Defoe’s bark was worse than his bite: The issue is germane
Mascherano was subjected to a nibble by Defoe but the rest that followed, rolling around, holding his face was...
Category: Soccer Culture
West Ham: Abdication of responsibility
West Ham lies at the bottom of the Premiership – a scenario hardly contemplated by the likes of Alan...
Video: Johan Cruyff
The sad part of it was that Holland never won a World Cup despite his genius. Instead it was...
World Cup Honeymoon Over, It’s Back to Racism in German Football
Well, I thought I’d take a break from Soccerblog for a while, but now this article made me want...
The Cote D’Ivoirians players: Fantastic but flawed
Didier Drogba, Emmannuel Eboue, and Didier Zokora, have a few things in common. They are Cote D’Ivoirian, fantastic players...
Amy Lawrence: How Wenger Changed English Football
In the 10 years since his first match in charge of Arsenal in October, here are 10 ways in...
Emir Kusturica’s Maradona: Out in 2006
Maradona shows his solidarity! Look out for Emir Kusturica’s documentary on Diego Maradona in post production now. It is...
Video: Rosicky’s screamer against Hamburg
Rosicky’s blast in Arsenal’s win against Hamburg, 2-1!
Cesc, Lehmann, and Adebayor pull it off against Man Utd
Today was a proud, proud day for all Gooners. Minus Thierry Henry and RVP, Arsenal went to Old Trafford,...
Video: Premiership goals: Andy Johnson again!!
Johnson rolls right on against Wigan with his 5th goal. Lua Lua puts one past Charlton Athletic and puts...
Arsenal at Old Trafford: Better than playing at the Emirates
At this point Arsenal is still seeking its first win of the season and ranked 17th in the Premiership...
Rafa Benitez: Dazed and Confused, tell me it’s not true
Liverpool is going through a mini crisis. A small one, but with this year’s Premiership, with Portsmouth, Everton, and...
Video: Rodrigo Palacios is the new Mario Kempes
Boca 1 River Plate 0. Will Palacios vindicate Mario Kempes faith in him?
Gareth Barry: The best underrated player in England?
Gareth Barry is Aston Villa and Aston Villa is Gareth Berry. In the midst of all the high powered...
Mein Herz schlägt für Fußball
The ad is not very impressive, but the message against racism is good to see.
Good news for Chelsea: Roman Abramovich becomes richer
Looks like all those high priced football players will keep coming to Chelsea. Here is why >>
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...
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,...
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...
Sol Campbell on Racism
This Kick It Out interview with Sol Campbell is rather pedestrian, but it does tell you about Arsenal’s strategy...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Video: Roger Daltrey’s tribute to Highbury
Life long gooner Roger Daltrey sees Highbury off, “My generation”. Tomorrow Arsenal plays its first League game at the...
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...
Video: Norway 1, Brazil 1 – Ding, Dong, Dunga!
Not everyone is impressed by Dunga’s managerial style, or his style when he was a player for that matter....
Football’s World Metrosexual XI: Beckham is out
Goalkeeper: D James (Portsmouth, England) Defenders: S Ramos (Real Madrid, Spain) G Zambrotta (Barcelona, Italy) A Cole (Arsenal, England),...
Old Arsenal buddies converge on Pompey: Sol and Kanu
First Sol Campbell and now Nwankwo Kanu have moved to Portsmouth. Both Kanu and Campbell were in the double...
Joachim Löw: Germany hammers the Swedes, 3-0
Joachim Löw, Germany’s new coach, on a winning note Germany left off, with the Swedes in the World Cup,...
Owen Hargreaves: From most reviled to England’s cornerstone
It was not too long ago that The Sun compared Owen Hargreaves to “a mass murderer” and Hargreaves was...