Youri Djorkaeff

Preview: Hull v Bolton

Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008

THEY probably aren't aware of it but the likes of Ivan Campo, Youri Djorkaeff and Jay-Jay Okocha have played their part in the Hull City success story.

Anelka: "If I had to leave London, I'd go to the States or the Gulf"

The Offside Rules (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008

Ok. Bring it . I think you'd make a bang up replacement for Donovan in LA if there is anything to all the Landycakes-to-Europe talk. Or you can come to New York and be French with Youri Djorkaeff on your days off. Or perhaps you are feeling adventurous...I bet Seattle could use someone like you.

Red Bulls Going French Again?

WVHooligan - Soccer Blog (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008

First there was Youri Djorkaeff, now there may be Sylvain Wiltord to take a stab in the Big Apple with the New York Red Bulls. The former Arsenal and Lyon striker is said to be the “mystery striker” for Juan Carlos Osorio’s trio of the summer striker hunt. Wiltord was suspended by his current club Rennes [...]

Whites still appeal to stars

footy247 (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008

WHAT a difference a win makes. A week ago, Wanderers were sweating on Premiership survival. Now Gary Megson is fielding calls from players wanting to follow in the footsteps of Youri Djorkaeff, Jay Jay Okocha and Nicolas Anelka.

Foreign Affairs

Groanin' Jock (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008

This month's FourFourTwo magazine has a feature on the 100 greatest foreign players to have graced British football. The full list is: 1: Eric Cantona 2: Dennis Bergkamp 3: Thierry Henry 4: Henrik Larsson 5: Gianfranco Zola 6: Peter Schmeichel 7: Ossie Ardiles 8: Cristiano Ronaldo 9: Jurgen Klinsmann 10: Patrick Vieira 11: Dwight Yorke 12: Ruud Gullit 13: Jaap Stam 14: Eddie Firmani 15: Paolo di Canio...

Season Preview: M.L.S. Looks to Latin America to Help Lift Its Game

New York Times (Free subscription) | 03/27/2008

Rather than courting fading European stars, U.S. soccer teams are now finding much affordable talent with more flair and better skills from south of the border.

M.L.S. Looks to Latin America to Lift Its Game

New York Times (Free subscription) | 03/27/2008

Rather than depending on fading European stars, U.S. soccer teams are now finding much affordable talent south of the border.

M.L.S. Looks to Latin America to Help Lift Its Game

New York Times (Free subscription) | 03/27/2008

Rather than depending on fading European stars, U.S. soccer teams are now finding much affordable talent south of the border.

Looking back at 2006 predictions

Black Panther : A Soccer Blog (Free subscription) | 02/16/2008

The season of predictions for it's the season of predictions again for the 2008 MLS season. On of the things we don't see to do enough is look back at those predictions made after the season. Here are some for 2006. How close were they to being right? MLS 2006 Predictions Carlisle Canales Chang Dell'Apa Galarcep 1. New England Los Angeles D.C. United Los Angeles New England 2. Los Angeles New England...

Robson: Pressure is 'too much'

Fox News (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008

Sir Bobby Robson believes Sam Allardyce's departure as Newcastle boss shows that the pressure on top-flight bosses is now "too much".

• Robson: Top-flight pressure is too much - Daily Star
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Ex-Bolton Boss Big Sam Leaves Newcastle

Sportnetwork (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008

Former Bolton Wanderers manager Sam Allardyce has departed Newcastle United by mutual consent after a total of just eight months in charge at St James Park.

Pot Calls Kettle "Black"

Side Netting (Free subscription) | 01/05/2008

Against all odds, there was actually a bit of offseason Revs news this week. Believe it or not, it looks like the Revolution have acquired the rights to high school phenom Jose Angulo, one of the nation's leading scorers last year. As usual, the story was not broken by a Boston reporter. (In this case, Soccer by Ives blogger Ives Galarcep scooped the Globe and the Herald yet again.) This continues...

Youtube Playlists Added

Climbing the Ladder (Free subscription) | 12/28/2007

It's something I probably should've done a while ago, but I've finally added easy to navigate playlists to my Youtube channel . There's one for the 2007 year end MLS comps, as well as another for the 2006 editions. I've also added another one which doesn't involve my videos, but rather has MLS players involved in amusing stuff outside of the soccer field. Only four vids for that one so far, but I'll...

Is unleashing their creative side the key to Toon success?

CaughtOffside (Free subscription) | 12/27/2007

Football legend Chris Waddle reckons that Sam Allardyce should unleash some of the creativity at Newcastle United, but as they are bereft of any dazzling skillsters he’ll have to dip into the Toon transfer kitty. The former star winger thinks that playing with a more exciting style could appease Toon fans as well [...]

Fool's gold is all England could muster

Daily Express (Free subscription) | 11/14/2007

SO after all the hype and all the hope, the era of English football's so-called golden generation could end when they are not even playing.