donovan finds his comfort zone in England
about a month ago
MLS to be back in business soon?
What will the players of Major League Soccer be up to at the start of next week? Although a number of teams have already convened for the beginning of preseason training, there remains the chance that…
about a month ago
Not much to take away from Honduras game
Nevins: Not much to take away from Honduras game
about 2 months ago
Ranking the best teams in Europe
Two-time FIFA World Player of the Year Ronaldinho has rejuvenated his game by reinventing himself. It's an exciting time for the player and his club team, AC Milan, but what does it mean for Brazil an…
about 2 months ago
World Cup: For Clint Dempsey, rest and recovery are important
The way things have been going in recent months, U.S. soccer fans may be forgiven if they have taken to watching games involving prospective World Cup squad members from behind their sofa.With two fir…
about 2 months ago

Early Doors - Eurosport

Roll up! The circus is in town!
Even as it watched from its dank, sordid little grief-hole yesterday, Early Doors couldn't but feel a little sorry for David Beckham. The Milan, England and sometime LA Galaxy midfielder looked lost…
within the last hour
Liverpool winning the race for seventh
Despite going down 1-0 at Wigan last night, Liverpool still have their noses in front in the race for that much-coveted final Europa League spot. They obviously like it in that tournament. ...
yesterday
Band on the run
Well, would you look at that - it's another blog led by John Terry's antics. Early Doors would love to focus on something else, such as Paul Scholes's 100th league goal, perhaps. ...
about 2 days ago
Play-off veto a rare piece of sense
The Premier League's decision to rule out the idea of a Champions League play-off is a rare piece of good sense from football's authorities. The concept is a better one than the ludicrous '39th game'…
about 5 days ago
All questions, no answers
England looked every inch the eighth-best team in the world last night as they came from behind to beat Egypt 3-1 at Wembley. ...
about 6 days ago

Reuters

Is Guardiola losing his Midas Touch?
Pep Guardiola's Barcelona have recently started to look vulnerable and, with ‘El Clasico’ against arch rivals Real Madrid only four weeks away, he has his work cut out to prevent the wheels from c…
a long time ago...
Menotti unhappy with Maradona’s priorities
Cesar Luis Menotti, the coach who steered Argentina to their first World Cup title in 1978, does not like what he sees with Maradona at the helm for this year’s finals in South Africa.
a long time ago...
No name calling just yet please, say Leverkusen
Bayer Leverkusen have become known as Neverkusen or Vizekusen because of their failures to lift a trophy but coach Jupp Heynckes is refusing to panic after their 3-2 loss to Nuremberg on Sunday.
a long time ago...
What’s happening with Adriano?
When everyone thought Adriano had definitively left his off-field problems behind and was on the way to becoming once again one of the most feared strikers in the world, writes Pedro Fonseca, the Braz…
a long time ago...
With technology binned, maybe players should just stop cheating
With technology binned, maybe players should just stop cheating
a long time ago...

Clothing and Brands

Footy Boots

ADIDAS & AC MILAN HOST EVENT FOR FANS IN LONDON
The Rossoneri and the 3 Stripes give AC Milan fans a home-away-from-home to watch Milan take on Manchester United!
yesterday
FOOTBALL BOOTS TEST: NIKE SUPERFLY II
After setting a new level of hype and anticipation with a huge launch, find out what the Superfly II is really about as Kyle puts the Superfly II through it's paces
yesterday
REAL MADRID TOP LA LIGA
Los Merengues take the Top Spot for the first time since November thanks to goals from 3 different pairs of Nike Football Boots!
about 2 days ago
£500K IF ROONEY LANDS GOLDEN BOOT
As if further incentive were needed, Nike are offering Wayne Rooney half a million pounds if he wins the Golden Boot at the 2010 World Cup.
about 2 days ago
UMBRO STEALTH: FOX OR CHICKEN?
Take a look at the new series of Ads for the Umbro Stealth football boots, or are you too Chicken?
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Football Shirt Culture

