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/two-premier-league-debuts-end-in-red-cards.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/two-premier-league-debuts-end-in-red-cards.html#comments Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:24:41 +0000 Rob http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/two-premier-league-debuts-end-in-red-cards.html Big game of the day was in the Premier League and was undoubtedly an eventful one at Anfield as Liverpool hosted Arsenal. It finished 1-1, which doesn’t even begin to tell the whole story. Liverpool for long spells looked the better side, but had Joe Cole sent off just before half time, for a clumsy [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/two-premier-league-debuts-end-in-red-cards.html/feed 7 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/is-loyalty-no-longer-a-requirement-for-captains.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/is-loyalty-no-longer-a-requirement-for-captains.html#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:20:03 +0000 Sarah http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/is-loyalty-no-longer-a-requirement-for-captains.html Over the summer, we have seen a tremendous number of captains publicly declare that they no longer wish to wear the jersey of the team they lead.  And I’m not talking about Raul here (I’m certain he would have worn the Real Madrid jersey his whole career if they wanted him).  I’m talking about the [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/is-loyalty-no-longer-a-requirement-for-captains.html/feed 17 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/leagues/england/english-premiership/cesc-fabregas-juggles-a-fireball.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/cesc-fabregas-juggles-a-fireball.html#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 14:00:04 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/cesc-fabregas-juggles-a-fireball.html I have two questions: 1. Does Nike know that’s Cesc Fucking Fabregas? 2. What do you think Arsene thought when he saw this? I can’t imagine he has yet, because he surely would’ve died of a massive heart attack. I understand they took all the proper safety precautions and all that – but this kid is a veritable [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/cesc-fabregas-juggles-a-fireball.html/feed 6 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/photo-of-the-day-not-in-time.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/photo-of-the-day-not-in-time.html#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:53:02 +0000 Laurie http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/photo-of-the-day-not-in-time.html Arsenal’s Cesc Fabregas just can’t quite reach Sami Hyypia’s header, and goalkeeper Manuel Almunia can only watch the ball go by. The goal put an end to Arsenal’s early lead. Liverpool moves on to the Champions League semifinals after winning the game 4-2, 5-3 on aggregate. (Photo: PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images) ]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/photo-of-the-day-not-in-time.html/feed 4