Articles tagged with "general-banter"
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 4th, 2006
Somebody out there other than his wife and children must like Germany coach Jurgen Klinsmann, right? The hero of the 1990 World Cup wouldn't ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 4th, 2006
It is no secret that businesses around the world as eager to make a buck or two off of the World Cup. With tons ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 4th, 2006
One World Cup related issue that I've avoided blogging about up until this point is prostitution. With millions of people coming to Germany this ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 3rd, 2006
Australia coach Guus Hiddink has denied reports that he has accepted an offer to be the next coach of Russia. Hiddink, who has been ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 3rd, 2006
This might come as a bit of a relief to fans of Germany. It seems that coach Juergen Klinsmann isn't in charge of selecting ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 3rd, 2006
It is amazing the things we spend money, time and technology on these days. Take the tickets being used for the World Cup. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 3rd, 2006
By now you know that former boy band brat Robbie Williams considers football to be his mistress. Well today we learn that Williams has ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 2nd, 2006
We've taken a look at the teams that impressed and distressed during this week's friendlies, now let's take a gander at which World Cup groups ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 2nd, 2006
Our man Daryl over on the United States blog lays down a great post today about the state of soccer television broadcasting in the USA. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 2nd, 2006
Maybe that German consumer advocacy group does know about something more than just facial creams after all. It was reported today the stadium in ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 2nd, 2006
Germany 1908-2006
The legendarily efficient and well organized German national football team has passed way in Florence, Italy. German football was 98 years old.
For most ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 2nd, 2006
After watching about 1,000 hours of football yesterday, I now have a better idea about many of the teams in this summer's World Cup. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 1st, 2006
This might come as a bit of a surprise to you Germans out there, but the World Cup does not belong to you. After ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 1st, 2006
I bet I know what you'll be doing 100 days from today. You'll be sitting down to watch the opening matches of the World ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 28th, 2006
After enduring weeks of grueling physical, psychological and mental training, World Cup Blog is ready for our biggest challenge to date. On Wednesday, 27 ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 28th, 2006
For technique and effort alone this ref gets a '10' on our scorecard.
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 28th, 2006
How does one get over the hurt of not being able to perform with David Hasselhoff in Germany? It is a question I have ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 28th, 2006
What a great start to the next couple days of friendly football fever! Japan and Bosnia-Herzegovina finished in a 2-2 draw with Japan's Hidetoshi ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 28th, 2006
Here's a pretty cool option for those looking for affordable accomodations and a good time in Germany this summer. The Dortmund Fan Fest is ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 28th, 2006
With all the friendlies taking place on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, what is a football geek who wants to watch them all to do? ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 27th, 2006
It is a super busy week for the World Cup teams. Thirty of the teams are playing friendly matches on Tuesday and Wednesday. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 27th, 2006
Think it is difficult for your country to qualify for the World Cup? Try living in a place that isn't even recognized as a ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 26th, 2006
In what can only be described as one of the most shocking revelations since we learned that he doesn't wear the same pair of underpants ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 26th, 2006
One of the teams I am most interested in watching at the World Cup is France. After sitting atop the football world for a ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 25th, 2006
Admit it. You don't know much about Ecuador. You know it is in South America. You know it has mountains. You ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 25th, 2006
What will David Beckham, Michael Owen and Wayne Rooney be wearing this summer at the World Cup? When they aren't hanging around by the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 25th, 2006
These guys don't love the Beautiful Game, but I do admire their effort to to sample food from each of the 32 countries in the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 24th, 2006
Extensive psychological tests, exhaustive medical checks, intense tests on the laws of the game, no donuts for a week . . . the 44 men ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 24th, 2006
Newspapers and media around the world have joined World Cup Blog in denouncing FIFA's attempts to limit the photos and images they are allowed to ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 24th, 2006
Here is a bit of trivia for you. In the history of the World Cup, which host country had the largest average attendance per ...
