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UEFA Cup youngsters take the field in U20 World Cup
By: Ian Rose |
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Even with a topic as broad as the UEFA Cup, a blog beat that allows me to write about football in just about any European country I choose, I still seek out ways to write about the rest of the world, and since I’m going to be covering the U20 World Cup for the Scotland [...]
Category: UC 1st round draw revealed: Three matches to watch
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74 teams will enter the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup on July 19th, and as of today, we know the breakdown of who will play whom. Rather than list 37 fixtures, I’ve gone ahead and picked three matches to watch, three ties that could produce an overachieving side that can go deeper [...]
UEFA Cup Memories: Gothenburg 1982
By: Ian Rose | 6 Comments
This is the first in a series of posts called UEFA Cup Memories, bringing back some of the great moments in the tournament’s history.
With all the talk about Sven-Göran Eriksson and his imminent move to Manchester City, the focus has been on Sven’s rather unimpressive time as England manager. His incredible record as a [...]
Video: MLS needs these sort of corners
By: Ian Rose | 4 Comments
They may not have the excitement of a Messidonna-esque run through the defense, but set pieces are a great way to get the biscuit in the basket, if you know how to finish them. One complaint I have about the (admittedly over-abused) Major League Soccer league in the US is the ability to finish [...]
Know Your Minnows: Cork City FC
By: Ian Rose | 6 Comments
Welcome to the first installment of “Know Your Minnows”. As the Intertoto Cup and UEFA Cup progress through their rounds, I will be highlighting a few of the competing teams and talking a little about their history and their prospects in this year’s tournaments.
Cork City Football Club is a relative newcomer in Irish football. [...]
Tags: Cork City, Cork City FC, Hammarby, Intertoto Cup, Ki Klaksvik, Know Your Minnows, Tournament News, UEFA Cup, Utrecht, ValurIntertoto Cup, Round 1, 1st Leg: Europe Kicks Off
By: Ian Rose | 8 Comments
After that grueling 30 days that is the off-season, the first European tournament football of 2007-2008 has finally arrived, in the form of the 2007 Intertoto Cup. Over three rounds, 48 teams will vie for 11 spots in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. 26 of these teams begin their European [...]
Welcome to the Offside UEFA Cup blog
By: Ian Rose | 8 Comments
Welcome to the Offside UEFA Cup blog.
Though the Champions League is clearly the more prestigious and lucrative of the two, I love, and in fact prefer, the UEFA Cup. I think it’s one of the great football tournaments in the world, and a much more wide-open tournament than the CL. The [...]
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