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NEW!!! IFK Goteborg (Sweden) 2010 Home kit

2009-11-27T17:35:00.000-08:00

IFK Göteborg is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. The club is often referred to simply as IFK, although this can be confusing as there are many other clubs in Sweden whose name has that abbreviation as a prefix. The club, formed on 4 October 1904, has won 17 national championship titles, four national cup titles, and two UEFA Cups. With Malmö FF and AIK, IFK Göteborg are often considered to make up the classic "Big Three" in Swedish club football, with 42 championship titles among them, IFK arguably being the most successful club in Sweden, and perhaps in Scandinavia as well. IFK Göteborg is also the only Swedish team to have won a European cup competition, the UEFA Cup in 1982 and 1987. They are currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan, where they have played the majority of the seasons during their existence. The last time they played in a lower division was back in 1976.

NEW!!! Man.United (England) 2010 Home kit

2009-10-06T15:02:00.000-07:00

Manchester United Football Club is an English football club, based at the Old Trafford stadium in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and is arguably the most popular football club in the world, with over 50 million supporters worldwide;average attendances at the club have been higher than any other team in English football for all but six seasons since 1964-65.The club is also one of the most successful in English football; for over twenty years, since the 1986-87 season, they have won 18 major honours, which is more than any other Premier League club. They are the Premier League's reigning champions, and have won the Premier League/Football League 16 times. In 1968, they became the first English club to win the European Cup, beating S.L. Benfica 4–1, and they won a second European Cup in 1999. They also hold the record for the most FA Cup titles with 11.Since the late 1990s, the club has been one of the richest in the world, and until recently had the highest revenue of any football club for several years running. As of 2007, the club has the fourth largest turnover in club football,but remains the most profitable club based on operating income.Manchester United also remains the most valuable club in the world.The club is a founding member of the G-14 group of Europe's leading football clubs.Sir Alex Ferguson has been manager of the club since 6 November 1986.

NEW!!! Tottenham Hotspur fc (England) 2010 Home kit

2009-09-01T13:09:00.000-07:00

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club are an English football club, which play in the FA Premier League. The club is also known as Tottenham and Spurs , while their own fans also refer to them as the Lilywhites because of their traditional white shirts. Their home ground is White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London. Tottenham were the first club in the twentieth century to achieve the League and FA Cup Double, winning both competitions in the 1960-61 season. In 1963, Spurs became the first British club to win a European trophy - the European Cup Winners' Cup.The club has a long-standing rivalry with near neighbours Arsenal and the series of matches between the two is known as the North London derby. The club motto is Audere est Facere (lit: "To dare is to do") and their emblem is the cockerel and ball.

NEW!!! Atletico Madrid fc (Spain) 2010 Home kit

2009-08-22T05:40:00.000-07:00

Club Atlético de Madrid is a Spanish football club based in Madrid. They currently play in the Primera División of La Liga. Their home stadium is the Vicente Calderón Stadium.The club has won both La Liga and the Copa del Rey on nine occasions, including a double in 1996. They also won the European Cup Winners Cup in 1962 and were European Cup runners-up and Intercontinental Cup winners in 1974. Atlético play in red and white striped shirts and blue shorts.

NEW!!! ARIS fc (Greece) 2010 Home kit. THE TEAM OF MY HEART!!!!

2009-08-06T16:16:00.000-07:00

Aris Thessaloniki Football Club is a Greek football club that premiered on the 25th of March 1914 in Thessaloniki. The emblem of the team is the god of war resting (as depicted in the so-called Ludovisi Ares), always on guard to fight if necessary. The colors of the team are yellow and black, reminiscent of Byzantium, where Thessaloniki has always been the second most important city of the Empire. Aris has not captured any league titles since the formation of the First Division (Alpha Ethniki) in 1959 but has been awarded with one football cup. Aris has earned 3 league titles and 1 cup in football. The jersey color is yellow and black. The club is named after Ares, the god of war, whose image is portrayed on the club logo. The football team plays at Kleanthis Vikelides Stadium.

NEW!!! Barcelona fc (Spain) 2010 Home kit

2009-08-01T14:21:00.000-07:00

Futbol Club Barcelona, known familiarly as Barça , is a Catalan sports club based in Barcelona, Spain. It is best known for its football team. It was founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, English, and Catalan men led by Joan Gamper. The club has become a Catalan institution, hence the motto Més que un club (More than a club). They were founding members of La Liga in 1928, and, together with Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao, they have never been relegated from the Primera División. The club were also the first La Liga champions and they are the current champions of both Spain and Europe. The club's main stadium is the Camp Nou and the fans of FC Barcelona are known as culers or culés. In September 2006, the number of socis (club members/owners) reached 151,127, while in June 2006 the number of penyes (officially-registered supporter clubs) reached 1782 worldwide.

NEW!!! Chester City fc (England) 2010 Home kit

2009-07-06T16:10:00.000-07:00

Chester City Football Club is an English football club from Chester. The club suffered relegation at the end of the 2008–09 season to the Conference National from League Two (fourth tier of English football). Chester were founded as Chester F.C., however they changed their name to Chester City F.C. in 1983. Chester joined the football league in 1931, and have spent most of their history in lower divisions. Chester won their first league championship in 2004, the Conference National.
Chester play their home games at the Deva Stadium. The club offices are the only section of the ground which is situated in England. Until 1990 the club played at Sealand Road.

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NEW!!!! Celtic FC (Scotland) 2010 Home kit

2009-07-06T14:04:00.000-07:00

Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in Glasgow, which competes in the Scottish Premier League, the highest form of competition in Scotland. The full name of the club is The Celtic Football Club. Until 1994, the club's full name was The Celtic Football and Athletic Company Ltd.Celtic play home games at Celtic Park commonly referred to as Parkhead, which has a capacity of 60,832, and is currently the largest football stadium in Scotland. In 2006-07, Celtic Park attracted an average attendance of 57,927,making the club second after Manchester United in average attendance for any football club in the UK.Together with their rivals, Rangers F.C., they form the Old Firm which is one of the most famous and fierce rivalries in sport. Celtic has traditionally been linked with its founding roots which stemmed from the Irish immigrant community in Glasgow.

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NEW!!! Perth Glory fc (Australia) 2010 Home kit

2009-06-18T12:23:00.000-07:00

Perth Glory Football Club is an football (soccer) club from Perth, Western Australia, playing in the A-League. Perth Glory is one of only three clubs to survive from the now defunct National Soccer League. The other clubs included Adelaide United and the Newcastle JetsTony Sage, after becoming the Glory's sole owner, announced that Glory will play Wolverhampton Wanderers FC and Fulham FC for two pre-season friendlies in July.
Fringe Socceroo Jacob Burns has been added to the Glory squad in an attempt to shore up the midfield spots after the release of several players in this area. Glory are chasing several big-name players, notably former Arsenal star Marc Overmars and Derby striker Mile Sterjovski.
On 11th June 2009, Perth Glory announced the signing of Mile Sterjovski to a 3 year deal.

NEW!!! Huddersfield Town (England) 1908 - 2008 Sentenery kit

2009-06-18T12:17:00.000-07:00

Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in League One. Their manager is Lee Clark, who signed a contract to be manager on 11 December 2008 and took charge on 15 December.In 1926, they became the first English team to win three successive league titles – a feat which only three other clubs have been able to match. They also won the FA Cup in 1922 and have been runners-up on 4 other occasions. On 2 February 2005, the name of the club was changed from Huddersfield Town Association Football Club to Huddersfield Town Football Club.Nicknamed The Terriers, their mascot is Terry the Terrier. The club traditionally plays in a blue and white vertically striped shirt with white shorts. Its main rivals are Leeds United and Bradford City, and lesser rivalries exist with Barnsley, Oldham Athletic, Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday. The club has developed a reputation as having a strong academy, a notion backed up by the present squad which contains a number of academy products.The side plays its home games at the Galpharm Stadium, a ground shared with rugby league side Huddersfield Giants. The ground was originally named The Alfred McAlpine Stadium (after the construction company involved in its creation) due to a 10-year sponsorship agreement.Their chairman is local businessman Dean Hoyle, who took over from previous chairman Ken Davy on June 3, 2009.

NEW!!! PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) 2010 Away kit

2009-06-13T07:03:00.000-07:00

Philips Sport Vereniging (English: Philips Sports Union), widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football department.PSV is one of three European Cup winning football clubs in Netherlands, the other two being AFC Ajax and Feyenoord. The club won the European Cup in 1988 (against SL Benfica) and the UEFA Cup in 1978 (against SC Bastia). They are often nicknamed Boeren (Dutch for farmers) in reference to their original provincial city origins.The Philips Stadion is the PSV home base. Since the founding of the club, PSV's home base is still at exactly the same place where the PSV sports grounds were established in 1913. It was first inaugurated by the five year old boy named Frits Philips, in January 1911 when the Philips Elftal played their first game. PSV was not founded yet. The neighborhood where the stadium is located is the Philipsdorp ('Philips village'), close to the centre of Eindhoven. The current capacity has been achieved by various modernisation programmes.The stadium can accommodate 35,000 people on match days. Plans to further expand the ground to 45,000 seats are being examined. The average attendance for the season 2007/08 was 33,600. All seats are covered and heated. In the summer of 2005, the board of the club decided to remove the tall fences around the pitch, replacing them with 90 cm high railings keeping the spectators off the grass. Unauthorized persons who do invade the pitch will receive a 15,000 euro penalty and a ten-year-ban from visiting the Philips Stadion.

