I grew up a Milan FC fan, till Mr.Berlusconi started using the team for political reasons. Since then I have had no favourite team, except perhaps for Wimbledon AF. Now, however, I've made up my mind that any team that is hated by vicious Jew-bashers and neo-Nazis is good enough for me.

So far, THREE goals at least have been wrongly awarded - scandalously so - in the view of billions of spectators. This is getting beyond a joke. Unless that crass bastard Sepp Blatter starts acting as though this were the 21st century and technology is in common use, the image of soccer will be damaged. And it is by a long chalk not the first ( Read more... )

I don't suppose anyone is seriously willing to argue that giving South Africa the opportunity to organize a World Cup was not a political decision - much like giving it to the United States back in 1994 or to Japan and South Korea in 2002. You may call it a piece of Political Correctness; you may, if you are more benevolent - and I am, in this ( Read more... )

I had expected it, as you may remember, but it still makes me sick. The Slovaks put in so many kicks and shoves - each carefully weighed not to place the player in danger of being carded - that the Italians were soon physically shrinking from contact. They tried to make up for it by superior passing, keeping the ball away from the opponents and ( Read more... )

As everyone knows, Freemasonry is the target of all kinds of conspiracy theories. Some may even be true - Freemasonry certainly played a major part in the unification of Italy and in the American Revolution. But perhaps the most influential thing Freemasonry ever did was the series of meetings at their central London building - known at the time ( Read more... )

If anyone wants to know why so many people love soccer, this game has a lot of the reasons. Unless, of course, you happen to be Czech. In-bloody-credible.

On the ninety-fourth minute of play, a Liverpool defender has been hustled by Chelsea's Nicholas Anelka into placing the ball in his own net. Chelsea being away, the goal could be worth double if the next match ends in a tied score. ON THE NINETY-FOURTH MINUTE! THE LAST MINUTE OF PLAY!! I swear I cannot remember the last time I saw anything ( Read more... )

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The first thing the BBC commentator said of Italy (three times world champion and so on) is that we "bought referees - allegedly."

Subhuman scum.

If you want to see why I am furious, check out what happened to Italy in 2002. Then, in case you had any doubts who bought the refs and for what reason, check what happened to Spain in the same

Within a few days, and only a few weeks before the World Cup, two legendary former Italian soccer players have been arrested for serious criminal offences and the leading club has been caught cold manipulating refereeing to its own advantage. First, phone taps proved practically beyond doubt that management of Juventus, Italy's most successful ( Read more... )