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How To Really Celebrate A Goal 2.0: A Stjarnan FC Update!

Futbolita 27 October @ 01:02 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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If you haven't heard of Stjarnan FC,a team from Iceland who created an absolute ruckus with their goal-scoring celebrations, then you're really missing out! From the 'Rambo' to 'Gone Fishing' moves, these guys are close to becoming legends of their own!

A good day of qualifiers

Football Fanaticos 08 October @ 07:16 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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For the Euro 2012 qualifiers Denmark had to defeat Cyprus, and the match was virtually over after 25 minutes, with Denmark winning 4-0. It ended 4-1, but Denmark did what they had to do, and will now be looking towards a group final against Portugal in Copenhagen next Tuesday. Denmark needs to win to win the group though, after Portugal managed a too difficult 5-3 win over Iceland in Lisbon.

Arsenal’s Oxo Kid: My joy at England hat-trick

Arsenal Insider 07 October @ 04:49 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has spoken about his joy at hitting his first hat-trick in England's comfortable 3-0 victory in Iceland. Arsenal's Oxo Kid was in fine form in Reykjavik to put Stuart Pearce's team top of Euro 2013 Qualifying Group 8.

The Gunners winger was a handful all night and a quick-fire brace inside 15 minutes put England in charge in what could have been a very tricky encounter.

Video: Icelandic women’s U17 keeper gives perhaps the worst goalkeeping performance ever

Off the Post 04 August @ 04:07 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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What's the collective noun for howlers? In the days before YouTube it is safe to say that the Women's U17 World Cup was not subject to the same level of scrutiny as it is in the digital age we now inhabit. So we can assume that Iceland goalkeeper Arna Lind Kristinsdottir is wishing she lived [...]

Danish dream frozen out by Iceland

Soccerphile World Cup Blog 18 June @ 05:16 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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UEFA U21 Championship - Denmark 1:3 Iceland
"No jocund health that Denmark drinks today" - Hamlet I.ii

'The History of Danish Dreams' was the 1988
novel which launched Copenhagen's Peter Høeg onto the world's literary stage, but tonight in Aalborg dreams of making history became nightmares as Denmark's U21 team was eliminated as host nation after a demoralising 3-1 defeat to Iceland.

Top five U21 conclusions: Switzerland 2-0 Iceland & Denmark 2-1 Belarus

Off the Post 15 June @ 03:04 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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1. Switzerland don't waste any time. Their first-minute goal against Iceland won them the match the Icelandic heads immediately dropped. 2. Xherdan Shaqiri might have to be fitted with a horse racing-style handicap for the semi-finals. He looks a cut above so far. 3. It is a good job Christian Eriksen's poor penalty bounced [.

Emerging talent: 12 players to watch at the Under-21 European Championships 2011

Just-Football 08 June @ 12:12 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Emerging talent: 12 players to watch at the Under-21 European Championships 2011 is a post from: Just Football

The 2011 UEFA Under-21 European Championships get underway this weekend in Denmark. This year's edition includes some surprise names, such as Belarus and first-time qualifiers Iceland, as well as some big name absentees like Italy, Holland and 2009 winners Germany who all failed to qualify this time around.

“Scandanavian” Championship XI 2010/2011

Mirko Bolesan 20 May @ 05:13 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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As I'm sure everyone is well aware the Premier League is jam packed with foreigners from all corners of the globe. This practice has filtered down to the lower leagues, so I thought I'd begin a series on foreign XIs in the Football League with this one on "Scandanavian" players in the Championship.