Cantonaphiles: Listen up! He is in a new movie
Eric Cantona can be seen in a new movie Jack Says, a pulp action thriller with lots of blood...
Category: Soccer Teams – Club
Egypt vs Cameroun: The ACN final
The match has started and it promises to be a fitting finale to one of the freest flowing and...
The Munich air disaster: Frank Swift, Man City’s connection
A minute silence was observed by 76,000 fans at Old Trafford before the start of the Manchester derby to...
What does one make of the EPL’s overseas plan?
“It’s a strange and comical idea,” Platini said. “I laughed because it will never be received by Fifa, by...
An Arsenal fan’s tribute to the Man Utd fallen: Fifty years later
It is often said that you can never count out Man U till the final whistle is blown. As...
Lorrie Fair: First US Woman in Womens’ Premier League
Former United States international Lorrie Fair, the youngest member of the U.S. World Cup-winning team in 1999, arrived in...
Video: Fela Kuti: Music and Soccer
Fela ‘Anikulapo’ Kuti, the pioneer of Afrobeat music. Musician, political activist, human rights campaigner, and mesmerizing performer. Here he...
An LFC co-operative could provide a template for future club ownership
Sick and tired of how clubs give themselves away to ownerships who look on them as mere cash cows,...
January transfers come through for Pompey, Latics, and Spurs
Jermain Defoe made an instant impact at Pompey as the ex-Spurs scored a goal on his debut from a...
Super Bowl: Lawrence Tynes, Celtic fan maybe the key
courtesy: Tim Roske /AP Scotland will be watching Super Bowl Sunday as one of their own tries making history....
Arsenal win as Wenger reveals a Ronaldo link
The big story doing the rounds was Wenger’s admission that Arsenal was inches close to signing Cristiano Ronaldo before...
Capello anoints Agbonlahor
Gabby Agbonlahor is now an English squaddie Gabriel Agbonlahor’s inclusion in the England squad is cause for celebration. He...
Why Pim Verbeek is wrong for the Socceroos
Pim Verbeek assumes the mantle of the Socceroos coach in the wake of the disastrous Graham Arnold tenure which...
Ex-NBA executives take over Derby
Seems like the cross over of US based owners into buying out English soccer clubs continues even as their...
Welcome news: Flamini and Fabregas get on the board
This time around Adebayor had company in scoring Arsenal’s goals against Newcastle. Fabregas scored his sixth goal and his...
Deep thoughts by Max Bretos on the ACN
On FSC Super Sunday, Max Bretos came all fired up taking the CAF to task for organizing the ACN...
Maradona: The heart of a champion
” I have always wanted to play football, but I didn’t know where or how I wanted to play....
Video: Ali Farka Toure: Music and soccer
While the ACN showcases the incredible African talent in soccer, here is African legend, the late Ali Farka Toure...
Arsenal and Adebayor back on track
It was a relief to see Arsenal regroup and play the sort of soccer that they are capable of...
Video : Arsenal 3 Newcastle 0
Adebayor walked down the road to redemption by scoring 2 goals out of 3 and taking Arsenal back to...
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...
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...
Eddie Johnson leaves for Fulham
The deal is in the bag and Eddie Johnson, K-City’s striker leaves for Fulham, a haven for US players,...
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...
Arsenal dumped out of Carling Cup
Arsenal’s first defeat to Spurs in 21 games spanning eight years ended with the score reading 5 -1 and...
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...
Video:Mallorca dump Real out of Copa del Rey
Ariel Ibagaza gave Real Madrid a king sized shock when his 83rd minute goal proved decisive in eliminating them...
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....
Will Klinsmann be the “agent of change” at Bayern Munich?
Well, well, well. Who says the Germans can’t change? Who says Uli Hoeneß isn’t a “Queerdenker” himself? And this...
Who needs Ronaldinho ?
Carlo Ancelotti denied any AC Milan interest in Ronaldinho after Ronaldo and Pato helped to demolish Napoli 5 -2...
Ronaldo scores his first hat trick….
Apart from all that running faster than a speeding bullet he also went and scored his first hat trick.Man...
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...
Real Madrid beat Barcelona at home…
Barcelona lost to Real at Camp Nou for only the 2nd time in 24 years.Julio Baptista scored the only...
Tom Hicks been busy since the Liverpool acquisition
via The Telegraph (AP) “Make eye contact, Tom and give us the real scoop. Are you in or not?”...
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...
Video: Stephen Hunt’s controversial goal sinks Sunderland
Dean Whitehead beats up on the Reading mascot but Reading has the last laugh as Stephen Hunt’s volley is...
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...
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Sorry for the dog ate my homework post. We have been swamped by spam and in the process of...