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August 19, 2008

A Championship-Calibre Parachustist

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Well, it's quite evident why this guy isn't doing these shows in the Prem. This is a member of the Red Devils, the British Army's parachuting team, who attempted to land in the stadium during the Burnley - Ipswich Town Championship game this weekend. Unfortunately, he wasn't aiming for the roof. He was aiming for [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Bursley FC, Championship, England, Ipswich Town, Parachute, Red Devils, World Football, burnley

Mark Bosnich is back: It's official

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Bosnich earns seven round stay with Mariners

Bosnich earns seven round stay with Mariners

The Central Coast Mariners today confirmed that Qantas Socceroo icon Mark Bosnich will be welcomed to the Mariners' playing roster for seven rounds of the Hyundai A-League 2008/09 season as the Mariners' first ever guest player. Click to continue reading...
Football in the Capital @ 08:09 PM EDT | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Australian football, Central Coast, English Premier League, Mark Bosnich, Sydney FC, World Football, football competition

Photo: Ronaldinhosaurus

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Ronaldinho mimics the facial expression of a dinosaur while an Argentinian performs an interpretive dance move behind him during the Olympics semifinal. (Fotonet) Click to continue reading...
The Offside @ 03:08 PM EDT | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Argentina, Beijing Olympics, Brazil, Olympics, Ronaldinho, World Football, semifinal

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

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The Good Brazilians in London: Yeah yeah, Portsmouth ain't exactly on their level, but Big Boss is going to be mighty pleased this season with Luiz & Deco running the show at Stamford Bridge. See, money can buy happiness. HSV: Hamburger just lost their most bestest player and quite possibly the finest WAG in the Bundesliga, only [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: AC Milan, Andrei Arshavin, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Brazil, Bundesliga, Chelsea, Cristina, Dimitar Berbatov, English Premier League, Eredivisie, Fulham, HSV, Hamburg, Hamburger, Hoffenheim, Hull City, Luiz Felipe Scolari, Portsmouth, Ronaldinho, Stamford Bridge, Steve McClaren, WAG, World Football, brazilians, deco, london, tottenham hotspur, xavi, you tube

August 18, 2008

Daily Dose: 08.18.08

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Stuff to read while you realize the resale value of public toilets is not all that wonderful..... Football with a basketball guy. (Unprofessional Foul) It's never too early to sound the alarm. (Reuters Soccer Blog) Big Phil's #2 is a moustachioed muscleman. (Sniffing The Touchline) Citeh fans have been packing on the winter pounds a bit early this year. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Luiz Felipe Scolari, Manchester City, Manchester United, Marc Stein, Premiership, Soccer, Wayne Rooney, World Football, basketball, blog, reuters

Just Say No To The Back-Pass

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Bruno of Brazil Offside fame found a wonderful clip from recent domestic action featuring a goalkeeper and the goalkeeper's worst nightmare: the back-pass. If done properly it can save the defense's bacon. If not and the plan somehow goes awry, in the word's of Daryl, you can look like "a more athletic Paul Robinson". Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Back-pass, Brazil, Howler, Internacional, Passback, Paul Robinson, Vasco, World Football, goalkeeper, offside

10 Things We Learned in the Premier League

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1. Debut goals are easy When Arsenal debutant Samir Nasri scored just four minutes into his Premier League career, he set the tone for goalscoring debutants over the weekend. Egyptian striker Amir Zaki got the idea with a left footed strike for Wigan, Deco got himself a great goal to seal an impressive performance for Chelsea, [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Amir Zaki, Arsenal, Ashley Young, Daniel Sturridge, Dean Ashton, Emmanuel Adebayor, English Premier League, Fabricio Coloccini, Fernando Torres, Geovanni, Hull City, Jonas Gutierrez, Liverpool, Man City, Nasri, Newcastle United, Premiership, Respect, Robbie Keane, Samir Nasri, World Football, World Soccer, aston villa, debut, deco, gabby agbonlahor, striker

Deco - Good at Football, Bad at Tackling

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Deco introduced himself to the Premier League with a brilliant display for Chelsea against Portsmouth. Playing alongside Joe Cole and behind Nicolas Anelka he had the playmaker thing down pat, making Cheslea look fluid than in recent seasons and capping the whole thing was a goal. But he also introduced himself to Portsmouth midfielder Lassana Diarra [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Chelsea, Cheslea, English Premier League, Joe Cole, Lassana Diarra, Martin Taylor, Nicolas Anelka, Portsmouth, Premiership, World Football, World Soccer, deco, eduardo, midfielder, tackle

August 17, 2008

The Special One is Back!

