Ahmed Bilal
Sports Editor
Beach balls and blimps – Manchester United fans plan to heap more misery on Liverpool
Ahmed Bilal • Oct 20 2009So 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
Ahmed Bilal • Dec 31 2021There’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
Ahmed Bilal • Jan 8 2022In 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
Ahmed Bilal • Oct 14 2009The 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
Ahmed Bilal • Apr 11 2023The 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?
Ahmed Bilal • Oct 6 2009Update: 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
Ahmed Bilal • Sep 15 2009Just 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
Ahmed Bilal • Sep 15 2009Emmanuel 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…
Manchester City 4-2 Arsenal – Match Verdict and Goal Videos
Ahmed Bilal • Sep 15 2009Today’s City v Arsenal game confirmed what we already knew about certain players and, in context of the starts made by the two sides this season, gave us a fair…
England squad for Slovenia and Croatia games
Ahmed Bilal • Jan 6 2022Watch England v Croatia live here. The England squad for the international break (a friendly against Slovenia on Saturday, September 5 and the World Cup qualifier against Croatia on Wednesday,…
Ferguson on Eduardo – I’d have done the same as Arsene Wenger
Ahmed Bilal • Sep 4 2009Speaking to the press on Thursday at UEFA’s elite coaches forum, Alex Ferguson agreed that something has to be done to eradicate diving from the game and that UEFA took…
Chelsea banned from making transfers till January 2011 over Kakuta case
Ahmed Bilal • Sep 3 2009FIFA have banned Chelsea from signing new players for the next two transfer periods (that is, the January 2010 and Summer 2010 transfer windows). This comes as part of a…
Has Rafa Benitez Quit Liverpool?
Ahmed Bilal • Dec 10 2021No he hasn’t. Of course he hasn’t. My apologies for leading you to think that he had. However, it does help me draw attention to this accurate depiction (comic below)…
Football Manager 2010 Preview – New Features & Release Date
Ahmed Bilal • Aug 17 2009Football Manager 2010 will be released on October 30th, 2009. New features to be included in FM 2010: Polish – a year of polish, making the game faster, more immersive,…
Fifa 2010 Trailer | Fifa 2010 Preview
Ahmed Bilal • Aug 6 2009The official FIFA 2010 Trailer – with actual in-game footage, was recently released by EA Sports. FIFA 2010 is scheduled for release on 2 October 2009 – watch the Fifa…