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Marta makes new World Cup record

Marta scored her 15th Women’s World Cup goal to become the top scorer in tournament’s history. Brazil beat S...
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players, Women's World Cup

Barca’s 5th Symphony – treble clef

Goals from Ivan Rakitić,Suarez and Neymar for Barcelona got them their 5th Champion’s League title. Buffon was magnificient in...
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

The science behind Messi’s goal…

ESPN does a scientific analysis of Messi’s first goal against Athletic Bilbao the other day. Take a look.. The...
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills

The journey of Luis Suarez..

Luis Suarez has played for teams that have won the Uruguayan league, the Dutch Cup, the English League Cup...
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Barcelona Xavi Tribute

Barcelona released this tribute to their departing legend Xavi …
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Blatter Resigns!

Bye, bye Sepp Blatter.  In news that came from nowhere, embattled FIFA head Sepp Blatter resigned his post with...
FIFA Corruption, Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Business, Soccer Culture, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Politics, World Cup History

Messi’s greatest goal ?

Messi scored another impossibly super goal to add to the list of his greatest goals. Barcelona beat Athletic Bilbao...
La Liga, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

FAIR PLAY!

FIFA – Sepp Blatter’s “fair play” doctrine…
FIFA Corruption, Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Advertising, Soccer Culture, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Politics

Step Down, Sepp!

Wishful thinking?  I think it’s time we decided that we will boycott FIFA and the World Cup – as...
FIFA Corruption, Soccer Business, Soccer Culture, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Politics

BOOM! The FIFA sting begins. Blatter up next?

It’s not an accident that the second keyword phrase when you look up “FIFA” in Google is “FIFA corruption.”...
FIFA Corruption, Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Culture, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Politics, World Cup History

Oscar wins Chelsea goal of the season

Diego Costa has one more reason to prowl around with a look of baffled fury. Oscar won the Chelsea...
English Premier League, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Lampard scores one final goal

Lampard scored the second goal in City’s 2- 0 win over Sunderland in their final game of the season...
English Premier League, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Aguero gets the boot

Sergio Aguero won the Barclay Premier League’s Golden Boot award after finishing the season with 26 goals for Manchester...
English Premier League, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Liverpool lose 6 -1 in Steven Gerrard’s farewell game

Among all the farewells to various legends that have piled up this weekend Steven Gerrard’s will be the most...
English Premier League, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Drogba says farewell to Chelsea

Another Club another legend another goodbye. Didier Drogba played his last game for Chelsea today against Sunderland. Drogba was...
English Premier League, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Farewell Xavi

The farewell we had been dreading came upon us at last.Xavi Hernandez bade farewell to the fans at Camp...
La Liga, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players

Sadio Mane scores fastest EPL hat trick ever

Southampton forward Sadio Mane made Premier League history by scoring the fastest-ever hat trick in just 2 minutes and...
English Premier League, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players

Adidas: Goodbye to a legend

” You always remember your first, but no one ever talks about their last.The last time you lace up...
English Premier League, Soccer Advertising, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Time to say goodbye….

Steven Gerrard says goodbye to Liverpool at last.His last game as a Liverpool player will be against Crystal Palace...
English Premier League, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players

Fan footage of Messi’s Superb second goal..

Messi bamboozles Boateng. One of his greatest goals ever.. Best goal ever ?? Then what about these…. Manuel Almunia...
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills

The Messi show…

Messi scored the fastest brace in Champion’s League history overtaking Ronaldo for highest number of Champion’s League goals in...
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players

Adidas invent the future of football – the smart ball

Adidas present a football that sends information in real time regarding its speed,spin,strike point and flight path after it...
Soccer Hall of Fame

Steven Gerrard gets a bit of luck

Between slipping at the worst possible time and getting red carded within 45 seconds Steven Gerrard hasn’t been having...
English Premier League, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players

Beckham turns 40

Beckham has long been the torchbearer for English football,style icon,one sometimes much admired and sometimes much pilloried depending on...
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players

Another Ronaldo Record

Ronaldo became the first player ever to score 50 goals in a season in 5 consecutive seasons. The next...
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players

The Incredible Sulk

                Alvaro Arbeloa scored his first La Liga goal in over five...
La Liga, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

The end is nigh.

