http://www.theoffside.com League Football, Soccer News and Views from Around the World Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/whod-make-your-ideal-five-a-side-team.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/whod-make-your-ideal-five-a-side-team.html#comments Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:52:29 +0000 Rob http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/whod-make-your-ideal-five-a-side-team.html Perhaps one of the reasons for my supposed illiteracy (see comments, here), is that I spend an awful lot of my time in front of my Xbox (it rots your brains or something). I love football games. In fact at University, I think I spent more hours playing PES 6 than I did doing my [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/whod-make-your-ideal-five-a-side-team.html/feed 31 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-offside-100-2000-09-the-results.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-offside-100-2000-09-the-results.html#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:03:35 +0000 Rob http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-offside-100-2000-09-the-results.html Last week, I asked you to vote for you favourite 20 players of the decade, here in this very post, are the Top 100 players of the last 10 years, voted for by you, the readers and bloggers of the offside. First thing I want to say is thank you, everyone for the absolutely amazing response [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-offside-100-2000-09-the-results.html/feed 25 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/sheva-and-nine-other-reputation-ruining-transfers.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/sheva-and-nine-other-reputation-ruining-transfers.html#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:49:44 +0000 Rob http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/sheva-and-nine-other-reputation-ruining-transfers.html So Shevchenko has finally ended his Chelsea nightmare and rejoined Dynamo Kiev. Once the most feared striker in the world, he never really made an impact at Chelsea, which is a shame because it has tainted his once fearsome reputation, and he seemed to deal with the whole situation with some dignity. Regardless, there is [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/sheva-and-nine-other-reputation-ruining-transfers.html/feed 4 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/ballon-dor-point-total-make-frank-ribery-unhappy.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/ballon-dor-point-total-make-frank-ribery-unhappy.html#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:39:04 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/ballon-dor-point-total-make-frank-ribery-unhappy.html The Ballon d’Or is nothing if not a lightning rod for controversy and year-long verbal sparring matches with inflatable gloves. Yes, some deserving players win it. Others not so deserving also win it. In short, it’s like nearly every other award handed out by any other organization in the world. But perhaps worth the debate is [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/ballon-dor-point-total-make-frank-ribery-unhappy.html/feed 15 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/serie-a/luciano-moggi-somehow-stoops-to-a-lower-level.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/serie-a/luciano-moggi-somehow-stoops-to-a-lower-level.html#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:50:40 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/serie-a/luciano-moggi-somehow-stoops-to-a-lower-level.html There are a few things all Italians can agree on when it comes to calcio. One is obviously the Azzurri. Another is that they’d all have Gianluigi Buffon’s babies, which is kind of a subcategory of the first one, but worthy of its own statement regardless. And yet another is that everyone despises Luciano Moggi, [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/serie-a/luciano-moggi-somehow-stoops-to-a-lower-level.html/feed 4 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/serie-a/derby-ditalia-serie-a-is-exciting-again.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/serie-a/derby-ditalia-serie-a-is-exciting-again.html#comments Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:31:03 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/serie-a/derby-ditalia-serie-a-is-exciting-again.html It’s quite strange to consider the Derby d’Italia just that these days, as the two clubs represented are one which has worn the lone black eye (just or not) for Calciopoli and another which stands a very good chance of donating zero Italians to Roberto Donadoni’s Swissaustria squad this summer. Not to mention the Derby [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/serie-a/derby-ditalia-serie-a-is-exciting-again.html/feed 8 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/serie-a/feeling-extra-romantic-get-hitched-with-the-bianconeri.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/serie-a/feeling-extra-romantic-get-hitched-with-the-bianconeri.html#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:00:25 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/serie-a/feeling-extra-romantic-get-hitched-with-the-bianconeri.html It’s often said that women have been planning their wedding day since their days as a young girl. You know, the big wedding in the big church with thousands of people and flowers growing out of the pews and a gorgeous dress and some guy who can whisk them off to fairy tale land and [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/serie-a/feeling-extra-romantic-get-hitched-with-the-bianconeri.html/feed 7 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/photo-of-the-day-watching-it-go-by.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/photo-of-the-day-watching-it-go-by.html#comments Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:03:58 +0000 Laurie http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/photo-of-the-day-watching-it-go-by.html The guy on the ground? Pablo Daniel Osvaldo, after delivering the winning goal. Juventus keeper Gianluigi Buffon can only watch as it flies by him and into the net. (Heehee. I hate Buffon. Don’t know why. A repressed memory somewhere? Maybe something to do with…World Cup? Final? [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/photo-of-the-day-watching-it-go-by.html/feed 4 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/you-say-who-is-the-6th-best-keeper-in-the-world.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/you-say-who-is-the-6th-best-keeper-in-the-world.html#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:00:38 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/you-say-who-is-the-6th-best-keeper-in-the-world.html With 2007 getting further and further down the road in the rear view, more time for analysis has been allowed, but it doesn’t seem to have helped any. IFFHS, which is basically an acronym for “statistical everything”, has come out with their annual listing of the best keeper in the world for last year, which [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/you-say-who-is-the-6th-best-keeper-in-the-world.html/feed 11 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/serie-a/10-things-we-learned-about-serie-a-this-weekend.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/serie-a/10-things-we-learned-about-serie-a-this-weekend.html#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:00:25 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/serie-a/10-things-we-learned-about-serie-a-this-weekend.html A new installment in the weekly “10 Things We Learned About…” series. This one of the Italian variety. 1. Antonio Cassano is a train wreck. No, this is not a revolutionary discovery which is followed by a loud exclamation of “eureka!”. But this time Antonio somehow managed to bring himself to a whole new level by throwing [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/serie-a/10-things-we-learned-about-serie-a-this-weekend.html/feed 7