Month: May 2009

£2.5million. That’s all it took to get Dutch outfit Willem II to part with Finnish centre back Sami Hyypia back in May 1999. Looking back on all of Hyypia’s accomplishments…

It’s a new week, and to kickstart the new week, we’ve got plenty of transfer news and rumors involving some of the game’s top names to get your brain stirring…

Real Madrid are historically the most successful club in Spain, Europe and probably the world, as well as one of the richest if not the richest club in the world….

Writing about Exeter City gaining promotion is starting to become an annual occurrence. This, perhaps, isn’t a sentence that I expected to write for Soccerlens. Not that you’ll get many…

If Barcelona lose to Chelsea on Wednesday, it will be a monumental injustice. This game, for once, is as important as the pundits make it out to be: it is…

Picture this: You and a bunch of your mates are sitting around your flat on a Saturday night talking about your most recent team loss earlier that morning to a…

Football Manager 2010 is now available for pre-order. Get your personalised FM 2010 copy from Play.com (free home delivery) right now. Football Manager 2010 Top 10 Wish List Football Manager….

Tonight’s El Clasico saw 4 goals in each half, the near confirmation of the title heading to Nou Camp and a sobering, tragic and glorious pounding of Real Madrid (depending…

Last season it was Real Zaragoza, Murcia and Levante. The season before that it was Celta de Vigo, Real Sociedad and Gimnastic de Tarragona. Who will it be this season?…

Oh god, do you remember the terribly over drawn Robinho transfer saga and his final day move to Man City off the back of their mega money takeover? Have you…

Real Madrid (Higuain 14′, Ramos 56′) 2-6 Barcelona (Henry 18′,58′, Puyol 20′, Messi 36′, 75′, Pique 83′) Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Spain Competition: La Liga Date: 2 May 2009 Kickoff:…

The summer transfer window doesn’t actually open for another two months, but with seasons coming to a close in Europe’s major leagues, the transfer rumors are already flying in full…

In today’s footballing world the term, “wonderkid,” seems to be thrown around as often as a Crisitano Ronaldo step over. Most of these so-called 16-year-old phenoms come along and shock…

On episode nine of the Soccerlens Podcast, Stephen Darwin is joined by FourFourTwo’s man in Madrid, Tim Stannard, to talk about Spanish football and La Liga. The show will be looking…