Liverpool’s owners can’t afford to alienate Rafa
Having secured the £350m loan that will keep them as Liverpool’s owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett have now...
Category: Soccer Skills
David and Posh Beckham: Gas guzzling couple
I am going to break Soccerblog’s New Year’s resolution of not mocking David Beckham. Sigh. It took a little...
Ghana: The crucible of African soccer
It is befitting that the current ACN is hosted by Ghana to be followed by the World Cup in...
Spurs win: Halley’s comet re-visits every 76 years
Once in a blue moon Spurs gets to win over Arsenal. Yesterday, was the day. They won big because...
Video: Egypt get past Cameroun in their ACN opener: 4-2
Egypte Vs Cameroun – CAN 2008 Les ButsUploaded by kingofspirits Yesterday, Ivory Coast got past their toughest competition, Nigeria....
A note about FSC’s Super Sunday
Super Sunday on FSC has the trio of Andy Houlihan, Gary Richards, and Christian Miles. They discuss the Premiership,...
Man U’s Manucho: Angolan striker meets Bafana Bafana
Man Utd fans will get a chance to follow the exploits of Manucho, their latest signing, in the Africa...
Video: Salomon Kalou brings down Nigeria
0-1Uploaded by bobrivers Great bit of skill by Salomon Kalou as he sashays past four defenders and scores as...
Video: Fastest goal by Fred
3.17 seconds. In a match played between America Futebol Clube/ MG (Fred’s junior club) vs Vila Nova Futebol Clube....
Lawrence Tynes, Celtic fan kicks the NY Giants to the Superbowl
The NY Giants are going to Glendale for Super Bowl 42 after defeating the Packers, in a game which...
Keegan is an anachronism: Can he deliver at Newcastle?
In short, an inspirational figure. Will the good times roll in Newcastle? Watching Kevin Keegan’s heroic visage on the...
Arsenal wins through its flanks
Two good things happened today as Arsenal eased past Fulham. Eduardo showed he was more than a fox in...
A travesty: Newcastle’s ouster of Allardyce
Allardyce falls a victim to Newcastle’s collective madness A nice spin: Its called mutual consent nowadays. Both get a...
Arsenal vs Man Utd: Shades of Obama vs Hillary
Arsenal: A team full of funny sounding names. Routinely pilloried for being anti-English. Emirates. Small budget. Inexperienced and young....
Video: Boxing day classic: Chelsea vs Aston Villa
Great game. Theatrical and nail biting. Chelsea is down through two early Shaun Maloney goals. Phil Dowd very harshly...
Boxing day stumble: An old failing dogs Arsenal
Too many passes and too few to pull the trigger. Unless you count Tomas Rosicky who can’t buy a...
Manuel Almunia must be feeling good
Almunia’s huge moment when he stopped Robbie Keane’s penalty probably sealed his first place position permanently. Jens Lehmann has...
Soccerblog wishes its readers Merry Xmas
Fox Soccer Channel has a special on Arsenal’s greatest moments starting at 1 PM today. I can’t think of...
Soccerblog’s 10 events that rocked the soccer world in 2007
The Iraq national team wins the Asian Cup If we could provide an example of a definitive moment which...
Reuters: The year in pictures
Thierry Henry contemplates the crystal ball and sees Barca Bolivian president Evo Morales makes his case for high altitude...
Video: Birmingham’s defence in full meltdown
Horrible defending by Birmingham gifted all three goals as Gary Megson and the Trotters can look forward to Xmas...
Crouch’s outburst reflects fashionable xenophobia
John Obi Mikel is scythed down by Peter Crouch in a two footed tackle and the Nigerian midfielder is...
Arsenal: Bendtner soars high for the winner
The storyline: Two clever back heels, Almunia, and a soaring Bendtner. Arsenal pull it off. An enervated Gunner team...
The French Ligue is bleeding quality defenders and it shows
Watching the highly distilled You tube clips of Karim Benzema, one admired his speed, his clinical finishes, and the...
Dear Soccerblog readers: Spam has eaten up some of your comments
Sorry for the dog ate my homework post. We have been swamped by spam and in the process of...
Mark Hughes: Culture Warrior
Mark Hughes channels HP Lovecraft and Necronomicon or is he digging on the “foreignness” of Arsenal’s squad. With Hughes...
