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Daily Dose: 07.31.08
By: Laurie |
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Some news to read as you enjoy humor from as far back as 1900 B.C.
Bundesliga news, including the scoop on the new BILD in English. Which, Jan tells us, brings nudity, nudity and boobs. (But of course we at The Offside read it for the articles.) (Bundesliga Offside)
And while we’re at [...]
Category: World FootballSuperLiga Semis: Brawls, Bad Calls, Bad Attitudes and an All-MLS Final
By: Laurie | 8 Comments
US teams do not like to lose to Mexican teams. Mexican teams do not like to lose to US teams. As it was, is, and shall be, world without end, amen. And this was never more obvious than on Tuesday and Wednesday nights during the two SuperLiga semifinals, first when Houston [...]
Category: World FootballMore Trouble for Joey Barton (So We Have More Web Comics Making Fun of Him)
By: Daryl | No Comments
Good news for one man violence machine Joey Barton: he was released from prison recently.
Bad news for one man violence machine Joey Barton: the English FA have charged him with violent conduct for what he did to Ousmane Dabo’s face.
Not sure if the FA had to wait until the Bart man was out of clink [...]
Category: English Premier League£15 million for David Bentley? Why Are Englishmen So Expensive?
By: Daryl | 9 Comments
You’ve likely heard by now that Spurs have signed David Bentley from Blackburn for £15 million. Good move for the player, but that’s a big chunk of change for a right winger with a lot to prove.
EPL Talk have already asked: “is Bentley worth £15 million?” The answer is of course no. Which is the [...]
Category: English Premier LeagueFootball Fan Suing Ex-President for “Mental Torment”
By: Daryl | 2 Comments
Alexander Tomov is not a popular man with CSKA Sofia fans. Under his stewardship, CSKA’s finances got so messy that the club were denied entry to this seasons Champions League. In an almost definitely related matter, the former club president has been charged with embezzlement, after £2.5 million went missing from the club’s account.
Tomov had [...]
Category: EuropeDaily Dose 07.30.08
By: Laurie | 1 Comment
Some news to read as you go to a party to marry off your children:
Cuauhtemoc Blanco’s punishment for the headbutt, gut punch, eye gouge and all that other stuff? A two-year ban. From the US Open Cup. (Golly. That’ll teach him.) (WV Hooligan)
Gazza to Newcastle? Seriously? (The Newcastle United [...]
Category: World FootballHouston Dynamo’s Craig Waibel Equals 63 yard NFL Field Goal Record
By: Daryl | 8 Comments
You read that right. Dynamo defender Craig Waibel equalled the NFL record 63 yard field goal while kicking with the Houston Texans for charity. OK, so it wasn’t a game situation and no one was rushing him (or whatever you call it, I don’t really understand NFL to be honest) but it’s still impressive. Texans [...]
Category: North AmericaPhoto of the Day: Frolicking Across the Field…Together
By: Laurie | 3 Comments
Oh, the happy preseason. A time for fun. A time for laughter. A time for sunshine.
A time for silly drills where you skip across the field, holding hands with your teammates, grinning self-consciously as you think:
“Oh, bollocks. I can hear the ‘Brokeback Mountain’ jokes already.”
(Thanks, Kickette!)
Category: World FootballMartin O’Neill Sees The Matrix
By: Daryl | 4 Comments
I think Martin O’Neill might be a genius. It looked for all the world like Gareth Barry was leaving Aston Villa to go and play for Liverpool: Barry wanted to go, and Rafa Benitez wanted to sign him. And, as Peter Kenyon (of all people) pondered recently that almost always results in a transfer, no [...]
Category: English Premier LeagueMark Bosnich is Back!
By: Daryl | 3 Comments
If you’re overweight and bankrupt, then what better solution than a return to professional football? You get lots of exercise, and the money’s pretty damn good. Even in the A-League.
Ex-Villa, Man Utd and Chelsea keeper (and, we might add, ex-cocaine fiend) Mark Bosnich tried the big comeback last season at 35 years old, but his [...]
Category: Australia
Tags: A-League, Aston Villa, Australia, Central Coast Mariners, Chelsea, Danny Vukovic, Man Utd, Mark Bosnich, QPRDaily Dose 07.29.08
By: Laurie | No Comments
Some news to read as you drink your fizzy eel drink. (The best part of this article? This sentence:
In Japan the demand for eel is so high that the country has been hit by a number of eel fraud cases.
Visualizing posters in the post offices: WANTED: Eel Fraud!) [...]
Category: World FootballPhoto of the Day: Andriy! You’ve Picked Up a Tan!
By: Laurie | 8 Comments
Picked this up, complete with caption, over at the generally extremely accurate Yahoo photo site. But even the best strike out once in awhile.
Either that or Chelsea’s Andriy Shevchenko has been vacationing with ManU’s Cristiano Ronaldo and picking up some tanning tips.
(I believe that the #39 would actually be the player who most breaks [...]
Category: Photo of the DayRobbie Keane to Liverpool “An Enforced Sale”
By: Daryl | 10 Comments
Wow. Spurs chairman Daniel Levy wasn’t in the mood to put any positive spin on losing Robbie Keane to Liverpool for (up to) £20.3 million. Normally clubs release press statements saying “the deal represented good value for us going forward” or some other such bullshit, but here’s what Levy said:
“I have already made my opinion [...]
Category: English Premier LeagueDaily Dose 07.28.08
By: Laurie | 2 Comments
Some news to read as you purchase a tank “for shopping and day trips”:
What happens when New Zealand soccer goes wild (The Beautiful Game)
Reflections on beautiful dancers, the Beach Soccer final, and why FIFA is the best gig in the world (Bill Archer)
This photo made me laugh out loud. (Two play footie, one plays/played [...]
Category: World FootballLook Out, Barton’s About!
By: Daryl | 2 Comments
That headline is only funny if you grew up watching Jeremy Beadle’s semi-legendary hidden camera show on ITV in the UK. And even then it’s only borderline.
But it is true. Joey Barton was released from prison today and Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan has - rightly or wrongly - decided to give the Bart man a [...]
Category: English Premier League
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