Juande Ramos, Ramon Monchi, Martin Jol and Damien Comolli – a synthesis

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If you North Londoners poke your heads out of your window this evening only to encounter the terrifyingly pathetic sight of a six foot ogre bawling his eyes out, you…

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Interview with former Arsenal and Southend player Adrian Clarke

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Image courtesy of Adrian Clarke and Sport Media Solutions. Soccerlens is very pleased to welcome a former footballer turned journalist. Adrian Clarke, who was born in Cambridge, began his football…

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FIFA Ensures World Cup Will Be Played In Rich Countries, Forever

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…or at least that’s what it feels like, considering Blatter’s latest move. It was probably the panic that is quietly settling in as FIFA continues to keep a watchful eye…

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Arsenal v Liverpool Review: the Reds cannot compete for the league title this season

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Follow the 21st April Liverpool v Arsenal live on Soccerlens! First off, before the half thought out crap detailed analysis of yesterday’s Arsenal-Liverpool game, I’d like to applaud (as best…

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La Liga Week 9: Barcelona and Real Madrid struggle but win to top the table

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Thierry Henry finally scored a league goal at Camp Nou as Barcelona struggled to overcome newly promoted Almeria. Barça move into second place but remain two points behind leaders Real…

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La Liga Weekend Predictions Part 1: Real Mallorca, Espanyol, Athletic Bilbao and Real Betis

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Saturday 27th October Saturday 27th features two interesting although low-profile games, with Real Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla and Valencia all set to play on Sunday.

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The Bayern Munich Revolution

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Bayern Munich is both the most popular and most loathed club all over Germany — a true touchstone (almost requirement) for a club considering itself national. However, is it the…

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Lies, Damn Lies and Jamie Redknapp

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My heart goes out to supporters of Liverpool FC. The club have been rocked by Champions League failure, the validity of their Merseyside derby victory has been questioned, and they…

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Game of the Weekend: Liverpool vs Arsenal Preview

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The following article refers to an older game – for the upcoming Arsenal-Liverpool game, click here. Game of the weekend obviously has to be down at Anfield, where a buoyant…

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What Will You Do Next Summer?

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When answering this question the average Englishman is probably in the following school of thought. He will be looking at the cities which will host the Cricket next summer, and…

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How Big is Your Pitch?

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Chris over at EPLTalk has paid someone to put together a list of the pitch sizes in the Premier League – not to be confused with other metrics of measuring…

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Pakistan and Football

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Pakistan lost 0-7 to Iraq at home in their World Cup qualifier last night. Despite the humiliating scoreline, the result will barely register as a blip in Pakistan (heck, I…

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Steven Gerrard the Hypocrite

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Liverpool captain, Liverpool legend, England vice-captain (and legend-in-making) and the standard-bearer of English morality and ethical behavior, one Steven Gerrard, has many fans. Indeed, despite his insistence that ‘people like…

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La Liga Week 8: Defeats for Real Madrid and Barcelona

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La Liga looks a lot more interesting after Real Madrid and Barcelona lost their first games of the season. Both teams were without their Brazilian players who arrived back late…

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Alfredo Di Stefano, La Saeta Rubia (The Blond Arrow) – a Real Madrid and Footballing Legend

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Image courtesy of Wikipedia. Saturday, during the La Liga fixture between Espanyol and Real Madrid, the cameras focused several times on an older gentleman in the tribune of honor. He…

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Newcastle United 3-1 Tottenham Hotspur Live Blog, Monday 22 October 2007

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FT Spurs fail to create any danger out of what was the last chance and Martin Jol’s record stays as bad as before: only one win this season and Sam…

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Cole, Frank Incensed and Meh

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I’ve never been a great fan of Steve McClaren, but it’s wholly unfair to place the blame for the death of English football at the feet of one hapless individual….

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Liverpool, the Love of Me Life…

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“What’s better? Spending one night of passion with Kylie Minogue, or seeing your club team win the Champions League?” As football fans, I’m sure that’s a question we’ve all been…

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Writing Competition Winners

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The winner of the 1st Soccerlens Writing Competition has been decided. You can read all 40 entries here – I’d like at least half of the submitters to guest blog…

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SquadGod Week 9: An Ode To Crap Managers

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What does your fantasy football team and England have in common?

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Is Steve McClaren Good Enough To Manage England?

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Why have the FA backed Steve McClaren when the former assistant manager has almost failed his objective of qualifying for Euro 2008 (and must rely on Israel to beat Russia…

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Taxi for McClaren?

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How many of you think that England’s defeat to Russia was the result of Steve McClaren’s tactical ineptitude and an acute inability to motivate his players? There’s talk of blaming…

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Republik Of Mancunia – Yet Another Manchester United Blog

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Soccerlens regulars may have recognised the Manchester United bias in this site. Of course, this is not entirely intentional — the main man, Ahmed, is a Manchester United fan and…

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MatchHotels.com – Review

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Many football fans don’t get to go to as many away games that they would like to- either because of the cost (who wants to spend that much money on…

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Russia 2 -1 England, 17 Oct 2007, Euro 2008 Qualifier, Live Blog

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England played a ‘must not lose’ game in Russia. On an artificial pitch McLaren’s squad went out amid 77000 Russian fans and scored the first goal after less than 30…

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Europe’s 10 Most Expensive Benchwarmers of 2007-08

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Shevchenko, Podolski, Crouch, Chevantón, Riquelme: these are just a few of the quality players which have been reduced to a benchwarming role in their clubs, as the new season continues….

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