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The Offside Rewind: We didn’t Start the Fire
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* If there is a worse injury than a split scrotum we don’t want to know
* There are blown goals and then there is the worst blown goal ever
* Bow down and kiss the finger of Palermo
* Retro print ads celebrating head butts are cool
* Gender questionable twin mascots on the other hand, not so [...]
Category: World Football
The Impossible Field
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One of the better football commercials to be beamed into our homes this past year was the Impossible Field by Adidas featuring David Beckham, Michael Ballack, Kaka, Raúl González, Jermain Defoe and Javier Saviola. After watching the video above that explains how it was made we like it even more. Originally spotted on [...]
Category: World FootballMido doesn’t have Sol Campbell on his Fantasy Team
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The ancient sport of trash talking has largely gone the way of the Dodo in recent years with football players afraid to ruffle too many feathers and the standard politically correct quotes about respecting opponents and the such filling the papers.
Tottenham forward Mido isn’t playing that game, however. The diminutive player hasn’t done much [...]
Category: English Premier LeagueWeekend Watch: Nice Guys Finish Last
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Some games in the next 48 hours that will make the Beautiful Game exactly that….
Saturday
Arbroath vs. Elgin City FC – Someone has to finish last in Scotland’s third division and this year that someone is a dude named Elgin. Poor guy has zero points from eight matches and faces second place Arbroath on the [...]
Category: World FootballJust another Scuffle between Fans and Airport Security
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Airport security isn’t much of a joking matter these days and it is good to see that security officials in Argentina are cracking down on the biggest threat of them all: fans of rival football teams.
Nine fans of the Argentine club Lanus were arrested Friday morning after scuffling with airport security officials. The fans [...]
Category: South AmericaDaily Dose 09.29
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Some stories to read while you save your air miles for a future space voyage….
* Team forfeits match because no one can find keys to stadium (UEFA Magazine)
* Maybe Crouch should do the Egyptian dance after he scores (Who Ate All the Pies)
* Another day, another Jose Mourinho moment (Soccer Mad in America)
* Is Cristiano [...]
Category: World FootballNo need to print up ‘Free Ben Thatcher’ t-shirts yet
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Manchester City’s resident thug Ben Thatcher will not face any police charges for the elbow he threw against Portsmouth midfielder Pedro Mendes back in August. Police say they have decided not to pursue the matter in part because Mendes asked that the incident be dealt with by the Football Association and not the law [...]
Category: English Premier LeagueHandball: Finger Size Matters in Football
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For a long time now, you’ve probably wondered why you never made it to the big time in football. Why someone like Wayne Rooney was able to go on to stardom, while you are lucky to see playing time in your Sunday league games. It couldn’t be that Mr. Rooney worked harder than [...]
Category: World FootballManchester City Powered by the Wind
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We’re big proponents of wind energy here at The Offside. The hot air that is spouted in our office alone is enough to power an entire city. Maybe that is why we don’t have any big oil companies knocking down our doors to advertise on this site.
Manchester City’s football club is also a [...]
Category: English Premier LeagueFreestyle Football Fun
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Sick Soccer Freestyle – video powered by Metacafe
We remember the first time we were able to juggle a ball ten times. It was just last week. Somehow we don’t think this accomplishment will earn us a spot on a third division Moldovan team or a mention among the Freestyle Football greats, but some [...]
Category: World FootballDaily Dose 09.28
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Some stories to read while you start growing your fingernails….
* That guy named Drogba is in the Pele zone (Soccer-Weblog)
* The Chicago Fire add to their trophy case, Landon adds words to our vocabulary (My Soccer Blog)
* Cheerleaders and soccer go together like tequila and debauchery (Deadspin)
* The Spanish side with the best shot in [...]
Category: World FootballFan for a Match: Moroka Swallows
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When we first started our Fan for a Match feature we were bright eyed and bushy tailed. We woke up early every Thursday morning eager to announce the team we had selected to support that week. We were young and naïve and thought that we might be able to lift up downtrodden teams [...]
Category: AfricaTen Years of Arsene Wegner
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is getting his moment in the sun as this week marks the tenth anniversary at the London club. We’ve always wondered why 10th, 20th, 30th, etc anniversaries are more important than, say, a 7th or 19th, but regardless, sticking for ten years with the same Premiership side is an accomplishment [...]
Category: English Premier LeagueCrouch’s Flying Overhead Robot Dance Goal Lifts Liverpool
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Peter Crouch used all 25 feet of his legs to connect on an overhead goal that turned out to be the game winner in Liverpool’s 3-2 win over Galatasaray in Champions League on Wednesday. Now you know what a windmill looks like turned on its side. The goal in the 52nd minute was [...]
Category: Champions LeagueFinal Judgment: Spying on a Referee is not in the ‘Spirit of the Sport’
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Before today, we were kind of 50-50 on the whole matter of spying on referees. Part of us thought it would be fun to bug their phones, hire private investigators to follow them and covertly take photos of them as they go about their every day lives. The other part of us, the [...]
Category: Serie A
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