NEW!!! Spain National team 2010 Home kit

2009-06-07T05:43:00.000-07:00

The Spanish National Football Team, commonly referred to as La Roja, is the national football team of Spain and is controlled by the Real Federación Española de Fútbol. They are the current European Champions, having won the 2008 UEFA European Championship. This is their 2nd time as European Champions. In July 2008, Spain rose to the #1 spot in the FIFA World Ranking for the first time in their history, becoming only the sixth nation (and the first who has never won the World Cup) to top these rankings. They have been undefeated for 31 matches in a row after they were defeated by Romania in a friendly match on November 15, 2006.

NEW!!! Sahktar Donetsk (Ukraine) 2009 Home kit

2009-06-06T06:35:00.000-07:00

FC Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukrainian: Шахтар Донецьк) is a Ukrainian professional football club, playing in the city of Donetsk, the capital of Donetsk region.The club was originally formed in May 1936 and was initially named Stakhanovets after Aleksei Stakhanov, a coal-miner in the Donbas. The first success for the team was in 1951, when then-renamed Shakhtar took third-place in the USSR Championship.In 1996, Rinat Akhmetov took over as president and subsequently invested heavily in the club.In the newly independent Ukraine, Shakhtar along with Dynamo Kyiv became perennial first place competitors. In 1999, a Shakhtar Football academy was opened and now hosts football training for roughly 3000 children.For the last several seasons Shakhtar has the highest home attendance in a league, averaging at about 20,000 per game.In 2009, they became the first team from Ukraine to win an European competition, the UEFA Cup, beating Werder Bremen in the final, with goals from Brazilians Luiz Adriano and Jadson.

Gareth Freeman - Top five transfer flops in the Premier League

2009-05-31T12:03:00.000-07:00

There have been some truly shocking purchases in the Premier League this season but I think I’ve pin-pointed who the worst five are. Without further ado, I’ll just dive right in.
1. Fabricio Coloccini, Newcastle
When you pay £10million+ for a centre-half you expect pure quality. Unfortunately for Newcastle fans they didn’t get that with Coloccini and his performances below par all season. As an Argentinean international you would expect so much more but this frizzy haired flop has brought nothing to the Newcastle team.
2. David Bentley, Tottenham Hotspur
The next David Beckham? Not this season anyway. To be fair to Bentley he has been played out of position a bit but his performances have been shocking and considering Spurs paid Blackburn £15million for his services I think it is fair to say he has been a waste of money.
Bentley can’t even get in the team when Aaron Lennon is injured and it looks almost certain he will be playing his football elsewhere next season.
3. Dave Kitson, Stoke
The ginger haired former Reading striker became Stoke’s record signing last summer when they paid £5.5million to bring him to the Britannia Stadium. It didn’t work out for Kitson at Stoke and he was quickly loaned back to Reading in January without scoring a single goal for the Potters.
4. Nigel de Jong, Manchester City
This may be a bit harsh as he only joined City in January but so far the Dutchman has offered very little to the Man City team. They paid a massive £18million for him in January but they could have waited until the summer and paid a paltry £1.8million, based on his performances since his move it seems a safe Premier League bet that this would have been the better option.
5. Jimmy Bullard, Hull City
Again possibly a little harsh but so far Bullard hasn’t even played 45 minutes for the Tigers. He suffered a knee injury in his first match that ruled him out for the rest of the season, and probably the start of next. To top it all Hull smashed their transfer record and spent £5million on Bullard and are paying him massive wages.

Gareth Freeman - Premier League new boys: Wolverhampton Wanderers

2009-05-03T07:17:00.000-07:00

Midlands club Wolverhampton Wanderers or ‘Wolves’ were the first club to achieve promotion out of the Championship this season by winning the league. It has been five years since Wolves graced the Premier League and represents a massive achievement for manager Mick McCarthy, who has previously been in charge of Sunderland and the Republic of Ireland.At the start of the season Wolves were definitely not the favourites to get out of the league. Birmingham, Reading and Sheffield United all have, on paper, stronger squads and McCarthy’s aim at the start of the season was to get the Wanderers into the play-offs and winning the league was truly a massive bonus for the Wolves boss. Staying in the Premier League next season will be no easy task for Wolves. They haven’t really got the money to splash out on top-quality players but the squad does need a lot of improvement if they are to stay in the league. This means McCarthy will have to be shrewd in the transfer market and maybe take a risk or two by picking up some youngsters and players with potential from the lower leagues.They do have a couple of players in their squad who I think are good enough for the Premier League already. Michael Kightly is a decent winger and he has been linked with Premiership clubs in the past, he has pace and skill on the ball and should adapt to top-flight football fairly easily. The backbone of any good team is a quality goalkeeper and Wolves have one in the shape of Wayne Hennessey, who has also been linked with moves to bigger sides but looks likely to stay and play for the Wolves in the Premier League. Former Hearts defender Christophe Berra is another quality player and although McCarthy needs to add to his squad he doesn’t need to make wholesale changes, just add a bit of quality and strength in depth.It will be hard for Wolves next season but I see no reason why they can’t upset the football odds and emulate clubs that have gone up and stayed up before, like Stoke City who find themselves in mid table this season. They will need a few more players and a bit of luck but in McCarthy they have a manager who has been at the top level before and knows what it takes to keep a club in the Premier League, despite one disastrous season at Sunderland a few years ago.

NEW!!! Dynamo Zagreb (Croatia) 2009 Home kit

2009-05-03T07:14:00.000-07:00

Nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb is one of the most famous and successful Croatian football clubs. Dinamo is based in Zagreb, the capital city of Croatia. It is the most popular club in the country with between 33% and 36% of the population supporting it.After the Second World War following the rise to power of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, three very popular Zagreb football clubs (HAŠK, Građanski, Concordia) were disbanded overnight, and a municipal club was formed on June 9, 1945. Like other football clubs outside Croatia in Eastern Europe, it was also called Dinamo ("Dynamo"), and all the best and prospective Građanski players immediately joined the newly formed club.Dinamo's home ground is Maksimir Stadium, which is situated in the northeast borough of the city of Zagreb (called Maksimir) next to the famous Maksimir Park (forest) and the Zagreb Zoo. The stadium's current capacity is 38,923 and it's set to be rebuilt and renovated from 2008.

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NEW!!! Rubin Kazan (Russia) 2009 Home kit

2009-05-03T07:11:00.000-07:00

FC Rubin Kazan (Russian: Футбольный клуб Рубин Казань, Futbolniy klub Rubin Kazan; Tatar: Рубин Казан футбол клубы, Rubin Qazan futbol klubı), is a Russian football club, based in the city of Kazan (Tatarstan republic). Rubin are the current Russian Premier League champions for 2008.The team was also previously called "Iskra" from 1958 to 1964 and then "Rubin-TAN" from 1992 to 1993.Rubin never played in the Soviet Top League. They advanced to the Russian Premier League in 2003, and came third in the league in their debut year, qualifying for the UEFA Cup. Their 2004 campaign was less successful, they came 10th. In 2005 they were competing for UEFA Cup zone again, finished 4th. In October 27, 2008, after FC Dynamo Moscow lost 1-3 to PFC CSKA Moscow, Rubin had been confirmed to take a place in UEFA Champions League (2009-2010) Group stage.
Rubin had a successful start in the 2008 season, having performed 7 consecutive wins, including the one in the game with defending champions Zenit Saint Petersburg and thus beating the previous record of 6 wins held by FC Dynamo Moscow. After the 27th matchday, Rubin became champions for the first time in history.
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NEW!!! Real Madrid (Spain) 2009 Home kit

2009-05-03T07:06:00.000-07:00

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (usually known simply as Real Madrid)are a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. It is the most successful team in Spanish football and was voted by FIFA as the most successful club of the 20th century, having won a record thirty-one La Liga titles, seventeen Spanish Cups, a record nine European Cups and two UEFA Cups. Real was a founding member of FIFA and the now-defunct G-14 group of Europe's leading football clubs as well as its replacement, the European Club Association.
Founded in 1902, Real Madrid has since spent all of its history in the top flight of Spanish football. In the 1940s, the club, the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium and the Ciudad Deportiva were rebuilt following the Spanish Civil War. The club established itself as a major force in both Spanish and European football during the 1950s. In the 1980s, the club had one of the best teams in Spain and Europe (known as La Quinta del Buitre), winning two UEFA Cups, five Spanish championships in a row, one Spanish cup and three Spanish Super Cups.
The club's traditional home colours are all white. Its crest has been changed several times in attempts to modernise or re-brand; the current crest is a modified version of the one first adopted in the 1920. Real's home is the 80,354-person-capacity Santiago Bernabéu football stadium in downtown Madrid, where it has played since 1947. Unlike most European football clubs, Real Madrid's members (socios) have owned and operated the club since its inception. Real is the world's richest football club (€366m) in terms of revenue.
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NEW!!! A.I.K. Stockholm (Sweden) 2009 Home kit

2009-04-19T13:55:00.000-07:00

AIK, abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben, (literally "The General Sports Club" or "The Public Sports Club") is a Swedish football club based at Råsunda stadium in Solna, a municipality in Stockholm County bordering to Stockholm city centre. The club was formed in 1891 in central Stockholm and the football department was formed in 1896. AIK currently plays in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan.
With Malmö FF and IFK Göteborg, AIK are often considered as one of the "Big Three" in Swedish club football, having the top three spots in the all-time Allsvenskan table. Qualifying for the 1999/2000 UEFA Champions League group stage – the only Stockholm side to have reached this far in the tournament – AIK was drawn in the same group as Barcelona, Arsenal and Fiorentina.

