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The Offside Rewind: Keep your head in the game
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Opening up a can of whoop ass
Tinkering with the Champions League
A pity it was less than half full for a fun game
A player who earned his red card..and 22-game suspension
A yet to be constructed home for a yet to be named team
Klinsi to the rescue
May his spirit live on
Thank you all for joining me on […]
Category: World Football
Tags: Closing the window on the transfer season
By: Bob | 1 Comment
The clock it ticking for teams the world over to make their final transfer moves. The summer transfer window closes at the end of Friday and will not open again until January. We’ve all had enough of the fresh air. If you were expecting huge blockbuster last minute moves than more likely […]
Category: World FootballIt pays to look like a hooligan, but not to be one
By: Bob | 4 Comments
I’m willing to guess that most of us couldn’t pick former NHL hockey player Pavel Bure out of a crowd even if he was wearing a jersey with his name on the back of it. The instinct would be to look for a guy with a mullet, fake teeth and a worn down body. […]
Category: World FootballWeekend Watch: A bad time for a nap
By: Bob | 5 Comments
It is a three-day weekend in the United States and the unofficial end of summer. Where did it go? If was all just an alcohol-induced haze interspersed with tabloid stories about the Beckham family. Ah, the memories. As we move towards autumn we approach the most active part of the football […]
Category: World FootballSparta Prague player accused of giving Nazi salute
By: Bob | 15 Comments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoCfjlCHh8s
Sparta Prague midfielder Pavel Horvath is facing the scrutiny of the Czech football federation after being accused of giving a Nazi salute to his club’s fans in the closing seconds of a match against Viktoria Zizkov. “It is a big misunderstanding,” Horvath said. “I am really not a fascist.” The club, whose fans […]
Preston Manager wants Elvis to leave the building
By: Bob | 1 Comment
With just one point from three games English League Championship side Preston North End are off to a slow start this season. They have also gotten off to a slow start in games. Their manager Paul Simpson wants to do something about it.
Daily Dose 08.31.07
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Some stories to read while you trick your rivals into doing something stupid….
The ball boy saves a goal (Brazil Offside)
Arsenal players gettin’ it on (FanHouse)
They don’t make nicknames like they used to (Some People are on the Pitch)
Ganea gets 22 games for attacking the linesman (Reuters)
Maccabi Tel Aviv fans demonstrate their own stupidity (Ynet)
The hard […]
Category: World FootballThe Offside Fantasy League: When to Hold ‘em, When to Fold ‘em
By: Daryl | 3 Comments
Managing a team in The Offside Fantasy League is a lot like gambling. To quote Kenny Rogers, you’ve got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em. Because the only things worse than having a player not scoring you any points is dropping a player who wasn’t scoring you any points, only […]
Weight loss dilemma: Three hours of sex or supporting your team for 90 minutes?
By: Bob | 4 Comments
Over the years there have been some truly bizarre weight loss plans like the one where you are supposed eat nothing but bacon for months. There’s also the diet plan of the WAGs where you eat a Tic Tac every fifth day. All of these plans wouldn’t be needed if instead of sitting […]
Boot, Boot, Boot the ball gently down the river…
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pWoH9KfYIY
As we continue to chronicle every possible variation of soccer in the universe, this week takes us to the bucolic town of Bourton-on-the-Water in the Cotswolds in England where every summer for a century the players from the Bourton Rovers Football Club have strapped on their boots and have participated in a football match in […]
Category: World FootballCommence calling them Arsenalski
By: Bob | 3 Comments
You thought that Arsenal were done keeping up with the cool kids when they brought on an American investor earlier this year, but they’ll see your American investor and raise you a rich Russian. The club’s former chairman David Dein has sold his 15% of the club to a company headed by the Russian […]
Player Arrested for Punching Referee at Senior Citizens Soccer Game
By: Bob | 1 Comment
From time to time on this little ol’ blog we have brought you stories of soccer parents gone mad at youth soccer games. In an effort to avoid being labled “ageist”, today we bring you the story of the man pictured to the left. That is Amador Yankenes. You don’t want to […]
Category: World FootballThe 2008 Champions League Draw is set
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The little balls were all shiny, the men in suits looked like they hadn’t missed a plate of dessert in years and the excitement was almost palpable on the air conditioned stage in Monaco. The draw for the group stages of the 2008 Champions League took place on Thursday with all the perfectly scripted […]
Zat Knight begins his Aston Villa career with a Drug Bust
By: Bob | 2 Comments
Defender Zat Knight sat at a press conference on Wednesday and dutifully answered questions from the assembled media. One question that was not asked of Aston Villa’s new signing was what he did earlier in the day. If such a question were posed, he would have responded that he was at a jail […]
Daily Dose 08.30.07
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Some stories to read while you make like Houdini….
Platini doesn’t like the money grubbin’ Yanks (Oh, You Beauty)
The Beckham effect on the official MLS Website (PR Newswire)
Gretna are on fire (Daily Record)
Zidane, Essien and Gerrard are on the same team (South Manchester Reporter)
Never wear a pink Shirt in goal (Northwest Evening Mail)
More River Plate fan […]
Category: World Football
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