Johan Djorou on his way to Arsenal
Djorou’s stay at Birmingham comes to a close as Wenger needs him to replace Kolo Toure who will be...
Hey FA and Chelsea: John Terry is destroying himself
We always think of John Terry as this indestructible player who shakes of a tackle which would have destroyed...
Video: Tuncay Sanli’s wonder goal against Derby
Wenger, you might want to cough up some cash for this guy. He is supposed to be one of...
Kaka’s achievements reveal FIFA bias
Kaka won the FIFA best player award as he beat out Ronaldo and Leo Messi. Maybe he deserved it...
Marta, the other Brazilian wins the FIFA best player
Marta Vieira da Silva quietly won the women’s player of the year award while all the networks hailed Kaka,...
Benzema, Dimitrov, Mexes and all those transfer rumours
Nikolai Dimitrov just had his Arsenal trial Arsenal has already been linked to Yoann Gourcuff, Ibrahim Affelay, Karim Benzema,...
Nery Castillo on his way to Man City
The one year loan deal for Nery Castillo appears to be finalized with the usual haggling going back and...
Fabio Capello gets to the heart of the matter
A very astute observation. “I believe that English people and footballers have a will to win and a love...
Lassana Diarra wants to quit
Lassana Diarra wants to be transfered as he is finding it difficult to break through the talent the Gunners...
Gallas Cechmates his former team
One mistake and that was the difference. William Gallas is becoming a giant killer coming up with big time...
Arsenal’s good news officially confirmed
The news coming out of the Emirates is that the midfield trio of Cesc, Hleb, and Flamini have been...
Video: FIFA CWC final: AC Milan beats Boca Juniors, 4-2
Two goals by Pippo Inzaghi was the difference as Rodrigo Palacio and Alessandro Ambrosini (own goal) kept Boca in...
Video: Samuel Eto’o comes alive
Barca drubs Valencia 3-0 with Eto’o scoring two goals and Eidur Gudjohnsen getting the third. Watch out for here...
Video: Tottenham shock Portsmouth
Beautiful cross by little Aaron Lennon to Berbatov who puts it past David James. High flying Pompey is brought...
Wigan vs Blackburn: Two hat tricks and the mind of Mark Clattenburg
Two hat tricks with Roque Santa Cruz ending a 7 game drought in style in a losing effort for...
Chelsea showdown: Good news from Wenger
Last time fans wanted to greet Cashley Cole with these bank notes Arsene Wenger is optimistic that the midfield...
Lawrie Sanchez moves closer to termination
Two managers met today. One Sam Allardyce moved away from being axed and the other Lawrie Sanchez moved just...
Tuncay strikes again: Quality goal against Derby
Derby is everybody’s favourite punching bag. So it was no suprise that Middlesbrough won against them but the goal...
More Fabio
That’s a cute way of saying numero uno On Capello’s state of mind… ” Imagine José Mourinho on steroids.”
Derek Richey’s club list: Debate on!
Derek Richey has developed a system to rank clubs. It takes into account both domestic and international matches played...
The Fabio Capello era begins
What makes me think that Paul Robinson will not like meeting Fabio Capello if he makes a mistake?
Video: FIFA CWC: AC Milan beats game Urawa Reds
Urawa Reds made a match of it against AC but the Rossoneri proved to be too good at the...
Italy’s soccer problems are a reflection of a deeper malaise
Ian Turner in his NYT article points to a survey show that Italians are the least happy people in...
The US should be taking to soccer in droves
The national game received a comprehensive indictment leaving its reputation in tatters. The Mitchell report has fingered almost 80...
Video: FIFA CWC: Urawa Reds beats Sepahan, 3-1
Urawa Reds reached the semi-finals of the Club World Championship beating Sepahan of Iran. They will now play AC...
Turkey in the house: Tuncay Sanli
Tuncay Sanli is proving to be a godsend for Gareth Southgate. The former Fenerbahce fan favourite scored a goal...
Cristiano Ronaldo: This man is still a cheat and a spoil sport
I am still waiting for Sir Alex, the self appointed defender of “English” soccer to denounce his player, Cristiano...
Video: Ryan Giggs scores his 100th goal for Man Utd
Manchester united 4:1 derby countyUploaded by crazylf2 Giggs reminds us why he is still one of the best. Congratulations...