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Monthly Archives: April 2009

The Man U – Everton penalty shootout video..

Link:
Soccer Teams - Club

The Arsene Wenger dancing video tops the charts..

…of the top ten most embarassing manager celebrations – as compiled by the Mirror here…
Soccer Coaches & Coaching

Video: 1995 FA Cup final: Everton vs Man Utd

Anders Limpar was a handful for the Red Devils. His blistering run set up Ridout’s goal. In the second...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos

Everton enters the FA Cup final

The first time in 14 years. Today they beat Man U on penalties. Berbatov makes a Robinho like hash...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Hillsborough documents to be made public

Some welcome closure for the families affected by the tragedy. The Home Office in consultation with the South Yorkshire...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Politics, Soccer Teams - Club

At £15m, Arshavin is not meant for the bench

Wenger’s criticism of the pitch might have merit. Yes, the Wembley stadium operators could care less as long as...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

The”Incredible sulk” sinks Arsenal

A wonderful nickname for Drobga.Here he scoring the goal that took the FA cup away from Arsenal.. Link:
Soccer Players

Setanta gets a lifeline

A £100m infusion of cash from one of their major investors gives a boost to the troubled Irish TV...
Copa America

West Brom: Let Susan Boyle be your guiding light

For all you relegation bound clubs. Know this. We love you. Because you might not get there but we...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Humor, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Soccer fans: Eduardo Galeano is required reading

Eduardo Galeano became the talking point when Barack Obama and Hugo Chavez met up in a very anticipated encounter...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Books & Magazines, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Politics, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup History

Arsenal: Two down, one to go

This season’s Premiership was lost long ago and today our chances of winning the FA Cup ended. We now...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Who was the greatest Brazilian player ever?

Romario, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho,Rai, Marcelinho Carioca, Edmundo, Djalminha, Juninho Paulista, Rivaldo, Denilson, Kaka,Robinho,Dener,Garrincha,Rivelino, Jairzinho,Tostao,Falcao, Socrates, Zico, Eder ,Leonidas da Silva,...
Soccer Players

Arsenal vs Chelsea: The X’s and O’s of the FA semi-final

Arsenal is missing its defense. Let me not understate the obvious. Anytime Mikael Silvestre is brought on, it is...
Copa America

FA Cup: Arshavin meets a familiar face

When Andrei Arshavin takes the field against Chelsea, chances are that he will make lots of eye contact with...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Video: 2002 FA Cup final: Arsenal vs Chelsea

Good times. No, awesome times. Wonder goals by Ray Parlour and Freddie”Orange Hair” Ljungberg. It always comes as a...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos

Blatter needs to take a look at this video..

It features 82 year old Jankel Schor of Brazil who can apparently keepie-uppie a football 3000 times in a...
Soccer Skills

SAF gets down and dirty

Making a mountain out of a molehill is par for Sir Alex. Then channeling Allardyce to air his grudges...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer History, Soccer Politics, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Fabianski showed presence of mind against Villareal

Lukasz Fabianksi timed his runs out of goal to deny Giuseppe Rossi. It became apparent that the goalkeeper was...
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Arsenal: This will be one bloody end to the season

April 21st:Arsenal meet Liverpool May 10th: Arsenal meet Chelsea May 16th: Arsenal meet Man Utd Throw the CL semi-final...
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Video: Arsenal Villareal ( all the goals)

Copa America

Video: Cristiano Ronaldo wondergoal

The goal that Porto had no comeback to. C. Ronaldo 1:0 gegen FC Porto – MyVideo
Soccer Players

Why is Carlo Ancelotti being touted as Hiddink’s successor?

I saw Milan play some of the most insipid soccer against Chievo this weekend. They should consider themselves lucky...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

April 15: Today we remember the 96 fallen at Hillsborough

A tragedy that killed 96 LFC fans. In the aftermath, it bought an end to perimeter fencing, over crowded...
Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Politics, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos

World’s longest football match ..

