Italian Serie scandal grows: More players questioned
Italian captain and Juventus players Fabio Cannavaro and French striker David Trezeguet were picked up for questioning by the...
Category: Soccer Teams – Club
The Beatles: Albert Stubbins and Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Cover designed by Peter Blake Albert Stubbins- 1930’s Liverpool player The cover of the Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club...
Soccerblog analysis: The USA vs Czech Republic match up
VS The US opens against the Czech Republic on June 12th. FIFA rank/ WC odds Czech Republic 2/ 29:1...
Rooneywatch: The Roonster is back in training with both feet
Wayne Rooney’s rehab of his metatarsal fracture is going well. In fact, he might be in for England’s knockout...
Zlatko and Nico Kranjcar: The two generations represent Croatia in the WC
Croatian hopes will be riding high on Hajduk Split midfielder Nico Krancjar when he takes to the field in...
Video: FA Cup Final 2001 – Liverpool vs. Arsenal
Shourin – here’s your video: See Shourin’s analysis here >>
Michael Owen: A thing of beauty is a joy forever
Michael Owen has been far too hurt for far too long. And because of that we mortals don’t see...
Lev Yashin, the Black Panther: USSR’s soccer talisman
We have talismans for every country for each World Cup in soccer and then you have Pele, the most...
Brazil provides impact players in other WC squads too
Francileudo Silva dos Santos, Tunisian striker Tunisia owes much if its success in reaching the World Cup to Brazilian...
Strange rituals: Soccer fans have theirs
If soccer players have their strange rituals (see Sergio Goycochea), then the fans that watch the game are not...
Video: The Life and Times of Kevin Keegan
In some ways, the brutal honesty of Kevin Keegan was responsible for both success and failure. He did things...
Video: Kerlon Moura Souza’s “Seal Dribble”
OK Christian, I get your message! Here is something to inspire everyone. Kerlon is not going to be at...
Video: Carlos Tevez
Along with Messi, I’m looking for Carlitos to take Argentina back to glory this summer: When he was at...
Two Lions, Not Three – Forget Rooney!
I was supposed to be on blog duty yesterday but I must say I felt so upset that I...
Soca Warrior Carlos Edwards fancies an upset over England
Soca Warrior midfielder, Carlos Edwards of Luton FC, writes his syndicated column for the Guardian and gives an insight...
The Secret Acts of the Apostles Revealed
Now we know the truth. Soccer blog has dug up some rare photographic evidence to conclusively prove our theory-...
EPL Leads the Way
From the Deloitte press release: Deloitte analysis of the World Cup squads, announced today, has shown that English clubs...
Wenger bashes Emmanuel Eboue
The Gunners’ Arsene Wenger on his own player: “It is clear there was no foul. I condemn and regret...
Alessandro Del Piero: Peter watches but does not admit him into heaven
……. At least not this time. Impressive dribbling though. But some people are hard to please, as noted below...
Video: Thierry Henry – Loyalty is King
It’s not often that you see this kind of loyalty with this much money at stake. Arsenal vice-chairman David...
Davor Suker: Golden boot winner 1998 World Cup
The video is over 4 minutes long, but if you are a Suker fan or want to become one...
Thierry Henry is a Gunner till 2010
My admiration for Thierry Henry went up an octave or more. Just when I thought it could get no...
Finally, Finally, the NY Red Bulls get their win
On a day that Barry Bonds tied Babe Ruth’s record for home runs, an equally significant sporting moment was...
The degree of insularity in the national soccer squads: Italy worst, France best
Examine the rosters of the national squads of the countries that have the biggest drawing domestic leagues, the big...
England and Trinidad and Tobago: The World Cup brings together the coloniser and the colonised
Trinidad and Tobago attained independence from England in 1962. The islands of Trinidad and Tobago was fiercely contested amongst...
Portugal and Angola: The World Cup brings together the coloniser and the colonised
Angola won its independence from Portugal in 1975. It was the beginning of a long civil war between different...
