August 2008 Review: When Liverpool Had No Money And Argentina Won The Olympics
August saw the usual pre-season predictions doing the rounds, with the major discussion in Spain surrounding Barcelona’s transfer spending and Madrid’s chase of Ronaldo and subsequent treatment of Robinho. Liverpool…
July 2008 Review: When Tottenham lost their strikers and Nereida Gallardo became a star
With the Euros behind us, July would start the transfer season and with it all the mindless speculation along with the few sensational transfers here and there.
June 2008 Review: When Spain won the Euros and the world hated Ronaldo
June kicked off with a bang, literally – Jose Mourinho signed on as Inter Milan manager and Ronaldo, fresh from doing the league and european double with Manchester United, publicly…
May 2008 Review: When Manchester United Did The Double And Real Madrid Humbled Barcelona
While Manchester United and Chelsea were headed to Moscow (and to a last-day title decider) and Liverpool were after Barry, Arsenal and Tottenham were both looking across Europe for an…
April 2008 Review: When Liverpool wanted Barry and Barcelona couldn’t beat Manchester United
April is, amongst other things, time for April Fools Day and this year saw Soccerlens pull out some really crazy ideas out of the hat, from a Manchester United orgy…
March 2008 Review: When England dominated Europe and Mascherano threw a fit
March was somewhat of a slow month for Soccerlens but the world of football saw it’s share of football, debate and controversy.
February 2008 Review: When Tottenham beat Chelsea and Manchester United burst Arsenal’s bubble
February marked the beginning of several storylines for 2008 as well as the beginning of the end of for a few teams and managers. In purely footballing terms though, Egypt…
January 2008 Review: When Keegan led Newcastle and Tottenham beat Arsenal
With Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea squaring off for the Premier League title race, the press were hailing the 2007/2008 as the most exciting, most unpredictable season of football they’d…
Premier League TV, Premier League Online and Football Fans
Last week Barclays Premier League sent out formal invitations to broadcasters interested in bidding for the next round of Premier League TV rights for the 2010-2011 to 2012-2013 seasons. With…
Boxing Day Predictions: Tottenham, Liverpool, United to win, Arsenal, Newcastle, City to lose and more
2008 has been a remarkable season for English football. Richest league (and club) world. Best player in the world. An all-English Champions League final. English World Champions. England topping their…
Arsenal lose Fabregas for 4 months, who will Wenger sign / appoint captain?
Cesc Fabregas was injured in Arsenal’s home draw against Liverpool (he ruptured his knee ligaments in a challenge with Xabi Alonso) and while initial estimates put the time out at…
Arsenal to beat Liverpool, Manchester United goals, Chelsea face the crunch and the magic of European football
Today’s roundup is brought you by the world of mainstream football blogging. Oh, and Melissa Satta, if you’re not the literary kind. Never let it be said that Soccerlens didn’t…
Goalkeeper Gloves: Five Tips To Buying The Best Gloves For Goalkeeping
Should you even wear gloves while protecting the goal? Some of the greatest keepers in the world never once put on a pair of gloves, and it did not hinder…
Can Sam Allardyce save Blackburn from relegation?
Blackburn fans seem like a realistic lot (although I’m comparing them with Newcastle fans hence they seem downright rational), so I don’t expect them to start thinking that Big Sam…
Asia opens doors for English Premier League and Game 39
How times change. At the start of 2008, the footballing world rose in anger against an idea dubbed ‘Game 39‘. It would ruin the sanctity of English football, it would…