Adidas Finale Madrid - 2010 UEFA Champions League final Ball
The Finale Madrid, match ball for the 2010 UEFA Champions League final, has been launched by adidas. UEFA and adidas unveiled the official match ball for the UEFA Champions League final at the Santia…
about 2 hours ago
(NIKE)RED T90 Ascente Match Ball
Three leading European football leagues will turn (RED) this weekend as Nike introduces a special edition ball in the leagues' home fixtures to raise awareness of the (NIKE) RED 'Lace Up. Save Lives'…
about 12 hours ago
Norwich City 10/11 XARA Home Kit
Norwich City unveiled the new 2010/11 home football kit made by XARA. First team players Grant Holt, Wes Hoolahan, Oli Johnson and Russell Martin were at Carrow Road today to model the new kit, joine…
yesterday
Spain 10/12 Away Adidas Football Kit
This is the new Spain 10/12 away football kit made by adidas, which will be used at the World Cup 2010 in South Africa. The away kit was worn for the first time on March 3 in the friendly against Fra…
yesterday
New Zealand 10/12 Nike Away Football Kit
This is the New Zealand 10/12 Away kit which is designed for increased performance with lower environmental impact, and will be worn at the World Cup 2010. 8 plastic bottles are used to produce one…
yesterday

Football Shirts.co.uk

European Shirts Cup Knockout Week 2: Bayern vs Lyon; Man Utd vs Milan
The European Shirts Cup knockout resumed yesterday when we opened polls for Arsenal vs Porto and Liverpool vs Marseille. Two more matches open up today with Bayern Munich vs Lyon and Manchester United…
about 10 hours ago
Meet the Kit Professional #2 – Dave Moor
Our second interview in our Meet the Kit Professional series meets us with Dave Moor from HistoricalKits.co.uk. The site features all teams who competed in the English and Scottish Football leagues an…
about 16 hours ago
European Shirts Cup Knockout Week 2: Arsenal vs Porto; Marseille vs Liverpool
The 2nd leg of the Last Sixteen matchups of our European Shirts Cup kicks off with two matches: between Arsenal and Porto, and between Marseille and Liverpool. We invite you to vote for the shirt that…
about 16 hours ago
Norwich City Home shirt 10/11
League 1 side Norwich City have revealed their new Home kit which will be worn by the team next season. The kit is made by Xara. The shirt is Norwich’s traditonal home colour of Yellow. There is gre…
yesterday
Sheffield Wednesday Black Away Shirt 2010/11
Fans were given the chance to vote for Sheffield Wednesday’s new away kit and the option they have voted for was Option 3. The kit has now been unveiled and is available for pre-order. The kit will…
about 3 days ago

True Colours

QPR Kit History
At last, I’ve finished the QPR kit history from 1976 to date. You can find it here.
about 5 days ago
Aberdeen Home Kit 1982-84
For me one of the best kits from the early 80s was Ipswich’s all blue adidas outfit with non-contrasting V-neck/cuffs and white pinstripes. North of the border Aberdeen wore a red version that defin…
about 5 days ago
England Away Kit Review
In anticipation of the kit’s first taste of action this Wednesday, I’ve just posted a review of the new England away kit. You can read it here: http://www.truecoloursfootballkits.com/articles/engl…
about a week ago
England Away Kit Review
The new England away kit has a lot to live up to. Since the home design was rebooted by Umbro in 2009 questions were asked about how the red (lets face it, its not going to be anything but red these d…
about a week ago
New Scotland adidas kit
OK, now I’m excited!!! New kit being unveiled today…
about a week ago

Football Kits Online

Football control @ dundas squa…
A couple of guys show off their football (soccer ball) handling skills in a public square in downtown Toronto....
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Soccer player dies during game…
A soccer player dies during a soccer game....
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Real Madrid V Sevilla Primera Division Highlights 6/3/10
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about 3 days ago

