Month: October 2010

A nice wallpaper of Mirko Vucinic of AS Roma designed by SG28. The only downside to this wallpaper is the small size, it won’t be used by too many people…

A mega-sized wallpaper coming at you from Sir Dylan, a designer hailing from the famous sportsgfx community. The wallpaper looks great, but what’s cooler about it is the resolution: 1920×1080….

This is one of the best Lionel Messi wallpapers i’ve seen in a long time, especially of him in the Barcelona shirt. It looks fantastic, and the designer, CUB22, can…

A fantastic football wallpaper designed by Micha, from sportsgfx. The player in focus is Mesut Ozil, the youngster transferred by Jose Mourinho to Real Madrid this summer. Ozil is wearing…

A great Cristiano Ronaldo wallpaper wearing this season’s Real Madrid shirt, made by AlonsoGFX. It’s always nice to see artists get creative and do something different than just making it…

A great David Villa wallpaper made by Klau. David Villa has skyrocketed in popularity after the world cup and after his move to Barcelona. This football wallpaper shows the spaniard…

A wonderful Alessandro Del Piero wallpaper in the Juventus shirt. The number 10 looks great in this football shirt and the wallpaper does him justice. The artist kept it relatively…

A fantastic Chicharito wallpaper, real name Javier Hernandez, of Manchester United. The young striker has been making an impact already for United, which is why this wallpaper celebrates the young…

Found this great wallpaper made by Micha10, a designer from soccergfx. A great design in general from the artist, which decided to focus on Arjen Robben for this piece. Robben…

The first wallpaper to kick start a series of wallpapers being released on soccerlens is this Spain wallpaper, made by yours truly, of the Spanish national team lifting the world…

A Portsmouth landlady is scheduled to go before the European Court of Justice tomorrow in her bid to appeal against a ruling made on behalf of Rupert Murdoch‘s vast BSkyB…

Preliminary results for week seven of the Soccerlens Fantasy Football Game are in, and good news (for me) is that I’ve won my 11 team mini-league. Excuse the self-indulgence, but…

With his side slowly withering under the spotlight, Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson was forced into a bleak assessment of the situation in which the club currently finds itself mired following…

Penalties are a unique experience in football simply because the kicker is expected to score. It is an intense psychological moment, offering a glimpse into the mind and personality of…

Ian Holloway’s Blackpool produced the result of this or any other season yesterday by beating Premiership giants Liverpool 2-1 at Anfield. It was all the newly promoted team deserved as…

When a team goes undefeated in all competitions through an entire month, as Manchester United did in September, most would think that they were firing on all cylinders. However, that…

In little over just one month, van der Vaart has almost become the most important player in the Tottenham Hotspur dressing room. An obvious bargain at just £8 million, the…

Trouble at Ashton Gate Today’s 3-0 defeat to Norwich confirms Bristol as the division’s whipping boys. They spent over the summer but they didn’t spend wisely – their squad lacks…

Sir Alex Ferguson has made adjustments to correct the leaks in the Manchester United defense, but he obviously twisted his wrench a bit too far. After securing back-to-back shutouts away…

It was a wonderful sight this past Wednesday night as one of the world’s most gifted and clinical strikers gave yet another scintillating performance  to add to his storied career…

First United miss a penalty to go 3-1 up at Fulham and end up conceding in the last few minutes. Next United do go 3-1 up and throw it all…

In their third consecutive away match, Manchester United endured a frustrating afternoon and could only manage a 0-0 draw against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light. The goalless draw was…

It is a common misconception that a country’s economic situation is improved by hosting the FIFA World Cup. Sports economist Dennis Coates presented conclusive evidence in his recent paper “World…

Tottenham Hotspur, fresh from the exertions of a thrilling 4-1 victory over FC Twente at White Hart Lane, have signalled their intentions of moving towards the elite of English football…

With talk of money, transfers and ‘Galaticos’ yet again dominating the Spanish press in the summer, few would have predicted that with the season five games old it would be…

Chelsea Vs Arsenal: a battle at Stamford Bridge.

FIFA are hoping that their new online Transfer Matching System (TMS) will shed some much-needed light on the dank, sh*t-strewn recesses of football’s murky underbelly i.e. the largely morality-bereft world…