When did Manchester United last lose to Leicester City ?
The vast amounts of money Man United spent on brilliant attackers was well worth it. They went 2 –...
Yearly Archives: 2014
192 seconds of pure Arsenal joy shred Villa
Well met, Welbeck! Two of the most under pressure players in the league, Mesut Oezil and Danny Welbeck, delivered...
Ozil strikes back
Özil contributed a goal and an assist in a 3 minute blitz of goals that sent Aston Villa reeling...
Hammers hammer Liverpool
Liverpool were 1 – 0 down in 80 seconds,2-0 down in 7 minutes. Sterling scored for Liverpool in the...
Real Madrid thrash Deportivo 8 – 2
Including first hat trick of the season from Cristiano (I want to go back to Manchester United) Ronaldo
A Leaner meaner Rooney and his Nike Hypervenom boots
Rooney has 2 goals from 4 games so far this season.He will be using his new personalised orange Nike...
Defending Mesut Oezil is not a tactic
Oezillating from bad to worse? Getting him to play to his potential is. Arsene Wenger, in a robust defense...
Zidane’s questionable coaching credentials could hurt an already hurting Real Madrid
Zidane could be butting heads with the Liga’s Competition Committee Zinedine Zidane, post retirement has found a home in...
Soccer investment funds move to financing the French Ligue
Coming to Michel Platini’s backyard, third party ownership like structures UEFA might object to third party ownership with Carlos...
Everton post comfortable win over Wolfsburg
Everton, back in the League after 4 years made an impressive start by beating Wolfsburg 4 – 1 Ricardo...
Ronaldinho’s epic penalty kick fail as Queretaro fall to Tigres
Remember the 2011 Copa America semi-final between Brazil vs Paraguay which went to penalty shootout? Elano began the meltdown...
Chelsea’s new economic model includes bodyshopping
Chelsea can start two full eleven’s with their loan army and then some After earning a miniscule profit in...
Solksjaer departs Cardiff: Tony Pulis is seen as favourite to replace him
Tony Pulis looks like a firm favourite to join Cardiff Ole Gunner Solksjaer, the source of so many get...
Graham Poll calls for Robben ban
Graham Poll has called for a ban on Arjen Robben for doing again what he does best.Deep sea diving...
Soccerblog supports Scottish independence: Vote Yes
Stop crippling yourself, Scotland. Vote yes! For the five undecided Scottish fans who might read Soccerblog. Be brave. There...
Ajax welcome Zlatan the son of god.
Zlatan returned to a tumultuous welcome from his former club.Ajax welcomed him back with a giant banner, saying: “Welcome...
Manchester City felled by 90th minute goal
Bayern Munich were a far cry from the free-flowing, all-conquering team that they had been.Man City however managed only...
Champions League: A resurgent Schalke frustrate Chelsea, 1-1
The “little horse” had a sad today One can see why Julian Draxler excites Arsene Wenger so. On this...
Messi turns 14
Barcelona celebrated the 14th anniversary of Lionel Messi joining the club as a 13-year-old.
Zlatan the younger
Classic footage of Zlatan the younger…scoring goals with imperious ease.
Real Madrid blitz Basel
5 -1 Basel started the blitz with an own goal and by half-time Gareth Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo, and James...
Gerrard penalty takes Liverpool past Ludogorets..
…Balotelli scored his first Liverpool goal 8 minutes from the end.Ludogorets equalised and it was left to Steven Gerrard...
Champions League: A woeful Arsenal escape from Dortmund with a 0-2 loss
Arsenal were left “exposed” in the middle and down below. No balls. Arsene Wenger’s tactical philosophy seems to be...
Champions League: A shorthanded Arsenal takes on Borussia Dortmund
Adrian Ramos will be a major threat to the Arsenal defense A Chambers- Mertesacker- Koscielny- Gibbs remains Arsenal’s best...
Jeremy Menez’s goal was merely history repeating itself.
Jeremy Menez’s marvellous backheel against Parma the other day is amazingly...
Who is Jerome Champagne ?
Blatter has got a challenger at last. Champagne is the knight in shining armour who has dared to challenge...