Thierry Henry decides to stay: Arsenal can breathe again
Soccerblog called it by stating that Thierry Henry would stay with Arsenal and that getting to the League final...
Apartheid era soccer legend Ace Ntsoelengoe passes away
Patrick Ace Ntsoelengoe A few days ago I had written about the role that soccer played in the struggle...
Video: Racism against Samuel Eto’o in La Liga
Does Thierry Henry want to be subjected to this? As good a player as he is.
Tragic Arsenal Lose to Themselves [not Barcelona!]
What a tragic game. Sol Campbell heads the first one in for Arsenal. Henry misses twice in the first...
Arsenal’s sleepless nights begin: Is Thierry Henry coming back?
The Barca- Arsenal final was a less than fitting end to Thierry Henry’s career with Arsenal if that is...
Barca, European champions: Arsenal minus Jens Lehmann; Henrik Larsson shines
Henrik Larsson, Barca midfielder It was a match full of drama. Theater. Enthralling till the end. Barca pulled out...
Ronaldinho will beat Arsenal!
Ronaldinho will show us how to play today!
Hope Springs Eternal!
Give this guy a call if you have a spare ticket!
Barcelona – Arsenal : Ronaldinho – Henry
I believe today’s game has the potential to be one of the best match-ups in years. The Gunners have...
Klinsmann announces the German 23
Gerald Asamoah, Schalke striker Hat tip to Alfred Worcester for drawing our attention to the hosts announcing their final...
Video: Ruud Van Nistelrooy’s Goals for the Season
Good luck RVN! Next time keep your gob shut!
Escape to Victory: We’ve come a long way, USA!
Remember schmaltzy Escape to Victory. The soccer movie by John Huston with a beefed up Sly Stallone playing the...
Taylor Twellman scores again: Bruce Arena, perk up your ears
The New England Revolution made short shrift of Chivas USA after falling behind. But the game was settled with...
Pele:The Autobiography
Simon and Schuster, UK has just published Pele’s autobiography. We all know Pele, the legend, the player. But in...
Video: Liverpool- West Ham FC final 2006
The two spectacular piledrivers from Steven Gerrard and some fantastic goal keeping from Jose Reina. The 2006 FA Cup...
India shops for a soccer coach: My advice, Go Dutch
Clarence Westerhof has joined a group of 10 other names being considered for coaching the Indian soccer squad. Westerhof...
South Africa WC 2010: Soccer’s role in ending Apartheid
We all recognize soccer for the beautiful game that it is. And for its power to unite a country...
The French name their 23 man squad
Djibril Cisse, Liverpool striker Raymond Domenech has solved the goalkeeper quandary by keeping Fabian Barthez as his first pick....
Paolo Di Canio: Soccer player, Mussolini goon
Paolo Di Canio wants the good old days back. The days of the brownshirt. And it helps that he...
Vinnie Jones, soccer player grabs Gazza’s attention
One of the well known toughs in movies throughout the world. I saw his film debut in Lock, Stock,...
Ghana names its 23 man WC squad
Stephen Appiah, Ghana WC captain Ghana became the first of the Africa zone qualifying teams to name their final...
Video: Liverpool has done this sort of thing before…
Brilliant. I think we all know that Gerrard’s going to be a real force this summer! PS- Patience, we’re...
Gerrard saves Liverpool and lifts FA Cup
I have to hand it to Steven Gerrard. He’s ready for the Cup, the World Cup that is. Proving...
George Weah on Racism
The brilliant George Weah (who almost became PM in Liberia) is standing up against racism in the game, and...
Who will Italy’s Ahn Jung Hwan be this time?
Ahn Jung Hwan celebrating his golden goal (S.Korea- Italy QF, WC 2002) Italians are poor losers when it comes...
Jogo Feio: Fiat, Juventus & the Soccer Mafia
What’s going on in the Calcio? From the NY Times: Players and managers being threatened and blackmailed; numerous discussions...
Arsenal owners make Keith Olbermann’s worst person list
In the May 11th edition of MSNBC’s , Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Arsenal’s owners were mentioned in the Worst...