Umbro

Tailored In Manchester: Run Toto Run
The latest band we’re featuring in our Tailored In Manchester series are electro-pop trio Run Toto Run, a group that are getting some serious attention on the back of the couple of singles they’ve…
yesterday
Getting Shirty: Let’s Do The Timewarp, Again…
The 1980s were a cruel period, and for this writer it was an era of badly fitting school uniforms and a bowl-cut hair do. But today I was laughing my arse off at this range of Umbro casual wear made f…
about 2 days ago
The New Umbro Stealth: win a pair of our great new boots
On Friday, we revealed our new Stealth boots for the first time, and now here’s your chance to win a pair! We’re giving away 5 pairs of Umbro Stealth boots, which have been designed for the smarte…
about 2 days ago
The New Umbro Stealth: It’s Time To Make Your Choice…
Here’s the new boot from Umbro: Stealth. It’s designed for the smarter player, one who knows what to do on the pitch: how to hunt down the opposition, evade tackles and leave other players cowerin…
about 5 days ago
Back Of The Net: the finest football things on the web this week
A week of international friendlies wouldn’t normally be the most exciting seven days in football, but with only 100 days left to the World Cup, and with plenty of questions still remaining about wha…
about 5 days ago

Nike

Theo's Perfect Timing
Written off twice already this season, Arsenal are showing the fortitude and resolve it takes to win the title. Cesc Fabregas' wonderfully worked one-two put them 1-0 up before Theo Walcott's darting…
about 2 days ago
Helmes The Hammer
Having scored 21 goals in his first season for the Neverkusen, Patrick Helmes' injury looked set to derail this season. But the prolific German international was back amongst the goals on Sunday and w…
about 2 days ago
Bocanegra Battles
Three games without a win, and your team is sliding down the league table. When nothing seems to be going right, sometimes the only thing that can turn your luck is pure will. The willingness to throw…
about 2 days ago
Master your game with NikeSoccer+
Nike Soccer+ is a killer combination of our premium boots, pro training programs, and access to the world's top coaches and footballers. It's simple - buy the boot and you get a code. Enter the code t…
about 2 days ago
Prepare For Combat. Prepare For Victory.
Nothing in this sport is a given. Sliding into that last-ditch goal-saving tackle, challenging for that 50/50 ball when you know the collision is coming. Or rising up above 3 defenders to win that eve…
about 2 days ago

Soccer Cleats 101

Nike Total90 Laser III Leave Wayne Rooney on Fire!
Earlier this year, Nike released their latest incarnation of the Total 90 Laser range, the T90 Laser III, in a blaze of glory. Backed by millions of dollars in TV and online advertising, Fernando Torr…
about 2 days ago
Peterlin Enjoying Life at Everton
We always like to hear the view points of Professional players on footwear, so we caught up with Everton’s Anton Peterlin for a Q&A session. Anton went to college at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo be…
about 6 days ago
Umbro Speciali Design Competition
Umbro are again running a cool ‘Customize your Speciali’s’ competition for aspiring cleat designers! To enter, all you have to do is design how you want the sole of the Umbro Speciali to look. I…
about a week ago
Nike Mercurial Vapor Superfly II Released
Find great deals on Nike Mercurial Vapor Superfly at Shopzilla.com! Nike, with the help of Cristiano Ronaldo, unveiled what is one of the most advanced soccer cleats ever created – the Mercurial Vap…
about 2 weeks ago
Uhlsport Torkralle – Designed for Goalkeepers
Goalkeepers hold one of the most important positions on a soccer field, they are the last resort, they need to be ready at every moment. Having a goalkeeper that you are confident in and can rely on,…
about 2 weeks ago

Specialist

The Groundhog

Warrington Town
Date: Saturday February 20th 2010 Ground: Cantilever Park Comp: Unibond Division One North Match: Warrington Town 3 Prescot Cables 0 HT: 2-0 ATT: 164 McCar…
about a week ago
Northwich Victoria
Date: Monday February 13th 2010 Ground: Victoria Park Comp: Friendly Match: Northwich Vicotria 0 Unirea Urziceni 1 A HT: 0-0 ATT: circa 300 Additional: Entrance £Voluntary Donation, Prog…
about 2 weeks ago
Stalybridge Celtic
Date: Monday December 28th 2009 Ground: Bower Fold Comp: Conference North Match: Stalybridge Celtic A Southport A HT: 0-0 ATT: Abandoned on 85 minutes scorel…
about 2 months ago
Matlock Town
Date: Saturday December 12th 2009 Ground: Causeway Lane Comp: FA Trophy Round One Match: Matlock Town 0 Kidderminster Harriers 2 HT: 0-0 ATT: 460 �…
about 2 months ago
Belper Town
Date: Tuesday December 1st 2009 Ground: Christcurch Meadow Comp: Unibond Div One South (step 4) Match: Belper Town 1 Leek Town 1 HT: 1-0 ATT: 167 …
about 3 months ago

