Articles By Charlie Rhodes (31329)

Previewing the Women’s World Cup

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 11 2023

The following article is written by Georgina Turner from Kickster.tv, a blog covering women’s football. The women’s World Cup starts in five days and chances are you know nothing about…

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Celtic 07/08 Home and Away kits

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Dec 20 2021

Scottish Premier League champions Celtic FC have both their home and away kits out for their SPL title-defense and their UEFA Champions League campaign.

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Matchday 2: Villarreal 0-5 Real Madrid

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 20 2010

This match refers to an older Villareal-Madrid game. Visit the most recent Real Madrid v Villareal match page. Real Madrid travelled to El Madrigal to face the form team of…

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La Liga Week 2: Real Madrid on top and Barcelona win their first game

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 8 2023

A superb 0-5 win at Villarreal has left Real Madrid out on their own at the top of the Spanish league. The current champions have started their defence well, being…

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Barcelona 5-0 Inter Milan

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 11 2023

Brought to you by the Barcelona blog. The team responded to the criticism by turning in a fine display to beat a lucklustre Inter Milan 5-0 in tonight’s Joan Gamper….

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Richard Scudamore and the Premier League

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 28 2012

What is it with Richard Scudamore, the Premier League’s (PL) chief executive, that makes journalists from the Mail to the Guardian so disparaging? “He does talk a lot of rubbish”…

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La Liga Week 1: Real Madrid and Sevilla win while Barca stumble and Valencia lose

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 8 2023

A quick roundup of the weekend games from La Liga, courtesy of FCBNews editor Nic.

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The Goal-line Technology Debate: A Goalkeeper’s Perspective

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 11 2023

So the FA are thinking about the need for goal-line technology after the goal that denied Fulham an equaliser against Middlesbrough on Saturday, which sort of resonated profoundly back to…

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Why Did Scott Carson leave Liverpool for Aston Villa?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 10 2023

There has been a lot of chatter in the media about Scott Carson’s 360 degree turn to head to Aston Villa, instead of joining Liverpool as understudy to Pepe Reina.

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Can Craig Gordon Shine In The Premier League?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 11 2023

So Craig Gordon has signed for The Black Cats at 40,000 pounds per week. It is a great move for a goalkeeper of his caliber. Transitions to higher levels of…

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Pat Jennings: My First Football Hero

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jan 28 2009

I can’t remember how old I was when I first became aware of Pat Jennings, but I must have been pretty young since I remember my Dad laughing at me…

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Football In Film And TV

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 11 2023

Recently I have been watching the re-runs of “Life on Mars” on BBC4. For me this is one of the best series created by the BBC in the last couple…

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Where will Sagna fit in at Arsenal?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 24 2012

RearGunner from ArseRant writes: The news that I’ve been expecting for a while has arrived – we have indeed officially signed Bacary Sagna, a move that I’ve voiced my confusion…

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Newcastle United – Ronaldinho’s chances, Milner’s example and where is Martins?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 24 2012

Here are the major news stories associated with the Newcastle club for today in no particular order of priority. We are linked with Ronaldinho in the News of the World…

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Ustari middle-fingers Manchester United and Barcelona, Signs With Getafe

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 10 2023

Ahmed…I wrote this for you, knowing that you have secretly wanted Oscar Ustari to sign with Manchester United. Well, it’s probably old news by now, but Oscar Ustari, the super…

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