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Cyprus 2 - Greece 0
By: chris |
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According to UEFA, the Greek Super League is more than twice as good as the Cypriot First Division (coefficient ranking of 25.8 to 10.1). Doesn’t matter. First it was Anorthosis, rewarded with a spot in the Group of Holy Shit I Don’t Want To Watch This, who dispatched Olympiacos from Europe, and today saw AC [...]
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Tags: AEK Athens, Anorthosis, Champions League, Cyprus, Europe, Greece, Omonia, UEFA Cup, World FootballRobinho Not Coming, But Chelsea Selling Robinho Shirts Anyway
By: Daryl | 3 Comments
According to Real Madrid, Robinho is going nowhere, and that includes Chelsea. Think it’s safe to say that Real’s failure to sign David Villa from Valencia has a lot to do with it.
Real won’t let Robinho go unless they have a suitable replacement. And so if Robinho fails to arrive at Stamford Bridge, then Chelsea [...]
Category: English Premier LeaguePhoto: Romario’s Toilet
By: chris | 1 Comment
A publication with too much time and too little content has decided to scour the globe for the best restroom areas known to man, and on that list at #20 is one Cafe do Gol. A “soccer-themed restaurant-bar-discotheque complex currently under construction” which is owned by Romario in Rio. On the doors are caricatures of [...]
Category: World FootballPremier League 2008/9 Predictions - Week 3
By: Daryl | 1 Comment
Well, I did get a couple of things right last week, like Daniel Sturridge scoring for Man City. But overall, not so good. Arsenal to beat Fulham? You’d think so, but no.
But maybe third time’s the charm. Here are my predictions for week three in the Premier League.
Category: English Premier League Tags: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Boro, Chelsea, English Premier League, EPL, Everton, Fulham, Hull City, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Portsmouth, predictions, Premiership, Spurs, Stoke City, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, WBA, West Brom, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham, Wigan Athletic, World FootballSerie A 2008/9 Predictions: Week 1
By: chris | 13 Comments
Week one, also known as “throw shit against the wall and see how much sticks”. How will new players adapt? Which young’uns will turn into stars? Will another big club begin a rough year? Will Maurizio Zamparini fire someone before halftime? All questions we need answered which won’t be answered until at the very least [...]
Category: Serie A Tags: Atalanta, Bologna, Cagliari, Calcio, Catania, Chievo, Fiorentina, Genoa, Giornata 1, Internazionale, Juventus, Lazio, Lecce, Milan, Napoli, Palermo, Reggina, Roma, Sampdoria, Serie A, Siena, Torino, Udinese, Week 1, World FootballPoll: 2008 UEFA Super Cup - Do You Care?
By: Daryl | 5 Comments
Tonight is the UEFA Super Cup in Monaco. For the uninitiated, this is a game between the Champions League winners and the UEFA Cup winners. Why? I’m not sure. It’s certainly not to decide the best team in Europe, since the two competitions are so unevenly matched.
Best way to think of it is more like [...]
Category: PollsDaily Dose 08.28.08
By: Daryl | No Comments
Something to read while you hide from Storsjöodjuret the Swedish Sea Monster…
Who’s leaving MLS next? (WVHooligan)
No Team GB in 20120, but maybe a Team Scotland (Leaders We Deserve)
French reaction to Champions League draw (Forums Offside)
Is this Darren Fletcher’s year? (Soccer Training Info)
Sheva’s return, in photos (Serie A Talk)
Optimistic in Amsterdam (Ajax Offside)
China puts a totalitarian [...]
Category: Daily DosePoll: Did SWP Waste His Time at Chelsea?
By: Daryl | 6 Comments
Shaun-Wright Phillips has finally listened to what everyone has been telling him for the last three years and got the hell out of Chelsea. In what feels like an admission that maybe he shouldn’t have gone there in the first place, SWP has rejoined Man City for an undisclosed fee, thought to be around £9 [...]
Category: Polls2008-09 Serie A Table Prediction
By: chris | 8 Comments
The point of predictions is to say something which will cause a lot of argument and chair throwing while everyone who slams said predictions gets it wrong in the end as well. And for anyone who does get it correctly, well, they’re just the luckiest son of a bitch alive. But it’s still a good [...]
Category: World FootballPhoto: Best Team Photo of All-Time
By: chris | 3 Comments
This team pic was brought to attention by Vin over at the Udinese Offside. It’s quite possibly the best and laziest official team photo ever taken. The lighting is such that half the pic is shaded, while the other half - the one with the crew just entering from the dining room - is lit [...]
Category: Photo of the DayMeet Your 2008/9 Champions League Matchball
By: Daryl | 2 Comments
This is the Adidas FINALE 8 ball that will be used in every Champions League game this season. No, not this actual ball - there’s more than one of them. But this model. If you’re viewing this on The Offside front page then click for a larger image.
Hard to say how this ball differs from [...]
Category: Champions LeagueChampions League Group Stage Draw
By: Daryl | 6 Comments
It’s the draw for the Champions League groups stages today, featuring all the big teams like Man Utd, Real Madrid, AS Roma and, er, FC BATE Borisov.
We have a LiveBlog of the draw for you on Champions League Offside so head over there now to see who’s going to be playing who this season.
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Here are [...]
Category: Champions LeagueLive Television is a Bitch
By: chris | 7 Comments
This is Jefferson Louis, a forward for Wrexham. Jefferson is the type of guy whose feet aren’t connected to his brain. Or maybe they are and neither are quite good - he is in Conference North, after all. Well forgetting that whole live television thing, Jeffy slips and turns a regular sports broadcast into a [...]
Category: World FootballIntroducing The Offside and World Cup Blog Forums
By: Daryl | 2 Comments
We’ re very pleased to announce [drumroll please....] the launch of Forums Offside.
We love (most of) the discussion that happen in The Offside and World Cup Blog community and think that a forum is an excellent and logical way to help that community grow further. So Forums Offside is exactly what it sounds like. All [...]
Category: World FootballDaily Dose 08.27.08
By: Daryl | 7 Comments
Something to read while your bank changes your password…
Rapids leave their mark on Bryan Namoff (Behind the Badge)
C-Ron to Real move back on? (Marca)
Old Firm debut for Edu? (Rangers Offside)
Shteve von McKlaijren’s Dutch accshent ish back (101 Great Goals)
Philly’s MLS stadium, take a look (Yanks Soccer)
Welcome back to Europe Old Lady (mCalcio)
Senderos joins the rossoneri [...]
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