Month: October 2009
Barcelona v Real Zaragoza Preview – La Liga – 25 October 2009
Updated:You can watch Barcelona v Real Zaragoza Live online here. Barcelona v Real Zaragoza Camp Nou, La Liga Sunday 25 October 2009 Kickoff: 21:00 CET
Read more »Sevilla v Espanyol Preview – La Liga – 24 October 2009
Updated:You can watch Sevilla v Espanyol Live online here. Sevilla v Espanyol La Liga Saturday 24 October 2009 Kickoff: 22:00 CET Third meets Eight in this late Saturday night La…
Read more »Chelsea v Blackburn Preview – Premier League – 24 October 2009
Updated:You can watch Chelsea v Blackburn Live online here. Chelsea v Blackburn Stamford Bridge, London Saturday 24 October 2009 Kick-off: 17:30 BST Chelsea Preview Chelsea are without injured duo Jose…
Read more »Sporting Gijon v Real Madrid Preview – La Liga – 24 October 2009
Updated:You can watch Sporting Gijon v Real Madrid Live online here. Sporting Gijon v Real Madrid Santiago Bernabeu, La Liga Saturday 24 October 2009 Kick-off: 20:00 CET
Read more »The 39 Club: Toronto, Revs, United and Dallas fight for survival
Updated:31 weeks down, just one to go. Major League Soccer’s 14th season has had its ups and downs, goalkeeping errors and bad refereeing taking the shine off a year which…
Read more »Predict Liverpool’s Next Four Results
Updated:Liverpool face Manchester United (home), Arsenal (away), Fulham (away) and Lyon (away) in their next four games – and they need a special miracle to take win all four games….
Read more »Fact: Benitez will NOT get the sack from Liverpool owners
Updated:Listen to this week’s Soccerlens Podcast, where Adrian Clarke and Iain Spragg discuss Liverpool’s problems in detail, preview the Liverpool v United game and also talk about why Rafa Benitez…
Read more »Fantasy Football: avoid Manchester United and Liverpool players this weekend
Updated:It was a weekend dominated by beach balls, by petty squabbles and by surprise results. Defeats for Chelsea and Liverpool showed the world that the big four monopoly on the…
Read more »Glory Glory – Man Utd in the 90s – The Players’ Stories
Updated:Why did Eric Cantona start wearing his collar up? Which player got so drunk after a title-winning party he wet himself in a taxi? Why did Andrew Cole and Teddy…
Read more »Deconstructing Wenger’s trophy prediction and press reaction
Updated:Wenger says Arsenal are ready this year to compete for titles. Well, technically, he said the following: I know that we haven’t won a trophy for four years, but we…
Read more »Five Simple ‘Tests’ For Premier League Owners
Updated:Update: Portsmouth admit that interview was not fake. Last night the Guardian published a damning article quoting Portsmouth’s new owner, Ali Al Faraj, as saying that he had bought the…
Read more »Fulham v Roma Preview: Fulham ready to topple Roma
Updated:You can watch Fulham v Roma Live online here. Fulham v Roma Craven Cottage Europa League Thursday 22 October 20:05 BST Claudio Ranieri will be hoping that his good record…
Read more »Celtic v Hamburg Preview: Celtic fighting to survive in Europe
Updated:You can watch Celtic v Hamburg Live online here. Celtic v Hamburg Europa League Hampden Park Thursday 22nd October 20:05 BST Bottom of UEFA Europa League Group C after two…
Read more »Podcast: Liverpool’s / Rafa’s short-term future and Manchester United in the 90s
Updated:Tune in for Episode 25 of the world famous Soccerlens Podcast with ex-footballer Adrian Clarke and football journalist Iain Spragg. This week’s humdinger of a show features a fascinating interview…
Read more »The Europa League: There’s a New Sheriff in Town
Updated:– How come nobody ever heard of you? I mean, how come you ain’t got a reputation? (Support Your Local Sheriff!, 1969) With the visibly terrified Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder Jadson…
Read more »Alex Ferguson – the Greatest Football Manager ever
Sir Alex Ferguson is assured legendary status in football and his achievements have been recognised by football fans worldwide – even those that prefer spending their days playing Football Manager…
Read more »Should we kill off the Europa League?
Updated:With the UEFA Europa League set to continue this Thursday, do the teams competing really offer the right ingredients to be worth watching?
Read more »Leonardo saves his job (for now) with precious wins
Updated:After Carlo Ancelotti left to Chelsea in the summer, the AC Milan board took a chance with Leonardo, who played himself to legendary status amongst the Rossoneri fans in mid…
Read more »Real Madrid 2-3 AC Milan – Goals – 21 October 2009
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Read more »CSKA Moscow 0-1 Manchester United – Goals – 21 October 2009
Manchester United produced an efficient and controlled performance at the Luzhniki Stadium to beak CSKA Moscow 1-0. Injuries, weather and a plastic playing pitch meant that United were always going…
Read more »Chelsea and United hoping to avoid conceding late goals
Updated:Chelsea and Manchester United continue their Champions League campaigns and will both be hoping to continue from where they left off last time. And after the results of Tuesday night,…
Read more »What to do with Liverpool FC (and Rafa)?
Updated:It was the best of times, it is the worst of times now for Liverpool fans – of that there can be no doubt. Looking back briefly to last season…
Read more »CSKA Moscow plan to topple injury-hit Manchester United
Updated:Update: Manchester United won 1-0 thanks to an Antonio Valencia goal (Video). CSKA Moscow v Manchester United Wednesday 21 October 2009, Luzhniki Stadium UEFA Champions League Kick-Off: 17:30 UK (18:30…
Read more »Real Madrid v AC Milan – Are Milan in for a Real thrashing?
Updated:Update: Milan beat Real Madrid 3-2 with a late, late goal. Click here for the latest AC Milan vs Real Madrid Preview. Real Madrid v AC Milan Wednesday 21 October…
Read more »Chelsea v Atletico Madrid – Chelsea expected to beat struggling Atletico Madrid
Updated:Update: Chelsea thumped Atletico Madrid 4-0 – here are all the goals. Chelsea v Atletico Madrid Wednesday 21 October 2009, Stamford Bridge UEFA Champions League Kick-Off: 19:45 UK (20:45 CET)…
Read more »The Morning After – Thoughts on United and Liverpool
Updated:The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Two of the most hyped teams in Europe after their performances last season – Barcelona and Liverpool – fell to inglorious 1-2…
Read more »2009 Ballon d’Or: So what of the Italians?
Updated:The 30 name shortlist for the 2009 Ballon d’Or nominees has been announced, a formality they may well have dispensed with as we all know Lionel Messi will walk away…
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