‘Big Spending’ Tottenham’s transfers since summer 2008
Much has been made about Tottenham’s spending (almost £150m on transfers in the last 16 months), which presumably pushes them above the Big Four in spending and leaves them second…
Fact: Benitez will NOT get the sack from Liverpool owners
Listen to this week’s Soccerlens Podcast, where Adrian Clarke and Iain Spragg discuss Liverpool’s problems in detail, preview the Liverpool v United game and also talk about why Rafa Benitez…
Deconstructing Wenger’s trophy prediction and press reaction
Wenger says Arsenal are ready this year to compete for titles. Well, technically, he said the following: I know that we haven’t won a trophy for four years, but we…
Five Simple ‘Tests’ For Premier League Owners
Update: Portsmouth admit that interview was not fake. Last night the Guardian published a damning article quoting Portsmouth’s new owner, Ali Al Faraj, as saying that he had bought the…
The Morning After – Thoughts on United and Liverpool
The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Two of the most hyped teams in Europe after their performances last season – Barcelona and Liverpool – fell to inglorious 1-2…
Barcelona 1-2 Rubin Kazan – Goals
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Beach balls and blimps – Manchester United fans plan to heap more misery on Liverpool
So how do you smuggle a Liverpool beach ball into Anfield when they’re specifically searching fans to ‘confiscate’ these types of items? That’s the conundrum facing Manchester United fans as…
Cristiano Ronaldo ‘Attacked’ By Witch In Crafty Scam
There’s ridiculous, and then there is this. A self-proclaimed ‘witch’ is enjoying his 15 minutes of fame after making the bold claim that he had placed a ‘hex’ on Cristiano…
Glenn Hoddle Academy joins Football Manager 2010
In a PR move building up to the much-anticipated launch of Football Manager 2010 on 30th October 2009, Sports Interactive have announced that the Glenn Hoddle Academy is the final,…
Football Manager 2010 Demo
The FM 10 demo was released today and is available via Steam, direct download and torrents. Directly from SI: “The demo comes in two flavours, both “Strawberry” and “Vanilla”. The…
Watch England U21 game against Macedonia live on FA website
The Football Association will broadcast the England Under-21’s European Championship qualifier against Macedonia on Friday for free. The match will be the first England game streamed live on the FA…
Portsmouth is in shambles – time to overhaul the Premier League rules governing club ownership?
Update: Ali Al Faraj has completed his takeover of Portsmouth, acquiring a 90% stake in the club. Sulaiman Al Fahim retains a 10% share. Fool me once, shame on you….
5 Things You Didn’t Know About The New Manchester City
Just finished reading Dan Walker’s column on BBC and his account of his time spent at Eastlands during the Manchester City – Arsenal game. It’s a great article, but if…
Crazy Arsenal fan burns his Adebayor shirt
Emmanuel Adebayor evokes some interesting emotions wherever he goes. From his goal-scoring exploits for Arsenal to back-to-back interviews where he pledged allegiance to Arsenal before flirting with Barcelona, to his…
