Cristiano Doni does a Ronaldinho
A kind of similar looking bicycle kick from Atalanta’s Cristiano Doni in a Serie A match against Messina on...
Monthly Archives: December 2006
Iraq enters Asian Games final
Iraq, who endured a chaotic build-up to the Games which saw one member of their football federation murdered and...
Alexandre Pato -Brazil finds a new 17 year old genius
Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva or Alexandre Pato nicknamed “the duck” is going to be the secret weapon for South...
Ronaldinho’s Japan Plan
World Club Cup or the Toyota Cup. It’s apparently the only cup that’s missing from Barcelona’s trophy cupboard and...
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...
Video: Bolton 4 West Ham 0
The game that finished Alan Pardew’s coaching career at West Ham.
Alan Pardew sacked as West Ham’s coach
The 4-0 pasting by Bolton was the straw that broke Eggert Magnusson’s back. He looked like he had swallowed...
The future of Indian football: Tapping the diaspora?
The Doha Asian games, saw an Indian football drawing Hong Kong, barely beating the Maldives, and then crashing out...
Asian games :Iranian player scores,then apologises
Iran beat China 8-7 (penalties ) in this Asian Games quarter final game in Doha.Iran’s Arash Borhani had to...
Inter Milan equal ancient record
Inter Milan’s eighth league win in a row equalled a club record that dates back to the 1939-40 season.Goals...
Video – Chelsea Arsenal highlights
Action from Chelsea vs Arsenal ….and somewhere towards the end of the 3.26 minutes you will be able to...
Arsenal vs Chelsea, 1-1: A lot of luck and woodwork
There were about three sure goals that the woodwork kept away from Chelsea. Lampard and Essien were the victims....
Matthew Taylor – a bolt from the blue
Matthew Taylor scored yesterday against Everton with this incredibe volley from 45 yards out.Jonathan Wilson writing in the Independent...
Goals from Rooney,Saha and Ronaldo
Manchester United go 9 points ahead of the rest of the pack with a 3 – 1 victory over...
Beckham bends it again
Great free kick from Beckham for Real Madrid against Sevilla yesterday ….and more on Beckham – he has been...
Ashley Cole finds an ally in Wenger
Irate Arsenal Fans were supposedly going to greet Chelsea’s Ashley (Cashley) Cole with a shower of such fake £20...
Juve to appeal five game ban for Nedved
Lawyers for Juventus will appeal a five game ban slapped on Pavel Nedved following last week’s match versus Genoa...
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: Gonzalo Higuain: France or Argentina?
Many of his fans are wondering if Gonzo is going to don the blue and white or go totally...
Does the Premiership understand its foreign players?
Carlos Tevez’s well documented grouse with his playing minutes at West Ham, Thierry Henry becoming ornery at Arsenal, Sheva...
Paul Robinson’s diplomatic blunder
This may be the first time in history that a goalkeeping blunder has led to improved diplomatic relations between...
2006 – World Soccer in serious trouble
A thought provoking analysis by Mike Collett that 2006 has been the year of problems for World Soccer –...
FIFA loses to Mastercard
FIFA officials have ended up with the eggs in their faces as MasterCard were awarded an injunction against the...
Soccerblog opinion: Klinsmann turning down the US job really hurts
Bob Bradley, the new US MNT coach I think Marcelo Balboa and Dave O’Brien had a lot to do...
Video: Fernando Belluschi: River Plate star
We should hear a lot about Fernando Belluschi in the future. Great talent for Argentina.
Jurgen Klinsmann turns down US soccer job
It is official. Jurgen Klinsmann is no longer in the running for the US MNT coaching job. He reportedly...
Argentine soccer: The new kids on the block
For every Juan Roman Riquelme that announces his retirement from soccer, there is some one to take over his...
UEFA Team of the Year voting
Voting for the UEFA Team of the Year 2006 has begun .
Ronaldo double for Real Madrid
Ronaldo scored twice in the last four minutes to earn Real Madrid a 2-2 draw against Dynamo Kyiv in...
