Arsenal 2nd, Chelsea 3rd, Everton 4th, Liverpool 5th – How much of a difference did bad refereeing make this season?
All year long we’ve been bitching about refereeing decisions going against our clubs. Sometimes we resort to bitching about how refereeing decisions unfairly help other clubs (witness SAF’s comment on…
Arsenal board choose Kroenke as lesser of two evils
When Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood spoke about Kroenke last year, he played on the fans’ sentiments and stoked the fires of independence by claiming ‘we don’t want his sort’. Never…
Wigan Athletic Crest – New Wigan Crest
Wigan Athletic have announced their new crest – and following the trend in recent years of going retro, Wigan have decided to create a ‘modern’ retro crest, and the cleaner,…
Respect for the FA’s Vision
When I first read it – and before I had read what the mainstream media thought about it – it sounded like an over-ambitious plan that had no chance of…
MLS 2008 Player Salaries
A bit late, but nevertheless: Here’s the link (pdf) to the full list of salaries paid to MLS players for the 2008 season. Beckham earns the most, but the gap…
Soccerlens Fantasy Football 07/08 – Wrap-up, Winners and Prizes
Congratulations to Ilango for winning the inaugural Soccerlens Fantasy Football league. He overtook Spiral Architect (one of the earlier SL readers and a leader in the final months of the…
Goalkeeper scores 80-yard goal
Montgomery Town FC goalie Steve Goodwin scores a wonder-goal from the edge of his own penalty area. Fabulous, one in a billion strike (and goes straight in unlike Paul Robinson’s…
Chelsea 08/10 Home Kit out now
The Chelsea 08/10 home kit is now available for pre-order. The launch date for the the 08/10 Chelsea home kit is 8th May but you know how these things go…
Liverpool 08/10 Home Kit + Free Torres Shirt
The Liverpool 2008/2010 Home Shirt is now available for pre-order. The shirt will be launched on 22nd May and as with all things Liverpool they are bound to be a…
Manchester United v Arsenal – History and Preview
Get the latest Manchester United vs Arsenal news. Manchester United play Arsenal on Sunday, 13 April needing to win to keep Chelsea at arm’s length. Arsenal have been United’s trickiest…
Can Rooney score this goal against Barcelona?
The scene is May 1991, Feyenoord stadium in Rotterdam. The European Cup Winners’ Cup final is about to kick off. Manchester United and Barcelona line up against each other, with…
Manchester United 1-0 (3-0) Roma – Hargo / Tevez / Rio kings of Old Trafford
A controlled performance at Stadio Olimpico and another European class act at Old Trafford secured passage to the Champions League semi-finals for Manchester United for a second year in a…
Barcelona 1-0 (2-0) Schalke – Barca set up date with United
Two below-par performances, two 1-0 wins and Barcelona are through to the Champions League semi-finals in the most unconvincing fashion. Not to begrudge them their victories – they took their…
Schalke and Fenerbahce aim to attack Barcelona and Chelsea
In the buildup to the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, both Barcelona and Chelsea have talked about the quality of their players and the fact that pound for…
The truth about shirt-swapping in football
Award-winning blogger Laurie writes: Ever wonder what leads up to a photo like this one? How it came to be that the most beautiful players on the teams end up…
