Manchester United – more than a club for Aon
Narratives on football sponsors and especially shirts sponsorship are usually limited to how that money is spent, how much a say that sponsor might have on the club and whether…
FlashForward: Spain Win The World Cup?
We’ve seen Germany produce the only first slick performance of the 2010 World Cup and we’ve seen the likes of Italy, France, Argentina, England and Netherlands (all pre-tournament outside favourites…
A football tactic you won’t see at the World Cup
The World Cup, coming as it does once every four years, provides an insane amount of anticipation and hype in the build-up, but like anything that you wait four years…
Arsenal reject Barcelona offer, refuse to play nice over Fabregas
Just hours after Barcelona said that they bad ‘entered formal discussions’ with Arsenal over Cesc Fabregas, and Xavi cheekily commented (in fairness, he answered the question posed to him) that…
Four Reasons Why £95m Rooney Isn’t Going To Real Madrid
Usually I’d trust the BBC to know the difference between bullshit and genuine transfer gossip when they see it but lately that’s not happening anymore. Today, during their live blog…
Aon and Manchester United
Today’s article on Aon was supposed to be about the numbers, a dry analysis of the pros and cons plus the usual refutations needed for every major sponsor – no,…
Hill-Wood: “Fabregas might stay, he might go, I have no idea”
Fabregas moving to Barcelona is by no means a done deal – Arsenal will presumably look for both a suitable fee and a nailed-on squad replacement before allowing the Spanish…
Mourinho: No one beat Chelsea and Barcelona like Inter
Jose Mourinho, speaking to the press before the Bayern Munich v Inter Milan Champions League final. On the importance of the game: “This game is the most important in the…
The real reason Fabregas wants to go to Barcelona
So, it’s damn near official now – Fabregas wants to leave Arsenal for Barcelona. Arsenal fans will say they saw it coming miles away (it’s by far the longest-running transfer…
Ian Holloway joins Football Manager
Today sees a world first as one of the most famous faces in football management, Ian Holloway, becomes football’s only virtual manager allowing anyone to call upon his expertise, quirks…
Why Chelsea won the title and United, Liverpool and Arsenal didn’t
Hello readers. I refrained from writing about the title race until it was done and dusted – and there’s plenty to talk about, from pre-season predictions to key battles where…
Manchester United – six in a row
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…
Vote For The Soccerlens Podcast!
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…
Titles aren’t everything, but only titles count
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…
Soccerlens turns 4
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…
