Month: June 2008

We’ve looked at the players, now it’s time to look at the managers involved at Euro 2008 and find out how they got on:

It’s that time when we have to look at the performances of of all the players in Euro 2008 and select our team of the tournament. I know it’s subjective,…

Thanks to everyone who pointed out the players I had missed out. I apologise for not including everyone. I’ve added a few, but I’m not claiming this to be a…

With Euro 2008 all over and the winners Spain still celebrating their great success and the losers Germany still licking their wounds, I thought I would take a hopefully ‘light…

If you didn’t see all of the Euro 2008 tournament then you can get a decent picture of what it was like by looking at some of the quotes made…

Taking a break from the Euros, Ronaldo, babes and bad refereeing decisions, we come back to one of our favourite topics, football and money. Long story short – UEFA president…

Once the Euros wrap up tomorrow, you can expect a flurry of transfer activity to start happening across Europe starting 1st July. We’ll be there to cover everything (everything important,…

And then there were two – Spain slowed the game down and Russians were out of depth in the patience game. Hiddink’s team can go home with their heads held…

Last month we reviewed the Nike Euro 08 shoes over at the football kits blog – and our friends from SoccerPro were kind enough to send us a sample pair…

Euro 2008 Babes… For those of you who asked and expected 🙂 And if you’re looking for more eye-candy, just go through the football babes section.

Russia 0-3 Spain (Xavi 50′, Guiza 73′, Silva 82′) Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna Thursday 26 June 2008 Euro 2008, Semi Final #2 Kickoff: 20:45 CET, 19:45 GMT, 14:45 EST Russia…

Russia 0-3 Spain (Xavi 50′, Guiza 73′, Silva 82′) Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna Thursday 26 June 2008 Euro 2008 Semi Final #2 Kickoff: 20:45 CET, 19:45 GMT, 14:45 EST Russia…

Chelsea FC have announced their plan to build a network of top youth clubs across America to develop Chelsea Soccer Schools, a new Tournament called the Chelsea Sevens, coaching clinics…

Germany 3-2 Turkey (Germany: Schweinsteiger 26′, Klose 78′, Lahm 90′, Turkey: Ugur Boral 22′, Semih Senturk 86′) St. Jakob-Park, Basel Wednesday 25 June 2008 Euro 2008 Semi Final #1 Kickoff:…

Germany (Schweinsteiger 26′, Klose 78′, Lahm 90′) 3-2 Turkey (Ugur Boral 22′, Semih Senturk 86′) St. Jakob-Park, Basel Wednesday 25 June 2008 Euro 2008, Semi Final #1 Kickoff: 20:45 CET,…

Football is cruel. Italy, winners of a penalty shoot-out in the World Cup Finals in 2006, were dumped out of Euro 2008 after losing on penalties to Spain. Defeat, on…

A question on the SoccerLens Forum recently asked whether it would be harder for teams to win the European Football Championships or the World Cup. A friendly argument ensued: The…

For around the first 100 years of their existence professional footballers were treated much like workers in other industries. The employers held most of the cards and players received a…

Although Roy first appeared way back in 1954 as a young apprentice signed by Melchester Rovers’ forward thinking youth team scout — Bert Bonser, it wasn’t until the 1980s that…

Update: Required Reading: Article #1 & Article #2. Thank you. Guillem Balague interviewed Cristiano Ronaldo in the aftermath of Portugal’s Euro 2008 quarter-final defeat at the hands of Germany. You…

Our friends over at FootballFansUnited (FFU) have come up with a ‘top 10 greatest goals’ list, have a look and see if you agree with them:

The English Premier League fixtures list for the 2008/2009 was released this Monday. No good in printing it – we’d be smacked down by NetResult (or whoever the EPL has…

Nike: Most Wanted is a collaborative project between the Premier League and Nike in the close season – it aims to find 22 of the country’s most talented undiscovered players…

All Italian Serie A transfers going through in the summer of 2008 are on this page. For our transfer rumours column, see our transfer news section. This page is updated…

All Premier League transfers going through in the summer of 2008 are on this page. For our transfer rumours column see our transfer news section. This page is updated frequently,…

France 0-2 Italy. Ladies & gentlemen, this is how you mix a “Blue Lagoon”: 1 oz Vodka (Pirlo), 1 oz Blue Curaçao (De Rossi), cherry (Buffon’s save on Benzema), 1…

The Euro 2008 group stages are at an end with a few surprises thrown out, but on the whole my initial predictions have been largely spot on with dark horses…