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/truth-in-advertising.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/truth-in-advertising.html#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 17:57:18 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/truth-in-advertising.html So French football was hit with something of a scandal last year with the whole ‘underage hooker’ thing and a few of its higher profile players. Only a few, if that, which rose to the surface. And granted, architectural Europe is not lacking for women in the nude in any way, therefore the percentages of [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/truth-in-advertising.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/table-football-now-living-the-high-life.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/table-football-now-living-the-high-life.html#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 14:17:09 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/table-football-now-living-the-high-life.html Fairly sure the antithesis of ‘luxury’ is ‘table football’ (fussball, foosball, etc, etc). In fact it really just screams ‘dirty pub’ and ‘college’ more than anything. A revolution. What’s been missing in your modern, elegant, design-conscious living space all these years? A table which looks like a five-star UEFA stadium. They start at €48,500. And you thought South [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/table-football-now-living-the-high-life.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-kazakh-nigel-de-jong.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-kazakh-nigel-de-jong.html#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 12:01:53 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-kazakh-nigel-de-jong.html In order to escape the now nauseating tentacles of El Clasico and its death grip on global media, we must head off to footy paradise – the Kazakh second division. Right. You may remember the current posterchild for rude behavior on a football pitch, Nigel De Jong, and his Karate Kid tackle on Real Madrid Spain [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-kazakh-nigel-de-jong.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/france-accused-of-ethnic-quota.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/france-accused-of-ethnic-quota.html#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:28:15 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/france-accused-of-ethnic-quota.html Should these allegations prove true, the French Football Federation is in for heaps and heaps of trouble, one might expect. A report was released detailing that the FFF supposedly imposed an “ethnic quota” on club trainees, meaning that no club could have more than 30% of those 12 or older to be of Arab or African [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/france-accused-of-ethnic-quota.html/feed 5 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/heineken-launches-starplayer-champions-league-game.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/heineken-launches-starplayer-champions-league-game.html#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:07:09 +0000 Andy Slater http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/heineken-launches-starplayer-champions-league-game.html Heineken today launches their groundbreaking StarPlayer app which lets you play along live with Champions League games. And readers of The Offside have an exclusive chance to get involved]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/heineken-launches-starplayer-champions-league-game.html/feed 2 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/futebol-finances-100-best-paychecks-2011.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/futebol-finances-100-best-paychecks-2011.html#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:17:32 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/futebol-finances-100-best-paychecks-2011.html Did you know that if you Google Image ‘euros’, somewhere on that page manifests a picture of Michael Schumacher? Is this how one knows you’ve really made it? When you face is interchangeable for money? I can’t quite think of a more apt description of ‘making it’. A fitting photo, as Futebol Finance, one of the few [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/futebol-finances-100-best-paychecks-2011.html/feed 4 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/ajax-fans-cheer-for-feyenoord-apocalypse-forthcoming.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/ajax-fans-cheer-for-feyenoord-apocalypse-forthcoming.html#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2011 12:00:00 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/ajax-fans-cheer-for-feyenoord-apocalypse-forthcoming.html As we slip ‘n slide into squeaky bum time, we also enter into the portion of the season where the pitch is equally as important as the video board. And often, we’ll see the crowd erupt when nothing of note has happened on the pitch, but rather something of note has happened down the road [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/ajax-fans-cheer-for-feyenoord-apocalypse-forthcoming.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-football-life-no-match-for-pot-farming.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-football-life-no-match-for-pot-farming.html#comments Fri, 22 Apr 2011 17:01:57 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-football-life-no-match-for-pot-farming.html Many dream of life a professional athlete and all the perks it offers. Money, fame and success, if the perception, and though not all make Beckham money, even those on the fringes often live a very comfortable life. Not sure how many people dream of running a pot farm (some, surely). Or would choose to arguably [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-football-life-no-match-for-pot-farming.html/feed 2 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/according-to-espn-footy-pays-well.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/according-to-espn-footy-pays-well.html#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:00:20 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/according-to-espn-footy-pays-well.html ESPN The Mag has a special issue on newstands right now, and they’re speaking the international language: scrilla. What they’ve done is taken the salary – or guesstimated income – of all the top athletes in the world to determine the highest earners in each of 182 countries. The mere concept is interesting and the list [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/according-to-espn-footy-pays-well.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/team-dubai-invades-madrid.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/team-dubai-invades-madrid.html#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:00:20 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/team-dubai-invades-madrid.html There’s been speculation that the Royal Emirates Group was in the market for a little La Liga, and would be snapping up a club rather shortish. The good money was on Real Zaragoza and the best money was on a ridiculous name change to ‘Team Dubai’, which sounds like a modern cartoon in which the [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/team-dubai-invades-madrid.html/feed 2