Month: April 2009
Football’s Laurel and Hardy team up for ridiculous public rant at Rafa Benitez
Sir Alex Ferguson launched a scathing diatribe against Rafael Benitez yesterday, citing his “deplorably arrogant, twitching goatee” as an example of his “utter contempt for the aesthetic sensibilities of the…
Read more »Arsenal 1-2 Chelsea – F.A. Cup Semifinals – 18 April 2009 – Live Blog
Updated:The article below refers to a previous Arsenal-Chelsea game. You can watch the latest Arsenal-Chelsea game here. Arsenal (Walcott 18′) 1-2 Chelsea (Malouda 33′, Drogba 84′) Stadium: Wembley Stadium, England…
Read more »Everton eye upset of Manchester United in FA Cup semis, Soccerlens and Samsung give away Chelsea-Arsenal tickets, previewing the weekend in the Premier League and La Liga, and more
Updated:The weekend’s here, and there’s a lot to look forward to if you’re a football fan. In case you missed anything today, we’ve got a little something from almost everywhere…
Read more »West Ham: the first recession casualty in the Premier League?
The Guardian reckons that West Ham will be taken over by the banks who have control of Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson’s various assets. Some people see this as the inevitable outcome of…
Read more »Who Wants It More – Arsenal, Barcelona, Chelsea or Manchester United?
Barcelona and Manchester United have already won the Champions League in recent years. Arsenal and Chelsea are recent losing finalists (to the opposite teams – there’s a nice symmetry there)….
Read more »Premier League makes a play for global domination
The Guardian (so I only read them and the BBC, shoot me) have a report saying that Richard Scudamore and Peter Kenyon are tacitly backing Mohamed Bin Hammam’s bid for…
Read more »Alex Ferguson is a naughty old man
Updated:After United beat Porto, I reckoned that Fergie would lay off Liverpool till at least next week, and focus on Everton in the meantime. It seems that the old man…
Read more »Relegation Wars: Tottenham to beat Newcastle, Aston Villa to beat West Ham, Man City and Sunderland to win and more
Another weekend of Premier League fixtures lay ahead and the clubs facing relegation will again be keeping one eye on events at other stadiums up and down the country. With…
Read more »City Fall But Can Hold Their Heads Up High
Updated:The night started badly, conceding after only 10 minutes, but what followed was one of the bravest and most pulsating performances in European football, in a week full of brave…
Read more »Wolfsburg, Hamburg, it’s now or never!
Updated:Das Eisen schmieden, solange es heiß ist. The famous proverb – make hay while the sun shines – aptly applies to several clubs aiming to strip Bayern of consecutive Bundesliga…
Read more »Previewing this weekend’s La Liga action
Average bookie probabilities, Getafe vs. FC Barcelona: 13 / 23 / 64 The focus is back on the league for the next 3 games. The first of these are against…
Read more »Is Arsene Wenger afraid of The Big Bad Wolf?
Updated:When the Guus Hiddink genius rolled into town two months ago to replace Luis Felipe Scolari, few could be forgiven for feeling a bit of worry that Hiddink, yes Hiddink,…
Read more »European football’s most exciting title race, Ronaldo learns from Ferguson’s criticism, why Everton’s Moyes should be Chelsea’s next manager, and more
Updated:What did you miss around the football blogosphere yesterday? Catch up with the top stories from Soccerlens and several other top football blogs below.
Read more »Proof that Riley will be 100% unbiased during Everton-United game
Riley is a good referee. He’s an honest referee. He’s not a Manchester United fan – he was, but like all true United fans he’s moved on to supporting FC…
Read more »Soccerlens Podcast – Everton set to shock Manchester United in FA Cup?
Updated:On the seventh episode of the Soccerlens Podcast, Stephen Darwin is joined by ITV’s Gary Andrews and Guardian blogger and Manchester United fan Rob Smyth to discuss the latest from the European Champions League…
Read more »Win TWO tickets to the Chelsea/Arsenal match this weekend!
Updated:Football fans love free tickets, simple as that. In the world of sky-high ticket prices, you’d be hard pressed to find anything for a match for face value these days….
Read more »Calling all Chelsea fans – win 2 tickets to the FA Cup semifinal!
Updated:There are only FIVE hours left in our FA Cup semifinal giveaway – we’re giving away 2 tickets to Wembley in the Chelsea end for the Chelsea-Arsenal game. If you’re…
Read more »Everton’s David Moyes: next in line to the Chelsea throne?
Who will be Chelsea’s manager next season?
The bookies have been taking bets on everyone from ex Barca gaffer Frank Riijkard to Mourinho’s predecessor, Roberto Mancini.
But one name that has been overlooked quite a fair bit is….
Lyon might, Marseille should, but Bordeaux will win Ligue 1
Updated:“I’m an honest man and you’ve got to say that Marseille and Bordeaux have worked well these past two seasons. This year maybe they deserve to go all the way…”…
Read more »Where were you on April 15, 1989?, Manchester United and Arsenal to face off in UEFA Champions League semis, comparing Ronaldo and Walcott’s spectacular strikes, and more
Updated:What did you miss in the football world yesterday? Shame on you if you did miss any of these things, but I’m here to catch you up in case you…
Read more »The Final Word on Federico Macheda
Updated:The name Federico Macheda has been bandied around a lot lately, and not just because of his two stunning late goals against Aston Villa and Sunderland. Macheda has been the…
Read more »Adriano – A Career in Limbo
Updated:Adriano Leite Ribeiro, known to his friends (ok, to basically everyone) as simply Adriano, has decided to take a break from football. The Brazilian powerhouse, who netted 29 goals in…
Read more »Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal against Porto – Video
Crisitiano Ronaldo scored a scorcher against Porto last night en route to Manchester United’s fifth (or sixth) consecutive away clean sheet in Europe, the first English win in Porto and…
Read more »Was Stevie G’s absence merely a smoke screen by Liverpool?
Well, the hopes of a miracle turnaround looked sure for a while but now have past and the memories of one of the greatest games in European footballing history are…
Read more »Porto 0-1 Manchester United – UEFA Champions League – 15 April 2009 – Live Blog
Updated:Porto 0-1 Manchester United (Ronaldo 6′) – Man Utd win 3-2 on aggregate. Stadium: Estadio do Dragao, Portugal Competition: UEFA Champions League, Quarterfinals, Second Leg Date: 15 April 2009 Kickoff:…
Read more »Chelsea survive Liverpool onslaught in Champions League thriller at Stamford Bridge, 10 great European comebacks, Manchester United’s parent company announces losses, and more
Updated:In case you happened to finalize your move to under a rock yesterday, you picked a pretty bad time to do so. But if you smartly realized that living under…
Read more »Wenger’s Blueprint: Arsenal’s four keys to Champions League progression
Updated:With all of the Manchester United v Porto headlines currently plastered over every inch of newspaper space available, one would be shocked to know that there’s actually a second quarter-final…
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