Brian Glanville remembers Alan Ball
” For all his long, successful career as player and manager with Arsenal, Everton, Blackpool and Southampton, as manager...
Category: Soccer Hall of Fame
In tribute: Alan Ball, 1945- 2007
1966 World Cup final. Alan Ball, Everton and Arsenal midfielder, was the scrappy, motoring midfielder with his socks down...
Chicago Fire awaits bad boy Cuauhtémoc Blanco
Is the MLS ready for the Cuauhtémoc? MLS is underway and the biggest news is Beckham’s debut for the...
Brazil, Where have You Gone?
That’s what I think when I see this: Is it time to think past Dunga yet? And now Ronaldinho...
Man Utd’s midfield is key to their success
How good is Man Utd’s midfield? Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Darren Fletcher, and Michael Carrick have combined...
World Cup 2006: High art captures the headbutt
A very tongue in cheek art piece on Zidane and Materazzi, compliments of the Spanish auteur Pedro Almodovar. This...
Video: European Cup Final: Celtic FC vs Inter Milan
1967 was a magical year for Celtic as they beat Inter Milan in the European Cup final, 2-1 to...
Video: Ajax vs Real Madrid, UEFA Cup 1995
Marc Overmars, Patrick Kluiwert, Ronald de Boer, Edgar Davids, Frank De Boer, Clarence Seedorf, Edwin Van Der Saar, Danny...
Stocking stuffers: What to give your soccer mad friends
It is the time of the season to be jolly. Too bad US soccer lovers were not given their...
Video: Paulino Alcantara: First Asian to play for a European club
Paulino Alcantara, of Phillipino heritage, born in Iloilo City, Phillipines debuted for Barcelona FC in 1912 going onto score...
Cannavaro -its Official
The badly kept secret is out .Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro officially won the Golden Ball yesterday (video).He is the...
Saburo Kawabuchi: The man behind Japan’s resurgent football
It seems as if Japan has been playing football all its life. The reality is that organized football is...
African Player of the year 2006
More awards to be given out – this time in the Nigerian capital Abuja on the 18th of January....
The legend that was Puskas: Eduardo Galeano remembers
Eduardo Galeano has a delightful entry on Ferenc Puskas in his immensely readable book Soccer in Sun and Shadow...
Ferenc Puskas: A player with a supernatural left foot and an imprudent generosity
El Pais has a beautiful little article on how Real team mates and opponents alike remember Puskas. Gento, Stefano,...
Video: Wembley, 1953 Ferenc Puskas vs Billy Wright: The perfect goal
Brilliant goal and footwork by Puskas. Loses Billy Wright completely.
Video: 10 best Real Madrid goals
Includes two goals from the 1960 European Cup final against Eintracht Frankfurt scored by Puskas (# 7) and Alfredo...
The Mighty Magyars: A fable as Hungary struggles
With the passing away of Ferenc Puskás, the last of the Mighty Magyars is gone. There is only one...
Video: Tribute to Ferenc Puskas
A video compilation paying homage to Ferenc Puskas “I will write my life as a footballer as if it...
Ferenc Puskás – Hungarian legend is no more.
Legendary Hungarian footballer Ferenc Puskás died in Budapest today. He is considered one of the best footballers ever, having...
Video: Johan Cruyff
The sad part of it was that Holland never won a World Cup despite his genius. Instead it was...
West Ham: Abdication of responsibility
West Ham lies at the bottom of the Premiership – a scenario hardly contemplated by the likes of Alan...
Miroslav Klose is German Player of the Year
Miroslav Klose – leading scorer with 25 goals last season and Golden Boot winner at the World Cup –...
Zidane among FIFA player of the year 2006 nominees
Zinedine Zidane,Steven Gerrard, Wayne Rooney and Frank Lampard are among those nominated for this year’s FIFA World Player of...
Video: Maradona Madness
Funny, but we still miss this guy and his antics!
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...
Video: Alfredo di Stefano
A glimpse at the genius of Di Stefano. He scored 428 goals for Real Madrid in 510 appearances- 49...
German soccer: Olli Kahn bows out
Timo Hildebrand: vfB Stuttgart’s goalie and Germany’s future Joachim Low our new national coach will not have the services...
The men behind MLS: Lamar Hunt and Philip Anschutz
Lamar Hunt, Columbus Crew owner(L), Philip Anschutz, DC United owner ( R) Much has been written about US billionaires...
Arsenal wins an emotional Bergkamp testimonial match
Arsenal’s first match in it’s new home the Emirates stadium could not have been a better testimonial to Bergkamp,...
Dennis Bergkamp, the perfect footballer: Martin Keown
Dennis Bergkamp is undoubtedly the best foreign player to set foot on English soil and play for the English...
Video: Maradona’s Goals for Napoli
It’s not just about the skills- you’ve gotta score as well!
Marcello Lippi Steps Down
It’s always nice to leave on a high note. Apparently Lippi is tired of hearing his name mentioned in...
Video: Lehmann’s Cheat Sheet
Gotta hand it to the Germans. Their use of business intelligence in the World Cup should make companies sit...
In Zidane’s defence: He is still the best soccer player of his time
So Zizou bowed out and his epitaph will read, “He was the greatest soccer player of his time except……....
Video: Zizou’s Head Butt
This is the signature image of the World Cup. Hat tip to Dimitar Vesselinov for telling us about the...
Benito Archundia Tellez: The referee of the World Cup
Tellez did a superb job refeering the Germany- Italy semifinal Kudos to Tellez, who was more than willing to...
Video: Italy destroys Germany in 1982
Germany has never beaten Italy at the World Cup, and this memory is the one we all have as...
Video: Will Zidane have the last laugh?
The way he played in France’s victory over the overrated Samba-boys tells me he’s not going to leave the...
Video: All Ronaldo’s Goals (15 and counting!)
Ronaldo Luíz Nazário de Lima – the greatest goalscorer in World Cup history: Eat your heart out, Pele! I...
Video: Ronaldo – The Early Years (OK, it’s a Nike Ad)
It seems appropriate to play this now. He really was spectacular. If he lost 10 kilos, he’d score 10...
Video: Brasil 3, Ghana 0
Ronaldo gets his place in history!
Fulltime: France 3 Spain 1 (Zizou! Zizou! Zizou!)
The old guard for France came through, Zizou and Viera, Makele and Thuram, and Barthez. Zidane was absolutely on...
Video: 1978 – Argentina 3, Holland 1
Remember Kempes? The Dutch were unlucky that day…
Video: 1982 – France vs. Germany
Back in high school, I still remember Platini’s France loss to Germany… what a crazy game that was!
Video: Platini vs. Zidane
Zidane was lucky to win the Cup, but Platini was incredible. Zizou looks old this time around…
Why Germany lost to England in 1966 (includes video)
I was talking to my father about this (these days all we talk about is football) and he gives...
The Hand of God, Part 2: Crouch’s Goal
Crouch has studied his Maradona…
Video: Korea 2, Togo 1
In case you missed the party, see the previous post >>
Video: Who is Tim Cahill?
What an inspiration! A injured Cahill comes on in the second half and saves the Socceroos! Australia 3, Japan...
Video: Germany 4, Costa Rica 2
A quick summary:
Video: Who is Paulo Wanchope?
The Wikipedia entry on Wanchope is uptodate- including his two goals today! I’m impressed!!