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NEW!!! Lyn Oslo (Norway) 2009 Home kit

2009-04-19T13:51:00.000-07:00

Football Club Lyn Oslo is a Norwegian professional football club and a department of the sports club Ski- og Fotballklubben Lyn, whose members also participate in nordic skiing and orienteering. They are based in the city of Oslo and play their home games at Ullevaal Stadion.
Established in 1896, they were founding members of the Norwegian Football Association, and have won the League Championship twice and the Norwegian Cup eight times. The club's most recent period of success was during the 1960s, when they won four trophies and reached the quarter-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup. Lyn currently play in the Norwegian Premier League, having won promotion in 2000. They are managed by Kent Bergersen, who took over in September 2008, following the resignation of Henning Berg. Berg had held the post since 2005.
The westside club Lyn has traditionally been perceived as representing the upper and middle classes, whereas the eastside club Vålerenga was seen as belonging to the workers. Although Oslo still maintains an east-west divide in social demographics, the divide is now much weaker in the clubs' supporter bases.
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NEW!!! Bayern Munich fc (Germany) 2009 Home kit

2009-04-18T13:17:00.000-07:00

Bayern is one of three professional football clubs in Munich. Bayern's main local rival is TSV 1860 Munich, who were the more successful club in the 1960s, winning a cup and a championship. 1860 have since moved between the first and second divisions. 1860 are often referred to by sections of the Bayern support as "gymnasts", insinuating a lack of footballing pedigree. The rivalry has, at least from a Bayern point of view, lost importance over the last decade, reflecting the lopsided state of the achievements of the two clubs and the absence of players for whom local grudges would still matter. 1860 is considered more working-class, and therefore suffers from a diminishing fan base in a city where the manufacturing sector is declining whilst tertiary industries are booming.
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Gareth Freeman - Unsung heroes of the Premier League

2009-04-18T13:04:00.000-07:00

The Premier League has plenty of well-known faces and players respected by the world of football. Some of the world’s brightest stars such as Cesc Fabregas, Steven Gerrard, Cristiano Ronaldo, Didier Drogba and Fernando Torres grace the English game but there are plenty of players who perhaps don’t get the credit they deserve. With that in mind I’ve decided to run through my top five ‘Premier League unsung heroes’.

James Milner, Aston Villa
Milner is still a young player but seems to have been around forever. He made his debut for Leeds United at the tender age of 16 and has been consistently playing in the top-flight ever since. Milner moved to Newcastle where he quickly established himself in the starting eleven before moving to Aston Villa at the beginning of the current campaign. It has been over the course of this year that Milner’stalent has truly been seen, though he is often overshadowed by the performances of Ashley Young and Gabby Agbonlahor. Milner has been in great form all season and scored a wonder goal against Everton from a free-kick last weekend.

Abdoulaye Faye, Stoke City
At the start of the season Stoke were football favourites to go down with the majority of football pundits and punters alike. They are on the verge of achieving the unthinkable in Premier League survival and this is largely due to their towering defender Abdoulaye Faye. The Senegalese international began his Premier League career with Bolton, where he made over 50 appearances for the Lancashire side. When Sam Allardyce swapped the Reebok Stadium for St James’ Park Faye was the only player he took with him to his new club. After just one season at Newcastle he was sold to Stoke for a fee of around £2million. At Stoke Faye has become a hero and is probably going to be named their player of the season this year, he has almost single-handedly turned their defence into a formidable unit and has chipped in with three vital goals for the Potters.

Danny Murphy, Fulham
Danny Murphy began his career at Crewe, where Dean Ashton, Rob Hulse and David Platt also started out. He sealed a move to Liverpool in 1997 and quickly established himself alongside Steven Gerrard in midfield. After making over 150 appearances for the club he moved on after being deemed surplus to requirements but his career continued to flourish elsewhere. He played a major part in Fulham’s Premier League survival last season and has perhaps been their star this season, where Fulham have got to the brink of European qualification. He may not be the most flash player in the league but Murphy is consistent and always puts in a decent display for Fulham.

Gary Cahill, Bolton Wanderers
23-year-old Cahill is the heart of Bolton’s defence and is a major factor in the Wanderers staying out of the relegation dog-fight this season. He is great in the air, has brilliant awareness and is very good on the ball for a centre-half. He was overlooked by Fabio Capello in the most recent England squads but should break into the national side in the near future. One thing is for sure though, Bolton would really struggle without Cahill shoring up the back.

Antonio Valencia, Wigan Athletic
Wigan have been pushing for European qualification all season and a big reason for this is the talented Ecuadorian Antonio Valencia. The talented 23-year-old has notched up six goals for the Latics this season and is always a handful for the opposition defence. It looks as if Valencia could be set to leave the JJB Stadium in the summer, with Real Madrid among his reported suitors, but Valencia turned down a move in January because he wanted to see the season out with Wigan. In a world where football is dominated by money this kind of loyalty has to be applauded and I’m sure Valencia will be a world famous name in the near future.

NEW!!! Arsenal fc (England) 2009 Away kit

2009-04-10T15:30:00.000-07:00

Arsenal Football Club (often simply known as Arsenal or The Arsenal, or by their nickname The Gunners) are an English professional football club based in Holloway, North London. They play in the Premier League and are one of the most successful clubs in English football, having won thirteen First Division and Premier League titles and ten FA Cups, and hold the record for the longest uninterrupted period in the English top flight.Arsenal were founded in 1886 and were the first Southern club to join the Football League, in 1893. They won their first major trophies in the 1930s, with five League Championship titles and two FA Cups. After a lean period in the post-war years they became the second club of the 20th century to win the League and FA Cup Double in 1970–71, and during the past twenty years have recorded a series of successes – in this time Arsenal have won a Cup Double, two further League and FA Cup Doubles, the Premier League title unbeaten, and became the first London club to reach the UEFA Champions League Final.

Gareth Freeman - The Top Three strikers in World Football

2009-04-06T15:15:00.000-07:00

This is my own personal run-down of the top three strikers in world football. I’ve decided to represent three different clubs as well so there will not be two strikers from the same club in the list, otherwise Barcelona might occupy all three places! In no particular order, here are the three most effective forwards in the world at this moment.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic – Inter Milan
Ibramhimovic is one of the top earners in football and having seen his exploits on the pitch you can understand why. The Swedish international has an astonishing goals-to-games ratio and has nettedover 50 times for Inter in 80 appearances. He began his career at Swedish side Malmo before moving to Dutch giants Ajax where he achieved international recognition. Following a bust-up with Ajaxteam-mate Rafael Van der Vaart Zlatan moved to Serie A side Juventus and began his Italian career, in 2006 he moved to Inter Milan in a mega-money move and quickly established himself as their star player.
He has already won two league titles with Inter and is all set to take a third this season. Zlatan is so highly rated by Inter coach Jose Mourinho that Mourinho has even claimed he is "the best player in theworld, ahead of (Cristiano) Ronaldo". Zlatan’s suberb control, ferocious shot and awareness of the game make him a force to be reckoned with and most would agree he is the best striker in the Italian league.
Didier Drogba – Chelsea
Didier Drogba’s £24million+ move from French side Marseille to Chelsea raised a few eyebrows at first but after nearly five years at the club those initial doubts have been all but forgotten. The Ivory Coastinternational is one of the most effective strikers in the Premier League and he has notched up over 50 goals in around 130 appearances in a Chelsea shirt. The big frontman is so important to the Chelseaside that generally when he plays well, the whole team plays well and vice-versa, when he is having an off-day, it is a safe football bet to make that Chelsea do as well. Though perhaps not as naturally gifted in terms of skill as Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney or Liverpool’s Fernando Torres, Drogba makes up for this with his physical attributes. His ability to win the ball in the air is second to none and he plays the way a classic Englishforward should do – with pace and power.

Despite the wealth of attacking talent the Premier League has to offer Drogba is perhaps the most respected of all the strikers in the league due to his wicked shot, aerial ability, pace and power.
Thierry Henry – Barcelona
Henry first rose to prominence with French side Monaco where he was initially used by then Monaco boss Arsene Wenger as a left-winger. His form for the Ligue 1 club earned him a move to Italian outfitJuventus. After a disappointing spell in Italy where Henry found it hard to adjust to the style of play he moved to Premier League club Arsenal and linked up again with Wenger. It was at Arsenal whereHenry was first utilized as a striker and he has become one of the best in the business since his move to a centre-forward role. Henry has won nearly everything there is to win in football, the World Cupand European Championship at international level and everything there is to win in England.

At his current club, Barcelona, Henry has the chance to win his first La Liga title and perhaps his first Champions League winner’s medal. He was a runner up in 2006 with Arsenal. Despite not playing as a traditional striker with the Frenchman frequently running down the wing and dropping deeper Henry has an astonishing goal ratio. In just over 250 appearances for Arsenal he notched up 174 goals and became the club’s record goal scoer. At Barca and internationally his record is close to one in two, which is still a phenomenal strike rate. For his pace, skill, touch, crossing ability, shot accuracy, and ability to take set-pieces, Henry had to make the list and for me Henry is not just one of the best strikers of the modern game, he may well be one of the best ever to play the game.

