Charlie Rhodes
Sports Editor
Will Brazil make it six of the best in South Africa?
Charlie Rhodes • Dec 7 2021Five times World Cup winners, Brazil, head to South Africa looking to confirm their position as the best international team in World football by winning the World Cup for a…
New Zealand midfielder Tim Brown Hoping For A Speedy Recovery
Charlie Rhodes • May 26 2010Tim Brown, the combative All Whites midfielder, has arrived back in Auckland today after his colleagues departed for Austria in preparation for the World Cup. Brown suffered a fractured shoulder during the…
Sol Campbell ‘Seriously Considering’ Celtic Switch
Charlie Rhodes • May 26 2010Veteran Arsenal centre-back Sol Campbell has revealed that he is in talks with Celtic over a move north of the border. Campbell has reportedly been offered a twelve-month extension to…
Arsenal Chairman Peter Hill-Wood: ‘No Offers For Cesc Fabregas Yet’
Charlie Rhodes • May 25 2010Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood has revealed he is ‘very surprised’ that the club are yet to receive a bid from Barcelona for their talismanic captain ‘Cesc Fabregas. The Spanish midfielder…
All Whites can take positives from last gasp defeat
Charlie Rhodes • May 25 2010Austalia 2 – 1 New Zealand. Much was made before the game (in some small part by me) of the ‘no holds barred’ attitude that New Zealand would have for this fixture….
Spanish clubs want Real and Barcelona to play fair over television income
Charlie Rhodes • May 25 2010Speculation has mounted over the years of a possible strike by top Spanish clubs in The Primera Division over a financial debacle that is threatening a war between the football…
Podcast: Jose Mourinho, Blackpool and England’s best XI
Charlie Rhodes • May 24 2010The Soccerlens Podcast returns for an end-of-season wrap for European football with Adrian Clarke & Iain Spragg. With Iain baked back from his vacation and Adrian fresh off of playing…
Soccerlens Review: The 09/10 Season
Charlie Rhodes • May 24 2010The 2009/2010 football season has been a rollercoaster ride of thrills, spills and tragi-comic falls as it builds up to the summer’s main event, the World Cup. The memory of…
Jose Mourinho To Kickstart Real Madrid Revolution With £25m Ashley Cole Raid?
Charlie Rhodes • May 24 2010Jose Mourinho is reportedly planning to test Ashley Cole‘s commitment to Chelsea by offering the England left-back the chance to team up with his former manager at Real Madrid. Mourinho…
Champions League Review 09/10
Charlie Rhodes • May 24 2010Soccerlens looks at the 2009/2010 Champions League season, from the format changes to the upsets, sublime attacking performances and their masterful tactical counterbalances, and of course, destiny.
Review: World Cup 2010 Indispensable Geopolitics
Charlie Rhodes • Apr 5 2023Buy: “World Cup 2010: The Indispensable Guide to Soccer and Geopolitics” by Steven D. Stark and Harrison Stark ISBN: 978-0-9819289-4-4 “It’s been said that Americans learn about world affairs and…
U.S. Soccer Report: Notes from the Nats’ first week of practice
Charlie Rhodes • May 23 2010So the Yanks reported on Monday, practiced for the first time together Wednesday, and Landon decided to go all Oprah on us. Interesting week. Let’s take a peek inside. –…
Internazionale conquer Europe as Mourinho bids farewell
Charlie Rhodes • May 23 2010Jose Mourinho is set to leave Internazionale after masterminding their 2-0 victory over Bayern Munich last night thanks to a Diego Milito brace. The 47 year old has guided The…
Neville, Scholes and Giggs: Death By A Thousand Cuts
Charlie Rhodes • May 23 2010It is with some distain, if not total consternation, that I observe the clichéd comments of the media, rival fans, and (most of all) my fellow Manchester United fans in…
Championship Play-Off Final Preview: Blackpool Vs Cardiff
Charlie Rhodes • Jul 29 2020The following article refers to the 2010 Championship playoff final. See the latest Championship Playoff Final preview here. Blackpool vs Cardiff City 2010 Championship Play-off Final Saturday 22nd May 2010…