Ahmed Bilal
Sports Editor
Manchester United vs Liverpool is more than just about tradition
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 29 20122 hours to go before kickoff, and I’m itching for the game to get started. As a fan you want your team to win every match, but there a few…
Football News Roundup – October 21
Ahmed Bilal • Apr 7 2023Back with another edition of the Soccerlens Roundup – Henry as a 19-year kid, more West Ham takeover talks, the wrath of Arsenal fans, the low-key El Classico and a…
Champions League Matchday 3: Goals!
Ahmed Bilal • Apr 7 2023Hey guys… Wasn’t able to blog about the Chelsea v Barca game (fantastic play by Mourinho and his boys) and I know this is a tad bit late, but here…
Chelsea need to find balance
Ahmed Bilal • Apr 7 2023It is indicative of Chelsea’s ill reputation that Jose Mourinho’s just concerns about Petr Cech were scorned and his comments on Stephen Hunt criticised and vilified in the media.
Manchester United 3-0 Copenhagen – United motor along
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 29 2012There were constant reminders before the match that Manchester United should take this contest semi-seriously, if not pay full attention to it.
Champions League Matchday 3
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 29 2012Fixture list, previews and predictions for all 16 matches being played today and tomorrow.
Chelsea to lose Cech for several months, maybe till end of season
Ahmed Bilal • Apr 7 2023If you haven’t heard so far, Petr Cech’s injury, which needed immediate surgery for a depressed skull fracture, means that the Chelsea first-choice goalkeeper will be out of action for…
Wigan 1-3 Manchester United – Match Report
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 29 2012Ronaldo and Neville injured, Giggs not fit, United playing 4-5-1, away at the JJB Stadium, a Wigan side looking to turn their season around…not the best of omens for a…
Chelsea vs Reading – video of Cech and Cudicini injuries
Ahmed Bilal • Apr 7 2023Update: The videos in this post were uploaded on YouTube, and they were ‘removed’ by YouTube because of a DMCA complaint made by the FA Premier League. More details can…
Eriksson would never have lost against Croatia
Ahmed Bilal • Apr 7 2023A bold statement, maybe, but people forget that despite Eriksson’s failure to convert 3 quarter-final berths into something better, England under him were not prone to losing games like they…
Theo Walcott, Wenger and Arsenal’s “pretty football”
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 20 2012Being a United fan, it galls me to hear neutrals describe Arsenal as the team that plays the most beautiful football. It is at once effective and attractive in its…
Manchester United Update – Evans, Jones, Scholes & Fletcher
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 29 2012Sunday was a slow, slow news day. So slow, in fact, that Sky Sports was reporting on what Dave Whelan thought of Paul Jewell (really, should we be redefining fluff…