It was not quite as astounding as what went on in the global economy, but the week in football was certainly an eventful one.

I was certainly dumbfounded, but perhaps should not have been, by FIFA's woeful CHF 30,000 ($27,500) fine for the Croatian FA after their fans made monkey noises at black England players last month. Click to continue reading...

The Top 5 Things Learned From The Previous Round of WC Qualifying: Ghana on the brink The Black Stars could be out of qualifying.  In Group 5 of Round 2 WC African Qualifying, Ghana sits in 3rd place behind 1st place Libya and 2nd place Gabon only trailing Gabon on goal differential.  Their talisman Michael Essien is out [. Click to continue reading...

Sepp Blatter doesn't feel South Africa are being as enthusiastic as they should be considering they are hosts to next years Confederations cup and the World Cup in 2010. "What I'm missing a little bit here is the identification that next year is already the Confederations Cup," said the head of ... Click to continue reading...

Roy Keane talking about Jack Warner: "He's a clown." Oh yeah! I have had my problems with Keane but this is priceless. See video in the Jack Warner/Sepp Blatter/FIFA Idiocy & Scandal News section.

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Luxembourg scored one of the great upsets of all time on Wednesday, beating Switzerland 1-2 Zurich. Click to continue reading...

Ladies & gentlemen, the "We just won the World Cup" logo is born. For the first time in football history, a national side will be able to display a logo (a world cup on a white background, with the words "FIFA World Champions") on their shirts to reflect they are the current title holders. And [...] Click to continue reading...

Hot on the heels of Sepp Blatter's comments that Christiano Ronald is a ‘modern day slave', football has another. Andrei Arshavin has decided to go on strike because his current club Zenit St Petersburg are pricing him out of a move to Tottenham.

Spurs have agreed personal terms with the player but they will not meet Zenit's ridiculous asking price of over £20m. Click to continue reading...

Hot on the heels of Sepp Blatter's comments that Christiano Ronald is a ‘modern day slave', football has another. Andrei Arshavin has decided to go on strike because his current club Zenit St Petersburg are pricing him out of a move to Tottenham.

Spurs have agreed personal terms with the player but they will not meet Zenit's ridiculous asking price of over £20m. Click to continue reading...

It's a concept that has been debated for years but now it seems that a Great British football team will become a reality. Fifa President Sepp Blatter, who once suggested that women should wear tighter shorts to make the female game more attractive, has already given his support to the idea and it now appears that the FA are keen on the proposal as well. Click to continue reading...

Something to read while you put some clothes on... Jewell or Belichick: Which sex tape is worse? (Dave's Football Blog) A surprisingly convincing argument for 3-6-1 (Gramsci's Kingdom) Previewing the Olympic ladies (USA WCB) Reinventing PSG (Just Football) But why do they call him Billy? (Milan Offside) Jerson dos Santos - late starter (Sniffing the Touchline) Sepp Blatter denies saying that thing [. Click to continue reading...

Vietnam received a visiting inspection from FIFA president Sepp Blatter today to see the development of a FIFA-funded training center in Hanoi. Vietnamese president Nguyen Minh Triet in seen here in the picture with FIFA president Sepp Blatter. Image courtesy of Newscom. Technorati Tags: fifa,fifa vietnam,vietnam soccer,vietnam football,Nguyen Minh Triet,sepp blatter Share This Click to continue reading...

Vietnam received a visiting inspection from FIFA president Sepp Blatter today to see the development of a FIFA-funded training center in Hanoi. Vietnamese president Nguyen Minh Triet in seen here in the picture with FIFA president Sepp Blatter. Image courtesy of Newscom. Technorati Tags: fifa,fifa vietnam,vietnam soccer,vietnam football,Nguyen Minh Triet,sepp blatter Share This Click to continue reading...

That idiot of a President! No Not George W. I'm talking about Sepp Blatter, the FIFA president, who claimed 3 weeks ago that the modern footballer is a slave. It was obvious he was talking about Cristiano Ronaldo, Cristiano later stated "I completely agree with the FIFA president," This caused an uproar in the football community. Click to continue reading...

In its 104 year existence, FIFA has had 8 presidents. The last two, Joao Havelange and Sepp Blatter have ruled for 34 years. Yes, since the year Richard Nixon resigned. FIFA now has the biggest conglemeration of countries, bigger than the IOC or the UN.

It is also highly corporatized as well as despotic and capricious.

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Sebastian Coe has said he has spoken to Sir Alex Ferguson about him managing a Great Britain football team at the London Olympics in 2012. The issue of Great Britain team entering the tournament is already shrouded in controversy as the FAs of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have said they don't want it to happen. Click to continue reading...

Something to read while you video yourself getting struck by lightning... OM fans trying to buy back Drogbacite! (Marseille Offside) Man Utd: defining hypocrisy? (101 GG) Sepp = stupid (NY Post) Gareth Barry suddenly has options (Aston Villa Offside) Should the Premier League introduce a draft? (Soccer Shout) The difference between West Ham and Luton Town? Click to continue reading...

If you though Sepp Blatter's "modern day slavery" quote was ridiculous, wait til you see what he's saying in our latest football comic from Chris Toy. The scary thing is that nothing that comes out of the Seppster's mouth surprises us anymore. Click on Sepp's crazy face, or click here to read what Sepp has to say. Click to continue reading...

Now we've all had time to recover from Sepp Blatter comparing Cristiano Ronaldo's five six figure contract at Man Utd to modern say slavery, it's probably time we put the whole thing in perspective. Blatter has rightly been laughed at/criticized/committed to a mental institution for his ridiculous comparison. Click to continue reading...