‘Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann” is a quotation in Gaelic which I believe translates to “The likes of...
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Zlatan scores 100 goals for PSG

Zlatan Ibrahimovic became a centurion for PSG when he scored a penalty against St Etienne in the French Cup....
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players

Zlatan gets his own search engine..

Zlatan, believe it or not, has got his very own search engine which you can use to search for...
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players

Daniel Nadales – The human Koala

CD Cuarte is a team in the Spanish fourth tier based in Cuarte de Huerva, in the autonomous community...
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Humor, Soccer Players

Fastest Dribbler in the World

The fastest dribbler in the world is Gareth Bale according to a study carried out by Mexican club Pachuca....
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players

Gibraltar Policeman makes history

Meet Lee Casciaro – the first football player from Gibraltar to score a goal in a Euro qualifier.Casciaro is...
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - National

Guess who’s overtaken Ronaldo?

Not just Messi. Olivier Giroud’s two goals against Newcastle United took him past Cristiano Ronaldo in the scoring charts...
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players

Hat Trick Harry

Harry Kane scored his first Premier League hat-trick and Tottenham Hotspur beat Leicester City 4 -3 in a chaotic...
English Premier League, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Zlatan gets spoonerised

Zlatan will not be in the best of moods these days. His red card against Chelsea means that he...
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Humor, Soccer Players

Vitolo scores fastest Europa goal ever..

Ismael Blanco 2009 Europa record of 15.19 seconds was eclipsed by Sevilla winger Vitolo. The new Europa record for...
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players

Pep talk from Adidas

One making football a career. “Do it because you love it.” Can’t argue with that.
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players

Messi does it again

Barcelona are back on top of the La Liga and Messi has scored another hat trick. Luis Suarez and...
La Liga, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Bayern Munich celebrate their 115th anniversary

And they crowned their anniversary celebrations with a 4 -1 win over Cologne
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Teams - Club

BBC reporter interviews Tommy Lawrence by mistake.

Tommy Lawrence is a former professional footballer who was goalkeeper for Liverpool and Tranmere Rovers in the 1950’s through...
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Happy Birthday Ronaldo

C Ron turns a venerable 30 years old today. Here’s a video on FATV of a goal he scored...
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Teams - National

Ochoa’s at it again…

      Guillermo Ochoa pulled off a quality reflex save against Atletic Bilboa in the second leg of...
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Drogba nets FWA award.

Drogba hails Thierry Henry and Mourniho hails Drogba. Plenty of hailing going round here.
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Eric Cantona and Sgt Peppers lonely hearts club band.

It was twenty years ago today that Sgt Peppers taught his band to play. And it’s also twenty years...
English Premier League, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Messi 340 out of 340

Lionel Messi scored his 30th hat trick at Deportivo La Coruna. It’s also 340 goals in 340 games for...
La Liga, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players

Ronaldo makes it a hat trick of Ballon d’Ors

The Ballon d’Or went to the player who wanted,needed,deserved it the most.Ronaldo polled 37.6% of the votes.Messi was pretty...
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players

And the Fallon d’Floor Award goes to…

While we wait with bated breath for the Ballon d’Or winner to be declared,the Fallon d’Floor winner has already...
Soccer Hall of Fame

The race for the Ballon d’Or

…or will we have a new winner Follow
Soccer Hall of Fame

Maradona votes for neither…

As the Ballon d’Or ceremony comes closer the air is thick with odious comparisons between Messi and Ronaldo. Maradona...
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players

Eight things you may not know about Steven Gerrard

Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Farewell, Steven Gerrard!

The Liverpool and former England Captain has announced he will leave the Reds at the end of the season....
English Premier League, Soccer Culture, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club, Soccer Videos

And the Globe Soccer Award 2014 goes to….

Cue Roll of Drums….
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players

Not the season to be jolly for Zlatan

Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter has found itself at the receiving end of the not inconsiderable ire of a deeply...
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Humor, Soccer Players

CR on course for new Pichichi record

The Pichichi trophy is an annual trophy awarded by Spanish newspaper Marca in memory of Athletic Bilbao striker Rafael...
Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club
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