At the World Cup this summer, both England and France fans were dealt some disappointing blows. Sure, the details of what happened in the squads may be different. Arguably, what happened to France was by far worse. While England merely fizzled out (with a few sparks-both good and bad) during the tournament, France exploded. I [...]

Houllier’s lack of class this time definitely did not get a thumbs up from me…
Well, if you are a France fan, you might replace “entertain” with “mortify” or “embarrass.”  A number of dramatic and laughable incidents have continued to emerge from the French Football Federation (FFF) headquarters- proving that replacing former President Escalettes (who “voluntarily” [...]

Austria celebrate their win over the Netherlands…and 3rd place in Group A.
Fans hoping to see a rematch of the Netherlands-Spain World Cup final played out on a younger stage will be disappointed to learn that they will have to wait at least another two years for the senior European Championships in 2012 after the [...]

Spain celebrating their win over Portugal…
Spain became the first team to qualify for the semifinals on Day 2 of the U19 European Championships Group Stage.  Spain’s second consecutive win means they will feature in the semifinals for the first time since they won the tournament in 2007.  Meanwhile, Italy failed to score in their second [...]

In one of his pre-World Cup posts, Chris provided the average ages of all the teams and listed them youngest to oldest.  In hindsight- the list is even more fascinating to me.  After revisiting this list, I think its fair to say some of the most exciting teams to watch at the World Cup were [...]

In about a week, and once the first controversial call has been made, googling a referee’s home address, scouting the area with streetview, writing death threats and painting little Hitler mustaches on his face will become one of the Internets favorite past times.
Carrying out these hate and anger filled tasks is of course much easier, [...]

The qualifiers have been over for less than a week (technically), and the qualifying draw isn’t even until this weekend, but that hasn’t stopped the bookmakers of the universe for sending out the early odds for the championships in Swissaustria. (Hey, wherever there’s a buck, euro or pound to be made.) One site, which compiles [...]

Ahh, the life of a disgruntled football fan. You spend hours suffering through your team’s miseries with only the promise of more misery to come. Rather than sit back and watch their national team embarrassed on the world stage some fans in Austria have decided to try to do something about it.
They have [...]

International football makes its return to the center stage this weekend and what a return it promises to be. Four teams in Oceania are playing for three spots in the next round of World Cup qualifying. Euro 2008 qualifying returns with some tasty matchups. They are still battling out in Africa with [...]

The UEFA hammer has come down upon the head of France manager Raymond Domenech. Europe’s football governing body has suspended Domenech for his team’s Euro 2008 qualifying match against Italy on September 8 and has fined him $8,200 for his comments about match fixing in Italian soccer.
You’ll recall that earlier this month Domenech was [...]