Gareth Freeman writes for MisterGoal!!!

2009-04-06T15:08:00.000-07:00

MisterGoal is excited to announce that starting today; the sports writer Gareth Freeman will be a guest Blogger on our site. He is an accomplished writer who will write articles for MisterGoal's blog which will provide all our readers with useful previews, tips and analysis on English Premier League and international football. Mister Goal and his fans officially welcome him to our blog!!!!!

NEW!!! Barca fc (Spain) 2009 Away kit

2009-04-06T14:12:00.000-07:00

NEW!!! England national team 2010 Home kit

2009-03-30T14:59:00.000-07:00

The English national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England. Although most national teams worldwide represent an independent state, the four home nations which form the United Kingdom are each represented separately in international tournaments.England is one of the more successful footballing teams, being one of only seven countries to ever win the FIFA World Cup, which they did in 1966 when they hosted the finals. They defeated West Germany 4-2 in extra time in the Final. England share with France the record of having one World Cup victory and this being achieved on home soil (the other winners have all won the trophy at least twice and at least once on foreign soil). Since then they have only reached the semi-finals once, losing to West Germany on penalties. Nevertheless, they remain a prominent team on the global stage, rarely dropping outside of the top ten rankings of both FIFA and Elo. England also reached the semi-finals of the UEFA European Championship in 1968 and 1996 (again played in England). They were the most successful of the Home Nations in the British Home Championship with 54 wins (including 20 shared wins) before the competition was suspended in 1984.Traditionally, England's greatest rivals have been Scotland, who were their opponents in the first-ever international football match in 1870. Since regular fixtures against Scotland came to an end in the late 1980s, other rivalries have become more prominent. Matches with Argentina and Germany have produced particularly eventful encounters. England's home ground is Wembley Stadium in London.

NEW!!! Sunderland fc (England) 2009 Home kit

2009-03-23T18:17:00.000-07:00

Sunderland Association Football Club are a professional association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, that compete in the Premier League. Since their formation in 1879, they have won six First Division titles—in 1892, 1893, 1895, 1902, 1913, and 1936 (see Sunderland A.F.C. seasons).
Founded by schoolteacher James Allan, Sunderland moved towards professionalism and they were elected into The Football League in 1890. Sunderland performed well in the league, earning plaudits such as a "wonderfully fine team", and won their first FA Cup in 1937 with a 3–1 victory over Preston North End. However, their achievements petered out, and they were relegated in 1958. They had remained in the top league for 68 successive seasons, a record surpassed only by Arsenal. Sunderland's only triumph after the Second World War was their second FA Cup in 1973, when they secured a 1–0 victory over Leeds United thanks to a goal scored by Ian Porterfield.Sunderland play their home games in the Stadium of Light, an all-seater, having moved from Roker Park in 1997 for a stadium of higher capacity. The ground initially held 42,000 supporters, but that was increased to 49,000 after redevelopment in 2000. Sunderland have a long-standing rivalry with their neighbouring club Newcastle United, with whom they have contested the Tyne–Wear derby since 1898.

NEW!!! Blackburn Rovers fc (England) 2009 Home kit

2009-03-19T16:50:00.001-07:00

Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. It is one of only three teams to be founder members of both the Football League and the Premier League, the others being Aston Villa and Everton.Blackburn Rovers Football Club was established in 1875, and in 1888 became a founding member of The Football League. In 1890 Rovers moved to its permanent home at Ewood Park. Until the formation of the Premier League in 1992, the majority of the club's success was pre-1930 when they won the league and FA Cup on several occasions. Their relegation in 1966 was followed by 26 successive seasons of football outside the top flight.In 1992, Blackburn were promoted to the new Premier League a year after being taken over by local steel baron Jack Walker, who installed Kenny Dalglish as manager. In 1995, Blackburn became league champions, having spent millions of pounds on players like Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton. However, the title-winning team was quickly split up and, in 1999, the club were relegated. They were promoted back to the Premiership two years later, just after Walker's death, and have been in the top flight ever since. During this time they have qualified for the UEFA Cup four times: once as League Cup winners, twice as the Premiership's sixth-placed team and once via the Intertoto Cup.The club's Latin motto "Arte et labore", which was used by the town council before the club were formed, literally translated means "by art and by labour".

NEW!!! Petrolul Ploiesti (Romania) 2009 Home kit

2009-03-11T16:57:00.000-07:00

Petrolul Ploiesti is a Romanian professional football club from Ploiesti, Prahova county, founded in 1952.They currently play in Liga II, Seria I in the 2008-2009 season after finishing 3rd in Liga II, Seria I in the 2007-2008 season.Petrolul Ploiesti was founded in 1952 when the team Flacara Bucuresti (Juventus Bucuresti) moved to Ploiesti.They won the Romanian championship (Liga I) in 1957-1958, 1958-1959 and 1965-1966. They also won the Romanian Cup in 1962-1963 and 1994-1995. Their best European performance was reaching the quarter-finals of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (the predecessor of the UEFA Cup) in the 1962-63 edition after eliminating Spartak Brno (Czechoslovakia) and Leipzig XI (German Democratic Republic) and being defeated by the Hungarian side Ferencvárosi TC.Petrolul Ploiesti is the most successful team from Ploiesti, as they won 3 championships and 2 cups.
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NEW!!! Feyenoord fc (Holland) 2009 Away kit

2009-03-06T16:15:00.001-08:00

Feyenoord are a professional football team located in Rotterdam. Alongside Ajax and PSV, Feyenoord are one of the "big three" clubs in the Netherlands, but have faced a steady decline in results over recent years. These three clubs have won every Dutch League Championship since 1965 – with the exception of AZ's 1981 title – and they are, the only clubs never relegated from Dutch first division football.. In domestic competition, Feyenoord have won 14 Dutch Championships, 11 Dutch Cups and 2 Dutch Supercups to go with the European Cup, 2 UEFA Cups and the Intercontinental Cup!

NEW!!! Olympique Marseille (France) 2009 Away kit

2009-02-23T14:19:00.000-08:00

Olympique de Marseille (also known as l'OM or Marseille) is a football team that plays in Ligue 1, the top level of the French Football League, based in Marseille. Founded in 1899, Marseille is the largest and most successful club in France. They are so far the only French team to have won the UEFA Champions League (in 1993), which rounded off their dominant run of four consecutive Ligue 1 titles. However, having suffered from scandalous financial irregularities in 1994 and the resulting relegation, the club has not won a major trophy in over a decade.

NEW!!! Hamburger SV(Germany) 2009 Away kit

2009-02-21T14:47:00.000-08:00

Hamburger SV can trace its roots as far back as the September 29, 1887 merger of Der Hohenfelder Sportclub and Wandsbek-Marienthaler Sportclub to form Sports Club Germania. The current club was formed as Hamburg Sport-Verein in 1919 through the union of three city teams severely weakened by World War I: Sports Club Germania; Hamburg FC (1888); and FC Falke (1906). The club colors were the Hanseatic red and white in honor of the City of Hamburg, with the blue and black of the oldest of the founding clubs, Germania, being used on the team crest. It is through Germania that HSV can lay a claim to being the oldest team in the country. However, other clubs may dispute that honor, as Germania was formed originally as an athletics club and did not begin to play football until 1891 when a half dozen Englishmen joined the club, bringing with them their enthusiasm for the game.

NEW!!! AC Milan (Italy) 2009 Home kit

2009-02-17T16:00:00.000-08:00

Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to by the abbreviation AC Milan or simply Milan, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. The club was founded in 1899 and has since spent most of its history in the top flight of Italian football.In European and World competitions AC Milan have won 18 officially recognised international titles, more than any other club in the world. The club have won what is today known as the UEFA Champions League on seven occasions; only Real Madrid have won it more times (9). As far as Italian competitions are concerned, AC Milan is the second most successful club with 17 league titles; only Juventus have won more (27). AC Milan have won Intercontinental Cup/Club World Cup four times, more than any other team in the world. Other important titles which Milan have won includes the European Super Cup five times, the Cup Winners' Cup twice, however they have never reached the UEFA Cup final (only two semifinals). In Italy, the Coppa Italia five times as well as five Italian Super Cups. AC Milan is also one of the G-14’s founding members, a group that represents eighteen of the largest and most prestigious European football clubs.

NEW!!! APOEL(Cyprus) 2009 Home kit

2009-02-16T17:09:00.001-08:00

APOEL (Greek: ΑΠΟΕΛ; Aθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Eλλήνων Λευκωσίας, Athlitikos Podosfairikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias, Hellenic Athletic Football Club of Nicosia) is a Cypriot multisport club, based in Nicosia, Cyprus. With an overall tally of 19 league plus 18 cup titles APOEL is in trophy terms the most successful football team in the country.Founded on November 8, 1926 as POEL (standing for Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias, or, Football Club of the Greeks of Nicosia), the club is a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The club's formation came about when a group of forty people, with a common vision, met and set the foundations for creating a football club that would represent all the Greeks of the capital and whose base would be in Nicosia. The meeting took place at a traditional confectionery, owned by Charalambos Hadjioannou, down town in Ledra Street and the first president of the club was Giorgos Poulias.

