Futbolita 09 March @ 05:17 AM EDT
So Arsenal will be playing Hulkalicious Porto tonight and while
Denilson will finally shed his Carnaval outfit for boots, Porto
do not wished to be undermined! Benfica are not sending owls to the Emirates stadium either but who
needs them right?
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Avenell Road 18 February @ 03:57 AM EDT
I'm not normally one to hide behind excuses when the lads get beat. To be honest I find them all
incredibly boring. Every year we hear the same things such as our injuries hampered us, we've got
no money, the media are against us and the referees are anti arsenal. After so long I lose
interest in debating with these people because that's what footballs about.
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Arseblog 12 February @ 04:25 AM EDT
This morning, between snoozes on my alarm, I had a dream I was about to play a game of football
for Spanish side Xerez. I have no idea against who. Perhaps Real Madrid. Then somebody stole three
footballs I had been put in charge of and the coach was really upset with me. It wasn't my fault
though but still they tried to delete my profile from their official iPhone app.
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Good news in Thailand yesterday. The Football Association there has announced that footballs will
receive their own special coaching from the experienced Steve Darby.
Following on from a poor showing in the SEA Games last year the FA have appointed a new assistant
coach to Bryan Robson Attapol Bussapakom to replace Darby after what the head of FAT described as
an 'unacceptable' failure.
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The 12th Man 30 January @ 02:00 AM EDT
John Terry has always been one of footballs bad boys. No matter how hard he tries to be good, he
always seems to screw up. In the past year, he came under fire for allegedly selling Chelsea tours
to support his charity. Now, the papers are saying how he knocked up Wayne Bridge's ex-girlfriend.
Should this man be England's leader?
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KICKETTE 27 January @ 12:40 PM EDT
Kickette RCA winner Mario Gomez shares a sofa with Jon Bon Jovi and Heidi Klum at the taping of
Wetten Dass.
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Cute Germans and Nutella? Who's been peeking into our diary of footy food fantasies?
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WAG Clio Zenden says her seven-year relationship with Sunderland's Bolo Zenden is dunzo.
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KICKETTE 27 January @ 12:40 PM EDT
Kickette RCA winner Mario Gomez shares a sofa with Jon Bon Jovi and Heidi Klum at the taping of
WETTEN DASS? Mario seems underwhelmed by the serenade.
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Cute Germans and Nutella? Who's been peeking into our diary of footy food fantasies?
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WAG Clio Zenden reveals that her seven-year relationship with Sunderland's Bolo Zenden is
officially dunzo.
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Maradona visits main South Africa World Cup stadium
By Nkemeleng Nkosi, Associated Press Writer
JOHANNESBURG — Argentina coach Diego Maradona toured the main stadium in Johannesburg for the
World Cup on Thursday on his last day in South Africa.
Maradona also handed out gifts to children and football players at a school in Soweto's Orlando
East area.
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The Offside 20 January @ 10:30 AM EDT
We get a fair few emails at The Offside, with various people asking us to give their product or
organization a mention. Often it's inappropriate. Like a book about the NFL, and we received the
mass email because someone got their footballs confused. But occasionally we'll get an email
pointing us towards something genuinely brilliant, [.
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WorldCupBlog 16 January @ 08:20 PM EDT
I've been watching a couple of matches of the 1970 World Cup in Mexico recently. It's one of the
things you do as a Bundesliga fan in January. It was also one of the things I always wanted to do,
given the reputation of the tournament, the players involved and the fact that it took place long
before my time.
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Dirty Tackle 15 January @ 02:08 PM EDT
AAAAHHHHHHHH I AM ARTUR BORUC AND THIS IS A LIST OF THINGS THAT MADE ME ANGRY THIS WEEK:
1. THE EXCITABLE INTER COMMENTATOR I UNDERSTAND THAT HE WAS EXCITED BUT WHAT WAS WITH ALL THE
YELLING?!??!?!! WHAT KIND OF IDIOT YELLS LIKE THAT?!?!?!?! AHHHHHHHHH I THINK ONE OF MY VOCAL
CHORDS JUST SNAPPED!
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We are looking to get ourselves as many nominations as possible in the Soccerlens
Awards, its the first time we've had this opportunity and we are excited. You can
do so by clicking here, its not one of those click to vote jobbies so you might want to
read on.
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I didn't say it unfortunately, those where the words of Patrick MBoma yesterday on RMC'c After
Foot show. Patrick Mboma should know, he was one of Cameroon's stars at the end of 1990s and
beginning of 2000, participating in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups, winning the Africa Cup of Nations
in 2000 and 2002 as well as getting the gold medal in the 2000 Olympics.
