Yet another chip off the old block
This one got left out of the chips off the old block post a few days ago Cameroon top...
Category: Soccer Hall of Fame
Chips off the old blocks
This is Isaac Drogba,whose only claim to fame currently is that his dad is named Didier. The same Didier...
Zlatan reaches 500
The ageing ageless warhorse reached 500 goals which are distributed thusly. He started in the Swedish club Malmo in...
Who is the greatest goalscorer of them all?
Josef Bican ? Or .. The mystery is debated here.. Ronaldo meanwhile has taken his tally to 763 and...
Recreating the most famous free kick of all time
The one Roberto Carlos scored in 1997 of course. The kick. The scientific explanation An important fact that has...
Rooney retires
Wayne Rooney has hung up his well worn football boots at last and moved full time into managing. He...
Pele on Netflix
Coming soon to an internet enabled device near you….
Ronaldo breaks Pele’s record
Ronaldo’s first goal in the new year took him level with Pele’s record of 757 goals and then he...
644 beers
Budweiser gave a specially labelled bottle of beer to each of the goalkeepers that were on the receiving end...
Messi goes past Pele
Messi…. “When I started playing football, I never thought I would break any records, especially the one I broke...
Messi = Pele
Messi is part of the pantheon of all time greats. He equalled Pele’s record of 643 goals for a...
RIP Rossi
2020 claims another footballing legend. Argentina mourns the loss of Maradona and Italy mourns the loss of Paulo Rossi...
Salah breaks Gerrard’s record in VAR scarred game
Salah scored his 22nd Champion’s League goals therby breaking the record of 21 CL goals held by Steven Gerrard...
Don’t cry for me Argentina
Argentina mourn the passing of their most favourite son. And some of the lyrics from this song from the...
Deigo is in the hand of God
Soccerblog mourns the passing of one of the greatest of all time. Deigo ( which means may God protect)...
Zlatan is not letting Covid 19 slow him down
Zlatan at the ripe old age of 36,is playing better than ever. He scored two goals against Napoli to...
Pele scores 1000 goals
On November 19,1969 Pelé scored his 1,000th professional goal in a game, against Vasco da Gama in Rio de...
Messi Magic
Many players are able to demonstrate awesome skills with a football but Messi’s in a class all by himself.Here’s...
Maradona at 60
Maradona turned 60 on the 30th of October 2020.’ 7 ages of a living larger than life legend spread...
Pele turned 80 and we forgot to wish him happy birthday
Belated Happy 80th birthday Pele. He turned 80 on the 23rd of October. Birthday wishes from FIFA to the...
Zlatan scores two in Milan Derby
Zlatan,that ageing warhorse(seen airborne here),is continuing to dazzle all and sundry with his age defying performances. He scored both...
Zidane scores a century
Zidane had a score of 99 wins in 146 LaLiga matches in charge of Real Madrid. Real Madrid’s 3-2...
UEFA Player of the year 2019 – 2020
Messi and Ronaldo did not make it to the top three. In fact they were left out of the...
UEFA post Cristiano Ronaldo Tribute Video
UEFA posted this tribute video to Ronaldo on their official twitter handle for his 101 goals for Portugal record....
Ronaldo takes his tally to 101
Ronaldo is well on his way to becoming the highest international goalscorer of all time.Ali Daei of Iran holds...
Zlatan doing scissor kicks in the sea
View this post on Instagram God Save the Queen A post shared by Zlatan Ibrahimović (@iamzlatanibrahimovic) on Aug 11,...
Will Messi leave Barcelona?
Lionel Messi announced last tuesday to a world weary of the pandemic,wildfires and Grade 4 hurricanes that there was...
Casillas hangs up his gloves
Once the saint, later pilloried by many for being more of a sinner,legend in his time. Real Madrid president...
Zlatan becomes the oldest ageing warhorse
Ibrahimovic, at the ripe old age of 38 years and 302 days,became the oldest player to score 10-plus goals...
Messi picks up his 7th Pichichi
. Messi now has the most number of golden boot awards in La Liga history. And while he was...
Messi and Ronaldo are time travellers
That the two of them belong to the league of extraordinary gentlemen goes without saying. However now another extraordinary...
Messi 700,Ronaldo 728
When people last counted 6 players had reached the 700 goals mark in senior competitive football. Czech-Austrian forward Josef...
Messi scores goal number 699
Messi scored his 699th goal for club and country in front of 99000 empty seats. Barcelona beat Leganes 2-0...
Zlatan takes his Ferrari for a spin
While most of the world is hunkered down in bunkers bemasked and soaked in hand sanitizer the mighty Z...
When two goats get together
The best Ronaldo and Messi moment of the decade? Imagine being a fly on the wall when they have...
And the finally final answer
The case has been going on for quite some time now and advocates for both sides have argued fiercely...
Ronaldinho was the best
Never mind Messi or Ronaldo.If Ronaldinho had managed to keep things from falling apart his talent would have proved...
Beckham and Rooney take sides on the RM debate
Beckham votes M And Rooney,who once played on the same team with R,also votes that M is better...
Football managers weigh in on the Messi Ronaldo debate
There’s lots of internet chatter these days on trying to figure out if Messi is better than Ronaldo or...
Ronaldinho locked up .
At a time when the whole world is in lockdown mode Ronaldinho has taken it one step further. He’s...
Messi dribbling awesomeness
Some video highlights of Messi over the years subjecting other teams to his superhuman dribbling skills. Atletico Madrid, 2011/12...
The heart of a Lio
Gizmo, the Argentinian animation studio founded 14 years ago by Andrea Bacigalupo and Emmanuel Verruno,made this animated story on...
Ronaldo sets another Serie A record
10 goals in a row in 10 games in a row hasn’t been done by any Juventus player before....
Barcelona mourns the passing of Kobe Bryant
Tributes to Kobe Bryant from Barcelona and others here..
AC Milan revival: The Zlatan effect
Zlatan Ibrahimovic,that ageing warhorse, lion in twilight,is single leggedly turning around the fortunes of AC Milan already. AC Milan...
Tiki Taka’s still ticking
The Golden Trio of Tiki Taka is reduced to Messi on his lonesome – but this goal that Barcelona...
Erling Haaland scores hat trick on debut
Erling Haaland wrote his name into the football book of fame when he scored a hat trick against Augsburg...
The Real Wayne Rooney
Kids today never experienced the real Wayne Rooney …. pic.twitter.com/84r7mTXrvn — United Zone (@ManUnitedZone_) January 14, 2020
Aguero creates EPL history
In one fell swoop Sergio Aguero created not one but two Premier League landmarks in Man City’s 6-1 win...
R for Ronaldo,R for record
Ronaldo notched up yet another incredible statistic on his already well notched collection of statistics. He scored a hat...
An ancient rivalry rekindled
Zlatan’s transfer to AC Milan might help to revive the club’s sagging fortunes. They are currently struggling at 11th...
Ronaldo’s giant leap
One small step for Juventus.One giant leap for Ronaldo And its not the first time. He’s done it many...
The best goals of the decade
The Beautiful Game – 2010's Decade 📽️😍 pic.twitter.com/TJwX7LGSGy — AFCComps™ (@AFCComps) November 26, 2019
And the winner is..
Messi picked up his (well deserved) 6th Ballon d’Or.Nice to see that good old Drogba was master of ceremonies.....