Month: May 2007

Fulham have signed a new 4-year shirt sponsorship deal with Nike (a record deal for the club) and have also released photos of their new home kit for the 2007/2008…

There’s been plenty of debate and discussion on what the new Liverpool kits would look like – several fake images were circulated but Adidas were always going to wait until…

I really like the new Birmingham City 2007/2008 home shirt – it’s a refreshing departure from the current blue (or white) kits and the shirt design (by Umbro) is stylish…

Ed: Congratulations to Spurs fans for Tottenham signing Gareth Bale – you guys have a very, very good player in your hands. As the Spurs’ players (with the exception of…

I have to say I’m impressed with the hard work the new management at Sunderland is putting in the club. It shows in their transfer strategy, how they treat fans,…

Throughout the 2006/2007 season we kept talking about poor refereeing decisions and how they were costing teams valuable points. And from the whining / ranting of the managers, you’d have…

If you’re an old (relatively) reader of Soccerlens, you’ll remember that back before the season started, I did a week-long preview for the club, looking at the squad from different…

The older players have played a massive hand in helping Manchester United to their 9th Premiership, but it’s time that they are phased out.

Manchester City have a new home shirt available for the forthcoming season thanks to Le Coq Sportif in a 4-year sponsorship deal that will net them £10m. The new Manchester…

The season’s over, we bottled it at the San Siro and Wembley but Liverpool bottled it at Athens AND we’re league champions, so there’s some balance in the Universe this…

In football, there’s stuff that you know is going to happen – you absolutely know it – but the ones most affected by it never believe you. So when we…

Update: Read the Liverpool view on the CL final The match drove home some key truths for Rafa Benitez, Liverpool and most importantly, their new owners. One, in Rafael Benitez…

I’ll let Bobby Boswell tell this one: Speaking of the Brazilians, lets discuss Luciano some more. He is full of energy and personality. And he LOVES to sing. But, only…

After a fashionably long break (caused by the topsy-turvy emotions of heartbreaks, winning a title and moving from one city to another), the headlines column is back. Yay… You might…

With the season over for Manchester United, fans can now look forward to new signings and the possibility of a major coup. Unfortunately, it’s too soon to talk about big…

The new Middlesbrough crest has come under serious criticism, but there are some good points to it as well and compared to the old Boro crest (below) it’s definitely an…

Aston Villa recently (well, a couple of weeks ago) revealed a new crest, going retro and against the grain as far as the current trend in the Premiership is regarding…

Chelsea 1-0 Manchester United, Saturday, 19 May, 1500 BST, Wembley. This is the official match coverage – for the unofficial, biased preview, read this. Match Report Match videos after this…

Here’s an interesting news tidbit surrounding the 2007 FA Cup final – the Guardian reports that (I’m paraphrasing this): “Fans at the final will eat a shitload of food, drink…

Every year football fans are running around, trying to figure out what the new kit for the next season for their club is going to be. To make the process…

Sevilla coach Juande Ramos persisted his side deserved to be the second club to defend the UEFA Cup after their dramatic 3-1 penalty shootout win over 10-man Espanyol.

Manchester City may be looking at a potential takeover and 50m of transfer funds, but until that dream comes true City have to cut costs. After Psycho admitted that he…

I’m sorry, but there’s nothing remotely romantic about Newcastle’s current plight – they are in a mess, and it’s of their own choosing (the management and club, not the fans).

Tottenham have four kits for 2007-2008 – the home kit (white), the away kit (grey), the third kit (yellow) and the special 125th anniversary kit (white and blue).

Update: this is official Arsenal away kit for the 2007/2008 season, as announced by Arsenal.com.

Update: Blackburn have switched kit manufacturers to Umbro and as a result new kits were issued – the images are below. The problems with the bet24 logo still remain though.

The Bolton Wanderers home kit, simple as ever and featuring the familiar Reebok logo, went on sale on Thursday, 10th May.