We' re very pleased to announce [drumroll please....] the launch of Forums Offside. We love (most of) the discussion that happen in The Offside and World Cup Blog community and think that a forum is an excellent and logical way to help that community grow further. So Forums Offside is exactly what it sounds like. Click to continue reading...

Something to read while your bank changes your password... Rapids leave their mark on Bryan Namoff (Behind the Badge) C-Ron to Real move back on? (Marca) Old Firm debut for Edu? (Rangers Offside) Shteve von McKlaijren's Dutch accshent ish back (101 Great Goals) Philly's MLS stadium, take a look (Yanks Soccer) Welcome back to Europe Old Lady (mCalcio) Senderos joins the rossoneri [. Click to continue reading...

The final 32 clubs who will partake in this year's Champions League campaign have qualified and are all set for tomorrow's draw - set somewhere in Europe which is easy for Michele Platini to travel to (oh it's in Monaco, how nice). And though the qualifying stages are a bit Champions League Lite, they still [. Click to continue reading...

Brad Friedel, Martin Laursen and Leon Cort have a competition to see who can stretch their bodies into the most uncomfortable positions. Martin Laursen's face wins. (AFP/FIFA) Click to continue reading...

Chelsea are expecting to have Real Madrid's Robinho in a blue shirt within 48 hours, for a fee expected to be around 36 million euros. One man who must be feeling conflicted about this deal is Sir Alex Ferguson. He'd probably love to see Real Madrid lose Robinho, as a sort of karmic punishment for all [. Click to continue reading...

Looks like Spurs are going to splash some of that incoming Berbatov cash on a certain Russian who impressed at Euro 2008. But it's not Andrei Arshavin. It's the slightly harder to type Roman Pavlyuchenko. Latest rumours have Pavlyuchenko all but transferred from Spartak Moscow to Spurs for £12 million, and pulling out of Spartak's squad [. Click to continue reading...

The latest addition to The Offside is Pikum!, where you can pit your predicting skills against fellow football fans. If you're in the UK then you can put money on your picks, but if not you can still get involved for Pikles and bragging rights. Because here's how Pikum! is very different to gambling: All Pikum! Click to continue reading...

Something to read while you reflect on the worst robbery attempt ever... Starting a new blog with some bad news (Boca Juniors Offside) Does Shevchenko Pave the Way for Kaka (Buzzin' Football Blog) Look out for online hooligans (EPL Talk) Birds and badges (Just Football) Football and your health (SoccerLens) Reflections on Olympic football (Unprofessional Foul) Altidore and Rossi BFF (USA WCB) Click to continue reading...

Credit goes where credit is due: FC Bunyodkor is not fucking around. Earlier in the summer you may remember they'd announced they had signed Samuel Eto'o on a six month contract, who went along with the ruse and even flew out to Uzbekistan for the royal treatment at the club's facilities before hunkering back to [. Click to continue reading...

We've decided we're going to buy a football team. Maybe a random club in Turkmenistan or something. Somewhere that we can truly start from scratch, and there, we're going to assemble a team with the sole task of gifting Champions League football to superstars currently resigned to UEFA Cup action. Finally time to do some [. Click to continue reading...

Papa Bouba Diop does, however, get points for creativity as he attempts to put Anderson out for the count. (AFP/FIFA) Click to continue reading...

"It" with jetlag, Nani's likeness to a young Michael Jackson (I think that's the joke, right?), a fantastic Berbatov appeal from The Boy ("it's tragic like"), Fergie calling The Special One "pretty boy") and the fearsome pedantry of Roy Keane. But easily the best thing about the new season of I'm on Setanta Sports: the [. Click to continue reading...

Think it's safe to say that the Dimitar Berbatov situation has gone from "annoying" to "ridiculous", with Spurs threatening to let the player rot in the reserves unless Man Utd meet their £30 million valuation. So basically, Dimitar Berbatov would be the new Winston Bogarde. Not good. And not very realistic either. Click to continue reading...

Bless 101 Great Goals, for they do find us some fantastically odd strikes. Like this one. It's from the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, where Avaí keeper Eduardo Martini kicks from his hands, launching a long one upfield. That long one got even longer when it bounced straight over the Parana keeper and in. Click to continue reading...

Something to read while Charlie bites you... What will happen in Florence this season? (Fiorentina Offside) Reflections on a very short World Cup qualifying campaign (Panama WCB) Angry with Arsene (Arsenole) The end of Fulhamerica? (Soccer by Ives) Guinness really is good for you (Gear Crave) Tad Christie - intenational homeless footballer (Knowledgeplex) Eredivisie predictions (Netherlands WCB) Click to continue reading...