Ahmed Bilal
Sports Editor
Funny Football T-Shirts
Ahmed Bilal • Dec 31 2021Our friends over at Subsidesports.com have a very interesting section where they put some really cool football related t-shirts. I’ve got one off them and trust me, it is a…
England’s squad for Slovakia and Ukraine
Ahmed Bilal • Mar 23 2009England are in pole position to qualify from Group Six for the 2010 World Cup and they’ll move one step closer to that target when they beat Ukraine at Wembley…
Classic Football Shirts – 1950s to 1980s
Ahmed Bilal • Dec 12 2021You’ll find all sorts of vintage football shirts here – from vintage 1970s shirts to rare retro 1950s football kits. Go through our list of classic football shirts below –…
Soccerlens Evolution T-Shirt
Ahmed Bilal • Mar 22 2009The Soccerlens Evolution t-shirt is a remake of the popular ‘evolution’ shirt. It’s a classic black t-shirt with the ‘evolution’ graphic (tracing humanity’s evolution from primitive roots to the modern…
Advantage Liverpool as Manchester United see red and Chelsea lose to Tottenham
Ahmed Bilal • Mar 22 2009Liverpool beat Aston Villa 5-0 – dubious penalties or not, it’s a well-deserved three points and on form, the title’s Liverpool’s to lose. Manchester United have serious, serious work to…
Premier League Predictions: 21-22 March 2009
Ahmed Bilal • Nov 8 2021The big story in the buildup to this weekend’s Premier League fixtures has been that the title race is back on, what with Liverpool and Chelsea in good form and…
Football Fan Shoots Player Dead
Ahmed Bilal • Mar 18 2009An Iraqi football fan shot dead a player of the opposing team as he tried to score an equalizing goal in the final minutes of a match last Saturday. The…
Why does the press protect Fabregas?
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 22 2012Update: Excellent piece on Arseblog over the Fabregas-spitting incident. Read here. The tabloids have been depressingly unimaginative this morning. They lacked perspective (no mention of Fabregas’ past misdemeanours and no…
Former Sheffield United staff still making laughable claims against West Ham
Ahmed Bilal • Mar 18 2009I talked earlier about the settlement between West Ham and Sheffield United and how misguided the focus on it was – but comments from Warnock and the legal counsel representing…
The Bloody English and Champions League Predictions
Ahmed Bilal • Aug 6 2010This article refers to an earlier version of the Champions League draw. Go to the latest Champions League draw article. Note: Follow the 2008-2009 Champions League & UEFA Cup Quarter/Semi-Finals…
Liverpool stun Old Trafford – can Manchester United recover in time?
Ahmed Bilal • Mar 14 2009Wow. The last time I saw United get this humiliated was against Chelsea three years ago, and even at 1-0 down Liverpool showed shades of the 04/05 and 05/06 Chelsea…
When will football move from ‘making examples’ to ‘making real progress’?
Ahmed Bilal • Mar 14 2009By the time Tevez-gate comes to a painful, life-sapping, grinding end, West Ham will be hailed as the prime example of how NOT to conduct football transfers. Tevez will cost…
Making Sense Of The Beckham-Milan-Galaxy Arrangement
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 22 2012So…David Beckham will be playing for Milan this season as they stumble towards the finish line hoping that the front two will stumble even more. At this point Milan have…
Peter Crouch & Elite Youth – Charity Begins At Home
Ahmed Bilal • Apr 8 2023We fall over each other in talking about the dumb things footballers do, and we laugh / cringe at the not-so-cool things they do, so why shouldn’t we jump up…
The ‘Cheryl’ Cole
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 20 2012Football is driven by exaggerated caricatures. The ‘role model’ Kaka, the ‘inspirational’ Gerrard, the ‘lazy’ Ferdinand, the ‘fat’ Lampard, the ‘brilliant’ Messi, the ‘petulant’ Robinho, the ‘balding / granny-shagging /…