Month: September 2006

First up – if you haven’t already, read Hugo’s writeup on who will win La Liga this season. And no, Barcelona aren’t favourites. On to the Premiership – there’s a…

Rather than engaging in idle conjecturing (sorry Ahmed — you know we love you!) about the winners of this season’s Champions League (a tournament which is about as predictable as…

Manchester United will not win the Premiership by playing beautiful football this season – first they need to find their tough attitude, their fighting spirit and most importantly, their desire…

Stick Sports, the team that brought us Stick Cricket, has jumped head-first into building a flash-based football game.

Tottenham, Newcastle, Blackburn stand on the bring of UEFA Cup group stages, while West Hap travel to Palermo facing elimination. Previews, scores, match reports and a healthy dose of Premiership…

You probably missed this bunch of news items and articles…

Barcelona stumble, Drogba runs riot and Liverpool play…well, like they always do – brilliant and frustrating in equal measures.

Match: Arsenal vs Porto (Group G) (Matchday 2) Stadium: Emirates Stadium Date: Tuesday, 26 September, 2006 Kick-off: 1945 BST, 2345 PST Referee: Stefano Farina (ITA) Few people will doubt Arsenal’s…

For all the abuse heaped on Carlos Quieroz by United fans, and for all the criticism sent Fergie’s way before (and especially after today’s match), you have to credit the…

Surprisingly, not much controversial news today, unless you’re a David Beckham fan (or a Chelsea-hater).

Chelsea fan Soupdragon takes particular offense at the vitriol thrown in Lampard’s direction by Chelsea-haters – who seem to be everywhere, especially in the media. Are you so desperately concerned…

It’s a scene out of a very horrible nightmare for me – I imagine this is how Thierry Henry fans felt when he went down (at least twice) in the…

Reading? Reading who? Not PC and definitely not respectful, but after losing out to Arsenal at Old Trafford and having a whole week to prepare quietly for the next spell…

Arsenal

You wouldn’t have expected an upset in this fixture, and for good reason. Despite recent form, Liverpool are a very good side with world-class players and Newcastle United are a…

This is followed on from yesterday’s piece on footballing myths. Last night’s BBC Panorama’s “revelations” on managers taking bribes are sadly nothing new. In fact, what we saw and heard…

Last week, I met up with an old friend after work for a quick beer or seven. During the discourse of the evening, he began to lament the change the…

Less entertaining but eventually more important in terms of results, this Chelsea-Liverpool clash was going to determine whether Liverpool could mount a serious challenge to the Premiership title this year.

(Note to the Soccerlens Massive: I was gonna keep stoom on this but, now the dust is settled, I thought I’d put my ha’penny’s in…) A rhetorical question: Can the…

Soccerlens has something of a ‘reputation’ when it comes to Arsenal and diving – my attacks on Henry during the World Cup were roundly criticised (by Arsenal fans, obviously), but…

Back with our regular news roundup…

I’ll be travelling for the next week or 10 days, so you won’t be seeing the same level of posting here as usual. I’ll still try to cover the Man…

The biggest story involving Chelsea so far this month has been the Chelsea v Gallas battle (or rather, round 2 of the saga).

If you haven’t heard by now, David Gill has said that Manchester United turned down the chance to sign Mascherano twice, and were never interested in Tevez in the first…

Part I According to the United Nations, and in common with the majority of countries in Western Europe, the United Kingdom is facing a potentially catastrophic problem. Strangely, given its…

Arsenal are in Group G of the Champions League, with Hamburg, Porto and CSKA Moscow. They kick off their Champions League campaign with an away game to Hamburd on 13th…

Manchester United go into the international break top of the league but face a tough September with home ties against Arsenal and Tottenham to go with Champions League clashes with…