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like a dog
07-31-2006, 10:43 PM
Hey guys,

Long time lurker, rare poster here. I was just wondering what sites all y'all soccer fans use. I know Sky and Espn soccer are alright, but I was wondering if y'all had any other good sites or blogs or anything.
SirFozzie
07-31-2006, 10:52 PM
I use BigSoccer.

football365, SkySports, etcetera
ISiddiqui
07-31-2006, 10:53 PM
Just beware of the wackos on BigSoccer. Some people are just fucking nuts on that site.
SirFozzie
07-31-2006, 10:56 PM
Just beware of the wackos on BigSoccer. Some people are just fucking nuts on that site.

Your point? :D
ISiddiqui
07-31-2006, 11:01 PM
Well, it's not nice to send "like a dog" wandering into BigSoccer without fair warning... even if he is a lurker ;).
saldana
07-31-2006, 11:01 PM
Just beware of the wackos on BigSoccer. Some people are just fucking nuts on that site.
as opposed to this one...or pretty much any other site i spend time on
ISiddiqui
07-31-2006, 11:07 PM
as opposed to this one...or pretty much any other site i spend time on
Take FOFC... multiply by like... oh, 500 ;).

We have a far greater proportion of people who are more realistic about sports (especially about, say, US Soccer and ESPN's role in US Soccer ;)) than over at BS. As for politics, that's something else entirely different (and something I don't look at in BS).
Crapshoot
07-31-2006, 11:17 PM
Football365 is fun, although a little too much "Players make too much money, wah!". I love the The Guardian's coverage of English football and football in general as well.
Marc Vaughan
08-01-2006, 05:23 AM
I generally use:

teamtalk.com
bbc.co.uk

For general football news, nearly every club will have specific 'fan' sites which are great for hardcore supporters or just rumour mill gossip - you'll also find now and again (on slow news days especially) gossip from one of these fans sites will jump up to one of the mainstream football sites (such as teamtalk) and be treated as reality .... quite funny and cool to see, especially if you know its rubbish ;)
FrogMan
08-01-2006, 12:31 PM
was gonna point you to bbc.co.uk but Marc beat me to it. I like their news feed and their live reports when matches are in progress...

FM
Desnudo
08-01-2006, 12:34 PM
And the daily gossip column

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/gossip_and_transfers/5233694.stm

I think The Guardian has the funniest writing.
like a dog
08-01-2006, 02:23 PM
Thanks guys. I'll check some of these sites out and let you know what I think.
MikeVick7
08-01-2006, 03:13 PM
was gonna point you to bbc.co.uk but Marc beat me to it. I like their news feed and their live reports when matches are in progress...

FM
Yeah I like the simplicity of their website, do you hear that ESPN???

They are also really quick with news items and I also like their live match reports as well.
FrogMan
08-01-2006, 03:45 PM
And the daily gossip column

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/gossip_and_transfers/5233694.stm

I think The Guardian has the funniest writing.

thanks for that headsup, I'd forgotten about it and just set up an alert through my yahoo.

FM
Critch
08-02-2006, 07:55 AM
I'd also add a vote for the BBC, though it's coverage is obviously heavily slanted towards English soccer.

Not a website, but the Rumour Mill weekly podcast from BBC Radio Five is also very good.

edit to avoid a dola - The Phil Ball (Spain) and Uli Hesse-Lichtenberger (Germany) articles on soccernet.com are always good, but too infrequent. The German guy's book about the history of German soccer is great too.

Also anything by Gabriele Marcotti (writes for The Times and The Sunday Herald) is worth reading, he's always on the ball, you can almost forgive the fact that he's a Chelsea fan. Almost.
like a dog
08-02-2006, 05:54 PM
Also anything by Gabriele Marcotti (writes for The Times and The Sunday Herald) is worth reading, he's always on the ball, you can almost forgive the fact that he's a Chelsea fan. Almost.

He also writes for SI.com. And yes, he is blatantly a Chelsea fan.
Joe
08-02-2006, 05:59 PM
fcbes.com
Critch
08-02-2006, 06:08 PM
He also writes for SI.com. And yes, he is blatantly a Chelsea fan.

Thanks, didn't know he wrote for SI.com. I always enjoy his stuff, so I'll be looking out for it.

He's also on ChelseaTV (Which is shown on Setanta). He doesn't even try to fake impartiality when he's on that :)