Charlie Rhodes
Sports Editor
Arsenal and Liverpool’s Champions League Situation, Or: Waiting for the Milan Teams…
If one looks as this week-end’s results, the double header pitting Serie A vs. EPL teams in the UEFA Champions League’s First knock-out round this week, really doesn’t bid well…
La Liga Week 24: Barcelona cut Real Madrid’s lead to five points
Football Club Barcelona’s win at Zaragoza has pulled them back to within five points of Real Madrid who lost for the third time this season in Andalucia. This time it…
Serie A Week-End ‘Big Match’: Juventus Beat Roma in Turin, Pull Closer to Second Spot
Fly, little bird, fly.. high in the Serie A sky. That little bird my friends, is Inter Milan, who thanks to the defeat of Roma at the hands of Juventus,…
Paolo Maldini, Il Capitano, 1000 Games for AC Milan and Italy
Image courtesy of Eddie Marles and AC Milan. Last Saturday night in Parma (0 x 0), the legendary AC Milan captain, Paolo Maldini, celebrated his 1000th appearance for club and…
A Blueprint For Youth Football Training
Soccerlens is proud to welcome Mark Carter, Director of Ministry of Football, as a guest columnist. How can we help create players who can invent the future of the game?…
Interview with John Koskinen, President of the United States Soccer Foundation in Washington, D.C.
Images courtesy of John Koskinen and the USSF. Please note: The majority of this interview previously appeared in AC Cugini Calcio Connection, and was republished, with a few changes and…
FA Cup, Serie A, Ligue 1 – Three Classic Matches for this Football Week-End
Weeks during which we can find simultaneous quality fixtures are rare in any sport, but it would be fair to say that this year, the month of February has been…
Lorrie Fair – Web Chat Transcript After Chelsea Move
In case you didn’t catch the USA Womens football star Lorrie Fair conducting a webchat on Tuesday, following her high profile move to Chelsea in England, here is a transcript…
Ronaldo Injured 9-12 Months, Draw and Heartbreak for Rossoneri (Milan 1-1 Livorno, Serie A Matchday 16)
Bad luck just seems to never end for Ronaldo. The first reports, released by SkySports just after the game, seem to suggest the Brazilian striker’s left knee suffered a crack…
Southgate v Woodgate, Middlesbrough v Tottenham – Who Has More Ambition?
When Jonathan Woodgate recently departed Middlesbrough for Tottenham in an £8million deal he could not help himself in having a pop, not only at his former boss Gareth Southgate, but…
Giovanni Trapattoni – The Republic of Ireland Opens the Trap Door
Image courtesy of the FAI. Giovanni Trapattoni, who will be 69 years of age in March, was named on 13 February 2008 as the new manager of the Republic of…
Tony Mowbray – Destined For Greatness?
In Hugo Steckelmacher’s second of his profiles on great English managing prospects in the Football League, he looks at the playing and managerial career of Middlesbrough great Tony Mowbray. When…
Tanked-Up Underwater Imaging of Dahab, Egpyt: Diving and Interactive Football Maps
Images courtesy of Martin Little and Tanked Up Underwater Imaging. A few months ago, I was searching the Web for a site that listed football web sites by countries. Lo…
Liverpool v Inter Milan – Champions League 2nd Round Preview
Update – Second Leg Preview: Internazionale v Liverpool – Reds and Nerazurri prepare to paint San Siro with the colours of Europe. Update – First Leg Match Reports: ‘Inter have…
Porto v Schalke 04 – 07/08 Champions League 2nd Round Preview
Four years ago, FC Porto won their second European Cup title by defeating Monaco 3-0 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, where ‘The Special One’ cemented his place as one of Europe’s top…