Match Fixing in Football | UEFA and Interpol investigate
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…
Champions League and UEFA Cup Format Changes
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…
England 2-3 Croatia, England not going to Euro 2008
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…
A Soccerlens News Update
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…
What do Casillas, Torres, Ronaldo, Beckham, and Alan Smith have in common?
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…
Arsenal 2-2 Manchester United, 3 Nov 2007
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…
SquadGod Week 11
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….
How Big is Your Pitch?
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…
Pakistan and Football
Pakistan lost 0-7 to Iraq at home in their World Cup qualifier last night. Despite the humiliating scoreline, the result will barely register as a blip in Pakistan (heck, I…
Steven Gerrard the Hypocrite
Liverpool captain, Liverpool legend, England vice-captain (and legend-in-making) and the standard-bearer of English morality and ethical behavior, one Steven Gerrard, has many fans. Indeed, despite his insistence that ‘people like…
Writing Competition Winners
The winner of the 1st Soccerlens Writing Competition has been decided. You can read all 40 entries here – I’d like at least half of the submitters to guest blog…
SquadGod Week 9: An Ode To Crap Managers
What does your fantasy football team and England have in common?
Is Steve McClaren Good Enough To Manage England?
Why have the FA backed Steve McClaren when the former assistant manager has almost failed his objective of qualifying for Euro 2008 (and must rely on Israel to beat Russia…
Taxi for McClaren?
How many of you think that England’s defeat to Russia was the result of Steve McClaren’s tactical ineptitude and an acute inability to motivate his players? There’s talk of blaming…
MatchHotels.com – Review
Many football fans don’t get to go to as many away games that they would like to- either because of the cost (who wants to spend that much money on…
