Month: January 2009
The Times‘s 50 Worst Things About Modern Football
Updated:Football is one of the greatest things in the world but it’s not perfect. It used to be perfect. Before money and television and the Bosman ruling and Baby Bentleys…
Read more »Newcastle snap up Kevin Nolan, but where does that leave Bolton?
Updated:I was a little surprised to see Kevin Nolan agree a four and a half year deal at Newcastle after arriving in a £4million deal from Bolton Wanderers. The 26-year-old…
Read more »Manchester United 1-0 Everton – English Premier League – 31 January 2009 – Live Blog
Updated:This article to refers to an older United-Everton game. Visit the most recent Manchester United v Everton match page. Manchester United (Ronaldo pen. 44) 1-0 Everton Stadium: Old Trafford, England…
Read more »Exaggerating Liverpool’s Slide, The Desperation of Charles N’Zogbia, Salomon Just Loves His Hip-Hop, and more
Updated:You know the saying about how no two snowflakes are the same? Well, just like snowflakes, opinions are not often In the end, folks are often just trying to make…
Read more »Transfer Rumors (30 Jan 09): Ronaldo in 91m Real deal, Arsenal and Manchester City talk Toure, Tottenham offer Bent to Blackburn for Santa Cruz, and more
We’re into the final stretch of the January transfer window, and while signings have been relatively light up to this point, we’ll be seeing a lot more confirmed deals (and…
Read more »The Worst Football Teams of All Time
Updated:We gave you the Greatest Teams of All Time. Now, it’s time for the worst! Without further ado, let’s go over the criteria that I used: Expectations are Everything. Look…
Read more »Tottenham and Manchester City resuscitate the January transfer window
Updated:So the circus is nearly over. We can almost revert back to picking up a newspaper and reading about injuries and “bust-ups”, goals and “romps”, rather than the usual regurgitation…
Read more »Transfer Rumors (29 Jan 09): Tottenham bid for long-time Manchester City target Santa Cruz, Real Madrid and Manchester United tussle for Wigan star Valencia, Arshavin’s Arsenal deal almost done, and more
The clock is tick-tick-ticking, and the end of the January transfer window is one day closer. If you haven’t signed that top target by now, you need to get a…
Read more »Football fork – January 2007 – Liverpool bought by the DIC group
Updated:About ten years ago Nick Hancock co-wrote a book called What Didn’t Happen Next, which was an amusing look at the butterfly effect in football and those little changes which…
Read more »The Curious Case of Rafa Benitez
Updated:As Liverpool fan, by matter of routine, the familiar tune of Sky Sports News tells me of the latest bust up or disagreement between Rafa, who may or may not…
Read more »A Loss of Identity
When Danny Welbeck scored a thirty-yard screamer against Stoke earlier this season (albeit the fifth goal of a 5-0 trouncing), he immediately became my favorite player on Manchester United. The…
Read more »The Greatest Football Teams of All Time
Updated:Everyone has a favorite team of all time, and they’ll defend that team’s merits until they’re blue in the face (or red, green, yellow, or black, depending on your affiliation)….
Read more »Robinho’s a Trouble Magnet, Old Man Becks Playing Like the Becks of Old, England Submits World Cup 2018 Bid, and more
Updated:There are some days when life just seems like it’s giving you a big punch in a sensitive place.
Read more »Van der Sar, Superstar
Updated:Peter Schmeichel had both hands on the European Cup in 1999, ending his Manchester United career with a historical Treble. The Great Dane, as he was affectionately known, had a…
Read more »Transfer Rumors (28 Jan 09): Manchester United consider Roma’s Panucci, Tottenham to swap Jenas or Lennon for Liverpool’s Keane, AC Milan ready to make Beckham deal permanent, and more
Today’s actually a pretty quiet day in transfer news and rumors, though you could imagine a lot of clubs are quietly attempting to make deals happen as we move another…
Read more »Can Everton, West Ham, Newcastle, Liverpool, Fulham or Blackburn score against Manchester United?
TOFFEES FAVOURITE TO STICK ONE PAST UNITED FIRST With Manchester United setting a new record of eleven Premier League games in a row without conceding a goal, bookies Paddy Power…
Read more »Past and future clash as Manchester City take on Newcastle United
Updated:With Newcastle keeper Shay Given rumoured to be the subject of a £10 million bid from Manchester City, will Shay want to help his potential new pay-masters or show them…
Read more »Boys From Brazil: Lulinha
Updated:Born: April 10th 1990 (18) Full Name:Luiz Marcelo Morais dos Reis Nickname: Lulinha Club: Corinthians Position: Attacking Midfielder, Winger, Forward Compared To: Ronaldinho Biography Bursting on to the scene is…
Read more »Welcome to Soccerlens Betting
Hello and welcome to Soccerlens Betting – if you’re reading this, we’re either getting ready to dominate the world of online football betting or you’ve got too much time on…
Read more »Using Facts to Combat Stereotypes is Fun, Sulaiman Strikes Again, Ronaldo Talks and Walks, and more
Updated:Given that I’ve never gotten my driver’s license (and never will), I’ve become quite the advocate for public transportation over the years. I couldn’t make it without buses or taxis,…
Read more »Transfer Rumors (27 Jan 09): Tottenham and Manchester City in for Liverpool’s Keane, Manchester City to offer 19m for Blackburn’s Santa Cruz, Juventus after Chelsea winger Malouda, and more
Still trying to fill that need for a new striker? A new left back? A new midfielder? Time and available options are getting short, and clubs are getting desperate to…
Read more »Football Aid January Auction
Updated:Together with the support of over twenty-five clubs around the UK, Football Aid are looking to raise money for a variety of charitable causes. Imagine the pride in seeing your…
Read more »All-Time Premiership XI – Round #29385
I saw the 2008 UEFA team of the year, and the controversy it produced, and it got me thinking. What would an all time Premiership XI look like? I’m fairly…
Read more »The Sickening Truth About Today’s Football
£100m for a player. £500k a week. Where’s it all going to end? Here, hopefully. But sadly, we all know that something along similar (and even more obscene) lines will…
Read more »Everton 1-1 Arsenal – English Premier League – 28 January 2009 – Live Blog
Updated:Everton (Cahill 61′) 1-1 Arsenal (Van Persie 90′ + 2) Stadium: Goodison Park Competition: English Premier League Date: 28 January 2009 Kickoff: 20:00 GMT, 15:00 ET Arsenal snatched a last-minute…
Read more »Top Ten Free Kick Specialists Of All Time
Updated:Cast your mind back to Saturday August 15th 1998. Manchester United were kicking off their season with a home game against Leicester City and one David Beckham was making the…
Read more »Transfer Rumors (26 Jan 09): Robbie Keane to leave Liverpool?, Tottenham sign a pair, Bundesliga leaders after Manchester United’s Tevez, and more
We’re into the final week of the January transfer window, and there are several signings to report on today. Nothing big, but the least attention-grabbing ones can have the biggest…
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