Articles By Ahmed Bilal (646)

Premier League sues YouTube, no more free football videos?

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Apr 7 2023

Your biggest source for football videos is under attack. The English Premier League is suing YouTube for allowing users to upload video clips of goals and key incidents from Premiership…

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Football Headlines – 04 May 2007

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 29 2012

The not-so-daily roundup returns.

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Manchester United taught a lesson in quality football, but will they learn?

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 20 2012

AC Milan taught Manchester United a footballing lesson. I desperately hope that these players do not forget it and instead, learn from it. From keeping the ball to pushing Manchester…

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Are you a “true” football fan?

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 20 2012

Are you a ‘true’ fan? In the year or so of managing Soccerlens, I’ve heard this quite often: you’re not a true fan, if you were you’d … (add your…

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Manchester United taught a lesson in quality football by AC Milan

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 28 2012

You can catch the match report and goal videos here. Below, you’ll find a second leg preview and coverage from the first leg.

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Liverpool setup first half of a dream final by beating an uninspired Chelsea

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 24 2012

Was I the only neutral who fought off sleep during the game? Over the course of 210 minutes – that’s 3 and a half hours for you – two teams,…

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Football Headlines – 30 April 2007

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Jan 14 2022

I’m avoiding the ‘common’ news today – so if you’re looking for commentary on what Mourinho is saying about Ronaldo or what Rafa is saying about Mourinho, you’ll have to…

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11 Reasons why Michael Carrick will be a legend

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 24 2012

When Michael Carrick first came to Manchester United, there was a lot of criticism. He couldn’t tackle or shoot, and we didn’t need a short-passer to replace the midfield general…

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Arsenal roundup / Eriksson for England / Prem roundup / Goal of the day

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Jan 6 2022

A quick look at today’s top headlines:

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Manchester United 4-2 Everton (match discussion and videos)

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 19 2012

Well, you can’t say United don’t have heart – actually, while this win has been a gift from Ian Turner and Phil Neville, credit to the side for the way…

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Football Headlines – 28 April 2007

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Apr 7 2023

The daily news update was missing yesterday as I plunged headfirst into (un)wittingly offending legions of fans from Manchester City, Newcastle and Chelsea. Spurs and Arsenal fans jumped in too…

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Master Baiter Mourinho prepares for war with Manchester United

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 29 2012

It’s hard not to laugh at Jose Mourinho’s comments, and it’s equally hard not to get angry at them. He has, single handedly, managed to piss off more people than…

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Thinking about David James

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 27 2012

David James has many nicknames; ‘Calamity James’ is the most famous, but with his frequent hairstyle changes titles such as ‘the man with the afro plan’, ‘ginger afro’ and other…

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Football Headlines: 25 April 2007

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Dec 24 2021

No, I haven’t gone away – just changed the timings. I’ll be putting out the headlines in the evening so as to catch all the news (earlier, doing the piece…

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Manchester United can win in Milan

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 24 2012

I don’t need to tell you how great last night’s game at Old Trafford was. The early goal, the second-half comeback, Scholesy’s audacious flick – perhaps his only meaningful contribution…

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