ADRIANO’S GOLDEN TRASH CAN
It’s been a tough year for Adriano. He hasn’t scored for Inter Milan for over 200 days. He’s been...
Manchester United get past Benfica
Man U in their do or die Group F game against Benfica were almost laid low by this stunning...
BBC Panorama, Dec 10: Andrew Jennings buttonholes Jack Warner
Those who enjoyed Andrew Jennings expose the corruption in FIFA starting with Sepp Blatter’s secret payout of £1m worth...
Dubai takeover of Liverpool FC: Infrastructural benefits, not team success
Dubai International Capital’s (DIC) takeover does not mean much in terms of Liverpool’s success, although there are undoubtedly infrastructural...
Naohiro Takahara joins hat trick club
Naohiro “The Sushi Bomber” Takahara – scored the first hat trick (video) in the German League in Eintracht Frankfurt’s...
Video: Matthew Le Tissier: Southampton FC legend
Matt Le Tissier with his cannon shot goals. No dinky taps for him. The pity was that Le Tissier...
Shevchenko nears record goal tally
Andrei Shevchenko scored his 57th goal in European competition in the Chelsea vs Levski Sofia game yesterday.He is now...
More Ronaldinho Magic
Well…Barcelona will live to fight another day..or maybe they fought to live another day -whatever.Anyway they beat Werder Bremen...
Blatter’s summer plans
Climate experts are have warned that El Nino is going to play havoc with summer holiday plans in the...
Ronaldo’s latest dive
You can get a good look now at why Gareth Southgate was so very angry. …….and then take a...
Video: Ronaldinho’s 50 best goals
Feast your eyes on 21 minutes of pure Ronaldinho magic.
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...
Premiership drought in goals: Not the stingy defense
Paul Wilson has a post on the decrease in goals seen this season in the Premiership. Of course, the...
The best US soccer export: Goalkeepers
All three US goalkeepers playing this weekend came away as winners with Tim Howard being the pick in Everton’s...
Dubai to buyout Liverpool FC: Reds bosses welcome offer
Liverpool FC has been the interest of foreign government buyouts before, the most picaresque one being Thaksin Shinawatra, the...
Crowded at the top
The top spot on the Premiership goalscorers chart is a bit crowded these days. Didier Drogba and Nwankwo Kanu...
Gianluca Vialli: Cheats never prosper? Yeah, right!!
Read The Italian Job and Gianluca Vialli’s take on cheating in football. As he says, Machiavelli is an inspiration,...
Barcelona face must win match
Tuesday’s Champions League clash with Germany’s Werder Bremen will determine whether Barcelona become the first reigning champions to be...
Cristiano Ronaldo in diving incident again
Bitter words from Middlesbrough’s manager Gareth Southgate after Ronaldo’s 19th minute theatrics won Man U a penalty against them....
10 great goals in November
Critistiano Ronaldo,Claude Makelele,Aaron Lennon,Robin Van Persie,Colin Kazim Richards,Louis Saha,Sylvain Distin,Nicolas Anelka,Tugay and Mikel Arteta….in that order.Take your pick.
Video : Arsenal 3 – Tottenham 0
Emmanuel Adebayaor scored the opener and Gilberto Silva chipped in with two penalties….all this without the services of the...
Inter wins 11th in a row
Today’s 2-0 win over Siena is Inter Milan’s 11th in a row (7th consecutive in serie A). It’s also...
Perry Groves: Buy his book for some Christmas cheer
Perry Groves is a lot more fun than Ashley Cole and he did it all for the love of...
Leave South Africa alone: Time for Blatter to step up
Sepp Blatter should step up and show his credentials as FIFA president. It is becoming increasingly distasteful to see...
CANNAVARO’S GOLDEN BALL , part 2
Leaving aside ethical questions raised by the video of his (supposedly then legal) performance-enhancing drug use, does Fabio Cannavaro’s...