The Referee

Human Fussball
Human Fussball, seen via Soccerblog.com Filed under: Uncategorized
yesterday
Stopping at a Penalty Kick
I came across this post today in my feeds and what a really insightful post on the inconsistency of handing feinting/stopping in the run up at Penalty’s. One of the problems in Football is tha…
yesterday
New Season….well for me
One of the odditys of being a Referee in England is that the Referee year runs from March to Feb not inline with the actual season. So this means that while teams are making that push for honours or…
yesterday
Toaster Arm
Saturdays Contrib game got of to a rapid start with the home site running in to a 2 goal lead inside the first 4 minutes. This seemed to knock the wind out the game as the away side were stunned a…
about 2 days ago
The Sweeper: Laws of the Game Stuck in the Past
The game\’s governing laws body gives no indication it has moved on from its nineteenth century origins. via The Sweeper: Laws of the Game Stuck in the Past. Filed under: Uncategorized
about 2 days ago

Pro Evo Blog

Interfering With Play – Tuesday 9th March 2010
Welcome to this week’s Interfering With Play. I write this watching Arsenal playing some quite delightful football against Porto in the Champions League. Following writing this, I know who I will be…
about 14 hours ago
PES Matters 6th March 2010
With the comments left to last week’s article, I didn’t get much in the response about how we feel about a third competitor in the football genre. Interestingly enough, Ubisoft is going to enter…
about 4 days ago
Interfering With Play – Tuesday 2nd March 2010
Welcome to this week’s Interfering With Play. It does seem at the moment I am making excuses every other week for shorter IWP columns than usual, and this week is no exception. Busy personal lives a…
about a week ago
PES Matters 27th February 2010
I’d like to being this week by answering a few questions asked of me from last week’s comments. Q1: “How can you sit in your chair and say PES2010 is the best installment of PES and then openly…
about 2 weeks ago
Interfering With Play – Tuesday 23rd February 2010
Welcome to this week’s Interfering With Play. I am writing this on Sunday evening this week, so should any outstanding developments occur in the world of PES over the next 48 hours, I assure you it…
about 2 weeks ago

Sport's Maps

Colombia: Categoria Primera A, 2010 season, with a chart of the Colombian all-time champions list, from the professional era, spanning 1948 to 2009-II; and an overview of the El Dorado era (1949-1953).
The El Dorado era in Colombian fútbol (1949-1953)… Football first came to Colombia via British sailors in the Caribbean Sea port city of Barranquilla. Football remained an amateur affair wi…
about a month ago
2009 NCAA Football Rankings- Final AP Poll, Top 10/ (plus a how-to for: Bing.com/maps-Bird’s-Eye satellite view).
To see the full AP Poll (Top 25)l, {click here (SI/CNN.com)}. - On the map, at the far right, top, there is the top 10 listed, along with the result of each team’s bowl game. Also on th…
about 2 months ago
2009-10 FA Cup, Fourth Round Proper (32 clubs).
Notice how odd the map segment above looks without the usual suspects (ie, no Manchester United Red Devils and no Liverpool Reds). And the fact that uber-minnows Accrington Stanley are still alive…
about 2 months ago
2010 Copa Libertadores, map of the 40 clubs in the competition.
2010 Copa Libertadores fixtures {click here (Soccerway.com)}; {click here (wsn.com)}. Defending champions are Argentina’s Estudiantes de La Plata. As holders, they enter the 2010 Copa Liberta…
about 2 months ago
National Hockey League. The start of the second expansion era, 1967-68 season (6 teams added).
The modern era in the National Hockey League began in 1967-68, when the league doubled it’s size from 6 to 12 teams. All 6 expansion teams were grouped together to form the newly created Wester…
about 2 months ago

