MLS considering “Beckham Rule” change?
Not so long ago, David Beckham’s move to LA Galaxy would not even have been possible. It was facilitated by a change in Major League Soccer’s rules. Tim Leiweke, the…
Ligue 1 Preview – Bordeaux, Marseille and Lyon’s Summer of Love
What a difference a year makes. Against odds, FC Bordeaux dethroned Ligue 1’s 7 time consecutive champions Lyon to lift the Ligue 1 trophy. With 12 wins on the trot…
The Championship 2009/10 Season Preview
Soccerlens’ Football League preview reaches its climax ahead of the big kick-off this weekend, with The Championship playing a starring role. There’s plenty of big names battling it out for…
Revealed- the new stars of Ligue Un
With Lyon finally knocked off their lofty perch by Laurent Blanc’s fantastically well drilled Bordeaux side last season, there is a feeling that this season’s Ligue Un title race might…
Premier League Fantasy Football Game
If the Premier League was an ice cream, it would lick itself. That’s a fact. The money swishing around the self-proclaimed “Greatest League on Earth” has given the English top…
Do you remember when Newcastle were still good?
It has been easy to laugh at Newcastle United in recent months, not that it makes it right of course. From Kevin Keegan’s typically sudden departure, the frankly ridiculous resurrection…
Transfer Rumors (6 August 09): Liverpool replace new Real man Alonso with Roma’s Aquilani, Man City to tie up Lescott deal today, Tottenham close on Newcastle’s Bassong, and more
An A for an A, a tooth for a tooth? Excuse the weak comment there, but it is early, so I won’t be at my cleverest for another few hours…
League One 2009/2010 Season Preview
We’re now over halfway through Soccerlens’ full season preview ahead of the big League kickoff this weekend. Today we’re up to League 1, which contains fallen ex-Premier League teams Leeds,…
Five Reasons why Football is better than Formula One
Where I come from, there tends to be two kinds of boys. Car boys and football boys. You can like both of course, but essentially you know at some point…
The 10 Hottest Serie A Transfers
Once upon a time, Italian football was the centre of the universe. As recently as the turn of the decade, Serie A was the preferred destination for pretty much all…
10 Reasons why Football is better than Cricket
You might not know it as you zip up your coat to brave the rain and the wind, but summer is here in England. And that means one thing. Cricket….
Revealed- The 10 newboys set to light up the Bundesliga
It will be hard for the Bundesliga to live up to expectations following last season’s dramatic, and truly eventful, feast. But already the biggest sides in Germany are preparing to…
League Two 2009/2010 Season Preview
Soccerlens continues its full season preview of the English Football League, as we move up from the Conference to League Two, which promises to be tighter than than Cheryl Cole’s…
Bundesliga 09/10 Season Preview
A couple of more days and the new Bundesliga season will be in full swing. I waited too long this summer, already got used to last year’s shorter summer period…
10 for 2010: Ten Dark Horses for England’s World Cup Squad
Watch live World Cup matches here. With less than a year to go until the World Cup, England are sitting pretty in their World Cup qualification group. With qualification all…
