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Fulham v Liverpool Preview – Premier League – 31 October 2009

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Oct 30 2009

Fulham v Liverpool English Premier League Craven Cottage Saturday, 31 October 2009 Kick-off: 1500 GMT Three days after their Carling Cup exit to Arsenal, Liverpool return to the capital on…

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Episode 26: Spitting swine flu, Newcastle naming rights and Arsenal v Tottenham

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Nov 12 2009

Check out Episode 26 of the world famous Soccerlens Podcast with co-hosts Adrian Clarke and Iain Spragg. Football’s swine flu epidemic (including the dangers of spitting), the latest twist in…

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Bolton v Chelsea Preview – Premier League – 31 October 2009

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Oct 30 2009

Bolton Wanderers v Chelsea FC English Premier League Reebok Saturday, 31 October 2009 Kick-off: 1500 GMT Chelsea and Bolton face off for the second time this week, this time in…

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Manchester United v Blackburn Rovers Preview – Premier League – 31 October 2009

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 29 2012

Manchester United v Blackburn Rovers English Premier League Old Trafford Saturday, 31 October 2009 Kick-off: 1730 GMT Swine-flu and poor defending will be the talk of the day, as Manchester…

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Capello rouses Italian clubs to take power back from Ultras

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Oct 30 2009

England manager Fabio Capello breezed into the school of excellence at Coverciano on Monday with the air of authority that comes from having won everything there is in the club…

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Fantasy Football: Pick Manchester United and Aston Villa players this week

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jan 14 2022

It was a momentous week in the Premier League, as we saw Arsenal give further ammunition to those who claim they have a soft centre with a late collapse at…

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MLS Playoffs 2009: Preview

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 9 2023

Anybody casually tuning in to Major League Soccer’s Week 32 action and teetering over the great lake of MLS fandom will have jumped right in. The final week of the…

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Who Said the Serie A Wasn’t Entertaining?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Oct 29 2009

What a tumultuous ten weeks it has been. When the season kicked off, even the most Italian-friendly pundits were predicting that this season, dubbed ‘Year Zero’ by the AC Milan…

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The Real Problem

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Oct 29 2009

So a new President and around 250 million pounds later, Real Madrid find themselves in exactly the same position as they were at the end of Bernd Schuster’s ill-fated rated…

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Interview with Andy Brassell

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 21 2012

Andy Brassell, or ‘the Top Brass’ to regular World Football Phone In listeners, is a freelance football journalist, with a knowledge of European football that matches Tim ‘Vickapedia’ Vickery’s knowledge…

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Video Review: PSG and Marseille fans clash – should the game have been postponed?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Nov 3 2009

Join celebrated football pundit, author, radio show host and DJ Andy Brassell every Monday on the Soccerlens Show. This week’s episode focuses on the swine flu outbreak at Paris Saint-Germain,…

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Don’t write them off; Barcelona are still the best in Europe

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Oct 29 2009

What a shocking couple of weeks it had been for the Catalans. They have torn through all and sundry in La Liga up until their hosting of Almeria at the…

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Fabregas: there’s more pressure on Liverpool, Chelsea and City

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Oct 29 2009

Recently Arsenal FC Blog sat down with Arsenal captain and future Barcelona star (let’s admit it, it’s easier that way) Cesc Fabregas to talk about the pressure of playing several…

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Another Englishman improves his game in Spain

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Oct 26 2009

The Englishman playing abroad, hoping to do enough to catch Capello’s eye in World Cup year, David Beckham right ? Well, not necessarily. Jermaine Pennant joined La Liga side Real…

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Samp make Spaghetti out of the Bolognese

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Oct 29 2009

Franco Colomba had been waiting by the phone for what seemed like ages. Then the call came, and he said: “Yes”. He was back in the game. The Menarini family…

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