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by daryl on October 05, 2007
Spotted this (possibly Swedish?) ad over at Who ate all the Pies?. Some nice tricks, but I wish ads would stop faking footy skills. It's one thing to use editing to make something look better,...
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by daryl on August 27, 2007
Not only is this mighty funny, you've also got to admire the skill it takes to do that. Keepy uppy is hard enough to do with your feet and a full size ball, so I can't even imagine how......
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by daryl on August 25, 2007
Poor Lukas Podolski. Looks like someone was supposed to let him out of the Bayern Munich press conference room when he knocked on that door. He doesn't seem too worried, but makes you wonder...
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by daryl on May 03, 2007
Told you the Argentine league was rough. Check out Velez Sarsfield keeper Gaston Sessa giving Boca's Rodrigo Palacio a kick in the eye. There's no way that wasn't deliberate. I suffered...
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by daryl on February 22, 2007
Got to be honest, I'm more or less convinced that Craig Bellamy didn't actually take a golf club to Liverpool teammate John Arne Riise's legs. My theory is that a) golf clubs are very...
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by daryl on December 31, 2006
Palermo's sporting director Rino Foschi received a severed goat's head in the post on Christmas Eve after the Sicilian side's poor run of form. They're still in 3rd place in Serie A,...
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by daryl on November 24, 2006
This is weird. But also kind of brilliant. Apparently when Portsmouth boss 'Arry Redknapp was assistant manager West Ham in 1994 (where he later blooded half the current England team I might add)...
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by daryl on November 24, 2006
Mick McCarthy proved he really might be the dourest manager in football by kissing and making up with long time enemy Roy keane. After their magnificent bust up in Saipan four years ago I was...
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by daryl on October 04, 2006
I promise this is the last Stan Collymore related post (unless he says something else stupid) but using the awesome power of anagrams, I can now exclusively reveal which club Stanley will be...
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by daryl on August 16, 2006
We try to maintain high standards here at Soccer Weblog. We try not to resort to celebrity gossip. But when Wayne Rooney wins a charity auction (hosted by the Beckhams) to spend a weekend with Puff...
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by daryl on July 31, 2006
image: mattthered.com Alanis Morissette defined irony as "ten thousand spoons, when all you need is a knife." Alanis Morisette was wrong. If only she'd been in Argentina this week,...
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This is from the Women's Asian Cup semi-final between North Korea and China. North Korea (in red) lost 1-0, and had a late goal disallowed for off-side. The players surrounded the referee, and...
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by daryl on July 17, 2006
image: premierleague.com Over at Who Ate All The Pies? they've listed the top 10 footballing insults. My personal favourite is number 9, Cardiff City manager Dave Jones' take on Carlton...
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by daryl on June 26, 2006
image: football.co.uk John Boileau runs Before Thirty, a website chronicling his attempts to bring 100 or so wacky schemes to fruition before his 30th birthday. One of the schemes was to apply for a...
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by daryl on June 22, 2006
image: minimalsworld.net Stumbled across this website recently, which promises to tell you what your name would be if you played for Brazil. soccer-Weblog's not entirely convinced, but it's...
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by daryl on June 10, 2006
image: soccer.com Is it just me or does it seem like every major tournament now features a new ball that moves in the air just a little more than it's predecessor? Lahm and Frings (still...
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by daryl on June 06, 2006
image: mcdonalds.be Poor Louis Moffat. The six year old England fan thought he'd won a McDonalds competition to lead out the England team at the World Cup, but he's devastated to discover...
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by daryl on May 19, 2006
Oh well. Spotted by Mediawatch.......
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by daryl on April 27, 2006
source: bushin30seconds.org You've got to love Romanian soccer, for it's pure craziness if nothing else. And if you thought it didn't get any crazier than teams trading meat for players...
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by daryl on April 13, 2006
source: fussballdaten.de iran's Mehdi Mahdavikia, who plays for Hamburg HSV in Germany and is expected to impress for Iran at the World Cup this summer is in a bit of trouble. Mahdavikia married...
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by daryl on April 01, 2006
source: vvorldcup.com When you read this news story, claiming all World Cup games will be broadcast with a 15 minute delay to avoid a repeat of janet Jackson's boobtastic Superbowl appearance,...
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by daryl on March 19, 2006
source: guardian.co.uk For Liverpool's 3-1 win over Newcastle fashion criminal Djibril Cisse was sporting a bleached letter 'C' on the side of his shaven head (just about visible in the...
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