Video :Theo Walcott goals against Germany
Theo Walcott’s goals in the England Germany Under 21 match on 10th Oct. Walcott, on as a late substitute,...
Monthly Archives: October 2006
The original hand of God
Maradona talks about the original hand of God !
Video – Hand of Aguero
Watch Aguero’s hand of God.Maradona’s was better !
Petr Cech undergoes brain surgery
Petr Cech will not play football until next year after undergoing neurosurgery for a depressed fracture of the skull.He...
World Cup Honeymoon Over, It’s Back to Racism in German Football
Well, I thought I’d take a break from Soccerblog for a while, but now this article made me want...
Video: Rooney’s Back!
Rooney had a hand, er, foot in every goal. The Beeb can’t shut up about how great he is....
Video: The Chelsea – Reading Debacle
Highlights of the wierdest game this year. Did Steve Hunt mean to KO Cech? Probably not. Mourinho’s not happy:
Where have all the great footballers gone?
An interesting critique of the players on Fifa’s World Player of the Year shortlist….especially on Frank Lampard !
The Cote D’Ivoirians players: Fantastic but flawed
Didier Drogba, Emmannuel Eboue, and Didier Zokora, have a few things in common. They are Cote D’Ivoirian, fantastic players...
Innovations in the beautiful game
There was a rumour recently that Blatter was going to eliminate boring draws in football by introducing two goals...
Hand of God again
Sergio Aguero had a hand in the goal he scored against Recreativo Huelva in the Vicente Calderon on Saturday....
“To be alive is a bit lucky ” and more Mourinho quotes
Mourinho -after losing 2 goalkeepers. “The second one, Carlo, I think is a consequence of the way he hit...
Chelsea’s expensive signings disappoint: Khalid Boulahrouz is the exception
Ballack, Mikel, Sheva- 45 million pounds but where are they? Chelsea continues to perform but it is clear that...
This season’s most bizarre Premiership match: Chelsea vs Reading
The way Chelsea celebrated the end of this match, you would think they had won their third title in...
Video – Israel vs Russia
Israel managed a respectable a 1-1 draw against Russia in Moscow . More Euro 2008 updates here . And...
Video – Goal by Marco Bresciano
Peter Crouch gets competition in the scissor kick department from Marco Bresciano as Australia ended their Asian Cup qualifying...
Compensation case row : UEFA
Belgian first division team Royal Charleroi’s case against FIFA for compensation to them for injuries sustained by Abdelmajid Oulmers...
Robinson saddened by abuse
Another look at Robinson’s unfortunate wonder blunder. He returns to club duty with Tottenham at unbeaten Aston Villa today...
Music to score self goals by
On DVD :The definitive collection of goalkeeping gaffes – David Seaman Presents Goalkeeping Nightmares Its being given out as...
Portugal lose to Poland
Ebi Smolarek’s 2 goals in the first half gave Poland a shock 2-1 win over Group A favourites Portugal...
Spanish victory over Argentina for Aragones
Xavi Hernandez’s 32nd-minute long shot in their 2-1 win against Argentina .
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...
Peter Crouch in the air
It’s a bird,it’s a plane, it’s a windmill…..!
Video – Croatia vs England
A bizarre self goal. Robinson swipes at thin air ! “I went to kick the ball,” he said, ”...
Croatia 2 England 0
England went behind to a header from Croatia’s Brazilian-born striker Eduardo da Silva early in the second half.Goalkeeper Paul...
Kaka’s winner against Ecuador
Ronaldinho hit the crossbar twice on free kicks after being introduced into the game in the second half.His pass...
The road to South Africa – another bump
NSW Premier Morris Iemma has called on FIFA to award the 2010 World Cup to Australia as uncertainty continues...
Brazil beat Ecuador
Dunga’s tactic of getting his players to share rooms has paid off .Brazil won their game against Ecuador extending...
Euro Mascots in legal battle !
Trix and Flix,Flitz and Blitz or Zigi and Zagi ? Trix and Flix won. The choice of the names...
Glenn Myernick passes away
Glenn Myernick, Bruce Arena’s chief assistant with the US team at the past two World Cup finals, and a...
Video: Portugal 3, Azerbaijan 0
Cristiano Ronaldo scores three times – although only two of them count. [Scolari would’ve been a great coach for...
Video: England 0, Macedonia 0
Someone needs to wake up… even if it’s just one lion! Once again, the English team underwhelms us with...
Video: Brazil 4, Kuwait 0
A friendly Brazil destroys a club team masquerading as the Kuwaiti national team. Still, it’s fun to see Brazil...
Time to show the pluck of the Irish
The Irish papers have been baying for manager Steve Staunton’s head after Ireland’s humiliating 5-2 defeat in Cyprus on...
Portugal ready for Poland
Portugal play Poland next and Ronaldo wants another win though Scolari is willing to settle for a draw. Portugal...
Dunga tries new tactic
Brazil’s national soccer team arrived in the Swedish capital on Sunday for a friendly against Ecuador sometime this week....
What he actually told Zidane
Materazzi has also written a book ! His book is called “What I actually told Zidane” and in it...
Charlie the Bonnie Prince
“The Bonnie Prince” is the title of the autobiography of Chelsea legend Charlie Cooke .It was released in the...
Euro Update
Rooney’s lost form remained lost and McClaren’s English honeymoon came to an end with the goalless draw that was...
McClaren stays with the tried and trusted
It will be Macedonia and not England who will be playing the 3-5-2 formation at Old Trafford today.Steve McClaren...
World Eleven Shortlist
The FIFPro World XI team will be named from these 55 players in November this year.
World’s Best Team
In July and August this year 43,000 professional footballers belonging to the 40 professional organisations across the world that...
African Cup of Nations -what’s in a name !
The Bafana Bafana’s badly need to win against the Chipolopolo on sunday if they want to qualify for the...
Coaching dilemmas
Roberto Donadoni is struggling to get the World Cup champions to make it to the Euro 2008 championship. With...
Barthez says goodbye
France’s most garlanded goalkeeper Barthez follows Zidane into retirement . He made the announcement on French television channel TF1....
The longest goal ?
20th Sept 2006- Liverpool vs Newcastle. Is there a greater long distance goal scorer than Xabi Alonso ?
Peter Crouch statistics
Sam Wallace writing in The Independent about Crouch and McClaren has this interesting compilation of statistics on Peter Crouch....
Beckham quotes
Yesterday in an interview with the BBC Real Madrid president Ramon Calderón said: “As far as I know he’s...
Road to South Africa
Another bend in the bumpy road to South Africa 2010 . FIFA General Secretary Urs Linsi stated yesterday that...
Dempsey voted Player of the Year
New England Revolution midfielder Clint Dempsey, seen here scoring the only American goal at this year’s World Cup, was...
Boys from Brazil
Here’s something to put on the shopping list.Boys from Brazil – The BBC’s history of the Brazilian national team,...
Didier Zokora dives again
Didier Zokora sets new heights in the art of diving in Tottenham’s win against Portsmouth over the weekend. Glenn...
World Cup Site wins award
The Web Marketing Association’s 2006 WebAward for Best Events Website went to Ericsson and Zooma for their work on...