Month: April 2010

Like so many of you out there I’ve long since lost all respect for Real Madrid and how they conduct their affairs. The malaise born out of the ‘presidential’ system…

No need for more panic, Capello’s star man has confirmed he will be fit for South Africa this summer. He has done a fantastic season with 34 goals for United…

A Brazilian, a Frenchman, a Serbian, two Swedes and, finally, an Algerian. At the 2010 World Cup – the pan-African showcase – there will be six teams representing the continent,…

I have followed England in the last six major tournaments we have played in stretching back to the European Championships held here on home soil in 1996. During that time…

During the last week, The Republik of Mancunia (RoM) teamed up with Nike to interview the Manchester United winger Nani. RoM collected a number of questions from the fans and…

It is understood that Rangers and Celtic are eyeing up a ‘money-spinning’ Old Firm friendly in Boston during the summer which will take the world’s most fiercest rivalry out of…

Mike Martin on why the effects of lengthy coach trips across Europe have been overstated.

As the English Premier League season draws to a close there is still all to play for! The title race is still a close run race between Manchester United and…

Debt is evil. Glazers brought debt to United. Therefore, Glazers are evil. United may not have the best marketing (Madrid, Barcelona and Arsenal trump everyone in that department) but they…

As I said earlier today, only titles (and awards) count in football. You may disagree (especially if your team wears red, pretends to play in pretty triangles and don’t like…

A friend asked me this question right after the Inter-Barca first leg: If Barcelona don’t get to the final, lose the league title to Madrid and Argentina bomb at the…

Somebody needs to give Charles N’Zogbia the platform he deserves, be that in the league, Champions League, or at this year’s World Cup. Roberto Martinez said recently he would not…

With hours left of the qualifying campaigns it looked like the best player in the world (Messi) and one of his competitors (Ronaldo) wouldn’t be at the World Cup. But,…

Spineless, gutless, embarrassing, unprofessional. Four words I could use to describe the appalling performance by West Ham against Liverpool at Anfield last night.  As a life long supporter of the…

Join celebrated football pundit, author, radio show host and DJ Andy Brassell every Monday on the Soccerlens Show. Episode 25 brings us the action in the Premier League where Arsenal…

On July 13, 1930, France’s Lucien Laurent scored the first-ever World Cup goal to kickstart a 4-1 win over Mexico. Since that afternoon in Uruguay, a plethora of players, both…

The Maracana. Brasil’s preemptive monument to a victory that was meant to be, should have been, so nearly was, but, thanks to Alcides Ghiggia, never became. The 1950 World Cup…

Celebrate Soccerlens.com’s 4th birthday by listening to the world famous Soccerlens podcast with Adrian Clarke & Iain Spragg. The duo focus on Arsenal’s goalkeeping calamities, Liverpool’s off field issues and…

There was a ripple in the sea of football when North Korea (or Korea DPR as they are politically known) qualified for the world cup. The have the lowest world…

Soccerlens turns 4 today. When I started out in 2006, this was one of a dozen or so ideas that I had been playing with at the time, and at…

Signing Emmanuel Adebayor to be the face of an energy drink whose name signifies ‘hard work’ is akin to hiring Carlos Tevez as the poster child for a teaching English…

What is the most you have ever paid for a ticket for football? An official one, mind, not one from a tout. £40? Certainly not if you follow your team…

Xavi and Andres Iniesta kept Cesc Fabregas and Xabi Alonso out of the Spanish starting eleven during their triumph in Euro 2008. Do we expect to see anything different in…

D-Wreck explains the whole experience of Cristiano Ronaldo’s abduction by the aliens. The show also features Pele, Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi. Also Ronaldinho makes a special guest appearance with…

Swedish football is an enigma to me.  Every year a new team tends to dominate – if you look at the Allsvenskan winners in the past few years you can…

Russia has never been short of a ghost or two. The restless souls of Ivan the Terrible and Lenin’s would-be assassin Fanni Kaplan roam the walls and towers of Moscow,…

In an exclusive interview with the Spanish daily, El Pais, from Madrid, Zinedine Zidane discussed his lingering strong feelings about his last professional appearance in Berlin. He would rather die…