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Monthly Archives: September 2006
Mein Herz schlägt für Fußball
The ad is not very impressive, but the message against racism is good to see.
Brazil – Lebanon : Football for peace
Brazil president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has suggested that Brazil should play another peace match, this time in...
Developing the game in Berlin
The first-ever joint technical conference between UEFA and FIFA regarding matters involving the game ended in Berlin today. The...
Jack Warner in FIFA enquiry
Fifa’s vice-president, Jack Warner may face expulsion from football’s world governing body for his role in the World Cup...
Ballack: Just one of Mourinho’s minions in the Chelsea ranks
Der Spiegel has a great article on how Jose Mourinho strips away your ego as a player and makes...
Ballack scores for Chelsea against Werder Bremen
Michael Ballack opened his account for Chelsea by scoring a penalty kick. It must have been good old times...
Aragones has two days to decide
Spain coach Luis Aragones said he wouldn’t resign despite his team’s humiliating 3-2 defeat to Northern Ireland . “I...
Video: Tyrone Mears saves the day for West Ham
The highlight of the match between Aston Villa vs West Ham. Petrov was robbed of a goal by an...
West Ham vs Aston Villa: Carlitos magic
The moment we were all waiting for came when Alan Pardew finally brought out Carlos Tevez, in the 61st...
Video: Euro 2008, N.Ireland vs Spain, 3-2, David Healy all the way!
8+ minutes but worth every minute. Watch Leeds United striker, David Healy’s hat trick and see Aragones looking like...
Video: David Healy punishes the Three Lions
Sven Goran’s team stumbles against Northern Ireland and David Healy. Check out the goal and the celebrations!
Oligarkh: The movie on Boris Berezovsky or Platon Elenin
A movie loosely based on Boris Berezovsky who changed his name to Platon Elenin based on a character called...
Guus Hiddink: Not an impressive debut against Croatia
The Roman Abramovich bankrolled Guus Hiddink era began in less than spectacular style as Russia was held to a...
Sergio Aragones to be sacked: Spain crashes out against N.Ireland
The rumblings begin. Spain’s woes keep getting worse, a downward spiral that began in the World Cup, after getting...
Good news for Chelsea: Roman Abramovich becomes richer
Looks like all those high priced football players will keep coming to Chelsea. Here is why >>
Video: Scotland 2, Lithuania 1
Scotland has six points. Next stop, France! Read this well-written piece from the Scotsman >>
Video: Andy Johnson’s 3rd goal against Liverpool
A comedy of errors by Pepe Reina! Everton beats Liverpool, 3-0. Correction: That was Andy Johnson’s 2nd goal, Everton’s...
Goal Dreams
“Goal Dreams,” a documentary that follows Palestine’s national soccer team as it prepares for a key match in an...
Video: Andy Johnson debut for Everton….. and scores
Watch this kid. He will score more than 15 goals for Everton this season. He already has three.
Brad Friedel: The best goalkeeper in the Premiership
Brad Friedel, Petr Cech, or Paul Robinson? I would bet my money on Brad Friedel everytime. This weekend he...
The best new signing in the Premiership so far?
Andy Johnson, Everton’s new signing from Crystal Palace Portsmouth, Everton, and Aston Villa in the top 5 of the...
Arsenal and Tottenham: Bitter rivals are having a bit of a tough go
The Emirates stadium is not proving to be too lucky for the Gunners. They managed a draw with Middlesborough,...
Football consortiums: Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano, players as bait
In South America, it is quite common for football players to be owned not just by their club but...
South Africa Will Not Host the World Cup
We’ve been hearing reports about the violence in South Africa from our readers for some time now. It seems...
The Villians of Soccer
Alex sends us this link to the “Villains of Soccer”… What do you think?
Blackburn Rover gets black eye
Wayne Rooney is making the news again – this time for fisticuffs in an upscale restuarant in Manchester.The fight...
Socceroos in the desert
The Socceroos lost 2 – 0 to Kuwait in an Asian...