NEW!!! Man.City (England) 2009 Away kit

2009-02-15T12:36:00.000-08:00

Manchester City Football Club is an English professional football club based in the city of Manchester. They are currently members of the English Premier League.Originally formed in 1880 as St. Marks (West Gorton), they then became Ardwick A.F.C. in 1887 before changing their name to Manchester City F.C. in 1894. The club has won the League Championship twice, the FA Cup four times, the League Cup twice and the European Cup Winners Cup once. The club's most successful period was during the late 1960s and early 1970s, when they won several major trophies under the management team of Joe Mercer and his assistant Malcolm Allison, and with great players such as Colin Bell and Francis Lee.However, the club has not won a major honour since 1976. The club's decline led to relegation twice in three years in the 1990s, meaning they spent one year in the third tier of English football. However, the club has since regained Premier League status, putting City back in the top flight, the division in which they have spent the majority of their history.

NEW!!! Chivas Guadalajara (Mexico) 2009 Home kit

2009-02-13T14:12:00.000-08:00

Club Deportivo Guadalajara, also known as Guadalajara, usually referred to by its nickname Chivas (Goats), is a Mexican association football team. The team is based in Guadalajara, Jalisco, and currently competes in the Primera División de México.Guadalajara is the only football club in Mexico's history to exclusively field Mexican born players. It plays in the Primera División de México, and is one of the only two teams in Mexico that have never been relegated to the 2nd Division the other being América. Along with América, they are the two most popular and supported clubs in Mexico, and their meetings signal the national derby (see el Superclásico). The team's popularity in the U.S. has led to the creation of a Major League Soccer expansion club in the United States, Chivas USA, which was initially to be comprised of Mexican and Mexican-American players (but now features a roster similar to other MLS clubs). On December 10, 2006 Guadalajara won its 11th professionalchampionship, the most in Mexican football history.

NEW!!! Liverpool fc (England) 2009 Home kit

2009-02-09T15:38:00.000-08:00

Liverpool Football Club are an English football club based in Liverpool. They play at Anfield but hope to start work on the new stadium approximately 200 metres away in neighbouring Stanley Park, following the take over of the club by American businessmen Tom Hicks and George Gillett They play in the FA Premier League and in terms of trophies won are the most successful club in the history of English football. Liverpool have won eighteen First Division titles, seven FA Cups, seven League Cups, five European Cups and three UEFA Cups. Liverpool are also a member of the G-14 group of leading European football clubs.Liverpool F.C. were founded by John Houlding in 1892 to play in his Anfield stadium. For the previous seven years the stadium had been used by Everton

NEW!!! Atletico Mineiro (Brazil) 100 years shirt (1908-2008)

2009-02-08T10:23:00.000-08:00

Clube Atlético Mineiro, usually known as Atlético, is a football club based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Founded in March 25, 1908, Atlético is one of the most traditional clubs in Brazilian football. The first official match was played on March 21, 1909, against Sport Club Futebol. The team plays in black and white vertical striped shirts, black shorts and white socks.
The team is known nationwide as Galo, Portuguese for rooster, its mascot, and was the first official Brazilian Champion, in 1971. Other trophies include two CONMEBOL Cups (the precursor of the current Copa Sudamericana) and a record of 39 wins in the Minas Gerais State Championship. The club has spent its entire history in the top flight of Brazilian football except for one season, and it's the most stable team in national competitions, participating in 14 finals or semifinals in the Brazilian Championship.Atlético has one of the biggest stadium crowd in Brazil. Galo plays its home games at the Mineirão stadium, which is shared with their local rivals Cruzeiro

NEW!!! Anorthosis Famagusta fc (Cyprus) 2009 Home kit

2009-02-07T11:34:00.000-08:00

Anorthosis Famagusta FC (Greek: Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου = Anorthosi Ammochostou) is a Cypriot football and volleyball club which comes from Famagusta, but is currently based in Larnaca.The club was founded in Famagusta in January 30 1911. After the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, Anorthosis became a refugee team and is temporarily based in Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium in Larnaca. Anorthosis Home Stadium in occupied Famagusta is G.S.E. (Gymnastic Club Evagoras) which has been abandoned and in a bad condition since 1974. Anorthosis won 12 championship titles, their last in season 2004-2005. They have won the Cyprus Cup 10 times (1949, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1971, 1975, 1998, 2002, 2003, and 2007). Additionally, they have won the Super Cup trophy 7 times. The current president of the team is Andreas Panteli and the current coach is former Georgian International Timur Ketsbaia, who was also a player in the team.

NEW!!! River Plate (Argentina) 2009 Home kit

2009-02-06T15:26:00.000-08:00

Club Atlético River Plate, known also as River Plate or simply River, is an Argentine sports club best known for its football team, established in 1901. Its home base is the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Núñez, and it plays at the Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti. It's the 9th soccer club in the All-Time Club World Ranking and the 1st in America, according to the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) The club was also regarded 6 times as the best soccer club in the world in the monthly Club World Ranking of IFFHS"River Plate" is sometimes used as the English name for the Río de la Plata, the river on which Buenos Aires sits. It is believed that, in the club's early days, one of the founders (Martínez) observed sailors playing impromptu football games in the port of Buenos Aires next to crates marked "The River Plate", hence the club name.

NEW!!!! Man.United (England) 40th Anniversary kit

2009-02-04T15:04:00.000-08:00

NEW!!! CSKA Moscow (Russia) 2009 Home kit

2009-02-02T14:50:00.000-08:00

PFC CSKA Moscow (Russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб ЦСКА Москва or Professional Football Club - Central Sports Club of Army (Moscow)) is the football section of the CSKA sports club of Moscow, Russia.It won the Soviet championship seven times (1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1970, 1991), the Soviet Cup five times (1945, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1991), the Russian Cup in 2002, 2005, and 2006, won the Russian Premier League champions title in 2003, 2005 and 2006, finishing second in 1998, 2002 and 2004, and the Russian Super Cup in 2004, 2006 and 2007.

NEW!!! Valencia fc (Spain) 2009 Home kit

2009-02-01T12:12:00.000-08:00

Valencia Club de Fútbol (also known as Valencia CF or Valencia) are a Spanish professional football club based in Valencia. They play in La Liga and are one of the most successful clubs in Spanish football. Valencia have won six La Liga titles, six Copa del Rey trophies, three UEFA Cups, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and two UEFA Super Cups. They have also been UEFA Champions League final runners-up on two different occasions in 2000 and 2001, losing to La Liga rivals Real Madrid in 2000 and German club Bayern Munich in 2001. Valencia are also members of the G-14 group of leading European football clubs.Valencia were founded in 1919, and have played their home games at the 53,311-seater Estadio Mestalla since 1923. They are soon to move into the 75,000-seater Nou Mestalla in the north-west portion of the city in 2009. Valencia have a long-standing rivalry with Levante, also located in Valencia, and with another club in the Valencian Community region, Villarreal

NEW!!! Bangladesh Nat.team 2009 Home kit

2009-01-31T16:55:00.000-08:00

The Bangladesh national football team (Bangla: বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় ফুটবল দল) is the national team of Bangladesh and is controlled by the Bangladesh Football Federation. It is a member of the AFC.The team was founded in 1972, and joined FIFA in 1974.Football in Bangladesh has a huge following which was exemplified when the national team made history in their victory at the South Asian Football Federation Cup in 2003. The South Asia side won the final via penalties over Maldives before 50,000 home supporters.
Kazi Salahuddin is Bangladesh's most famous footballer, having played professional football in Hong Kong, the first Bangladeshi player to ever do so.
This is a request of MisterGoal's friend Munim!!!

NEW!!! VfB Stuttgart (Germany) 2009 Away kit

2009-01-31T11:44:00.000-08:00

VfB Stuttgart is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. With 40.000 members (July 2007), VfB is the largest sports club in the state and the fifth largest in the country. The club is best known for its football team which has participated in all but two Bundesliga seasons, and has won the national championship five times in total. They are the current Bundesliga champions.The football team plays its home games at the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, situated in the Cannstatter Wasen sports complex. Its reserve team, VfB Stuttgart II, currently plays in the Regionalliga, two divisions below Stuttgart.

NEW!!! Olympiakos fc(Greece) 2009 Home kit

2009-01-31T11:38:00.000-08:00

Olympiacos CFP (Greek:Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Peiraios) is a large and the most popular Greek multisport club, based in Piraeus, Athens The club is parent to 17 different competitive departments in football (soccer), basketball (Olympiacos BC), volleyball (Olympiacos SC), water polo (Olympiacos Water polo Club) and athletics, amongst others, which have won numerous domestic, European and international titles over the club's history. Olympiacos has the record of winning the treble in two different sports (basketball and water polo) and it is the only Greek club with European titles in 3 of the 4 most popular team sports (basketball, volleyball and water polo). The total number of athletes of Olympiacos is more than 3,800, the ranks of which include Olympic winners and World Champions.

NEW!!! Cruz Azul (Mexico) 2009 Home kit

2009-01-29T16:17:00.000-08:00

Club Deportivo Social y Cultural Cruz Azul, also known as Cruz Azul, is a popular Mexican professional football club. Cruz Azul plays in the Primera División de México and its home venue is the Estadio Azul, located in the Southwestern part of Mexico City in the Napoles neighborhood. The team moved in there in 1996, after playing many seasons at the Estadio Azteca. Los Cementeros are traditionally one of the biggest and most successful teams in Mexico; they have been champions 8 times, tied with Toluca, and trail only Club America with 10, and Guadalajara with 11. The club is also even with Club America for most CONCACAF Champions' Cup with 5. Cruz Azul was also the first (and still only) Mexican club to reach the final of the Copa Libertadores when they lost in penalties to Argentine giants Boca Juniors.