As if he were a game show host, FIFA boss Sepp Blatter announced this week that three nations were prepared to step in and host the 2010 World Cup, but did not reveal the nations involved. Blatter's statement, the strongest indication yet that South Africa are in jeopardy of losing out on hosting the 2010 World Cup, leaves an international guessing game to determine who are in line. Click to continue reading...

Ask Diego Maradona and he will spit in Sepp Blatter's eye when he so self servingly talks about players living in modern slavery. It is as laughable as Phil Gramm's dismissal of the dismal US economy as a 'mental recession'.

In Blatter's case, it is a total derailment of reality.

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Thankfully, we still have the great Pele around to provide some rationality to the whole situation with Cristiano Ronaldo and Sepp Blatter's comments on slavery. At this point it probably would be in Manchester United's best interests to sell Ronaldo for as much as they can get and go after a player such as Dimitar Berbatov as I it seems like the Manchester United fans won't react positively to Ronaldo and if he really doesn't want to play for them what is the point in keeping an unmotivated player. Click to continue reading...

Some news to read as you kill your drunken husband with a folding couch: If this is modern slavery, then the line to get shackled up starts here (Unprofessional Foul) Arsenal transfer rumors, from A-Z (FansOnline) Toronto protest at the All-Star game. But not for the reason you think. (Major League Soccer Fan Blog) Was Arshavin too successful [. Click to continue reading...

Fresh on the heels of Sepp Blatter's latest comments regarding the enslavement of poor Cristiano Ronaldo, the Sun has taken it upon themselves to set up a petition to send him off for good.

Check out the full article here, and remember if you're at work, don't click on the Page 3 links! Click to continue reading...

More brain pain... 1. Career path Aalesund, AS Monaco, Liverpool, Roma (current) 2. Multiple choice Which football figure controversially suggested in 2004 that female footballers should wear tighter shorts? a) Lennart Johansson, b) Rodney Marsh, c) Sepp Blatter, d) Joao... Click to continue reading...

That friendly little phrase was uttered by none other than Sir Alex himself when he was told of Real president Ramon Calderon's "slavery" comment regarding Man Utd's alleged treatment of the Portuguese international.

Apparently Calderon challenged Manchester United's contract with Ronaldo a few weeks back by saying "slavery was abolished many, many years ago. Click to continue reading...

Cristiano Ronaldo has confirmed he is a slave at Man Utd. When asked if he remembers signing his five year contract paying him $60,000,000, he responded that he was, as we all suspected, drugged, starved and beaten into agreeing terms. Says the EPL Footballer of the Year, "I agree with the statement of the president [Sepp Blatter], he is right. Click to continue reading...

While most people will gawk at Sepp Blatter putting his foot in his mouth yet again, the head cheese at FIFA actually said something yesterday which was interesting but didn't offend entire demographics. Massive shocker any way you look at it. Of course, his stupidity will force this under the radar, so keep the credit [. Click to continue reading...

S'Alex Ferguson has been given a rollocking for throwing a chain around Cristiano Ronaldo's neck and turning him into a footballing dancing bear; and FIFA Ubermeister Sepp Blatter has had enough of this disgusting behaviour. The Sun quotes Blatter's rant on Sky Sports news, suffice to say that The Seppmeister . Click to continue reading...

Quick question, since everyone seems comfortable with the idea of God as a color commentator: who's doing play-by-play? Read Richard's post on how ESPN didn't totally screw up their coverage of Euro 2008. Read Dave's perfectly executed headbutt to the sternum of MLS (video footage to be suppressed immediately). Click to continue reading...

I texted Luton Andy today.

Remember him?

He is a friend of my lover and a Woking fan. He is also a major Hatter's fan (hence the name).

My text said:

"Just heard the news. 30 points! It's a disgrace. Hope life is better for you in other regards. Georgina. Click to continue reading...

Sepp Blatter, the FIFA president, has added more fuel to the fire of the Cristiano Ronaldo saga. With seemingly everything solved and most parties satisfied, Blatter has brought back uncertainty to Ronaldo's future.

Since Ronaldo's surgery last week, there has been little speculation about his future. Click to continue reading...

Not very long ago I mentioned something about the UEFA president losing his mind. Yesterday it was the turn of the FIFA president; true to type, he didn't disappoint. This is what the great man had to say, read on: "The important thing is, we should also protect the player. If the player wants to play [. Click to continue reading...

Sepp Blatter, a.k.a King FIFA, has done it again.  He continues to suggest that South Africa will be replaced by another host if they don't get their act together.  Sepp himself switched to the continental rotation system in order to have Africa host a World Cup, but he know is making contingency plans in the [. Click to continue reading...

President of fifa Sepp Blatter claims that modern slavery has overtaken football. During an interview with sky sports news the fifa president said, "If (talking about Ronaldo) he wants to leave let him leave, but not at any price". Surely the fifa president should be enticing players to honour their contracts, as this is seen as healthy [. Click to continue reading...

Sometimes people say things that are so outrageous, so absurd, I, on simmer, am compelled to re-read what they said and then immerse myself in water to cleanse my precious body of the horrible words that have been swallowed. This morning, while eating delicious Cheerios (TM) for breakfast, was one such occasion. Click to continue reading...

LOONY FIFA president Sepp Blatter has today called for club owners to boot slavery out of football. Blatter claimed there is too much ‘modern slavery' in football and vowed to fight for the freedoms of footballers everywhere who are forced to kick a ball around every Saturday for just £30,000-£150,000 per week. Click to continue reading...