Articles By Ahmed Bilal (1011)

5 Things You Didn’t Know About The New Manchester City

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Sep 15 2009

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…

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Crazy Arsenal fan burns his Adebayor shirt

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Sep 15 2009

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…

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Manchester City 4-2 Arsenal – Match Verdict and Goal Videos

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Sep 15 2009

Today’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…

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England squad for Slovenia and Croatia games

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Jan 6 2022

Watch 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,…

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Ferguson on Eduardo – I’d have done the same as Arsene Wenger

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Sep 4 2009

Speaking 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…

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Chelsea banned from making transfers till January 2011 over Kakuta case

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Sep 3 2009

FIFA 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…

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Has Rafa Benitez Quit Liverpool?

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Dec 10 2021

No 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)…

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Football Manager 2010 Preview – New Features & Release Date

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Aug 17 2009

Football 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,…

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Fifa 2010 Trailer | Fifa 2010 Preview

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Aug 6 2009

The 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…

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Footbo Blogging Contest

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Aug 12 2009

Our friends over at Footbo have teamed up with Sony Ericsson (South Africa 2010 sponsors) to bring you a very lucrative offer: Write an article on any topic in football,…

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United pull an Arsenal, Gerrard case shines light on Liverpool fans and lots more

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Apr 11 2023

As we amble through the ‘most amazing transfer season ever’, drunk on the memories of the ‘closest title race ever’ from last season and looking forward to what surely must…

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Are today’s football boots ‘too safe’?

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Jan 14 2022

Our friends over at Footy Boots are holding their annual football boots awards – and if you’re keen on football shoes then take out a few minutes, vote on the…

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Fiorentina want Arsenal’s Eboue plus cash for 21m rated Felipe Melo

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Jul 4 2009

Fiorentina have asked for Emmanuel Eboue plus cash for Arsenal to bring Confederations Cup winner Felipe Melo to the Emirates. Felipe Melo recently signed a one-year contract extension at Fiorentina…

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Manchester United sign Michael Owen – the good, the bad and the insane

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Jul 3 2009

It’s official – Manchester United have signed the 29 year old, former Liverpool and Real Madrid striker and free agent Michael Owen on a two year contract. The whole world…

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Fifa 2010 Preview – Gameplay Video

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Jul 3 2009

Here’s a look at a teaser video made for Fifa 10:

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