Articles By Ahmed Bilal (1013)

Manchester United 4-2 Everton (match discussion and videos)

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 19 2012

Well, you can’t say United don’t have heart – actually, while this win has been a gift from Ian Turner and Phil Neville, credit to the side for the way…

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Football Headlines – 28 April 2007

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Apr 7 2023

The daily news update was missing yesterday as I plunged headfirst into (un)wittingly offending legions of fans from Manchester City, Newcastle and Chelsea. Spurs and Arsenal fans jumped in too…

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Master Baiter Mourinho prepares for war with Manchester United

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 29 2012

It’s hard not to laugh at Jose Mourinho’s comments, and it’s equally hard not to get angry at them. He has, single handedly, managed to piss off more people than…

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Thinking about David James

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 27 2012

David James has many nicknames; ‘Calamity James’ is the most famous, but with his frequent hairstyle changes titles such as ‘the man with the afro plan’, ‘ginger afro’ and other…

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What do you get when you give a Newcastle fan a blog?

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 27 2012

How do you introduce a new blog about a club you enjoy making fun off?

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Football Headlines: 25 April 2007

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Dec 24 2021

No, I haven’t gone away – just changed the timings. I’ll be putting out the headlines in the evening so as to catch all the news (earlier, doing the piece…

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Manchester United can win in Milan

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 24 2012

I don’t need to tell you how great last night’s game at Old Trafford was. The early goal, the second-half comeback, Scholesy’s audacious flick – perhaps his only meaningful contribution…

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Vote for this season’s the best Newcastle player

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 27 2012

The season’s coming to an end and for Newcastle, it couldn’t come any sooner. Even the valiant draw against Chelsea was bittersweet – the squad’s fight tempered with the realisation…

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Football Headlines: 24 April 2007

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 29 2012

Champions League semi finals today and tomorrow, so luckily we’ll be spared the usual riff-raff on fake transfers and what not.

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Do you have faith in Manchester United?

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 29 2012

Manchester United may be chasing 3 finals, but their first big game is tonight. Knowing that an English team will be waiting for them in the final should be a…

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Football Headlines: 23 April 2007

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 29 2012

An excellent roundup of today top headlines – no Arsenal news thankfully as Arsene Wenger goes in search for David Dein successor and Stan Kroenke tries to grab more Arsenal…

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Mourinho’s bloody wrong, that was NO Penalty (video evidence)

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 27 2012

Jose Mourinho has an interesting way of attracting attention. It works, there’s no doubt about that, but it leaves a distinctly bad taste in the mouth.

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Manchester United can beat Milan / Mourinho’s rants but is clearly wrong

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 29 2012

If Saturday was bad, Sunday was the pick-me-up Manchester United needed. Cristiano Ronaldo won the double, 8 United players are in the PFA team of the year and yes, Chelsea…

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Manchester United Sweep PFA Awards, Pick Your Team of the Season

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 29 2012

The PFA Awards were, quite frankly, crap and boring (even though they had 8 United players in their team of the season). So let’s pick our own team – but…

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Bramble saves Newcastle as Mourinho blames the gods

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 19 2012

Newcastle United 0-0 Chelsea, St James Park, 22 April 2007 Newcastle fans weren’t expecting much out of this game; shoddy defending all season has let them down more than they…

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