‘Beşiktaş’ Archives
Peace and Love – Turkish style
Read this load of complete bollocks from the Sunday Zaman newspaper: Hilarious.
So many friendlies, so little reason to care
Enough already. Let's get on with the bloody new season. Besiktas 0 - 2 Fenerbahce Two goals from Brazilian striker Alex led Turkish Cup runners up and all-round buggers Fenerbahçe to victory over the reigning Turkish champions and people's favourites Beşiktaş in the Turkish Super Cup. SpVgg Neckarelz 1 - 3 Bayern Munich You'll [...]
Beşiktaş win the Turkish double
Turkey's greatest team, in terms of me liking them rather than in actual trophies won, are back on top of the pile for the first time since 2003. The league title race was set up nicely going in to the final weekend, with mighty BJK on 68 points, plucky Sivasspor two back on 66 and Black Sea legends Trabzonspor a further point behind. All the best [...]
Turkish weekend
Better late than never... A mental weekend of footy in Turkey has let my boys leapfrog to the top ahead of Sivasspor, with Cimbom and Trabzon still hanging in there, not to mention those Fener buggers. Galatasaray 1 - 0 Ankaragücü Liverpool oldboy Milan Baros scored from the penalty spot to secure the three points. Fenerbahçe 1 - [...]
Turkish weekend highlights
Mighty Sivasspor move clear at the top after my boys Beşiktaş cock it up at home to Bursaspor, Scoundrels Fenerbahçe prove to be worse than ever after losing to minnows Ankaraspor, while Galatasaray make up some ground in the title race. Büyükşehir Belediye Ankaraspor 1 - 0 Fenerbahçe Big Mehmet Cakir scored the only goal with [...]
Kocaelispor 1-3 Beşiktaş
Top of the league...
Turkish weekend
internet advertising Well, if Fenerbahçe are resisting all opportunities to win the league this season, Galatasaray aren't doing much better. A home loss to lowly Eskişehirspor ('ancient city sport') last night coming hot on the tails of Tin Pot humiliation against Hamburg has made this a really shitty week for Cimbom. The good news is that [...]
The curious case of Sivasspor
Look out Istanbul, there’s a new team in town. Originally formed in 1932 as the marvelously named ‘Sivas Gençlik’ (literally ‘the Sivas Youth’), Sivasspor kicked around somewhat aimlessly in Turkish regional competitions until 1967. In ‘67, Turkish football’s year of reckoning when the league was revamped and massively expanded, [...]