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This is an interesting video I caught on the blog of my favourite radio program dedicated to
football, RMC's After Foot. I will write another post about this French talk show which I find
really excellent.
Anyway, it is incredible to see all the steps needed to make a football which seems to be such a
simple object.
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QPR Report 24 December @ 03:21 AM EDT
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For a combination of cutting-edge, continually-updated, QPR-related news and also a
broader football focus: Visit (and feel to post!) the QPR Report Messageboard!-
QPR REPORT Available on TWITTER!- Reid Returns to Blackburn
- Impact of and changes caused by Money in Football Over Past Decade
- Portsmouth Debt Crisis/Selling Players
- Bristol City at Loftus Road on Boxing Day
- Nice Southampton Gesture to Fans
QPR Official Site - R'S SPREAD CHRISTMAS CHEER- The R's First Team squad were on hand to spread some much-needed Christmas cheer to patients at
the St Mary's Hospital in Paddington earlier this week.
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EPL Talk 20 December @ 08:04 AM EDT
So it's official now, Manchester City's owners have shown there true colours with yesterdays
sacking of Mark Hughes and replacing him with Roberto Mancini. Rumours had been circling Hughes
since Saturday morning, with several British papers stating that the game against Sunderland was to
be his last.
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As you will see, this is a special post that is also related to Arsenal but not in the normal
way that I've usually go about. The good people at SoccerPro asked if I wanted to write a review of
one of their products, to which I happily obliged. Bear in mind, although I've done numerous
reviews of Arsenal matches and performances, this is my virgin try at product review.
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WorldCupBlog 04 December @ 10:10 AM EDT
The official matchball of World Cup 2010 was officially unveiled today. Officially. So now it's
all official.
The adidas Jabulani (above) will be the ball used in all World Cup 2010 games in South Africa.
There are plenty of technical details, some of which are after the jump.
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Chris Nee and Gary Andrews are joined by ITV Footballs Mark Segal to talk about the Premier
League, FA Cup, Chester City, Major League Soccer, North American Soccer League, Liverpool and
Everton groundsharing and a few other odds and sods. http://www.csrnusa.com
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Adidas has announced that the roundest ball ever, the Jubulani, will be used during
next summer's World Cup finals in South Africa. It continues the trend to improving balls which
have evolved since the leather cannonball was first used.Â
The key piece of equipment, footballs have been iconic.
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Off the Post 01 December @ 04:23 AM EDT
It's round Since every World Cup produces an accompanying matchball which is supposedly "rounder"
than its predecessor, you could be forgiven for thinking that footballs are now about as round as
they are likely to get. Not so, according to Adidas. They will officially unveil their Adidas
Jabulani ball at Friday's World Cup draw and are sticking [.
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And God said let there be light. Immediately he realized it is not possible because there were
no power plants back then. He then said let there be power plants. He then realized that there was
no one to build, own and operate them. So he said let there be cunts. But then these cunts needed
someone to fuck around with, to get petty photocopying duties done, to write note for approvals, to
get their sons or daughters admitted in Engineering colleges, to just have some plain old
irritating-helpless-creatures fun, to assist in their house shifting, to just about do anything
other than building, owning and operating power plants.
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Forget Everton v Liverpool or Arsenal v Chelsea, there is one fixture that is the must watch this
weekend, Spanish footballs uncivil war, FC Barcelona v Real Madrid CF. A derby where the two teams
are not even from the same city or region and where pigs' heads are showered to welcome former
players.
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Molto Calcio 23 November @ 10:47 AM EDT
From MoltomanagerToday's breakdown will be on the famous and very popular 3-5-2. 3 defenders, 5 midfielders, 2
attackers. It is a formation i run into with increasing regularity at the club and high school
level.I confess i am a 4-4-2 guy. Footballs most balanced formation is easy to teach from in short
amounts of training time.
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Continental's New ContiFan Competition Gives Fans Chance to Win Tickets to 2010 FIFA World
Cupâ„¢
Continental Tyres, Official Sponsor of the 2010 FIFA World Cupâ„¢, is offering fans the chance to
win a fantastic trip to South Africa complete with World Cup tickets in their new
ContiFanContest
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The Offside 30 October @ 10:00 PM EDT
Seven stories you may have missed this week on The Offside and World Cup Blog... Celebrating the
South African grannies team Adidas XI vs Nike XI in battle of the brands Nothing can stop Ivan
Klasnić, not even Lucas Neill Alacorn upset the Galacticos Guitar hero. With footballs. Some
pretty rank rankings Halloween special zombie football game Thanks to everyone who had read [.