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The Special One might have found gainful employment with Inter Milan, but that isn't going to stop him from hosting another season of "I'm On Setanta Sports". "It" has found another job too, but he's still back for some more abuse. Loved this last season, but have to wonder: is there enough material for a whole 'nother [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Inter Milan, Jose Mourinho, The Special One, World Football, setanta sports

Julio Baptista + Super Mario Bros. = Great YouTube Video

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There are approximately 50 million billion footballer highlight videos on YouTube right now. I know because I counted. A lot of them are great to watch: brilliant footballers doing brilliant things. But very few of these vids have much to offer in the way of originality. At least half of them are set to that [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Super Mario Bros., Videos, Vids, World Football, YouTube, julio baptista

August 15, 2008

Daily Dose: 08.15.08

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Stuff to read while you portray yourself as an adult video inspector..... Football questions you never knew you needed answered. (Metro) How to survive the relegation fight. (Cagliari Offside) Lots of men from New Zealand auditioning for a Michael Jackson Thriller remake. (Champions League Blog) The insanity of Cologne's fans. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Bundesliga, Cagliari, Champions League, Cologne, Daily Dose, ESPN, FAM, Fluminense, Michael Jackson, New Zealand, Premiership, Serie A, Steven Gerrard, World Football, World Soccer, offside, relegation, televsision

Transfer review part 2: The transfers that did happen

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Now that we've skated past the deals that didn't happen, let's take a look at the ones that did.

The big four

Chelsea signed three Portuguese internationals, Deco, Jose Boswinga and, of course, Big Phil Scolari. Boswinga was terrific in Euro 2008 and looks like adding the pace and attacking verve to the right back slot that Chelsea already have at left back. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers, Champions League, Chelsea, English football, Euro 2008, Internationals, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, NY Red Bulls, Paulo Ferreira, Portsmouth, Premiership, Sunderland, Transfers, West Ham, World Football, Zidane, aston villa, deco, english game, phil scolari, prowess, tottenham hotspur

Prem 08-09: Fearless Predictions

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And with the season upon us, it's time for more predictions which will almost certainly not come true because my crystal ball is dirty and unreliable. Just like Man City's ownership. The Big Four.....will stay the Big Four. Every year someone is supposed to crack through and break the big moneyed foursome clotting the top of [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Adrian Mutu, Andriy Shevchenko, Arsena, Ashley Young, Blackburn Rovers, Cesc Fabregas, Chelsea, Dimitar Berbatov, English Premier League, Fulham, Man City, Manchester City, Mark Hughes, Marvin Emnes, Newcastle United, Paul Ince, Premiership, Sam Allardyce, Samir Nasri, Shaun-Wright Phillips, Theo Walcott, West Ham United, Wigan, World Football, aston villa, cocaine, luka modric, rosicky, steve bruce, tottenham hotspur, vedran corluka

Prem 08-09: The Sack Race

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The beginning of the Premiership season is upon us, and that means a few things: i. If you root for someone outside the Big Four, start dreaming of the UEFA Cup. ii. Referees will be forced into hiding again. iii. Get your hair gel now, ladies, because England is going to be depleted by November. iv. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Alan Curbishley, Alex Ferguson, Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Bolton, Chelsea, David Moyes, England, English Premier League, Everton FC, Fulham, Gareth Southgate, Harry Redknapp, Hull City, Kevin Keegan, Liverpool, Luiz Philip Scolari, Manchester City, Manchester United, Mark Hughes, Newcastle United, Portsmouth, Rafa Benitez, Roy Hodgson, Roy Keane, Stoke City, Sunderland, UEFA Cup, WBA, West Ham United, World Football, World Soccer, aston villa, gary megson, juande ramos, phil brown, referees, steve bruce, tony mowbray, tony pulis, tottenham hotspur

Premier League Prediction: Final Standings 2008/9

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The Premier League gets underway tomorrow, and I'm feeling brave. So brave that I've taken a (likely woefully inaccurate) guess at how the 2008/9 Premier League table will finish, one to twenty. Read on to see what the final table almost certainly won't look like, and even further on to where I try and justify my [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton, Chelsea, English Premier League, Everton FC, Fulham, Liverpool, Man City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Newcastle Utd, Portsmouth, Spurs, Stoke City, Sunderland, West Brom, West Ham, Wigan, World Football, aston villa, hull, league table, tottenham hotspur

August 14, 2008

Mutu Owes Chelsea €17.17 Million. Does That Seem Fair?

