February 2008 Review: When Tottenham beat Chelsea and Manchester United burst Arsenal’s bubble
February marked the beginning of several storylines for 2008 as well as the beginning of the end of for a few teams and managers. In purely footballing terms though, Egypt…
January 2008 Review: When Keegan led Newcastle and Tottenham beat Arsenal
With Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea squaring off for the Premier League title race, the press were hailing the 2007/2008 as the most exciting, most unpredictable season of football they’d…
Premier League TV, Premier League Online and Football Fans
Last week Barclays Premier League sent out formal invitations to broadcasters interested in bidding for the next round of Premier League TV rights for the 2010-2011 to 2012-2013 seasons. With…
Boxing Day Predictions: Tottenham, Liverpool, United to win, Arsenal, Newcastle, City to lose and more
2008 has been a remarkable season for English football. Richest league (and club) world. Best player in the world. An all-English Champions League final. English World Champions. England topping their…
Arsenal lose Fabregas for 4 months, who will Wenger sign / appoint captain?
Cesc Fabregas was injured in Arsenal’s home draw against Liverpool (he ruptured his knee ligaments in a challenge with Xabi Alonso) and while initial estimates put the time out at…
Arsenal to beat Liverpool, Manchester United goals, Chelsea face the crunch and the magic of European football
Today’s roundup is brought you by the world of mainstream football blogging. Oh, and Melissa Satta, if you’re not the literary kind. Never let it be said that Soccerlens didn’t…
Goalkeeper Gloves: Five Tips To Buying The Best Gloves For Goalkeeping
Should you even wear gloves while protecting the goal? Some of the greatest keepers in the world never once put on a pair of gloves, and it did not hinder…
Can Sam Allardyce save Blackburn from relegation?
Blackburn fans seem like a realistic lot (although I’m comparing them with Newcastle fans hence they seem downright rational), so I don’t expect them to start thinking that Big Sam…
Asia opens doors for English Premier League and Game 39
How times change. At the start of 2008, the footballing world rose in anger against an idea dubbed ‘Game 39‘. It would ruin the sanctity of English football, it would…
Goal.com are very confused…
Goal.com took great pride in its ‘exclusive‘ with Gigi Buffon’s agent which effectively trashed the British tabloid Daily Mail (deserved, of course). This is the same Goal.com that picks up…
How Argentina plans to stop its players from cheating
The Argentine Football Association is set to use an ‘aerosol spray’ to mark a temporary 10-yard line away from free kicks to prevent defenders from encroaching upon the free kick…
Wrapped In A Box
Today’s news roundup is brought to you by the ever-so-delicious Charlize Theron and her perfectly photoshopped bod. So what if they airbrush her wrinkles and cellulite away? The dream is…
New Aston Villa Blog
There’s a new Aston Villa blog in town called…ummm…the Aston Villa Blog. Written by the ever-entertaining Martin Banks, astonvillablog.com is now the only site I visit if I’m looking for…
Ten Good Reasons To Hate Football Players
Football rivalries are intense – football fans (normal, loving people in day-to-day life) take perverse pride in hating rival clubs, rival fans and rival players. Sometimes it’s just that simple…
Nike Mercurial Vapor Rosa video – ft. Franck Ribery as Pink Panther
Nike’s Mercurial Vapor IVs have been one of the hottest football boots this year (from the original IVs to the Euro 08 edition, and now Nike have released a new…
