Articles By Ahmed Bilal (1013)

Manchester United v Tottenham preview | Fergie sticks both feet into Liverpool | Manchester City fans must show their class

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Apr 11 2023

In today’s Manchester United roundup – can Tottenham cause an upset, Fergie sticks it into Liverpool and Manchester City fans will need to behave themselves at Old Trafford.

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Should the African Cup of Nations be rescheduled for the summer?

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 28 2012

If you didn’t know better, you’d think that this African Cup of Nations was a sneaky bastard. How dare it creep up on the Premier League clubs without them finding…

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England World Cup 2010 Qualification Fixtures

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Jan 6 2022

The draw for the 2010 World Cup is here. Fixtures will be up shortly. When England’s 2010 World Cup qualifying group was announced, one tabloid headline – “Oh No! It’s…

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All Premier League Transfers in January 2008

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Dec 23 2021

Following tradition (we’ve been tracking Premier League transfers ever since Soccerlens started), here’s a full (and regularly updated) list of transfers in and out of the English Premier League. January…

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Divining Liverpool’s future from Hicks’s interview

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 28 2012

Not having read the SI interview in full (mind you, 99.99% people haven’t, they’re just commenting on the excerpts from it), I think it’s easy to see how the media…

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Phil O’Donnell – Motherwell Captain – Dies

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 28 2012

Motherwell captain Phil O’Donnell has died after collapsing towards the end of his side’s Scottish Premier League game against Dundee United.

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England Qualify For Euro 2008 After All

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Aug 4 2022

GameBasics are Soccerlens advertisers and partners – to advertise your website on Soccerlens, get started here. After many protests, UEFA finally saw the light, and allowed a do-over in the…

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Match Fixing in Football | UEFA and Interpol investigate

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 28 2012

Do you think that the results of football matches can be rigged? Match fixing in sporting competitions (thanks to the money involved – welcome to the dark side of sports…

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Champions League and UEFA Cup Format Changes

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 28 2012

The Champions League qualification format has been changed (for the 2009-2012 period), the Champions League final has been shifted to a Saturday (thank god), the Intertoto Cup has been abolished…

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England 2-3 Croatia, England not going to Euro 2008

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Jan 6 2022

Watch England v Croatia live online. England 2-3 Croatia – and England are now out of Euro 2008. Full-Time Report: The dissection can be spared for tomorrow morning (honestly, nothing…

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A Soccerlens News Update

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Apr 10 2023

By now, most of you have heard about ‘Football Media’ – the network of sites we’re building. Today’s post covers the launch of two new blogs in the FM network…

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What do Casillas, Torres, Ronaldo, Beckham, and Alan Smith have in common?

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Apr 7 2023

According to Bobby Boswell, they’re all mingers. Jokes apart, props to the gang at Kickette for snagging Bobby Boswell of DC United for an interview, I’m an idiot for missing…

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Arsenal 2-2 Manchester United, 3 Nov 2007

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Mar 11 2011

Get the latest Manchester United vs Arsenal news. Arsenal 2-2 Manchester United – Gallas own-goal, Fabregas, Ronaldo, Gallas. Phew. Fantastic second half, the game kept building up and just exploded…

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SquadGod Week 11

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 29 2012

15 hours (or so) to go before gameweek 11 starts on SL fantasy football, so if you haven’t checked in and made the changes, now’s the time to do so….

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How Big is Your Pitch?

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Apr 5 2023

Chris over at EPLTalk has paid someone to put together a list of the pitch sizes in the Premier League – not to be confused with other metrics of measuring…

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