Who will come second best in the Campbell Rooney faceoff?
A 35 year old centre back is matched against Manchester United’s star forward. More on Wenger and unconventional wisdom...
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Top ten bloopers of the week
With sound effects…
The case for Ronaldo’s defence.
Real Madrid present video evidence in defence of Ronaldo.The argument being used is “Messi did it also and didn’t...
Man U win the battle of the Manchesters
City lost out to United in the second leg of the Carling Cup semi final.Tevez was in the thick...
Maradona back on the job…
Diego is back after washing his mouth out with soap and completing his two month ban.A 3 -2 friendly...
Zidane’s dream team does a bit for Haiti
UN goodwill amabassador Zinedine Zidane along with Luis Figo, Rui Costa, Thierry Henry, Pavel Nedved, Edgar Davids ,Bhaichung Bhutia...
Mourinho has the last laugh
Inter Milan beat AC Milan by 2 goals despite having 2 men less.Wesley Sneijder and Lucio were both sent...
Soccer Future: The freekick kicking kick machine
If Cristiano hasn’t already got enough headaches with that red card he picked up yesterday here’s another nightmare for...
Cristano Ronaldo – Two goals and a red card
In that order.After scoring both the goals in Real Madrid’s win over Malaga he undid the good work by...
Nistelrooy says thank you and goodbye….
…..to his Real Madrid fans as he heads off in search of greener pastures.
Messi on target,Barca 8 points ahead of the game
Barcelona are 8 points ahead at the halfway stage the latest win being over Valladolid.The score was 3 goals...
Video: Four goal festival for Rooney
Ruthless Rooney ran riot over Hull City scoring all the four goals in the 4 – 0 win.It’s the...
Beckham v/s Mourinho in the clash of the Milans
The ‘derby della Madonnina’ – named after the statue of the Virgin Mary on the city’s Gothic cathedral –...
Rory’s been outdelapped..
A new world record for the farthest throw in according to the Guinness book of records goes not to...
Tevez gives Ferguson more food for thought
Two goals from Tevez in the Carling Cup clash with Man U gave Manchester City a 2 -1 win...
The FIFA verdict on the Henry handball….
If ever there was compelling evidence that the law is an ass it is this…. Article 77a of FIFA...
The Ronaldinho we remember scores a hat trick….!
More good news.3 out of the four goals that AC Milan put past Siena came from Ronaldinho.He seems well...
Messi becomes the youngest centurion
Messi took another step towards immortality by becoming the youngest player to score 101 goals for Barcelona.He scored 2...
Beckham has close encounter with Darth Vader
…….on a street somewhere near you apparently. And staying with soccer advertising here are Rooney and Torres doing some...
“King” Drogba scores for Ivory Coast
The dreaded Drogba wants to be “King of Africa” Enroute to this throne he scored the third goal in...
Jozy Altidore makes an appeal for Haiti
U.S striker and Hull City forward Jozy Altidore has family in Haiti. “This is a test for the world...
Stand with Haiti
No time to lose. Check out Partners in Health >> In addition to providing emergency relief, these organizations are...
Tevez hat trick for Man City
Fergie must be musing on what might have been.His loss has been Mancini’s gain and he’s delighted with the...
Is Ronaldinho showing signs of an imminent recovery ?
AC Milan beat Juventus 3 – 0 and two of those goals came from one who not so long...
Another Messi Hat trick..
Barcelona put 5 goals past Tenerife – three of them from Messi.
Didier Drogba: “Africa Unite!”
Didier Drogba wants the Togo tragedy to unite Africa: “People have an opinion of Africa and it is not...
Wesley Sneijder saves Inter Milan
Massimo Maccrone opened the scoring for bottom of the table Siena with a scorching long range shot.Wesley Sneijder chipped...
Fernando’s fifty – video log
A compilation of his 50 marvellous goals – many thanks to whoever took the trouble to put them together...
Fernando’s fifty
I just discovered that while I was busy with affairs of state during the week after Christmas ,Torres had...
Beckham’s second debut for AC Milan
Milan coach, Leonardo gave Beckham full marks for his performance in their 5-2 win over Genoa.
Amazing goal from Clint Dempsey
Dempsey pulls a wonderful goal out of nowhere.It didn’t win the match for Fulham though.They lost to Stoke 3...
Cristiano Ronaldo and the art of diving…
Check out his diving skills against Osasuna the other day.The ref didn’t buy it though..so he needs more practice.
Beckham not famous enough..
David Beckham was turned down for a appearance on The Simpsons because producers thought he wasn’t famous enough……
Eduardo’s brilliant header against West Ham
Arsenal came from behind to beat West Ham 2-1 .Alessandro Diamanti had put the Hammers ahead on the stroke...
The Discipline of Futsal
It’s no surprise that the best players in the world – Kaká, Ronaldinho, Robinho, Ronaldo, and Marta all started...
Beckham at Right-Back?
Leonardo suggests that Becks may have to fill in as a defender at AC Milan. Let’s hope they don’t...
Manchester United 5, Wigan 0
Sir Alex finally sees his team gel. Funny how they usually do this when it matters most. Rooney looks...
SoccerBlog Awards 2009: Inspiration of the Year
The members of the Iranian team who wore green in support of the green revolution.Some of them were booted...
SoccerBlog Awards 2009: Idiot of the Year
And the award goes to: FIFA. What’s that you say about fair play?
SoccerBlog Awards 2009: Goal of the Year
Nilmar. Enough said. I just hope Dunga takes him to SA!
SoccerBlog Awards 2009: Player of the Year
The winner: Lionel Messi. The video doesn’t do him justice. The tragedy here is that with Maradona as coach,...
[UPDATED] SoccerBlog Awards 2009: Coach of the Year
Hold on. We have a new Coach of the Year. After reading NSider’s comment, and deliberating for 2 minutes,...
The SoccerBlog Awards 2009
Since we’re in a giving mood here at Soccer Blog, we’ve decided to end the year by handing out...
Fabulous Fabregas
He scored two goals out of three against Aston Villa and Arsenal are just four points behind Chelsea.Fabregas was...
Kaka and Ronaldo make a feeble attempt at saying Happy Christmas
They get as far as merry Christmas and then for reasons best known to themselves seem to find the...
Bob Dylan can add a new line to his old classic..
After Lampard almost collapsed from exhaustion after the number of times he had to retake his penalty.… This is...
Messi centrestage as Barcelona make history
Barca collected their 6th cup for the year.Messi scored a historic extra time winner to take Barcelona to their...
Messi on target again
Barcelona take on Argentina’s Estudiantes in the final of the Club World Cup,the only trophy that they have surprisingly...
Beckham has won 3 world cups
American Talk Show host George Lopez has the following about Becks on his website.. “George welcomed the most famous...
Liverpool living on a prayer
Faced with the worst slump in 30 years Carragher realises what Tennyson knew all along – that more things...
Nominees for African Football Player of the Year
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced its five man shortlist for the 2009 African Footballer of the...
The last days of Graeme Souness
Julian Dicks: The end of the “Liverpool culture.” Graeme Souness has been on Rafa Benitez’s back fearing a “meltdown”...