Capello anoints Agbonlahor
Gabby Agbonlahor is now an English squaddie Gabriel Agbonlahor’s inclusion in the England squad is cause for celebration. He...
Monthly Archives: January 2008
Why Pim Verbeek is wrong for the Socceroos
Pim Verbeek assumes the mantle of the Socceroos coach in the wake of the disastrous Graham Arnold tenure which...
Ronaldo leaves the goalie standing
Fergie is calling it the best free kick he has ever seen Ronaldo taking.There’s a clearer video here.Man U...
Ex-NBA executives take over Derby
Seems like the cross over of US based owners into buying out English soccer clubs continues even as their...
Welcome news: Flamini and Fabregas get on the board
This time around Adebayor had company in scoring Arsenal’s goals against Newcastle. Fabregas scored his sixth goal and his...
Drogba scores his second
Didier Drogba scored the first goal in a 3-0 victory over Mali.You can take a look at that here...The...
Video: Newcastle bite the dust again
A repeat defeat.Abedayor led the charge again and the final score was Arsenal 3 Newcastle 0.
Essien takes Ghana into the quarter finals
Michael Essien took Ghana to the quarter-finals of the African Cup of Nations after a 2-0 win over Morocco...
Another diving header
The south african goalkeeper seems to be attracting this kind of goal.Tunisia’s Francileudo Dos Santos scored a great goal...
Video: Manchester United vs Tottenham Spurs etc
Cristiano Ronaldo helped Man U to a 3-1 home win over Tottenham Hotspur by scoring two out of the...
Deep thoughts by Max Bretos on the ACN
On FSC Super Sunday, Max Bretos came all fired up taking the CAF to task for organizing the ACN...
Video: Eto’o ties ANC goal record
With this penalty, Cameroon’s Samuel Eto’o Fils, three-time African Footballer of the Year, scored his 14th cup of nations...
Video Roundup: Africa Nations Cup 2008
For those of you who missed the action over the past week, here’s a round-up of all the games...
Maradona: The heart of a champion
” I have always wanted to play football, but I didn’t know where or how I wanted to play....
Video: Ali Farka Toure: Music and soccer
While the ACN showcases the incredible African talent in soccer, here is African legend, the late Ali Farka Toure...
Arsenal and Adebayor back on track
It was a relief to see Arsenal regroup and play the sort of soccer that they are capable of...
Video : Arsenal 3 Newcastle 0
Adebayor walked down the road to redemption by scoring 2 goals out of 3 and taking Arsenal back to...
Liverpool’s owners can’t afford to alienate Rafa
Having secured the £350m loan that will keep them as Liverpool’s owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett have now...
David and Posh Beckham: Gas guzzling couple
I am going to break Soccerblog’s New Year’s resolution of not mocking David Beckham. Sigh. It took a little...
Ivory Coast coast into the quarter finals
Ivory Coast beat Benin ( A tiny country on the west coast of Africa) 4 -1 and are the...
Beckham in Africa
David Beckham reminded the world not to ignore the deaths of tens of thousands of children during a visit...
Ghana: The crucible of African soccer
It is befitting that the current ACN is hosted by Ghana to be followed by the World Cup in...
Eddie Johnson leaves for Fulham
The deal is in the bag and Eddie Johnson, K-City’s striker leaves for Fulham, a haven for US players,...
African Cup:Take a look at these goals
This goal comes off a fine diving header by Manchester United’s new signing Manucho.It gave Angola a one goal...
Spurs win: Halley’s comet re-visits every 76 years
Once in a blue moon Spurs gets to win over Arsenal. Yesterday, was the day. They won big because...
Arsenal dumped out of Carling Cup
Arsenal’s first defeat to Spurs in 21 games spanning eight years ended with the score reading 5 -1 and...
Video: Egypt get past Cameroun in their ACN opener: 4-2
Egypte Vs Cameroun – CAN 2008 Les ButsUploaded by kingofspirits Yesterday, Ivory Coast got past their toughest competition, Nigeria....
The politics of gestures: The politics of entitlement
Man Utd boss Sir Alex is in the news again for making an obscene gesture at Wally Downes and...
