Articles By Ahmed Bilal (646)

Arsenal, Usmanov and some perspective

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Jul 24 2022

For the next 15 minutes, let’s set aside club bias and look at this objectively. Arsenal FC, in footballing and in financial terms, are a healthy football club. Arsene Wenger…

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Weekend Review Part 2: Apologies and re-evaluating Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United, Tottenham, Chelsea and Everton’s performances

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Apr 8 2023

After reading the comments on the previous review, it seems that some clarifications are in order. I started writing this as a comment but it got too long and it…

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Manchester United join Liverpool in complaining about fixtures

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Mar 23 2023

Sir Alex Ferguson has backed Rafael Benitez’s complaints over the Premier League fixture scheduling and has claimed that clubs like Manchester United (and by extension, the other 3 big clubs…

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Should Rio Ferdinand be Manchester United captain?

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Aug 5 2022

Many Manchester United fans have not forgiven Rio Ferdinand for asking for more money during stalled contract negotiations (which happened after that 8-month drug ban that made an example out…

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Barcelona’s upcoming games, free tickets and Real Madrid’s move for Ballack

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Apr 11 2023

Nic at the Barcelona Blog writes: After two league games and an annoying break for international games, Barçelona now face the big test of seven games in three weeks after…

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Peeping Toms at Women’s World Cup

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Apr 11 2023

Reuters reports that during the Women’s World Cup currently being played out in China, there was a curious incident involving the Denmark team. Apparently they had a couple of Chinese…

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England are back where they started

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 28 2012

Sep 2, 2006 – England beat Andorra 5-0 in a somewhat pointless Euro 2008 qualifier. Having beaten Greece convincingly some time before in a friendly, McClaren’s “new England” are buoyant…

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Love Manchester United, Hate the Debt – What would you do?

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Jan 1 2009

Seeing as we don’t know anything about the Glazers’ business plan nor any details of how they plan to deal with Manchester United’s debt (save raising ticket prices), let’s look…

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Football Gossip: Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool, Newcastle United, Tottenham, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester City

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 23 2012

Some transfer rumours and other sordid gossip from the dirty world of tabloids to pass your Sunday evening:

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What Taylor’s Newcastle contract muddle teaches us

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 28 2012

The whole situation is embarrassing for Steven Taylor, who would probably want nothing more than to forget about contracts and concentrate on playing football for Newcastle United. He has 2…

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Weekend Review: Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham, West Ham, Manchester United, Newcastle, Chelsea, Manchester City

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Oct 11 2021

The top 12 are separated by 3 points, the top 4 are on 10 points and theoretically speaking, Manchester United are only, at most, 5 games off the pace while…

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Cristiano Ronaldo, Nani and Anderson with Hookers (interview)

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 28 2012

This article may not be suitable for young children – not that the picture will stop kids from reading this one… Update: Full interview with the girls, plus a 1…

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Cup winners vs 4th placed clubs – Who deserves Champions League qualification?

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 28 2012

Considering how we’re genetically wired to oppose change as a threat to the status quo (and therefore ourselves), it’s not a surprise that Platini’s proposals to revamp the Uefa Champions…

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Transfer Roundup: Tottenham, Newcastle United, West Ham, Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Aston Villa, Everton and Portsmouth

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Dec 23 2021

2 more days to go before the transfer window screeches to a welcome halt and then we can all get back to cursing injuries and inept referees.

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