Johan Neeskens RIP
One of the greatest footballers of his time,former Netherlands midfielder Johan Neeskens, legend of both Ajax and Barcelona has...
Category: Soccer History
Football ( Soccer) originated in Sheffield
Sheffield,it seems, is where the most popular sport in the world was born -rightful undisputed birthplace of codified, organized,...
Remembering Man Utd’s Historic Treble
As Manchester City continue their relentless pursuit of the treble let us remember today the day that Man Utd...
When Steven Gerrard was the best midfielder in the world..
17 years ago,on the 13th of May, Steven Gerrard led Liverpool to victory against West Ham United in the 2006...
Harry Kane has scored zero goals for England
Harry Kane scored another goal for king and country when he opened the scoring in the Euro 2024 qualifier...
The art of bicycle kicking – Pele’s regret
Pele had a regret.In his autobiography he said “I have just three-four of my 1,283 goals with a bicycle...
Statement from FIFA
How to destroy the beautiful game = FIFA’s stupidity: erasing all videos and clips on social media in order to...
More shock: South Korea pip Uruguay to advance
Hungry like a wolf: Wolves striker Hwang Hee Chan comes up with the winning goal against Portugal Hwang Hee-Chan’s...
Lukaku’s horror show as Belgium crash out of the World Cup
Romelu Lukaku vents his frustration Romelu Lukaku had a final group match to forget. The Belgians were desperate for...
Japan send shock waves beating Spain and topping their group
Ao Tanaka’s goal proved to be the winner The Blue Samurai have done it! They beat Germany, 2-1 in...
Casemiro’s brilliant goal sink obdurate Swiss
Casemiro finally found a hole in the Swiss defence as he lasered a half volley into the far corner...
USA proves to be England’s bogey team again
England has never beaten the USA. And on the strength of their showing today, this will likely be the...
Halftime: The USA have come out swinging and England look rattled
It’s not coming home. Not if England play like this. Christian Pulisic just rocked the crossbar and Haji Wright...
A tenner on Enner to score: Netherlands lucky to escape with draw
Enner The Dragon: Valencia now leads 2022 World Cup goalscorers After Cody Gakpo gave Netherlands an early lead with...
Canada has the raw talent: An impressive display against the Belgians
Move over Wayne Gretsky, you have competition. Just getting ahead of myself. Never mind. I watched Canada with my...
Cristiano Ronaldo’s soft penalty difference maker: Portugal scrape win against Ghana
Cristiano Penaldo ahem Ronaldo makes history This was a testy match. And it took a really soft penalty decision...
Japan lift Asian hearts shocking Germany!
Brave. Tenacious. Canny. And when needed to be, absolutely devastating on the counter. They also won the physical part....
Japan beat Germany 2-1
Wow. Another upset. The Germans showed their commitment to human rights in the photo below, but found a way to...
France missing key players show their potency against game Socceroos
No Karim Benzema. No N’Golo Kante. No Paul Pogba. No problem. The Socceroos took a shock early lead through...
Curtains for Cristiano: His Manchester United career is over
By Caravaggio – Self-scanned, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25450745 The inevitable happened. The disgruntled Cristiano Ronaldo will depart Man Utd by...
Beer Banned…
I don’t think this will be welcomed as good news by the fans: FIFA announced Friday afternoon, a mere...
Qatar: World Cup of Shame?
Has FIFA damaged the brand of the beautiful game? Undoubtedly yes. “Migrants building a state-of-the-art stadium for the 2022 football...
Ronaldinho memories…
Ronaldinho shares memories on the 20th anniversary of his debut World Cup. 03/06/2002 data que sempre vai ficar marcada...
Steven Gerrard’s Liverpool return
Steven Gerrard joined the Liverpool youth team at the age of nine and went on from strength to strength...
Barcelona fans choose Messi’s greatest goal
This goal scored on the 18th of April 2007 when Messi was 19 years old had been fanselected as...
Once upon a time there was a Ronaldo
Once upon a time there was a Cristiano Ronaldo. He was the most electrifying elegant football player that had...
Lifetime Bans for Racist Fans
It’s simple. If you’re a bigot and you want to express your racist views, do it at home with...