Jeremy Menez scores most brilliant backheel of the year…
Jeremy Menez scored this magically brilliant backheel goal and one...
Manchester United dismantle QPR
Manchester United’s nightmare vanishes as they hammer QPR 4- 0. Angel Di Maria scored on debut. Ferdinand must have...
Manchester United – The survivors
The Val Gaal Effect on the team that David Moyes left behind.
Real Madrid beaten at home by Atletico
Star studded Real Madrid suffered an embarrassing 2 – 1 home loss to Atletico Madrid – who in comparison...
Liverpool beaten by Aston Villa
Liverpool started poorly and were a goal down after eight minutes – the goal being scored by Gabriel Agbonlahor...
Diego Costa Hat Trick against Swansea
He is being called “unstoppable”
Arsenal’s glorious goals undone by familiar blunders as City equalize, 2-2
The best of times and the worst of times! Absolutely filthily gorgeous and absolutely cravenly abject! You are perfectly...
Fernando Torres: A new lease of life at AC Milan?
If Fernando Torres was a car at this point, what would he be? A burning Ford Pinto? There was...
Plantation era Cain Hoy Investment sparks a potential Tottenham takeover
Jonathan Goldstein, Spurs fan, could be the face of the new ownership An investment group with a plantation era...
Another Messi in the making…
Barcelona wonderkid Xavier Simons all of 11 years old...
The Four Towers: A novel set around Real Madrid’s 2011 locker room leaks
Relax. The Four Towers is not Gandalf seeing double. Although from what one gathers there are evil Sauron like...
Louis Van Gaal’s Welbeck comments are uncalled for
Van Gaal is infamous for his temper Football fans slag their underperforming players mercilessly. That is to be expected...
Indian football: Michael Chopra is a good first step, now recruit the diaspora
Chopra wants to be the Sachin Tendulkar of Indian football Finally it’s happened. Michael Chopra, journeyman striker, will give...
Sevilla players gifted a beer belly each.
The Sevilla players who won last season’s Europa League trophy were each given their weight in beer...
Jack Wilshere: Will the metamorphosis succeed?
That’s the first lesson England found another quanta of energy in their Euro qualifier against Switzerland. Roy Hodgson, surprised...
Dream start for Conte
Conte, who replaced Cesare Prandelli who resigned after Italy’s World Cup exit got a dream start seeing his team...
Willian gives Dunga his second win
Brazil beat Ecuador 1- 0 in a friendly – the winning and only goal being scored by Willian Enner...
Wesley Sneijder stands apart
Wesley Sneijder sidesteps a mascot who is almost as tall as him before Holland’s game against the Czech Republic
Euro 2016 Qualifying: Hiddink starts on a losing note as the Czechs beat the Dutch, 2-1
Hiddink was verbolgenheid after the Dutch lost to the Czech Republic. Guus Hiddink, switched to Louis Van Gaal’s favoured...
Scottish football: Poisoned by juxtaposition, independence will stop self loathing
With the Yes group taking a slim lead for the first time, Scotland faces a knifes edge in the...
Alaba gets an Elbow from Zlatan
Zlatan was not too impressed with the attention that David Alaba was paying him during the Euro qualifier between...
Spain start title defence
Spain chugged to a 5 -1 win over Macedonia as they began their Euro title defence campaign. Spain 5-1...
Euro 2016 Qualifying: Welbeck on target as England open with a win over Switzerland, 2-0
It’s hard to find a picture of Roy Hodgson smiling, his usual demeanour utterly devastated or beleaguered or chastened...
The Three Lions do a bit of roaring again
Danny Welbeck – playing in place of the injured Sturridge scored 2 goals to take England to a 2-...
Nigeria lose for the first time in 33 years
No such scenes of Jubilation now. This was last year – shortly after they won the African Nations Cup....
Aleksandar Kolarov free kick denies France
Of course he was wearing his national colours when...
Gibraltar make a rocky start
The Gibraltar defence did not live up to the rock that they are famous for. They were a very...
Albania shock Portugal 1- 0
A Ronaldo less Portugal’s Euro 2016 Group I qualifying campaign started with disaster.They lost 1- 0 to a team...