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Off the Post 26 October @ 05:32 AM EDT
Getting a telecom company on board could improve your team's flame resistance Saudi club Al-Hilal
celebrated their new sponsorship deal with telecom company Mobily by holding a reality
TV-meets-James Bond training camp atop a volcano. The team plays kickabout with some very hot
footballs while dodging the various life-threatening hazards introduced by coach Eric Gerets (he is
[.
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This is one of the most hilarious goals of recent times, unless you're a Liverpool fan.
And, of course, by any standards of common sense it shouldn't have been a goal at all. (I just
tested this on my wife, incidentally, who is conversant with the rules of the game and considered
the awarding of the goal an outrage.
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It is probably the most famous wasp in the world, the wasp that almost cost Fabio
Cannavaro his career. The Italian defender was stung last week and later treated by Juve medics
however following this Cannavaro failed a drugs test.
Over the last few days Cannavaro has been cleared of any wrong doing and he has revealed more
information about that sting and where it was.
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Dirty Tackle 12 October @ 10:32 AM EDT
Well hello there.
I see you've caught me with my hair erect. This happens sometimes when I am heading the ball or
when I am in the presence of a divine beauty like yourself or when I eat a bucket of oysters while
watching DVDs about naked people. Ha-HA! I have quite a few DVDs about the adventures of naked
people, including some where they go bowling and then solve algebra problems together.
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaargh!
It isn't yet...
Reading some of this shit just makes my brain explode. How on Earth is Ken Bates Leeds'
Chairman? He doesn't own the club? He doesn't know anyone who owns the club? It wouldn't suprise me
if Leeds were actually owned by Harry Potter, or those fucking dogs playing cards in that
picture.
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The Offside 25 September @ 07:30 PM EDT
Stuff to read while you enjoy a casual own-half goal from Ron Vlaar..... Getting bilignual
simultaneously with the Spanglish. (Futfanatico) Who loves a good tattoo? Footballs, that's who.
(Three Match Ban) The 5 ref rule should migrate to the MLS. (SoccerLens) Gary Neville tells it how
it is. (Football365) JT & Deco get doppelgangers.
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Anfield Talk 20 September @ 02:49 PM EDT
Not since the days when footballs were made of head-me-if-you-dare heavy leather has something in
the game caused so many defenders migraines. But even Superman has kryptonite. Fernando Torres can
be neutralised — how to do so is the surprise.
You make him face a certain Premier League side and they are not Manchester United, not Chelsea and
not Arsenal.
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KICKETTE 14 September @ 09:26 AM EDT
Fashion shows already have a lot going for them: beautiful designs, glamour, front-row
side-eyes, etc.
Throw a footballer in the mix and it goes to an entirely new (and hotter) level.
New York fashionistas just happened to get a great combo of footy and fashion this weekend,
during the Y-3 show.
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KICKETTE 14 September @ 09:26 AM EDT
Fashion shows already have a lot going for them: beautiful designs, glamour, front-row
side-eyes, etc.
Throw a footballer in the mix and it goes to an entirely new (and hotter) level.
New York fashionistas just happened to get a great combo of footy and fashion this weekend,
during the Y-3 show.
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Euro 2009 for the ladies, a mouthwatering clash in the World Cup qualifiers to look forward to,
and controversial decisions from footballs governing bodies all feature on this week's Good, bad
and Ugly.
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Fifa ruling against Chelski today could have far reaching economic ramifications on the football
world in the coming years.
Chelski are banned from signing any new players until 2011 after they were found guilty of
illegally inducing a French youth international to sign in 2007. The ruling from Fifa's Dispute
Resolution Chamber also banned the 18-year-old attacking midfielder Gaël Kakuta (pictured above),
considered the cream of the club's academy talent, for four months and fined him €780,000
(£681,000).
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"It's not about money."
Sol Campbell insists his move to Notts County was all about the challenge.
"An English player would be nice, because I think we have enough foreigners. Someone like
Andy Reid?"
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Avenell Road 02 September @ 06:35 AM EDT
What's good for the Goose isn't always the same for the gander in Arsenals case.
Ever since the Paul Davis incident back in 1988, which I believe was the first instance of
cameras being used retrospectively in a football match, we have been treated unfairly by the
footballs powers that be.
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With plenty of talk about players Liverpool wanted and couldn't afford to sign this summer, it
seems strange to me that our squad wasn't bolstered with some proven, experienced players on free
transfers. As I will outline, there were quite a few players available who could've provided much
needed competition in the squad.
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