Football Manager

My Football Manager Story

Oxford United:September 2009
We started off September with a trip to Gravesend to play Ebssfleet. Due to fatigue I was forced to rotate three of the back four players with the exception of Canadian Ross Smith. I was pleased with…
yesterday
Liverpool Story – December 2013, Time For Another Trophy!
Hello everyone and welcome back to my Liverpool story! After a couple of disappointing results in November without the injured Torres, we needed to return to form now he was back. We had a tough month…
about 3 days ago
Notts County Story – March 2015
Hello again dear friends, a new episode of the Notts County Football Manager 2010 story is ready to go live! We were right on track at the end of February, top of the table with a comfortable gap over…
about 3 days ago
Oxford United: August 2009
Hello everyone and welcome friends to the next installment of my new story. The past week has been so busy at work and home I had almost lost the momentum of continuing on. Anyway, here’s what’s h…
about 3 days ago
Notts County Story – February 2015
Hello dear friends and thank you for coming back to read another chapter of the Notts County Football Manager 2010 story. As you know from the previous post we managed to open up a decent gap over sec…
about 4 days ago

The True Football Manager

FM 2010 Patch 10.3
The last patch (numbered 10.3) for Football Manager 2010 was released one week ago - http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php?t=192934Usually they say that Football Manager gets the best quality af…
yesterday
Football Manager 2010: Goals from Corners
You should probably remember from the post First Premier League season came to the end that David Prieto (my DC) became the best Leeds scorer with 8 goals. Today I would like to tell how I achieved th…
about a week ago
Season #4. Expectations and transfers
Welcome to the 4th Leeds United season that is the 2nd in Premier League! Leeds story continues… Expectations and title odds The board was making me a proposition of mid-table finish with $42M for t…
about 2 weeks ago
Season #3 totals: different tournaments
I didn’t plan to make this post but you asked me about that. This is the reason why I am showing you the screenshots of different tournaments in my game. Coca-Cola Championship Huddersfield returned…
about 2 weeks ago
First Premier League season came to the end
It was the long and difficult season. Leeds United visited every position from 12th to 19th as one goes. But it’s fine to feel my team ended at the 13th position at last.Final table and board confid…
about 3 weeks ago

FM 2009 Wordpress

Campeão série B - Football Manager 2008
Calma gente….o Atlético Paranaense foi apenas campeão da série B do Brasileirão aqui no meu Fo
about 4 months ago
Humre humre...
Det er så deilig å sitte oppe sent på kvelden. Det er det som kalles kvalitetstid! Jeg satt oppe til
about 5 months ago
Pelatih (Coach) Training di Football Manager 2009
Pasti banyak teman² yang suka maen Football Manager 2009. Ada satu fitur di FM09 yang mungkin jarang
about 6 months ago
career: random match? 5-0 is something weird!
yea yea, i played 2 more matches this evening, but this one is really bad…i lost 5-0 in a cup
about 7 months ago
career: Aldershot II year
yea yea, i’ve not been playing much on my notebook cause of university and other stuff , today
about 7 months ago

Football Manager Guru

Title Race Heats Up For Wolves
In soccer, anything could happen. One moment you can find yourself being frozen out of the squad, starting on the bench all the time, another moment you find yourself on top of the world, in an unstop…
about 2 hours ago
How To Score From Corners in Football Manager
Why am I writing this post? A while ago, a reader commented on one of my post, asking me to post my setup for corners. I would like to say that I would gladly respond to any request from my readers. T…
about 2 days ago
Wolves Overcome The Odds
This was an extremely important period of time for us. We were leading in the Premiership, we were into the semi-finals of the League Cup. Games are now going to come hard and fast, and me and the boy…
about 4 days ago
A Dramatic Month for Wolves
You know I once read an article as a young boy talking about true champions in soccer. A line in that article has stuck with me ever since. The mark of a championship team, is the ability to win games…
about 6 days ago
Wolves Stays Defiantly In Top 3
Wolves had a couple of bad results this month, but the slump in form was redeemed by an epic performance against Liverpool in the League Cup quarter final. More on that later, Artem Milveskyi continue…
about a week ago