When Maradona was king
An iconic photograph showing six Belgian defenders lining up to stop Maradona in the 1982 World Cup.Belgium went on...
When “In Arsene we trust” begins to look like fascism
Another match, yet another dispiriting loss. This time Arsenal crumbled to West Brom, their fourth league defeat in 5...
Ahead of Liverpool, Arsenal face a mountainous shortage in tactical acumen and defenders
The gulf in tactical acumen widens with the re-admission of Mourinho and Guardiola’s debut Premier League opening day weekend...
Meanwhile in Deutschland…
The Germans take it to penalties – as usual. Bayern wins again. Watch the nail-biting penalties below >> And...
Man U Fights Back! Van Gaal – It’s TIME!
The character of the club is still vintage, “never-give-in” United. The legend continues. A kid – Jesse Lingard –...
Manchester United’s bus gets attacked on the way to Upton Park
The match against West Ham was delayed by 45 minutes as the Man Utd bus was attacked by fans....
West Ham bid farewell to the Boleyn on a high beating Man Utd
An era has ended. The Hammers home of a 112 years saw its last day today. The Boleyn, one...
Strike Force! SoccerBlog interviews Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole
Manchester United’s Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke are linked together for the rest of their lives because of what they accomplished on...
Cagliari fans cheer Claudio Ranieri for Leicester City triumph
Claudio Ranieri led Cagliari from the depths of Serie C to Serie A in his three seasons as manager...
Johan Cruyff’s legacy recognized by posthumous Laureus award
Johan Cruyff is such a giant of the game, generations of footballers and coaches will continue to feel the...
Kevin De Bruyne fires Man City over PSG into historic semi-final spot, 1-0 (agg 3-2)
In the dying minute, Zlatan Ibrahimovic laid a body check on Nicolas Otamendi, a snapshot of the giant frustrating...
Nigel De Jong is up to his old tricks: Darlington Nagbe his latest victim
A horrific leg breaking tackle by Nigel De Jong? Noooo, say it isn’t so. The latest victim Darlington Nagbe...
Not a dry eye: Dortmund and Liverpool fans unite to sing soul stirring YNWA
This is why we love the game.
Wes Morgan sinks Southampton as Leicester keep their tryst with history
We can stop pinching ourselves. Leicester. Will. Be. Champions. Claudio Ranieri is a special coach (as opposed to The...
England’s basis for optimism: Club level resilience and collectivism
Jamie Vardy’s brilliant improvisation and first England goal There is the usual plethora of opposing reactions to the Three...
Ten best things Johan Cruyff did
1. With Rinus Michels, gave the world total football, revolutionizing the game, adopted by clubs like Ajax, Barcelona, Bayern...
Dutch master and football’s savant Johan Cruyff passes away at age 68
One of the game’s legends has passed on fighting till the very end his battle with cancer. Johan Cruyff...
Van Gaal falls short
The tragic events that have befallen Manchester United are being treated with some irreverence here. Louis van Gaal falls...
A bit of history: Arsenal’s first Emirates win was against Dinamo Zagreb
Arsenal are in Group F of this season’s Champions League and one the sides they face is Dinamo Zagreb....
Hristo Stoichkov is not a big fan of Louis Van Gaal
Pedro, Barca’s forward now deemed surplus to his side’s requirements with Neymar Jr, Luis Suarez, and Leo Messi powering...
Jose Mourinho is giving Donald Trump a run for his money
Jose Mourinho was essentially run out of Real Madrid because in part, in his fevered imagination he was the...
Alcides Ghiggia the architect of the Maracanazo passes away
The worst Brazilian defeat? The 7-1 pasting at the hands of Germany in the 2014 World Cup. Try again....
2015 Gold Cup: A Caribbean shift in CONCACAF at the expense of Central America
Jamaica sits atop Group B, Trinidad and Tobago the same in Group C. Two group winners and with Cuba...
Iker Casillas banished from Real Madrid to Porto
When is a transfer not a transfer? When the club’s CEO is Florentino Perez, who runs Real Madrid. The...
Carli Lloyd’s World Cup: As profound an impact as Maradona’s to the 1986 World Cup
Carli Lloyd will be or should be eponymous with the 2015 Women’s World Cup. When we look back twenty...