The Golden Boot down the years
The number of world Cup Golden Boots won by various football playing nations over the years. The boot winners...
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Cameroon and Serbia give us the best game of Qatar 2022 so far
Germany’s famous 1- 1 draw against Spain has been breaking the news but now there’s a new even more...
Messi magic
Some Messi magic in Qatar at last. Enzo scored a second goal a little while later with some brilliant...
The Messi Ronaldo saga
In Qatar 2022 so far they have both scored one goal each. Both have scored from penalties. Ronaldo became...
How does one pronounce Qatar?
Apart from all the other contentious and controversial issues that swirl around Qatar 2022 here’s another one that is...
The Qatar Beer map
“I’ve never seen a sober English football fan in my life,” said a 36-year-old fan named Simon, who declined...
The glitz and glamour of Qatar 2022
Meanwhile far away from air conditioned stadiums with live action tv set seats,in some dusty village field,in a remote...
Oxford maths professor predicts the World Cup winner
Mr Bull,allegedly an Oxford professor of maths,predicts its going to be Brazil. We will have to go with Mr...
5 books to read before the 20th of November
If anyone really needs to figure out what’s going on in Qatar with regard to the World Cup and...
Beer necessities at Qatar?
Thirsty fans looking for beer at Qatar will have to shell out £12 for a mug of the refreshing...
All the World Cup winners in one fell swoop
A very nice video telling us who won the world cup from 1930 to 2018 and also how many...
How to pass the time as you wait for the World Cup to start
Here’s a simple solution if you are weary of waiting and wondering what to do till it starts on...
Brentford pull off the impossible
Two goals from striker Ivan Toney gave Brentford a shock 90th minute 2-1 win win over Manchester City at...
Messi wins best goal of the Champion’s League Group Games stage
Messi’s goal against against Benfica took first place. As we count down to Qatar 2022 – here are the...
Blatter’s back in the news
Can’t remember the last time we blogged about Blatter. But here he is again – the ravages of time...
Arsenal back on top
Arsenal last won the premier league title in the 2003-04 season. Like Sgt Pepper’s lonely heart’s club band they...
Salah’s return to form
The race for fourth place is on as Salah returns to form.Liverpool have been beleagured in the league for...
Soccer bloopers to pass the time
…as we wait for Qatar 2022 to get underway (and to take our minds off depressing things like wars...
5 firsts in Qatar
and also for the first time – a lot of searching questions about human rights violations
Messi has been brilliant this october
Last season he managed 6 goals in the entire season.This time around its six goals and five assists across...
Liverpool head downwards again
The Soccerblog technical team predicted two days ago that Liverpool were on a sinusoidal curve and would hit a...
Why Harry Kane’s goal was disallowed
His knee was offside and football laws number 11.1 and 11.2 make it clear that knees are not allowed...
Klopp is trapped on a sinusoidal wave
Google will tell you that a sine wave or sinusoidal wave is the most natural representation of how many...
O Captain my Captain
The fearful trip is just beginning. Fifa has released this video featuring 6 out of the 32 captains who...
All the world cup stadia in one neat video
Another look at where all the action will take place..
Mbappe gives Messi an assist at last
After all the bad press Mbappe has been getting of hogging the ball and not passing (especially to Neymar...
Ronaldo faces disciplinary action
It turns out that Ronaldo had refused to come on as a substitute in United’s last game against Spurs.He...
Ronaldo’s having a rotten week
First there was the disallowed goal against Newcastle. Ronaldo sneaked up on the goalie,stole the ball and scored.The ref...
And the Ballon d’Or goes to..
Karim Benzema …thus becoming the 5th frenchman to win the honour. Other Awards given out were.. Women’s Ballon d’Or...
Xavi scores 56%
50 games28 wins11 draws11 losses Xavi’s 56% win rate is the worst of any Barça coach with 50+ games...
Salah’s winning goal against Man City
Salah dreamed the impossible dream and beat the unbeatable foe …. and the same from many perspectives.. Reactions.. Klopp,overcome...
A Pepsi ad starring Messi ,Ronaldinho and Pogba
As Qatar 2022 draws closer this Arabian themed Pepsi ad has arrived on the scene. and another earlier one...
Salah scores the fastest Hat Trick in the Champion’s League
The return of the (Egyptian) King ? The Salah slump is over. He scored a hat trick in 6.12...
Cristiano’s sleep celebration
Ronaldo has some seriously weird sleeping habits. Now those habits have spilled over into his goal celebration – the...
Klopp throws in the towel
Klopp has said that Liverpool are no longer in the title race. The fact that his team conceded a...
Ronaldo on 700
Ronaldo chalked up his 700th club goal when he scored in Man Utd’s (much needed) 2-1 win against Everton....
Messi scores goal of the week
Messi’s goal against Benfica has been voted Champion’s League Goal of the week.
City and United register wins
There is rejoicing in both red and blue sections of Manchester – one muted and the other very loud....
Why Xavi is really angry
Xavi is furious with the referee who refereed the CL game against Inter Milan which ended with Barcelona losing...
Alexander and Salah have reason to smile at last
Trent Arnold and Salah had been looking like the first half of the photo above of late- down in...
Another Haaland hat trick
Erling Haaland – man or machine ? He became the first player ever to score 3 hat tricks in...
Liverpool’s woes continue..
Liverpool were down 2 goals in the first 20 minutes into the game and it did not get much...
You know who scores another great free kick
PSG v/s Nice about 27 minutes into the game – you know who stepped up and scored. PSG went...
Messi celebrates 100 wins with a great free kick
Argentina’s preparation for Qatar 2022 included a friendly against Jamaica which they won 3-0. It was also Messi’s 100th...
Portugal drain the dregs
Ronaldo’s dejection says it all.The humiliation of relegation is not something he has to face very often Portugal only...
England are out
Gareth Southgate will have to go and lie down for a bit.There was much excitement at Wembley. England after...
Danes almost become France’s bane
France’s dynamic duo had an off day against Denmark.Mbappe was on the receiving end of some mirth at his...
Mbappe and Giroud are a fearsome combination
France outclassed Austria 2-0 in the UEFA nations league. Here’s Mbappe’s goal. And the rest of the highlights showing...
The Kevin de Bruyne story
Quite a remarkable tale and its still unfolding..
Son on song
Son Heung-min was on a bit of a goal drought which he then ended in style against Leicester City...
Mbappe and the Rings of Power
There is a marked resemblance between Arondir the elf and Mbappe – leading to the rumour that Mbappe’s fleetness...
The Ronaldo Penalty Quiz Question
Question:Why is this penalty taken by Cristiano Ronaldo different from all the other 143 penalties that he has scored...
Halaand’s incredible goal
Erling Halaan scored a goal against his old team that will go down in history as one of the...
Salah scores at last
Salah found himself in front of the Ajax goal in the 17th minute with not a marker in sight...