NEW!!! BV Borussia Dortmund (Germany) 2009 Home kit

2009-01-27T13:50:00.000-08:00

BV Borussia Dortmund is a German football club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia and one of the most successful clubs in German football. In addition to six German football championships and two DFB Pokal victories, Dortmund won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1966 (becoming the first German team to win a European title) and the UEFA Champions League in 1997.The club was founded on December 19, 1909 by a group of young men unhappy with church-sponsored Trinity Youth, where they played football under the stern and unsympathetic eye of the local parish priest. Father Dewald was blocked at the door when he tried to break up the organizing meeting being held in a room of the local pub, Zum Wildschütz. The name Borussia is Latin for Prussia and was taken from the nearby Borussia brewery. The team began play in blue and white striped shirts with a red sash, and black shorts. In 1913, they donned the black and yellow strip so familiar today

NEW!!! Sampdoria fc (Italy) 2009 Away kit

2009-01-25T12:25:00.000-08:00

Unione Calcio Sampdoria (commonly nicknamed Blucerchiati, blue-ringed) is a football club based in Genoa, Italy. The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s; Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria.Sampdoria currently compete in the Italian Serie A. The team's colours are blue with white, red and black stripes, hence the nickname blucerchiati. Sampdoria play at Stadio Luigi Ferraris, capacity 36,536, which it shares with Genoa's other club, Genoa Cricket and Football Club. The derby between the two teams is commonly known as the Derby della Lanterna.Sampdoria have obtained the scudetto once in their history; during 1991. The club has also won the Coppa Italia four times (1985, 1988, 1989, and 1994). Their biggest European success came when they won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1990. They also reached the UEFA Champions League final in 1992 only to lose against the Spanish FC Barcelona with an 1-0 score after extra time.

NEW!!!Tottenham Hotspur (England) 2009 Home kit

2009-01-25T06:38:00.000-08:00

NEW!!! Club Atlético Boca Juniors (Argentina) 2009 Away kit

2009-01-24T09:07:00.000-08:00

Club Atlético Boca Juniors is a popular Argentine sports club, best known for its football team. Its home base is the neighbourhood of La Boca, in Buenos Aires, and it hosts its home games at the Estadio Alberto J. Armando (La Bombonera) at 805 Brandsen Street.Boca have won a record 17 international titles, an honor they share only with AC Milan, including six Copa Libertadores and three World Club crowns (Copa Intercontinental) and one Copa Oro and Supercopa Masters. The club has also won 22 Argentine professional championships

NEW!!!! Dobrudja 1919 fc (Bulgaria) 2009 Home kit

2009-01-21T16:44:00.000-08:00

Dobrudja 1919 is a Bulgarian football team witch located in city of Dobrich. The club was established in 1919 as fc Strela. The current division of the team is 3th north-east.
This is a request of MisterGoal's friend Zhivko!!!

NEW!!!! Inter FC (Italy) 2009 Home kit

2009-01-10T13:27:00.000-08:00

Football Club Internazionale Milano is an Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, which plays in Serie A. The club was founded March 9, 1908. It is more commonly known as Inter, and often named Inter Milan in English speaking countries.Inter has been one of the most succesful clubs in the history of Italian football, having won 14 Scudetti, 5 Coppa Italia, and 3 Italian Super Cups. Inter has also won 2 European Cups(Champions League), 3 UEFA Cups, and has been World Champions two times. In Italy, Inter also has the distinction of being the only team to never be relegated from Serie A with a league record of 75 seasons in top division. The club wears blue and black stripes, which gives the origin of their Nerazzurri nickname. Inter has one of the biggest fan bases in Italy, along with its two biggest rivals, AC Milan and Juventus

NEW!!! Club América (Mexico) 2009 Retro kit (3rd)

2008-12-26T15:43:00.000-08:00

Club América, most commonly known as just América, is a professional Mexican football club playing in the Primera División. The team is one of the most popular and traditional football clubs in Mexico. América is the richest team in Mexico owned by Televisa (also owns Necaxa and San Luis) and the most successful team in CONCACAF tournaments, having won five Champion's Cups and one Giants Cup. América and Chivas share the distinction of being the most successful teams in league play - America with 10 professional championships, and Chivas with 11. The two also have a long-standing rivalry. Their meetings, which have become known as Clásicos are played at least twice a year and signal a national derby. America has won the last four Clásicos played in a row.

NEW!!! Millwall FC (England) 2009 Home kit

2008-12-02T15:13:00.000-08:00

Millwall Football Club is an English professional football team based at The Den, in Bermondsey, South East London. They currently play in Football League One.The team nickname is The Lions, previously, The Dockers. They changed the nickname after being referred to as "Lions" for their acts of giant killing in their FA Cup run of 1900, when they reached the semi final. They adopted a lion emblem, and the motto: We Fear No Foe Where E'er We Go. The emblem, however, was not added to their shirts until 1936. They also reached the semi final in 1903, and 1937, while they went one better and reached the final in 2004, losing to Manchester United. Their 1937 appearance was notable as they became the first team in the old third division to reach the last four, knocking out three First Division sides on the way, including Derby County who were defeated in front of Millwall's official record crowd of 48,762, with hundreds more locked out. Their original now defunct nickname, "The Dockers", emanated from the occupation of the club's supporters. Millwall were the only club up to the early 1960s allowed to kick-off home games at 3.15pm, instead of 3pm, to allow the dockers and Deal porters to finish the morning shift and arrive on time. In recent years the club has started to once again recognise its unique link with London's docks by introducing 'Docker Days', and archiving the club's dock roots in the Millwall FC Museum.

NEW!!! AEK Larnaca (Cyprus) 2009 Home kit

2008-12-01T14:12:00.000-08:00

AEK Larnaca FC (Greek: Αθλητική Έvωση Κίτιον; Athletiki Enosi Kition) is a Cypriot Sports club, based in the port of Larnaca. The club was formed in 1994 after a merger of two Larnaca clubs: EPA Larnaca and Pezoporikos. The club has football and basketball sections for men and a volleyball section for women. The colours of the club are green and yellow and their emblem is the famous Athenian general, Kimon, who died at the seafront defending the city of Citium in a major battle with the Persians of Xerxes. He told his officers to keep the news of his death secret. The quote "Και Νεκρος Ενικα" ("Even in death he was victorious") referred to Kimon. A statue of "Kimon the Athenian" stands proudly on the sea front promenade of modern Larnaca.AEK Larnaca Football Club won their first Cypriot Cup in 2004 beating AEL Limassol 2-1. They reached two more times the Cup final, but both times they were beaten by APOEL FC; in 1996, 2-0 in extra time and in 2006, 3-2. It is their only title as AEK until now. EPA and Pezoporikos have a great separate history on their own. EPA won 3 championship titles, 5 Cyprus Cup titles and 1 Super Cup. Pezoporikos won 2 championship titles and 1 Cup title.
This is a request of MisterGoal's friend Andreas!!!

NEW!!!!! Q.P.R. (England) 2009 Home kit

2008-11-26T16:35:00.000-08:00

Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English football club, based in Shepherds Bush in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in West London. The club's first team currently plays in the Football League Championship. In August 2007 QPR was bought by Formula One tycoons Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore, who sold a 20% stake to the family of steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal in December of that year.
The club is commonly referred to as "QPR", "The R's" or often just "Rangers" by fans. Other nicknames include the "Hoops" or the "Superhoops" (after the team's kit of blue and white hooped shirts). QPR are not to be confused with the Scottish clubs Rangers or Queen's Park.
This is a request of MisterGoal's friend Doug!!!

NEW!!! Spain Nat.team 2009 home kit

2008-10-24T16:21:00.000-07:00

The Spanish National Football Team, commonly referred to as La Roja, is the national football team of Spain and is controlled by the Real Federación Española de Fútbol. They are the current European Champions, having won the 2008 UEFA European Championship. In July 2008, Spain rose to the #1 spot in the FIFA World Ranking for the first time in their history, becoming only the sixth nation (and the first who had never won the World Cup) to top these rankings.

NEW!!! Villarreal Club de Fútbol (Spain) 2009 Home kit

2008-10-13T16:11:00.000-07:00

Villarreal Club de Fútbol SAD, usually abbreviated to Villarreal, is a Spanish Primera División football club based in Vila-real, a small town in the province of Castellon. The team plays at the 23,000 seater El Madrigal stadium.The club was founded in 1923 and played in regional leagues until the Spanish Civil War, during which time Spain football went on a hiatus. After the war, the club played in various regional leagues as well as the Third Division until the 1970/71 season, when Villarreal first played in the Segunda División for two consecutive seasons, at the end of which the club was relegated to the Third Division once again. After playing in the Segunda División B for a few seasons in the late 80s, Villarreal managed to solidify themselves as a Segunda División club starting with the 1992/93 season.

