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/fifa-forms-the-three-wise-men.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/fifa-forms-the-three-wise-men.html#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:42:01 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/fifa-forms-the-three-wise-men.html Unwisely. Football’s in rough shape. FIFA’s corrupt. Sepp was relected. You can’t seemingly go a day without match-fixing allegations. And we’re still dealing with So FIFA is going about cleaning up the game with a panel of “wise men”. They began with Johan Cruyff, which is all good and well. Then it went down hill. They then [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/fifa-forms-the-three-wise-men.html/feed 1 http://www.theoffside.com/daily-dose/daily-dose-april-12th-2011.html http://www.theoffside.com/daily-dose/daily-dose-april-12th-2011.html#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:30:34 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/daily-dose/daily-dose-april-12th-2011.html No hops should count twice. Top scorers by confederation. (<a href="“>The Best Eleven) Horror words. (Studs Up) Cruyff totally causing problems. (ESPN) Life with the Barra Barra. (Total Soccer Show) Can’t come back from this. (Dirty Tackle) Making history. (IBWM) Walking the tightrope. (La Liga Loca) ]]> http://www.theoffside.com/daily-dose/daily-dose-april-12th-2011.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/daily-dose/daily-dose-april-4th-2011.html http://www.theoffside.com/daily-dose/daily-dose-april-4th-2011.html#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 01:24:11 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/daily-dose/daily-dose-april-4th-2011.html Nice pitch, better free kick. This is petty. And awesome. (Dirty Tackle) How precocious. (Rafa Honigstein) Life with Mixu. (Nordic Football News) Don’t fight the Johan. (Back Page Football) Still goin’ strong. (The DA) Tee contest better by the week. (Twitter) The Rooney Rules. (Left Back In The Changing Room) ]]> http://www.theoffside.com/daily-dose/daily-dose-april-4th-2011.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/daily-dose/daily-dose-september-28th-2010.html http://www.theoffside.com/daily-dose/daily-dose-september-28th-2010.html#comments Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:03:51 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/daily-dose/daily-dose-september-28th-2010.html This referee may or may not have had his whistle jammed somewhere unpleasant after the game – goal called off. He had it coming: a Sam Allardyce gallery. (Guardian) Going on the attack with another defender in Barcelona. (Jonathan Wilson) Holy football. (In Bed With Maradona) Chelsea be clubbin’. (Chelsea Offside) Chatting up Arsene Wenger. (Avoiding The Drop) Men in the [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/daily-dose/daily-dose-september-28th-2010.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/soundoff-the-greatest-5-a-side-team-of-all-time.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/soundoff-the-greatest-5-a-side-team-of-all-time.html#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:00:22 +0000 Daryl http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/soundoff-the-greatest-5-a-side-team-of-all-time.html In honour of the FA Umbro Fives national 5-a-side competition happening in England (with a final played at Wembley, no less) I’ve had a go at selecting the greatest 5-a-side team of all time, using players past or present. So one goalkeeper, four outfield players, two subs, one manager, all combining to make one unbeatable [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/soundoff-the-greatest-5-a-side-team-of-all-time.html/feed 6 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/dutch-eredivisie/johan-cruyffs-brilliant-goal-for-ajax-or-a-jacks.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/dutch-eredivisie/johan-cruyffs-brilliant-goal-for-ajax-or-a-jacks.html#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:16:41 +0000 Daryl http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/dutch-eredivisie/johan-cruyffs-brilliant-goal-for-ajax-or-a-jacks.html I’ve put some effort in and tried to work out exactly when Johan Cruyff scored this incredible two touch goal. It’s definitely for Ajax and against ADO Den Haag, and so may be the 1972 KNVB Cup Final which Ajax won 3-2. Equally, it could be a random Eredivisie game. If you know for sure, [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/dutch-eredivisie/johan-cruyffs-brilliant-goal-for-ajax-or-a-jacks.html/feed 6 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/offside-rewind-lets-be-friends.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/offside-rewind-lets-be-friends.html#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00:38 +0000 Daryl http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/offside-rewind-lets-be-friends.html Seven stories from The Offside and World Cup Blog this week: Nominate your player/manager football ubermen Gigi’s Buffon’s incredible Champions League save Ballon d’Or or FIFA World Player of the Year: Which is shinier? Norwegian homage to Brazilian airport ad The return of Johan Cruyff. To Catalonia. Stephen Appiah: No longer just an international footballer Hatem Ben Arfa is an [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/offside-rewind-lets-be-friends.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/better-flying-kick-cruijff-or-cantona.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/better-flying-kick-cruijff-or-cantona.html#comments Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:30:24 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/better-flying-kick-cruijff-or-cantona.html We thank The Guardian, who thank Zlatan Ibrahimovic for reminding them, for reminding us of this goal, scored by one Hendrik Johannes Cruijff. A guy who once did some things way back when. Certainly one of the greatest goals ever, but is it the greatest flying kick football has ever seen? Many will say yes, [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/better-flying-kick-cruijff-or-cantona.html/feed 7 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/weekend-quiz-answers-who-were-those-legends.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/weekend-quiz-answers-who-were-those-legends.html#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:00:44 +0000 Laurie http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/weekend-quiz-answers-who-were-those-legends.html First, if you haven’t yet done our Weekend Quiz, stop by this post to see if you can identify our players. So who were the international legends in my quiz? Every one of them was guessed by someone among our readership, but all of them were not guessed by any one person. [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/weekend-quiz-answers-who-were-those-legends.html/feed 4 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/great-example-of-that-trick-penalty-thingy-with-no-name.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/great-example-of-that-trick-penalty-thingy-with-no-name.html#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 01:09:37 +0000 Daryl http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/great-example-of-that-trick-penalty-thingy-with-no-name.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5bVaTuxN-g This is a nice little penalty manoeuvre from Brazil, scored by two América players against Ideal. From the spot, Euller flicks the ball forward to Douglas, who appears from off camera to roll the ball home. Nicely done. It’s certainly better than the Robert Pires/Thierry Henry disaster in 2005. More successful attempts from Rik Coppens and later [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/great-example-of-that-trick-penalty-thingy-with-no-name.html/feed 7