Banks financing Liverpool’s loans announce record losses
Monday. Bloody Monday. It was a bloodbath on the Asian and European stock exchanges as they reacted badly to...
A note about FSC’s Super Sunday
Super Sunday on FSC has the trio of Andy Houlihan, Gary Richards, and Christian Miles. They discuss the Premiership,...
Video:Manchester United lose to Al Hilal
The game was played to mark the retirement of Al Hilal’s legendary Saudi international Sami al-Jaber.The game ended at...
Man U’s Manucho: Angolan striker meets Bafana Bafana
Man Utd fans will get a chance to follow the exploits of Manucho, their latest signing, in the Africa...
Video: Salomon Kalou brings down Nigeria
0-1Uploaded by bobrivers Great bit of skill by Salomon Kalou as he sashays past four defenders and scores as...
Video: Fastest goal by Fred
3.17 seconds. In a match played between America Futebol Clube/ MG (Fred’s junior club) vs Vila Nova Futebol Clube....
Liverpool fans are sick of their prevaricating owners
What else can you say? It is tempting to say, I told you so. Liverpool’s buyout by Tom Hicks...
Lawrence Tynes, Celtic fan kicks the NY Giants to the Superbowl
The NY Giants are going to Glendale for Super Bowl 42 after defeating the Packers, in a game which...
Fastest goal in the west
Joseba Llorente struck the fastest goal in Primera Liga history on Sunday in Real Valladolid’s 2 -1 victory over...
Now thats how you score a goal in the last minute
Sulley Muntari scored a 25 yard last gasp wonder goal taking Ghana to a 2-1 opening win over Guinea.A...
Keegan is an anachronism: Can he deliver at Newcastle?
In short, an inspirational figure. Will the good times roll in Newcastle? Watching Kevin Keegan’s heroic visage on the...
Videos: Arsenal and Man U win
Emmanuel Adebayor scored 2 and Rosicky the third as Arsenal took the game away from Fulham. Rooney and Ronaldo...
Arsenal wins through its flanks
Two good things happened today as Arsenal eased past Fulham. Eduardo showed he was more than a fox in...
Countdown to African Safari begins
All eyes turn to Ghana as the countdown for the 26th African Nations Cup approaches the zero hour. 47...
Bojan Krkic may be in the Spanish team
Barcelona whiz kid Bojan Krkic could be in line for the Spanish national side for the Euro 2008 says...
Chinese coach goes against ancient chinese wisdom
An ancient Chinese saying about facing the future apparently goes something like this “Meet all changes by remaining unchanged.”...
A travesty: Newcastle’s ouster of Allardyce
Allardyce falls a victim to Newcastle’s collective madness A nice spin: Its called mutual consent nowadays. Both get a...
Totti scores his 200th goal
He scored two goals in Roma’s 4- 0 win over Torino – the milestone goal being a penalty.He becomes...
Video:Mallorca dump Real out of Copa del Rey
Ariel Ibagaza gave Real Madrid a king sized shock when his 83rd minute goal proved decisive in eliminating them...
Arsenal vs Man Utd: Shades of Obama vs Hillary
Arsenal: A team full of funny sounding names. Routinely pilloried for being anti-English. Emirates. Small budget. Inexperienced and young....
Video:Gerrard Hattrick
Two more goals thrown in as well.Steven Gerrard scored three as Liverpool overwhelmed Luton 5-0 on Tuesday to reach...
Will Klinsmann be the “agent of change” at Bayern Munich?
Well, well, well. Who says the Germans can’t change? Who says Uli Hoeneß isn’t a “Queerdenker” himself? And this...
Drogba back on target
Didier Drogba scored the second goal (free kick) in Ivory Coast’s 2-0 African Nations Cup warm-up win over Kuwait...
Who needs Ronaldinho ?
Carlo Ancelotti denied any AC Milan interest in Ronaldinho after Ronaldo and Pato helped to demolish Napoli 5 -2...
Belletti scores a rocket.
The Spurs gave him enough time and space to write his name on the ball.The second goal came off...
Ronaldo scores his first hat trick….
Apart from all that running faster than a speeding bullet he also went and scored his first hat trick.Man...