A charity match between Leeds Badgers and Bristol Academy to raise funds for a Meningitis trust went on for...
Soccer Culture

Barcelona complete the formality

Mission accomplished .The first bit of it anyway.
Soccer Teams - Club

Deep thought: Severus Snape with football skills

What happens when you conjure Severus Snape aka Alan Rickman with a football. You get Andrea Pirlo. They look...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Humor, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills

World Cup 2018: Kissinger’s selection is antithetical to Obama’s message

Barack Obama smarting from West Ham’s weekend loss against Spurs and a 75% failure rate in the Final Four,...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Politics, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup History

Video: Getafe drubs Barca, 4-0

Chelsea fans take heart. Getafe shocks Barca with many of those present today making appearances. Messi was there and...
Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos

Bernd Schuster breaks his silence

Even George Steinbrenner in his heydays could never match Ramon Calderon in his contemptuous disregard of managers. Exhibit A...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Culture, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Politics, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Arsenal vs Villareal: Silvestre vs Rossi

Will the Gunners injury woes on defense expose them or will Villareal’s similar problems on attack prove to be...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Senna to Adebayor: Not good enough

Senna’s interview was supposedly all about how the Arsenal young guns would dominate Europe one day. Cuddly enough but...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Books & Magazines, Soccer Business, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Video: CL quarterfinal: Chelsea vs Liverpool

Superb match. Here is a match report.
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos

Brave Liverpool play their hearts out

Michael Essien is an athletic beast. He got his head down in time for a goal line save in...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

5 red cards in a Brazil “peace” match

The mind boggles at what the tally of red cards might have been if it hadn’t been a peace...
Soccer Humor

Torres dedicates his goals to Hillsborough victims

Torres’ dedication of the two goals he scored on saturday “These goals are for the 96 and their families...
Soccer Players

Action packed Easter weekend:Two 6 goal thrillers and one 7 goal thriller.

With Easter being the story of the thrilling surprise ending here are three matches that tried to live up...
Soccer Skills

Arsenal make a skirmish look like a battle.

What that means is that they took their time getting past Wigan and not without some help of the...
Soccer Teams - Club

Video:Macheda on a hat trick

…for the second time in a row Macheda saved Man U from losing their top spot.
Soccer Players

Video: The brilliance of Fernando Torres

Masterclass.He wasn’t even looking at the goal.Blackburn went down tamely 4 – 0 .
Soccer Players

April 15: 20 years after Hillsborough

The day that changed forever how football was played in England. On 15 April 1989, 96 Liverpool fans lost...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

What’s “total stalking” and “claustrofootball” ?

Some creative terminology to describe Michael Essien’s relentless marking of Steven Gerrard the other day.
Soccer Humor

The trajectory favours Chelsea

Man U is still on top with a game in hand with Liverpool chasing them hard. I am betting...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Becks tops richest soccer player list

”David Beckham will have a greater impact on soccer in America than any athlete has ever had on a...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Books & Magazines, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, World Cup 2010

Forbes top 20: English clubs live beyond their means

A mirror into the divide between England’s wholehearted embrace of the financial stimulus and the rest of Europe’s go...
Copa America

Liverpool should set its sights on the Premiership

Defeating Chelsea at home with a two goal deficit will be a difficult mountain to climb. Especially without a...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Spare a thought for Mark Hughes

I have no idea how Mark Hughes does this. Manage a club with so many players who are no...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Edu scores his first goal for Rangers

Maurice Edu took full advantage of his start against St Mirren to score the winning goal in a 2-1...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Man U’s debt soars

Its presently about £650m. But Man U should pass the stress test.
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Politics, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

He’s got most of Europe running scared..

Messi..
Soccer Hall of Fame

Gunners lose Gallas for the season

A spate of injuries dog Arsenal yet again. The Villareal draw proved Pyrrhic. William Gallas season ended with a...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

The Czech team is shown the door

It might help to win before you get drunk. But when you lose and then get drunk, then that’s...
Copa America

Der Kaiser is angry

Der Kaiser has taken an exceedingly dim view of Bayern’s shellacking at the hands of Barca. “This is a...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Politics, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

The A League is not happy with Verbeek

It never works when a national coach is so openly contemptuous of the domestic league. Even as the national...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Books & Magazines, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Politics, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National

Aussie Rules gets a bit worried

Barry Hall makes an appeal to tamp down all the ugly rubbish that goes on in Aussie Rules games...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club
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