NEW!!!! Defensor Sporting FC (Uruguay) 2009 Home kit

2008-10-04T11:41:00.000-07:00

Defensor Sporting Club is a sports club in Montevideo, Uruguay.Founded on March 15, 1913 as Club Atlético Defensor, the name of the club was changed in 1989 to Defensor Sporting Club after a merger with Sporting Club Uruguay. The team plays in the Luis Franzini Stadium. They are a four-time national champion in Uruguay (1976, 1987, 1991, 2007-2008).Defensor has won many qualifying tournaments (Pre-Liguilla) to the Copa Libertadores and has represented Uruguay on numerous occasions inter-nationally. Regarded as one of the teams that creates and develops the best players in Uruguay and are then transferred internationally and are world-renowned. The place of birth of numerous international players like Jorge Da Silva, Sergio Manteca Martinez, Sebastián Abreu, Andrés Fleurquin, Marcelo Tejera, Darío Silva, Gonzalo Vargas, Diego Perez, Nicolás Olivera,Martin Cáceres,Maximiliano Pereira,Alvaro Gonzalez,Tabare Viudez, and so on.Legendary coach Prof. Ricardo de León brought Defensor to the national championship in 1976 and originated a football (fútbol) school of thought, consistently criticized as ultra defensive, that is still present nowadays in several teams and coaches.Defensor's most famous supporter is singer/composer Jaime Roos

NEW!!! Uruguay Nat.team 2009 home kit

2008-09-24T17:35:00.000-07:00

The Uruguay national football team is controlled by the Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol. Uruguay were the first winners and hosts of the World Cup, beating Argentina 4-2 in 1930. They also won the 1950 World Cup on Brazilian soil. Uruguay failed to qualify for the 2006 World Cup in Germany after succumbing to Australia 4-2 on penalties following a 1-1 aggregate tie in an intercontinental playoff. Uruguay and Argentina hold the record for the most international matches played between two countries, there have been 161 matches played against each other since 1901. The first match against Argentina was the first official international match to be played outside Britain. (Although Canada and the United States played two internationals in 1885 and 1886, neither match is considered official; Canada did not play an official international until 1924 and the USA did not play one until 1916.) Uruguay won the Copa América fourteen times, the first coming in the inaugural tournament in 1916 and the last in 1995. Only Argentina has as many South American Championships. Uruguay won the 50th anniversary World Champions tournament that it hosted in 1980.

NEW!!! Liverpool F.C.(England) 2009 Away kit

2008-09-10T16:13:00.000-07:00

NEW!!! Man.United (England) 2009 Home kit

2008-09-06T16:56:00.000-07:00

NEW!!! Atletico Madrid 2009 Home kit

2008-09-04T14:45:00.000-07:00

NEW!!! England Nat.team 2009 Away kit

2008-08-23T18:06:00.000-07:00

NEW!!! Arsenal FC (England) 2009 Home kit

2008-08-15T18:41:00.000-07:00

Arsenal Football Club (also known as Arsenal, The Arsenal or The Gunners) are an English professional football club based in Holloway, north London. They play in the FA Premier League and are one of the most successful clubs in English football. Arsenal have won thirteen First Division and Premier League titles, ten FA Cups and in 2005–06 became the first London club to reach the UEFA Champions League final.

NEW!!! Scotland Nat.team 2009 Home kit

2008-08-14T11:52:00.000-07:00

The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. The team has played international football longer than any other nation in the world along with England, who they played in the world's first international football match at the West of Scotland Cricket Club, Partick, in 1872. The match ended in a goalless draw.[1]. All eleven players who represented Scotland that day played for proud Glasgow amateur club Queen's Park. Scotland has always had its own representative side that plays in all the major professional tournaments, except for the Olympic Games as the IOC only recognises the United Kingdom. Some of Scotland's most famous results include, in 1967, defeating the World Cup holders England 3-2 at Wembley Stadium and, in the 1978 World Cup, beating one of the tournament favourites, the Netherlands, 3-1 with Archie Gemmill scoring a famous goal. Some fans jovially claim the 1967 victory against England made Scotland the unofficial world champions. This joke ultimately led to the conception of the Unofficial Football World Championships. Interestingly, Scotland have won more UFWC title matches than any other side.

NEW!!! Fulham FC (England) 2009 Away kit

2008-08-07T06:03:00.000-07:00

Fulham Football Club (FFC) are an English football team based in Fulham, London. Founded in 1879, they celebrated their 125th anniversary in 2004, and they are in the top tier of English football, the FA Premiership. Fulham FC are the oldest professional football team in London, usually considered to have been founded in 1879. They spent much time in the Old First Division (Premiership) through the 60s, but are yet to gain any major honours, their only FA Cup final appearance being in 1975. They did win qualification to the UEFA Cup in 2002 by winning the Intertoto Cup, beating Bologna F.C. 1909 5-3 in the final over two legs. In the UEFA Cup, they won through two rounds before being defeated by Hertha Berlin. They currently play at Craven Cottage, their home since 1896, a riverside ground on the banks of the River Thames in Fulham, having spent two years at Loftus Road while Craven Cottage was undergoing renovations to bring it up to Premier League standards. The club achieved their main aim of avoiding relegation for the 2005-06 season, eventually finishing 12th.

NEW!!! F.C. Chelsea (England) 2009 Home kit

2008-08-03T16:14:00.000-07:00

Chelsea Football Club (also known as The Blues or previously The Pensioners) are an English professional football club based in west London. Founded in 1905, they play in the FA Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier in English football. They have had two broad periods of success, one during the 1960s and early 1970s, and the second from the late 1990s to the present day. Chelsea have won three league titles, three FA Cups, three League Cups and two UEFA Cup Winners' Cups. During the 2005-06 season, they became Premier League champions for the second consecutive year. Chelsea's home is the 42,055 capacity Stamford Bridge football stadium in Fulham, West London, where they have played since their foundation. Despite their name, the club are based just outside the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.

NEW!!!! Celtic FC (Scotland) 2009 Home kit

2008-08-03T15:04:00.000-07:00

NEW!!!Trabzonspor FC (Turkey) 2009 Away kit

2008-07-28T12:50:00.000-07:00

Trabzonspor is a Turkish football club, from the Black Sea port city of Trabzon playing in the Turkish Premier Super League.Trabzonspor was formed in 1967 in a merger of two local clubs. Many of the players from these teams became part of the team to win promotion to the top division, and helped Trabzonspor in their early years in the top flight. Along with three other Istanbul clubs known as the'big three' (Galatasaray SK, Fenerbahçe SK, Beşiktaş J.K.), they are the only club outside of Istanbul to have won the Turkish title, earning a name as one of the "Big Four". Trabzonspor's nicknames are the "Bordeaux Blues" and the "Black Sea storm". Recently the team has created controversy on its behaviour towards its players after Mirosław Szymkowiak retired from football

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 174

2008-07-28T12:49:00.000-07:00

Galatasaray holds the best international record by a Turkish team. They became the first Turkish club to capture a major European title, beating Arsenal of England in the UEFA Cup final during the 1999–2000 season!!!!!

O Manto Tricolor!!!!

2008-07-25T17:06:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone!!!! This is a great web site for the history of Sao Paulo’s home shirt, from MisterGoal’s friend Thiago Pulzatto. Nice and simple!!!It’s worth it to visit!!!!!
www.bbshop.com.br/mantotricolor

NEW!!! Barca FC (Spain) 2009 Home kit

2008-07-25T14:54:00.000-07:00

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 173

2008-07-25T14:52:00.000-07:00

Palermo originally played with red and blue as its official colours since its foundation in 1898, but decided to switch to the current choice of pink and black on February 27, 1907, contemporaneously with the change of denomination to Palermo Foot-Ball Club.The colours' choice were suggested by count Giuseppe Airoldi, a prominent founding member of the club. In a letter Airoldi wrote on February 2, 1905 to club councillor Joseph Whitaker, he defined pink and black as "colours of the sad and the sweet", a choice he asserted to be a good fit for a team characterized by "results as up and down as a Swiss clock", noting also the fact that red and blue were a widely diffuse choice of colours at the time!!!!!

To all MisterGoal's fans!!!

2008-07-21T15:02:00.000-07:00

Hello everybody!!!! First of all, I want to thank all of you for the support that you give to MisterGoal, and second I want to apologize to all MIsterGoal’s fans for the delay of their request!!! It was a “cocktail” of bad timing, many problems and allot of work :-( !!! But I’m coming back with great ideas and “hungry” for request!!! So please don’t hesitate and send me your request, and soon you’ll see your favorite team with your favorite mascot :-) !!!!!! They follow some request for MisterGoal’s fans!!!!

NEW!!! São Paulo (Brazil) 2009 Home kit

2008-07-21T14:59:00.000-07:00

São Paulo Futebol Clube, usually called São Paulo FC or just São Paulo, is a traditional Brazilian football team from São Paulo, founded on January 25, 1930, and re-founded on December 16, 1935. As of November 2007, São Paulo is the current Brazilian Champion. It is the third most popular football club in Brazil, with more than 13 million supporters. The team is one of the most successful clubs in Brazil, with several titles of national and international capacity. That includes three World Club Crowns (2 as Intercontinental Cup, and 1 as FIFA Club World Championship), three Libertadores da América Cup and five Brazilian Championship. They are the club in Brazil with most titles (1992, 1993, 2005) and finals played (1974, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2005, 2006), with their attendance boosting during the championship compared to the regular season. São Paulo FC is, join to Juventus and Liverpool, the sixth club in the world -third in America- with the most international titles recognized by CONMEBOL and FIFA.This is a request for MIsterGoal's friend Thiago!!!

