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Washington Freedom Team Profile

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 12 2023

All images courtesy of the Washington Freedom. One of the seven new franchises for the inaugural season of Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) will kick off with a nationally televised game…

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Good Sports celebrate ten years of success

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 10 2009

The footballing schedule wasn’t the only thing the snow in Britain disrupted last week. The postponement of Eastbourne Borough’s match away at Altrincham denied the Sussex club’s manager – Garry…

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Luiz Felipe Scolari Gets Sacked, Tony Adams Does Too, Steve Bennett Runs Off at the Mouth, and more

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 11 2023

It was going to be another boring Monday, filled with weekend recaps, talk about the upcoming international ‘break,’ and some funny comments about this one thing or that. And then…

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Premier League Round 25 Winners and Losers

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 9 2009

It could be that the top four in the Premier League will consist of the usual suspects when all is said and done, but this is certainly fun while it’s…

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A Wasted Weekend in London, Super Nando Strikes Again, The Jack Warner Effect, and more

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 5 2023

Where’d the weekend go? If you find it, tell it that it needed to stay a little longer. But gone quickly as it may have been, it was an excellent…

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Tottenham 0-0 Arsenal – English Premier League – 8 February 2009 – Live Blog

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Aug 3 2022

This article refers to an older Arsenal-Tottenham game. For the most recent Arsenal-Tottenham game, click here. Tottenham v. Arsenal Stadium: White Hart Lane, England Competition: English Premier League Date: 8…

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Win a chance to meet and train with the Chelsea football team

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 7 2009

Train Like A Football Star If football, to you, is more than just a game of overgrown children running amok in a playground spitting on each other, if it’s a…

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Lovin’ It, Platini Sounds Off, Munich Remembered, and more

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 21 2012

Yesterday, those who are tired of Andrei Arshavin. Today, long-suffering Newcastle fans. Love it!

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Football Fork – May 1996 – Keegan’s mind-games spur Newcastle to the title

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 10 2023

Was the failure to capture the 1995/6 Premiership having at one stage enjoyed a 12 point lead the beginning of the end for the Newcastle dream and Kevin Keegan’s managerial…

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Getting to Know Andrei/Andrey/Andriy, Premier League Strikes It Rich, Leo Messi Does Too, and more

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 11 2023

I won’t delve too deeply into my personal life, because that’d be going well past the point of ‘too much information,’ which I may be crossing anyway, but I will…

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Rangers Are For Life, Not Just Glamour Friendlies

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 6 2009

45,197 last night at the bounce game. I for one am on record as saying that I have given up friendlies as you get nothing out of them but an…

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There are Known Knowns, there are Unknown Unknowns and there are New Signings

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 10 2023

So, that was the mid-season transfer window that was. How was it for you? Frankly, it bored the arse off me. Time was when my first port of call on…

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10 Reasons to be Optimistic About World Cup 2010, February 2009 WAG of the Month, John Terry’s Twin, and more

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 10 2023

So what do I do with myself now that there’s no transfer craziness for another four months?

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January 2009 Transfer Lists

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Dec 23 2021

The January 2009 transfer window is set to close on Monday, and as has been the case throughout January, Soccerlens is your one-stop shop for everything transfers. Along with providing…

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Relegation for administration: The Conference gets tough

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Aug 3 2009

Desperate times, they say, call for desperate measures. The Conference (Blue Square Premier) hasn’t quite reached desperation yet but, given the amount of clubs in the league who are struggling…

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