The West Ham buyout: Kommersant partners, Kia Joorabchian, Badri Patarkatsishvili, and Boris Berezovsky
“Hey Badri, let’s get Kia to go after West Ham.” So it’s finally come to this. A wanted criminal,...
Video: England 1, Macedonia 0
The beanpole scores! 🙂
Who is Aldo Simoncini ?
Aldo Simoncini is the hapless San Marino goalkeeper who let in 13 goals in the Euro qualifier against Germany...
Video: France 3 Italy 1, Les Bleus over the Azzurris
This result should put beyond doubt that France was the better team in the World Cup too. It also...
Iraqi soccer player kidnapped
Ghanim Ghudayer, 22, a member of Iraq’s Olympic team and a star on Baghdad’s Air Force Club, was kidnapped...
Germany 13 San Marino 0
Germany bullied its way through against hapless San Marino, scoring at will, in a record setting spree 13-0. This...
France proves they are more than Zidane: France 3 Italy 1
France did not need Zidane with Sidney Govou It was as we suspected. Italy won the World Cup because...
Video: Brazil 2, Wales 0
Brazil still has a long way to go, despite what Dunga may be saying… This ain’t no team yet!...
Sol Campbell on Racism
This Kick It Out interview with Sol Campbell is rather pedestrian, but it does tell you about Arsenal’s strategy...
Video: England 5, Andorra 0
England beats a high-school caliber team – Andorra. Next up Macedonia. Will Crouch pull his usual vanishing act? Or...
Gallas in self goal ruckus
After Chelsea acquired Ashley Cole in part-exchange for William Gallas the club alleged that Gallas threatened to score an...
Why would anyone want Zidane’s sweaty jersey?
Now the truth is told. Materazzi did not want Zidane’s jersey, the one that he kept tugging, and one...
Giacinto Fachetti passes on: Azzurri and Inter Milan great
Giacinto Facchetti died yesterday. A giant amongst the Azzurris and an Inter Milan stalwart, who played all 634 games...
League attendence records: Man Utd tops
Manchester City ranks 8th. So we can forget that oft repeated claim that they have more fans per game...
Video: Football history, Chelsea vs Leyton Orient, FA Cup, 1978
Leyton Orient put it past Chelsea. I still remember reading about legends like Peter ‘Cat’ Bonetti (probably the best...
Video: Where is Zoltan Gera?
The Baggies have been relegated. We will probably get to see Gera brilliance in League 1 highlights. Gera is...
Italy in mourning
The italian team will have a bit more on their minds besides having to watch out for all the...
France vs Italy: Who will headbutt Materazzi this time?
The European papers are abuzz with the France – Italy Euro Cup showdown this Wednesday, two months after their...
Ashley Cole vs William Gallas: Who got the better player?
William Gallas: A wall: Physical, versatile, and a great tackler. The attack has to go around him. Can play...
Video: Emirates friendly, Brazil vs Argentina, 3-0
Great win for Dunga, crappy start to Alfio Basile’s career as the coach of the Albiceleste. Check out the...
Video: Portsmouth vs Middlesborough, 4-0
Kanu’s two goals, Benjani’s great header, and Todorov finishes of Boro.
David Goldblatt: The Ball is Round
For soccer lovers this is the ultimate book. A 992 page book on everything and anything to do with...
Foul: Andrew Jennings book exposes FIFA
Andrew Jennings’s book gives us the scoop on how Sepp Blatter became president and how FIFA awards World Cups.
Peter Velappan: The man behind the Asian resurgence in soccer
In 2007, FIFA has their presidential elections, and Sepp Blatter, the present FIFA president is running again. Sepp Blatter...
Video: Nicholas Anelka at Bolton
Anelka Amazing!!! – video powered by Metacafe Le Sulk is back in the Premiership. Sam Allardyce says that Anelka...
Boris Berezovsky: Roman Abramovich’s partner, Russia’s most feared oligarch
In all the hullaballoo of West Ham being taken over by Kia Joorabchian, in most likelihood, a proxy for...