Ferenc Puskas
Posted on November 18, 2006 - Filed Under Football | Leave a Comment
Ferenc Puskas died yesterday. Known variously as ‘Little Brother’, the ‘Galloping Major’ and the ‘Booming Cannon’, Hungarian-born Puskas was one of the finest footballers of the 20th Century. Over the course his long career he scored 357 goals in 354 appearances for Kispest Honved, 512 goals in 528 appearances for Real Madrid, and 83 goals [...]
Roma 4 - 0 Shaktar Donetsk
Posted on September 13, 2006 - Filed Under Football | Leave a Comment
Roma for la Scudetto and the Champions League this year. No, seriously.
Champions League Draw
Posted on August 24, 2006 - Filed Under Football | Leave a Comment
Yet again, Roma have got the shit end of the stick and landed in a nasty group while AC Milan, who shouldn’t even be in the tournament, have practically been given a direct ticket to the next round. The entire group draw is available to see here, on the official UEFA website.
While we’re on the [...]
J’ai Rentré
Posted on July 23, 2006 - Filed Under Football, Life-In-General, Politics | 1 Comment
I’m not sure if that’s even correct; ma conaissance de la langue francaise deviene plus nul chaque jour (see what I mean?). Anyway, I’m home now so it probably won’t be of any use for another year or so. Je viens de passer une cinquaine (ou “deux semaines”, since I’m not sure if that’s correct [...]
“We’re Doing This For The Boys In Iraq”
Posted on June 18, 2006 - Filed Under Football | 1 Comment
What a member of the U.S. team said to journalists before his team’s match with Italy, according to Bill O’Herlihy. I laughed until I wept.
Apparently the same player, Landon Donovan I believe, claimed that his side were not going out to play a game of football but fight a war against the Azzurri, and the [...]
The World Cup: What I Think Shall Come To Pass
Posted on June 4, 2006 - Filed Under Football | 6 Comments
As the newspapers are getting geared up for the greatest show on Earth with a deluge of factually inaccurate supplements (I didn’t know Esteban Cambiasso played for Juventus), I’ve decided to blog my own predictions here. I’ll go through the big teams one by one and rate their chances, starting with the Group A-based hosts, [...]
Goalkeeping Error
Posted on May 31, 2006 - Filed Under Football | 2 Comments
I saw this on Euronews last night. Just listen to the Polish crowd’s reaction.
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