Off The Record
If there’s something that must be said, but cannot be said within blogging / journalistic confines, this is the place to say it. We’ve used this column to poke fun, to provoke and to just say our minds.
Castrol Challenge Ronaldo
Do you have what it takes to compete against the world’s greatest footballer? Are you a speed demon or are you a step-over star? Your chance to stand up and prove yourself is here. Castrol, the lubricant company and sponsor of 2010 FIFA World Cup, is laying down the guantlet to football fans all over…
Liverpool: the “new Bolton”?
I am confident that I am not alone in being frustrated and annoyed at Sam Allardyce’s recent pre-match snipes at Rafael Benitez and Liverpool. Mind-games is a part of football, but it tends to lack credibility when a team fails to back up their manager’s bold words with a victory. Firstly, Allardyce vowed that Blackburn…
Portsmouth’s sad plight: When will clubs learn?
Portsmouth’s rapid descension from 2008 FA Cup Winners to Premier League cellar-dwellers has culminated in them being placed into administration. They are now certain to be playing Championship football next season with an inevitable nine-point deduction heading their way. It has been reported that part of the club’s misfortunes have come from winning the FA…
Could Wayne Rooney surpass Ronaldo’s 42?
Goal Machine As of right now Wayne Rooney already has 27 goals in all competitions, with 10 league games, a cup final and a possible few games in European competition to add to his tally, which I’m sure he will. In fact he is on course to add significantly to his numbers for the season,…
Messi leaves Ronaldinho behind!
In yesterday’s game between Barcelona and Malaga at the Camp Nou, Messi’s goal was his 71st league goal for Barca. That goal is not just the winner of the game but it also took him past Ronaldinho in the club’s all time league scorers’ table. The previous two league games against Atletico Madrid and Racing…
The FA Cup – A competition on the wane?
As the balls representing Wigan Athletic and Hull City were plucked out the hat signifying that the teams were to meet in The FA Cup third round, few were going to pretend to be filled with excitement at the prospective clash. Admittedly the tie was not ear-marked as one of the rounds more appealing games…
Supporting from afar
Friday 5 February and a roar goes up around the Zeitgeist pub in Vauxhall, London. No, tonight wasn’t one of those fiercely contested London derbies, nor has an England win further fuelled World Cup optimism. The final score? St Pauli 2 Karlsruher SC 0. St Pauli, a German second level team based in the port…
Life as a virtual football manager
“Dad remember that chunky lumbering striker who you said was crap but always seemed to score?” “What the Italian?” “Yeah I just signed him!” Its fair to say my Dad isn’t the greatest fan of football manager. Whenever I ridicule him for watching science-fiction on television the same response always bounces straight back. “Well your…
Cristiano Ronaldo on his biggest mistake and Terry
Recently, the Real Madrid ace Cristiano Ronaldo helped Nike reveal their SuperFly II football boots and the show was all good and the boot is all good and blah blah. What caught my attention, apart from the purple and orange boot, were two very interesting question aimed at CR.
Makelele to retire at the end of this season
Former Real Madrid, Chelsea and French midfielder and current Paris St Germain captain, Claude Makelele has announced that he will retire at the end of this season. Makelele, 37, has been part of all but three PSG matches in the Ligue 1 this season. He admits that he may change his mind in the summers….
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