Ahmed Bilal
Sports Editor
Premier League TV, Premier League Online and Football Fans
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 22 2012Last week Barclays Premier League sent out formal invitations to broadcasters interested in bidding for the next round of Premier League TV rights for the 2010-2011 to 2012-2013 seasons. With…
Boxing Day Predictions: Tottenham, Liverpool, United to win, Arsenal, Newcastle, City to lose and more
Ahmed Bilal • Dec 29 20082008 has been a remarkable season for English football. Richest league (and club) world. Best player in the world. An all-English Champions League final. English World Champions. England topping their…
Arsenal lose Fabregas for 4 months, who will Wenger sign / appoint captain?
Ahmed Bilal • Dec 26 2008Cesc Fabregas was injured in Arsenal’s home draw against Liverpool (he ruptured his knee ligaments in a challenge with Xabi Alonso) and while initial estimates put the time out at…
Arsenal to beat Liverpool, Manchester United goals, Chelsea face the crunch and the magic of European football
Ahmed Bilal • Apr 11 2023Today’s roundup is brought you by the world of mainstream football blogging. Oh, and Melissa Satta, if you’re not the literary kind. Never let it be said that Soccerlens didn’t…
Goalkeeper Gloves: Five Tips To Buying The Best Gloves For Goalkeeping
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 7 2013Should you even wear gloves while protecting the goal? Some of the greatest keepers in the world never once put on a pair of gloves, and it did not hinder…
Can Sam Allardyce save Blackburn from relegation?
Ahmed Bilal • Dec 17 2008Blackburn fans seem like a realistic lot (although I’m comparing them with Newcastle fans hence they seem downright rational), so I don’t expect them to start thinking that Big Sam…
Asia opens doors for English Premier League and Game 39
Ahmed Bilal • Dec 12 2008How times change. At the start of 2008, the footballing world rose in anger against an idea dubbed ‘Game 39‘. It would ruin the sanctity of English football, it would…
Goal.com are very confused…
Ahmed Bilal • Dec 12 2008Goal.com took great pride in its ‘exclusive‘ with Gigi Buffon’s agent which effectively trashed the British tabloid Daily Mail (deserved, of course). This is the same Goal.com that picks up…
How Argentina plans to stop its players from cheating
Ahmed Bilal • Dec 12 2008The Argentine Football Association is set to use an ‘aerosol spray’ to mark a temporary 10-yard line away from free kicks to prevent defenders from encroaching upon the free kick…
Wrapped In A Box
Ahmed Bilal • Jan 14 2022Today’s news roundup is brought to you by the ever-so-delicious Charlize Theron and her perfectly photoshopped bod. So what if they airbrush her wrinkles and cellulite away? The dream is…
New Aston Villa Blog
Ahmed Bilal • Apr 5 2023There’s a new Aston Villa blog in town called…ummm…the Aston Villa Blog. Written by the ever-entertaining Martin Banks, astonvillablog.com is now the only site I visit if I’m looking for…
Ten Good Reasons To Hate Football Players
Ahmed Bilal • Apr 5 2023Football rivalries are intense – football fans (normal, loving people in day-to-day life) take perverse pride in hating rival clubs, rival fans and rival players. Sometimes it’s just that simple…
Nike Mercurial Vapor Rosa video – ft. Franck Ribery as Pink Panther
Ahmed Bilal • Nov 15 2011Nike’s Mercurial Vapor IVs have been one of the hottest football boots this year (from the original IVs to the Euro 08 edition, and now Nike have released a new…
William Gallas exposes Arsenal to more bad press, Wenger must take action
Ahmed Bilal • Nov 21 2008I came across these comments by William Gallas and was amused / concerned. A couple of things came to mind:
Alex Ferguson v Arsene Wenger: Character, Talent and Consistency
Ahmed Bilal • Nov 24 2008Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger are the two longest-serving managers in the English Premier League. In a competition where even the highest achievers are dismissed after 3 years, their…