Roma 1-3 Juventus – Goals

Juventus romped to a 3-1 away win against Roma on Sunday thanks to a brace from Diego and a goal from Melo. Earlier De Rossi had equalised for Roma and…

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Real Madrid 3-2 Deportivo – Goals

Real Madrid’s Galacticos 2.0 kicked off the season with a nervy 3-2 win over Deportivo La Coruna. Madrid went ahead twice only to be pegged back both times by La…

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Tuesdays have never been so exciting in football

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Tuesdays have never been so exciting. Even the institution that is the UEFA Champions League and the subsequent “Champions Tuesdays” fanfare it precipitated hasn’t managed to turn a day of…

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Seven Days in August – how things change in Milan

What a difference a week makes. Seven days ago it was the red and black side of Milan who were flush with optimism, stunned at a reversal in fortunes that…

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Round 4 Australian A-League Roundup

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Round 4 of the Hyundai A-League wrapped up yesterday, with the round producing some mixed and surprising results. Adelaide United vs North Queensland Fury Hindmarsh Stadium 10,733 3-3 10,733 people…

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Axel Witsel tackle – Marcin Wasylewski leg break

The eagerly anticipated weekend game between Anderlecht and Standard Liege will be remembered for all the wrong reasons after a tackle from Axel Witsel on Anderlecht’s Polish defender Marcin Wasilewski…

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Chelsea have the early edge as Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool stutter

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While it is far too early to make any sort of valid title predictions based on the limited premier league action served up thus far, it is fair to say…

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Pacific Northwest expansion will take MLS to the next level

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Football is much more than just a sport. It is nothing without its history and traditions, its routine and habits, or its passion and drama. The sport establishes its roots…

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Valencia: Football Club or Soap Opera?

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Following Valencia Club de Futbol has always been a rollercoaster ride. Crazy managers, amazing strikers, bad players being paid too much, good players being paid too little, shock wins and…

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Transfer Rumors (28 August 09): Everton swoop for Dutch star Heitinga, Tottenham to swap Jenas for Inter’s Muntari, West Ham land Diamanti, and more

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As we gear up for another exciting weekend of football action, it’s also time to gear up for the end of the summer transfer window. With the hours steadily ticking…

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United v Arsenal, Barcelona v Shakhtar, Milan v Inter and more

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The football community is abuzz with last Tuesday’s unexpected episode of hooliganism at Upton Park, the Championship League draw, and some excellent football matches this weekend. There’s also the ‘over-the-top’…

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Arsenal head to Old Trafford all Gunners blazing

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After surprisingly struggling in matches against Birmingham and Burnley, and unconvincingly-yet-convincingly beating Wigan, Manchester Utd ‘welcome’ Arsenal to Old Trafford for an early-season titan clash. All the Gunners are blazing in the Premier League so far, comfortably winning their opening games, scoring a staggering ten goals and conceding only two as they continue to shame their pre-season critics. That’s obviously ignoring the five goals that Arsene Wenger’s men put past Celtic en route to Champions League qualification.

Four competitive games, a measly 3 goals against and an astonishing 15 goals in that oh-so-important ‘F’ column. So who’s the key man? Well, sadly for Sir Alex, it’s Arsene. Wenger has changed the Arsenal formation to a fluid 4-3-3 system, so Fergie can forget plans of wafting Van Persie’s socks under Vidic’s nostrils – everyone in an Emirates stamp is filling his boots…

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Soccerlens Podcast: The Champions League draw, La Liga set for takeoff and Bayern Munich are rubbish!

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This article refers to an earlier version of the Champions League draw. Go to the latest Champions League draw article. On the second episode of a new season of the Soccerlens Podcast, Stephen Darwin…

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Fantasy Football Week 3: Who’s in your team?

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“Do you lose points for an own goal????” That was the question on most people’s lips during the Liverpool v Villa game on Monday night wasn’t it? Or was that…

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AFC Champions League 09/10 Quarterfinal Preview

On the other side of the world to the eupohoria filled European Champions League, there is another ‘Champions League’. The AFC Champions League. For those of you unaware of this…

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Retro – Not always the “In” thing

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Fashion writers like to think that they have their fingers on the ever-changing pulse of the British nation, that they are armed with an intricate understanding and perception of what…

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Can Manchester United kick Arsenal out of the title race?

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The Premier League will take two weeks off for the international break (giving Wenger and Benitez another opportunity to crib about Fabregas and Torres playing for Spain) – but don’t…

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UEFA Champions League 2009-2010 – Group Stage Draw LIVEBLOG

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This article refers to an earlier version of the Champions League draw. Go to the latest Champions League draw article. The draw for the 2009-2010 UEFA Champions League group stages…

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Big spending Liverpool, Ageing Chelsea, Fearsome United and more

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Football bloggers are busy today. We have a wide array of topics on the plate, including last night’s win of Arsenal over Celtic, bitter journalists, the Champions League draw, and…

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Predict Premier League results and win big with Soccer Millionaire

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Predict weekly Premier League results and win big money. Fancy winning £1m? Of course you do. Simply predict the weekly football scores at Soccer Millionaire, and you could be moving…

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The Obsession with Youth: The Myth of ‘Zimmerframe’ Chelsea

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A look at the claims that Chelsea FC have to many aging stars to compete for the title this season, using the same statistics used to condemn the team this article shows that with age comes experience.

There is currently a stigma around players between the ages of 27 and 31 playing football at the highest level, these players are now to old and that a team full of such players is likely to struggle. As you may now have guessed I have decided to write address the lunacy regarding the use of age as a reason to discredit the current Chelsea team as contenders for the title this season.

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Bundesliga new boys put Bayern in the spotlight

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I would have thought that Franck Ribery and Franz Beckenbauer now finally agree on something. The French sensation should have been sold. Der Kaiser has watched new manager Louis van Gaal take a measly 2 points from his first 3 matches, and, following this weekend, the kings of German football are sat in a rather peasant-like 14th in the Bundesliga. Bayern lost 2-1 away to newly promoted Mainz on Saturday to register their worst start to a Bundesliga campaign since 1966, and all is not well at the Allianz…

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West Ham and Millwall remind us that hooliganism is still alive and well

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The only surprising thing about the violence at Upton Park in the Carling Cup tie between West Ham and Millwall was that anybody was surprised by it. From the moment…

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