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The Business of Football Turned On Its Head
By: chris |
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On January 31, 2008 – a date which will go down in history for the economics of global football – The Court of Arbitration of Sport in Switzerland allowed Andy Webster to sign for Wigan Athletic for the remaining amount Hearts owed him over the life of his contract.
As a result of the decision [...]
Category: World Football
Daily Dose: 1.31.08
By: Martha | No Comments
Stuff to read while you hit the most complicated, most bestest shot in the history of pool…..
Senegal bounced from AFCON, no one wonders why. (World Cup Blog)
Adriano, goal-scoring machine. (Brazil Offside)
Wynalda is officially out. Good riddance. (Red Card)
This is big. Like, Bosman big. (Run of Play)
Maradona: “Erm. Sorry about that whole Hand of God thing.” [...]
How To Get Yourself Transferred 101
By: chris | 3 Comments
(Doesn’t he look a little bit like a Czech Chris Bale from The Machinist there?)
Start yapping to the press on deadline day. David Rozehnal started out the day in the northeast of England by spouting off to the press about how he was looking forward to talk to new boss Kev Keegan about his future [...]
Ballack Considered/Considering Retirement
By: chris | 1 Comment
Back in the summer of ‘06, when Michael Ballack left home to sign for big poundage in London, he said “I hope this will be my last club. I’d like to finish my career here.”, which I suppose led everyone to believe he’d be spending many, many glorious years in Chelski blue. It appears he’s [...]
Beckenbauer Has Opinion, Would Like You To Hear It
By: chris | No Comments
Franz Beckenbauer has decided to use this week to give us all his opinion on two of the biggest names/stories in German fußball which have plagued the presses in recent months. The first was his take on new Bayern Munich gaffer, Jurgen Klinsmann, who will be afforded the opportunity to make his club coaching debut [...]
Category: BundesligaPhoto of the Day: A Piece of the Puzzle
By: Martha | 2 Comments
This is a tiny screencap from an amazing, huge photo of Ghana fans, in color-coordinated support of their team this week. (The whole thing — still only a small segment of the whole body of fans — is here, click to enlarge.)
The Offside Blogging Team can also be found at these Offside blogs:
Roma [...]
Torino = Palermo, Circa 2006
By: Martha | No Comments
Torino — AKA The Team From Turin Not Named Juventus — are a point off the drop zone in Serie A right now. They’ve got 18 points from 20 matches, including a mind-blowing 12 draws, three more than anyone else in Italy. They’re scoring less than a goal/match, and are in absolutely desperate need of [...]
The Best EPL Free Kick Ever?
By: Martha | 7 Comments
Sir Alex Ferguson called Cristiano Ronaldo’s deadball goal against Pompey yesterday “without doubt the best free-kick I’ve seen in the Premier League.” Whether you agree with him or not, it was pretty damn good. (The people at 101 Great Goals, meanwhile, offer 16 alternative “bests” for the purposes of comparison.)
The Offside Blogging Team can also [...]
Coppa Italia: The Kids Are Alright
By: Martha | No Comments
After playing mirror games on the first leg, both having players sent off very early in their matches, Roma and Inter managed to keep 11 men on the pitch this week and both picked up wins, taking another step toward what is becoming an increasingly likely rematch of last year’s final.
Category: Serie AUSMNT Go Preppy
By: Laurie | 27 Comments
I saw this photo of the new US Men’s National Team jersey yesterday and burst out laughing.
Seriously, does this just scream “Tad and Buffy Go to Prep School” or what?
Category: World FootballThe Africa Cup of Nations Situation – Group D
By: Daryl | 1 Comment
Group C was nice and straightforward yesterday: Egypt won and Cameroon won, so Egypt and Cameroon went through. Group D could also be nice and simple today. If Angola and Tunisia play out a draw then they both go to the quarterfinals and that’s that. However, if that game produces a winner (and more importantly [...]
Category: African Cup of NationsJuan and Gionatha, Sittin’ In A Tree
By: chris | No Comments
It was a huge day for Catania, the little club from Sicily who made history by making their first Coppa Italia semifinals. So huge that Juan Manuel Vargas and Gionatha Spinesi decided to share a moment of passion on the field. (We’ll guess it was accidental, but I think Juan puckered. In fact, I’m [...]
Category: Serie ACapello Doesn’t Care What Beckham Wants
By: Martha | 6 Comments
Fabio Capello knows David Beckham as a player — he knows what he can do and obviously respects him, after letting the Englishman work his way back into the Real Madrid team last season, after Capello had said he’d never play for them again, following his zillion dollar contract wth the LA Galaxy. Whether he [...]
Daily Dose: 1.30.08
By: Martha | 3 Comments
Things to read if you survive you effort to prove roach poison perfectly safe by eating it:
The Swiss take pity on England. (The Beautiful Game)
Keegan signs Wright-Phillips! (Back in the Day, via 101 Great Goals)
An early look at the Copa Libertadores. (Soccernet)
The best and worst January buys. (The Telegraph)
Sven wants Elano to suck it up. [...]
PSV Takes Down Ajax
By: chris | 2 Comments
And in the process make a significant dent as they dig their way to a fourth straight Eredivisie title. Despite being lapped in quality scoring chances by the Amsterdammers, PSV did what champions have to do and executed the chances they do get better than the other guy. The 2-0 victory takes PSV 8 points [...]
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