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It wasn't widely report at the time, but back in June FIFA decided that Adrian Mutu owed Chelsea €12 million (£9.6 million) compensation. Why? For putting some special Colombian powder up his nostrils, getting his contract terminated and then signing for Juventus on a free transfer before moving on to current club Fiorentina. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Adrian Mutu, CAS, Cheslea, English Premier League, FIFA, Fiorentina, Frank Lampard, Juventus, Serie A, World Football, World Soccer, cocaine, fine

Photo: The Maestro

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Can't tell is Pep Guardiola thought he was conducting a symphony or coaching a football game. Whatever he did it worked - Barca hammered Wisla 4-0. (Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images) Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Barcelona, Champions League, Josep Guardiola, Wisla Krakow, World Football, football game, third round qualifying

Poll: Goal of the Champions League Matchday

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Self-explanatory, eh? Adrian Mutu: Fiorentina v Slavia. Christian Pander: Schalke v Atletico. Alessandro Del Piero: Juventus v Artmedia. Hatem Ben Arfa & Benoit Cheyrou: Marseille v Brann. Simao: Panathinaikos v Sparta. Goal of the Matchday? ( polls) Thanks to 101GreatGoals.com for the vids. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: 3rd Round, Adrian Mutu, Alessandro Del Piero, Artmedia, Benoit Cheyrou, Champions League, Christian Pander, Fiorentina, Hatem Ben Arfa, Juventus, Marseille, Panathinaikos, Polls, Simao, Sparta, Third Round, Vids, World Football, atletico, brann, qualifying, schalke, slavia

August 13, 2008

Daily Dose: 08.13.08

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Stuff to read while you get robbed by Winnie the Pooh...... Stevie G's new £350,000 garden ornament. (The Spoiler) Franky Lamps is staying in London forever and ever. (Chelsea Offside) Once USSR's biggest rivalry resumes...and didn't go so well for the hosts. (Guardian Unlimited) How Not To Dress, by Mrs. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Andriy Voronin, Bundesliga, Chelsea, Dinamo Kyiv, Frank Lampard, Guardian Unlimited, Italy, Liverpool, Steven Gerrard, USSR, World Cup, World Football, hosts, offside, rivalry, spartak moscow, spoiler, wolfsburg

Steve McClaren Achieves YouTube Infamy

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Question for all those who speak English as a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc language: Which is easier to understand, somebody speaking to you in normal, easy to understand English or someone talking to you like you're a retarded monkey? Steve McClaren apparently thinks it's the latter. Bonus points if you can figure out what country [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: England, FC Twente, Netherlands, Steve McClaren, World Football

August 12, 2008

Former United Prospect Rakes In Record Injury Compensation

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Ben Collett was at one point supposed to be The Future Guy for Manchester United. Even before The Gelled One, he was going to run rampant down the Old Trafford wings and dazzling the crowd. But before he could even get a chance to fulfill that promise, his career was effectively ended by a brutal [.. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Ben Collett, English Premier League, Gary Smith, Injury payout, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Reserves, World Football, crowd, old trafford

United Must Recruit a Masterful Striker to Bolster Their Trophy Hopes

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With Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka, Salomon Kalou and Andriy Shevchenko in their striking ranks, Chelsea own one of the most exciting, powerful and experienced attacking line-ups in world football. And complemented by the offensive starlets of Deco, Florent Malouda and Joe Cole, who themselves sit in front an immensely strong central midfield duo of Frank [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Andriy Shevchenko, DIDIER DROGBA, England, Florent Malouda, Joe Cole, Nicolas Anelka, Salomon Kalou, World Football, deco

How to Keep Your Best Players, Playground Style

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I recently (and more than a little prematurely) hailed Martin O'Neill as a genius for holding on to Gareth Barry via the tactic of quoting Liverpool a high price for his best player and not accepting a penny less. But that's not the only tactic for preventing your players from leaving. Our latest football comic from [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Cristiano Ronaldo, Dimitar Berbatov, English Premier League, Gareth Barry, Liverpool, Manchester United, Martin O Neill, Robinho, Studs Up, World Football, best player

Premier League Should Have Seen Man City Mess Coming

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Despite all the rumours of human rights abuse, Thaksin Shinawatra passed the Premier League club owner "fit and proper test". Why? Because he had money. Lots and lots of money. But now Shinawatra is in all sorts of trouble. The Thailand Supreme Court has issued a warrant for his arrest, after he failed to appear in [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: English Premier League, Man City, Manchester City, Mark Hughes, Rumours, Stephen Ireland, Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, World Football, World Soccer, fit and proper perspon, richard scudamore, vedran corluka

QPR Deny Moving to Harrow

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Harrow Observer/David Baker - Championship club denies Kodak site rumours

Football's richest club has denied claims it is moving onto land once occupied by Kodak near the centre of Harrow.
Rumours have been rife that Championship team Queen's Park Rangers were looking into the plot in Headstone Gardens as a potential site for a new stadium. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Loftus Road, Queens Park, Rumours, World Football, flavio briatore, rich list
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