Articles By Charlie Rhodes (38036)

Liverpool 4-0 Real Madrid – UEFA Champions League – 10 March 2009 – Live Blog

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Mar 12 2009

Liverpool (Torres 16′, Gerrard pen. 28′, 47′, Dossena 88′) 4-0 Real Madrid (Liverpool wins 5-0 on aggregate) Stadium: Anfield Stadium, England Competition: UEFA Champions League Date: 10 March 2009 Kickoff:…

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Luton Town: Looking for a silver lining in a game full of pain

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Mar 12 2009

Luton Town fans could have been forgiven for deciding to give this season a miss. At the start of the season they were docked 30 points due to financial irregularities…

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Liverpool v Real Madrid Preview – Tuesday 10th March 2009 – Champions League

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Dec 7 2021

You can follow the Liverpool v Real Madrid 2nd Leg Live Blog here. Liverpool v Real Madrid Tuesday 10 March 2009, Anfield Kickoff: 19:45     Liverpool Liverpool defeated Real…

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Juventus v Chelsea Preview – Tuesday 10th March 2009 – Champions League

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Dec 7 2021

Juventus v Chelsea Tuesday 10 March 2009, Stadio Olimpico di Torino Kickoff: 19:45 Juventus Juventus lost 1-0 away to Chelsea in the first leg of the Chelsea – Juventus fixture,…

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Support for the 6+5 Rule, Ronaldo Off the Mark in Brazil, Top 15 Craziest Yellow and Red Cards, and more

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jan 10 2022

The start of a new week usually means our attentions are turned away from the frivolous and back to the serious, and if you were occupied with work (or pretending…

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Ligue 1 Review: PSG dreaming of champagne on the Champs-Élysées

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Mar 10 2009

Arithmetic took center stage with number “7” as second place PSG travelled away to ninth place Lorient this past weekend. Living up to his number jersey number, 32-year-old Ludovic Guily…

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The Bundesliga Review: The only Liverpool player with title aspirations

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Mar 10 2009

Hertha Berlin striker Andriy Voronin, on loan from Liverpool,  continued his heroics by scoring his first Bundesliga hat trick to send the Old Lady four points clear atop the Bundesliga….

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Could the 6+5 rule revive the game of football?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Mar 13 2009

Let me just nail my colours to the mast, I’m an Arsenal fan who is for the 6+5 rule, a paradox I hear you cackle. I’m a football purist and…

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Liverpool 91%, Manchester United 67%, Chelsea and Arsenal 58% sure of progressing to last eight of Champions League

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Mar 9 2009

All English clubs mathematically assured of quarterfinals If all mathematical favourites progress in the Champions League, the quarterfinals will consist of four sides from England, a club from Germany, one…

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08-09 FA Cup Semifinal Draw – Rigged or Luck?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Mar 18 2009

The FA Cup ‘draw’ is supposed to be fair (your mileage may vary) but there are times when the ties end up looking completely rigged (by man or a God…

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2009 VIVA World Cup Preview: Can Padania repeat?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 10 2023

If you haven’t heard of the VIVA World Cup, don’t worry, you’re in the majority. Started in 2006, the event was first planned to be held every two years, but…

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SL Podcast: Ep. 1, Cristiano and Steven Kiss and Make Up, Back and Forth Becks, and more

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Dec 20 2021

The weekend’s gone again, and in case you missed anything over the last few days, I’m here to catch you up.

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Liverpool take note – Atleti show up Real’s deficiencies

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Aug 3 2022

It was literally impossible to avert one’s eyes from last night’s pulsating Madrid derby anyway, but there is little doubt that Señor Rafael Benitez will have seen plenty to warm…

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Klinsmann: Staying Alive

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Mar 11 2009

Even the highest dose of “Aspirin” from pharmaceutical giants Bayer AG will do little to “Aleve” the migraines of Bayern Munich. What a difference a week makes. It was all…

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Football Legends

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Mar 11 2009

The words “legend” and “legendary” are quickly becoming two of the most overused words in the English language. In fact, fans of “How I Met Your Mother” will know that…

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