Charlie Rhodes
Sports Editor
2007/2008 Premier League Team Of The Season
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 5 2022It’s that time of the season when the player of the season awards start being handed out. It’s also the time of the season when us fans argue about who…
Chelmsford City would do well to remember the past as they look to the future
Charlie Rhodes • Feb 28 2012While Colchester United prepare for the life in League One and Dagenham struggling at the wrong end of League 2, one club in Essex is on up the up. Chelmsford…
Championship players dare not get promoted
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 5 2022What a shame it was to see Derby County concede six at home to Aston Villa over the weekend. I’m sure Villa fans and probably all of Derby’s local rivals…
La Liga Week 32: Real Madrid within sight of the winning post
Charlie Rhodes • Apr 11 2023Real Madrid moved another step closer to their 31st La Liga title with an uninspiring 1-0 victory over relegation bound Murcia. Barcelona have more or less said adios to their…
Ronaldinho One Step Closer To AC Milan?
Charlie Rhodes • Feb 28 2012Once the world’s most feared attacker, injuries and a drastic loss of form have Ronaldinho a shadow of his former self. For a long time, Ronaldinho has been widely rumoured…
Weekend Predictions: Real to wrap up title, Roma to close in on Inter, Arsenal to upset United and more
Charlie Rhodes • Apr 10 2023This can be a difficult time of the season for strong recommendations as title hopes evaporate; teams get lost in mid-table mediocrity with little to play for and those resigned…
Is football more important than life and death?
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 5 2022“It’s just a game. Twenty-two stupid men chasing a ball around a pitch.” We’ve all heard it said. In fact, when our team have lost a game we have even…
Weekend Predictions: Tottenham, United and City to lose, Arsenal, Newcastle & Liverpool to win
Charlie Rhodes • Jul 28 2022Soccerlens welcomes odds man Gerry McDonnell for another round of playing offside, general debauchery and betting scams…although there is no evidence to suggest that Gerry McDonnell was involved in a…
North American Roundup: MLS teams knocked out of Champions Cup, New England wins, and a new MLS team finds their roots
Charlie Rhodes • Feb 28 2012In the past couple of days: •The Mexican league continued its commanding dominance in the Champions Cup — the most finalists in the history of the competition with thirty-two, twenty-three…
Help me, I’m a Watford supporter
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 5 2022One of the many privileges of being a football writer is that occasionally you can be totally self indulgent and write something just to get it off your chest. Today…
Why Celtic and Rangers should stay in the SPL
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 4 2022The recent debate over whether or not Welsh FA members Cardiff City should be allowed to compete in the UEFA Cup should they win the (English) FA Cup should have…
Fifa set aside £400m contigency fund for South Africa 2010
Charlie Rhodes • Dec 21 2021A few weeks ago, the U.S. economy was rocked with the downfall of $20 billion company Bear Stearns. Americans hear worrying news reports on the state of the economy on…
U.S. Soccer School Affiliates with Italian Powerhouse ACF Fiorentina
Charlie Rhodes • Apr 10 20239 April 2008 For Immediate Release For further information, contact: Lisa Cherubini 703.477.6590 [email protected] U.S. Soccer School Affiliates with Italian Powerhouse ACF Fiorentina Great Falls, VA – AC Cugini Scuola…
Cardiff deserve better from the English FA
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 16 2012When the full-time whistle blew at Wembley on Sunday afternoon and Cardiff City booked their place in an FA Cup final for the first time in 81 years there was…
Football bosses are hypocrites over dodgy ref decisions
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 16 2012It always amuses me how football managers can have selective eye sight when decisions either go for or against their respective teams during big games. There is no doubting that…