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Category: Gossip/Trash Talk

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...
Gossip/Trash Talk, World Cup History

The Villians of Soccer

Alex sends us this link to the “Villains of Soccer”… What do you think?
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Players

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,...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Culture, Soccer Politics, Soccer Teams - Club

Video: England 1, Macedonia 0

The beanpole scores! šŸ™‚
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - National, Soccer Videos

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...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - National, Soccer Videos, World Cup History

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...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - National

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...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2006

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!...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - National, Soccer Videos

Sol Campbell on Racism

This Kick It Out interview with Sol Campbell is rather pedestrian, but it does tell you about Arsenal’s strategy...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Video: England 5, Andorra 0

England beats a high-school caliber team – Andorra. Next up Macedonia. Will Crouch pull his usual vanishing act? Or...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - National, Soccer Videos

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...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Politics, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National

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...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup History

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...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Culture, Soccer Teams - Club

Video: Where is Zoltan Gera?

The Baggies have been relegated. We will probably get to see Gera brilliance in League 1 highlights. Gera is...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, Soccer Videos

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...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Culture, Soccer Humor, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2006, World Cup History

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...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Players, Soccer Politics, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup History

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.
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Books & Magazines, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Politics, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup History

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...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Politics, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National

Video: Nicholas Anelka at Bolton

Anelka Amazing!!! – video powered by Metacafe Le Sulk is back in the Premiership. Sam Allardyce says that Anelka...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos

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...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Books & Magazines, Soccer Business, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Politics, Soccer Teams - Club

Chelsea: Disregard West Ham; you disregard your own history

Human memory is not only short, it is fickle. It is astounding how Chelsea have inveigled themselves into the...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Arsenal’s Brazilians: The way to go

Brazil in one way or another has never really seen the English League as a stop for showcasing their...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup History

Mido is baaaaaack! Spurs fans, let the good times roll

Mido is coming back to White Hart Lane. Good times everyone!! Mido commented on the team’s official website, ”I...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup History

To Wayne Rooney: Cock up and play the game

Football players should be seen and not heard. Again it’s not just Ashley Cole calling abuse on Arsene Wenger...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Books & Magazines, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National

Video: Porto Alegre wins the Copa Libertadores 2006

Independiente Porto Alegre wins the Copa over fancied Sao Paolo for the first time! Porto Alegre is now not...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Ze Roberto: From Bayer Leverkusen to FC Santos

The Bundesliga continues to lose players from overseas. Brazilian player, Ze Roberto is moving back to FC Santos and...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Who is Kia Joorabchian? Is Abramovich behind the West Ham move?

Is Roman Abramovich (L) negotiating West Ham’s takeover? Kia Joorbachian (R) West Ham shocked everybody in the soccer world...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National

Chelsea, Man U, Liverpool, Arsenal: Be warned, this year’s Premiership is not about you!

Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano come to West Ham, Kanu is on fire at Portsmouth, Aston Villa is being...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National

Video: Carlos Tevez, the new Hammer Jammer

The buzz on Carlitos is how he dodged Arsenal, Manchester Utd, and Chelsea to come to West Ham. Seems...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos

Portsmouth, Aston Villa: Their recent fortunes raise little rancour

Mention Malcolm Glazer and his takeover of Man U, and it will get most Mancusian’s gritting their teeth in...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Politics, Soccer Teams - Club

Video: From Bad to Worse

Trainers like these, who needs ’em?
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Humor, Soccer Videos

Ballack Style: A Bit Cramped

Ballack’s debut with Chelsea was anything but impressive. He kept crowding Lampard and vice-versa. Maybe Chelsea isn’t going to...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos

Video: Proof that Germany’s Getting Even Better

This video proves that even without Klinsi, the New Deutschland is on the right track: We simply picked up...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - National, Soccer Videos

Hargreaves Is Leaving Bayern

Stop the presses. I think we are witnessing some last minute negotiations before the transfer window closes, but the...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Players, Soccer Politics, Soccer Teams - Club

Ouch! Ferdinand Breaks Toe

Will England never get lucky? Rio Ferdinand is likely to miss England’s opening two Euro 2008 qualifiers after suffering...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National

How Keane Might Just Do It!

The Guardian’s Rob Smyth blogs on about Keano at Sunderland: “Roy Keane could well become the most intriguing manager...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Video: Ben Thatcher’s a Moron!

How else do you describe this? One word, to quote John McEnroe: “Moron!” Manchester City has suspended the moron...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Rooney Fights Back Against the FA

Manchester United’s volatile striker, Wayne Rooney, is allegedly threatening to refuse to co-operate with England sponsors if the Football...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National

Hello Ruudy! Goodbye Ronaldo?

Will Ruud van Nistelrooy send Ronaldo packing? The striker’s performance led some papers to conclude that the club would...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Video: More Robinho

Watch these moves and weep. Reminds me of that summer day in my teens when I realized I was...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, Soccer Videos

Video: Robinho’s First Game for Real Madrid

Robinho’s first appearance for Real Madrid vs. Cadiz on August 28, 2005: The tragedy of this World Cup was...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos, World Cup 2006

Will Keane Make it as Manager?

“Once Keano walks into the Stadium of Light, life will never be the same again for Sunderland.” That’s the...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Video: Bobby Zamora: The lad does alright!

Nice little video put together of Zamora’s goals.
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Bobby Zamora’s flying start: Hammers escape with a draw

Bobby Zamora is in fine fettle. The West Ham striker seems to have taken the added responsibility on his...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Video: Theo Walcott announces his arrival

Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National

Premiership opening weekend: Portsmouth the club, Kanu the player

Kanu scored two goals in Portsmouth’s very impressive win against Balckburn Rovers. The number 16 club beating the number...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National

Video: Sheffield United vs Liverpool, 1-1

Steven Gerrard learned a lot from the Italians this World Cup and put it to good use against the...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, Soccer Videos, World Cup 2006

Premiership: Small clubs serve notice, Blues blast Manchester City

Reading, Bolton Wanderers, Portsmouth, all overthrew their more fancied opponents. Reading came from 2 goals behind to go past...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup History

Man U to Bayern: We will get Owen Hargreaves, no matter the cost

Owen Hargreaves’s asking price – Ā£34m. A jawdropping figure for someone that no English club would have paid a...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National, World Cup 2006

Can you give Chelsea the blues?

The Beeb says to squeeze the midfield and stop those creative Chelsea midfielders from getting any real estate and...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Video: Crossroads: Robert Plant, Wolves fan and Eric Clapton, Baggies fan go head to head

Robert Plant, Wolves fan reunites with Jimmy Page and then Eric Clapton, Baggies fan with Cream play Robert Johnsons’s...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Culture, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos

Ashley Cole benched: Inter rumours? Will Tweedy go along?

Arsene is extracting his punishment. He is benching Cole for the opener against Aston Villa but Cole said he...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club, World Cup 2006

The woman behind Sheva: Kristen Pazik

Apparently Jose Mourinho did not want Sheva as much as Roman Abramovich did. As for Sheva he really did...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

“Shysters from Siberia” – Is Bates racist or just plain stupid?

Ken Bates has gone over the top again. And the reason is clear – he’s frustrated. Chelsea’s Roman Abramovich...
Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Politics, Soccer Teams - Club
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