Articles By Ahmed Bilal (646)

Arsenal 3rd, Tottenham 10th, Newcastle still crap, West Ham relegated? What’s the right result?

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 29 2012

Throughout the 2006/2007 season we kept talking about poor refereeing decisions and how they were costing teams valuable points. And from the whining / ranting of the managers, you’d have…

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Manchester United’s old guard must be changed

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 19 2012

The older players have played a massive hand in helping Manchester United to their 9th Premiership, but it’s time that they are phased out.

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Manchester United’s kids are better than yours

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 29 2012

The season’s over, we bottled it at the San Siro and Wembley but Liverpool bottled it at Athens AND we’re league champions, so there’s some balance in the Universe this…

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Liverpool 1-2 AC Milan, Champions League Final 2007

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 29 2012

Update: Read the Liverpool view on the CL final The match drove home some key truths for Rafa Benitez, Liverpool and most importantly, their new owners. One, in Rafael Benitez…

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Football Headlines: 21 May 2007

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 29 2012

After a fashionably long break (caused by the topsy-turvy emotions of heartbreaks, winning a title and moving from one city to another), the headlines column is back. Yay… You might…

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Transfers update: Ribery / Hargreaves / Owen / Nani

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 29 2012

With the season over for Manchester United, fans can now look forward to new signings and the possibility of a major coup. Unfortunately, it’s too soon to talk about big…

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Manchester United 0-1 Chelsea – 2007 FA Cup Final

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 28 2012

Chelsea 1-0 Manchester United, Saturday, 19 May, 1500 BST, Wembley. This is the official match coverage – for the unofficial, biased preview, read this. Match Report Match videos after this…

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Will you jerk off to save the world?

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 19 2012

Here’s an interesting news tidbit surrounding the 2007 FA Cup final – the Guardian reports that (I’m paraphrasing this): “Fans at the final will eat a shitload of food, drink…

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2007-2008 Premiership Club Kits

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 29 2012

Every year football fans are running around, trying to figure out what the new kit for the next season for their club is going to be. To make the process…

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Newcastle United are hurting, and it’s their own fault

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 28 2012

I’m sorry, but there’s nothing remotely romantic about Newcastle’s current plight – they are in a mess, and it’s of their own choosing (the management and club, not the fans).

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Everton 2007/2008 Home Kit

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 29 2012

The Everton 2007/2008 home kit was launched on 31 May 2007.

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Why would Steve Sidwell reject Newcastle and sign for Chelsea?

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 22 2012

If the media is to be believed, Steve Sidwell is bound to show up as a Chelsea player on a Bosman by the end of next week. This raises the…

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West Ham’s troubles with Wigan and Sheffield United are far from over

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 29 2012

What do we really know about this whole Tevez / Mascherano / MSI mess?

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Manchester United’s best 5 games this season

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 29 2012

It’s hard to gloat when your team has been embarrassed in the semi-finals of the Champions League and you still have an FA Cup final to play. But over the…

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