NEW!!! Turkey Nat.team 2008-09 home kit

2008-07-21T14:57:00.000-07:00

The Turkey national football team is the national football team of Turkey and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation. They are affiliated with UEFA. The team's highest achievement was reaching 3rd place at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Turkey also reached the quarter-finals at Euro 2000 and reached 3rd place at the 2003 Confederations Cup.The rising fortunes of Turkish football over the next decade would be confirmed by third place at the 2002 World Cup. The Turkish team beat Senegal 1-0 on a golden goal to book their place in the semi-finals where a 1-0 defeat against Brazil forced them to play the third place match, and a bronze medal was the prize after a 3-2 victory over South Korea. This is a request for MisterGoal's friend Tunc!!!

NEW!!! KAA Gent (Belgium) 2009 Home kit

2008-07-21T14:55:00.000-07:00

K.A.A. Gent is a Belgian football, athletics and hockey club, based in the Belgian city of Ghent. It was one of the founders of the Belgian Football Association. It has been in the top flight Jupiler League since 1989-90. The hockey and athletics division were founded in 1864, making it one of the oldest sporting clubs in Belgium. The club was then known under its French name La Gantoise. It changed its name to the present Dutch version in 1971. In spite of its long history the club has never been champions of Belgium.This is a request for MIsterGoal's friend Jan!!!

NEW!!! Leyton Orient (England) 2009 Home kit

2008-07-21T14:52:00.000-07:00

Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football team from east London, currently playing in League One of the Football League. The team is known by its fans as Orient or simply The O's.Leyton Orient's home stadium, Brisbane Road, is situated in Leyton, in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is officially known as the Matchroom Stadium after chairman Barry Hearn's sports promotion company. Barry Hearn became chairman in 1995 after the club was famously put on sale for five pounds by the then-chairman, Tony Wood OBE, after his coffee-growing business in Rwanda was destroyed by that country's civil war. The period of the club's near-closure was covered by the television documentary Orient: Club for a Fiver (made by Open Media for Channel 4). The documentary is commonly but incorrectly known as Yours for a Fiver.This is a request for MisterGoal's friend Doug!!!

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 172

2008-07-21T14:51:00.000-07:00

The nickname of the KAA Gent is Buffalo, a term coined after a visit of the original Buffalo Bill and his Wild West circus to the city in the early 1900s!!!!!

NEW!!!! Celtic FC (Scotland) 2009 Home kit

2008-07-16T16:09:00.000-07:00

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 171

2008-07-16T16:07:00.000-07:00

In July 2008, Spain rose to the #1 spot in the FIFA World Ranking for the first time in their history, becoming only the sixth nation (and the first who had never won the World Cup) to top these rankings!!!!!

NEW!!! Aston Villa FC (England) 2009 Away kit

2008-07-09T15:49:00.000-07:00

Aston Villa Football Club (also known as The Villa and The Villans) is an English professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, who currently play in the Premier League. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founding members of the Football League in 1888 and the Premier League in 1992. The club was floated by the previous owner and chairman Doug Ellis, but in 2006 full control of the club was acquired by Randy Lerner.They are one of the oldest and most successful football clubs in England, having won the First Division Championship seven times and the FA Cup seven times. Villa are also one of only four English clubs to win the European Cup, which they did in 1982. Aston Villa is the fourth most successful club in English football history, having won 21 major honours, although most of these were won before the Second World War and the most recent was in 1996

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 170

2008-07-09T15:47:00.000-07:00

Ethnikos Achna (Greek: Εθνικός Άχνας) is the only Cypriot team to qualify for the UEFA Cup via the Intertoto Cup!!!!!

NEW!!! Newcastle Utd. (England) 2009 home kit

2008-06-28T17:04:00.000-07:00

Newcastle United Football Club (also known as The Magpies or The Toon) are an English professional football team based in Newcastle upon Tyne. They play in the FA Premier League and are historically the seventh most successful club in English football. This takes into account all results since the beginning of English league football in 1888. The club formed in 1892 after the merger of two local clubs, Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has since played at St James' Park, the old Newcastle West End ground in the city. Newcastle United supporters refer to themselves as the "Toon Army", ("toon" being the pronunciation of "town" in the local geordie dialect). Newcastle's traditional local rivals are Sunderland, with whom they have contested the Tyne-Wear derby since 1898.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 169

2008-06-28T17:03:00.000-07:00

Since their penalty shootout loss to Czechoslovakia in Euro 76, Germany has not lost a penalty shootout in major international tournaments. In fact, the last penalty missed by a German player dates back to the semi-finals of the 1982 World Cup when French goalkeeper Jean-Luc Ettori saved Uli Stielike's shot!!!!!

EURO 2008!!! Russia Nat.team 2008-09 Away kit

2008-06-22T11:06:00.000-07:00

The Russia national football team is the national football team of Russia and is controlled by the Football Union of Russia.The team qualified for two World Cups (1994, 2002) and three European Championships (1996, 2004, 2008), but failed to get beyond the first round on either occasion.FIFA considers the Russia national team the direct descendant of the CIS and USSR national teams.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 168

2008-06-22T11:05:00.000-07:00

After the break up of the Soviet Union, Russia played its first international match against Mexico on August 16, 1992 winning 2-0 with a team of former USSR players from the other republics!!!!!

NEW!!! PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) 2009 Home kit

2008-06-18T14:00:00.002-07:00

Philips Sport Vereniging (English: Philips Sports Union), widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, the Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football section. PSV are one of the three big football clubs of the Netherlands, the other two being Ajax Amsterdam and Feyenoord Rotterdam. The club won the European Cup, the predecessor of today's Champions League, in 1988 and is a regular competitor in the current European Champions' League. They are often nicknamed Boeren (Dutch for 'peasants') in reference to their provincial city origins.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 167

2008-06-18T14:00:00.001-07:00

Spain made their international football debut in 1920 at the Olympic Games in Antwerp and won the silver medal!!!!!

NEW!!!! Chelsea FC (England) 2009 Away kit

2008-06-15T11:15:00.000-07:00

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 166

2008-06-15T11:14:00.001-07:00

In 1958, based on an idea of Umberto Agnelli, the honor of Golden Star for Sports Excellence ("Stella d’Oro al Merito Sportivo" in Italian) was introduced to recognize sides that have won multiple championships or other honours by the display of gold stars on their team crests and jerseys. In Italy, the practice is to award one star for ten titles. The first team to adopt a star was Juventus in Italy and Europe[8], who added a star above their crest in 1958 to represent their tenth Serie A title. In 1982, they received their second golden star for having won their 20th league title!!!!!

EURO 2008!!! Romania Nat.team 2008-09 Home kit

2008-06-09T14:52:00.000-07:00

The Romania national football team is the national football team of Romania and is controlled by the Romanian Football Federation.
Romania is one of only four national teams, the other three being Brazil, France, and Belgium, that took part in the first three World Cups.
However, after that performance, they only qualified for 1970, 1990, 1994 and 1998 editions. Their finest hour came at the 1994 World Cup where Romania, led by Gheorghe Hagi, reached the quarterfinals, defeating Argentina in their way before losing to Sweden on penalty shootouts.
At the Euros, Romania's best performance was in 2000 when they advanced to quarterfinals from a group with Germany, Portugal and England before falling to eventual runners-up Italy.Romania also played at Euro 1984, Euro 1996 and Euro 2008. Their first game of the Euro 2008 championships was an encounter with France. A 0-0 draw with the French resulted in cheers around the stadium from the Romania supporters.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 165

2008-06-09T14:51:00.000-07:00

Romania played their first international match on 8 June 1922, a 2-1 win over Yugoslavia in Belgrade!!!!!

Rochdale AFC (England) 2008 Centenary Home kit

2008-06-06T10:36:00.000-07:00

Rochdale Association Football Club is a English professional football club based in Rochdale, Lancashire. They play their home matches at Spotland and are currently managed by Keith Hill. They have an average attendance of around 3,000.The club reached the League Cup final in 1962 - the only time a club from the bottom league division has reached the final of a major competition - where they lost to Norwich City.Rochdale play their home matches at Spotland, which has a capacity of 10,249. The stadium was built exclusively for the Dale in 1920, but since 1988 the ground has been jointly owned by the football club, Rochdale Council and Rochdale Hornets. However it is largely expected that Rochdale will buy Hornets share of the ground.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 164

2008-06-06T10:35:00.000-07:00

Rochdale's motto is the Latin "Crede Signo", which roughly translated means "Believe in the Sign". The football club shares the motto with that of the town itself. For the centenary year, the badge was circled with gold lettering, commemorating the 100 years that Dale have been in existence!!!!!

EURO 2008!!! Netherlands Nat.team 2008 away kit

2008-06-05T16:47:00.000-07:00

The Netherlands national football team is the national football team of the Netherlands and is controlled by the Royal Netherlands Football Association. It won Euro 88 and reached two consecutive World Cup finals in 1974 and 1978 but lost both finals to their respective host nations, West Germany and Argentina. At the peak of its success in the 1970s, the team was famous for its mastery of Total Football and was nicknamed "Clockwork Orange" for its precision passing. In many countries the team is colloquially referred to as "Holland."

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 163

2008-06-05T16:45:00.000-07:00

Nike is the kit provider to the Netherlands national team, a sponsorship that began in 1996 and is contracted to continue until at least 2018!!!!!