Month: July 2007

Please, spare us. We don’t want to hear you moan. We don’t care if you ‘think’ that Sheffield United were cheated (they weren’t, they couldn’t win the games they should…

Hristo Stoichkov moved from CSKA Sofia to sign for Barça for 4oo million pesetas (2.4 million euros) in July 1990. He went on to become arguably the most important player…

Arsenal, Tottenham and Liverpool have all signed strikers this summer (already!) and there is considerable debate about whether each striker is suitable to the ambitions of the buying club. A…

Seeing Arsenal sign Eduardo da Silva is exciting and worrisome at the same time. Exciting because we have (potentially) another source of great goals in the Premiership and when Arsenal…

With several English clubs now privately owned by billionaires there should be more future competition in the Premiership. Recently it’s been between only two clubs – Manchester United and Chelsea…

As you guys know, the SL forum launched yesterday. Already there are a few interesting threads popping up, here’s a quick look:

Here are the major news stories associated with the Newcastle club for today – in no particular order of priority. Geremi has now signed for the Magpies and will arrive…

Having spent a long, cold winter in the gusty winds, and cracking chills of Zagreb at the age of 15, training with Dinamo Zagreb, when I hear about Eduardo da…

Here are the major news stories associated with the Newcastle club for today – in no particular order of priority. The good news is that it looks like we’ve signed…

Every summer it’s the same story. Fans turn from pessimistic sods at the end of the season into blindly over-optimistic slobbering fools by the start of the season. For some…

Sam Allardyce has made his career by maximising meagre resources. As a result, he’s developed an extensive network of contacts that help him pick up obscure talents. Unable to compete…

Newcastle have had a mixed bag of fortunes this summer. The takeover by Mike Ashley and a new manager in Sam Allardyce has buoyed expectations for the Newcastle faithful. However,…

Arseblog points to a cultured left foot, who points to the official William Gallas website which has this gem of a poll: What do you remember most about the season…

Ed’s note – discuss this in the Soccerlens forum. Now that all the dust has finally settled, it is time for Arsenal fans to start thinking about the future. Aliadiere…

Welcome to the new Soccerlens Forum. The forum is for SL readers to rant about football with minimal editorial control. In other words, as long as you’re nice to each…

Here are the major news stories associated with the Newcastle club for today – in no particular order of priority. The news today is that we are after Maceo Rigters…

Football Club Barcelona today completed their third signing of the summer. Eric Abidal passed his medical examination and has signed for the next four seasons.

Here’s an easy way to keep track of all the Premiership transfers this summer: Summer 2007 Premiership Transfers.