Articles By Ahmed Bilal (1008)

England vs Estonia, Russia vs England, Live Blogging for both Euro 2008 qualifiers

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Apr 7 2023

As a blogger, I love the international break – it’s a time to relax, blow off some steam and recharge your batteries for the next cycle of league game upon…

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Writing Competition – Updates

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 28 2012

We’re one week into the first-ever Soccerlens Writing Contest and in my view it’s going extremely well (considering that I was afraid that we’d get 0 submissions, it’s going great!)….

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2007 Soccerlens Football Writing Competition

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Apr 5 2023

Soccerlens is hosting a football writing competition – if you think you’re better than the journalist / blogger hacks you force yourself to read everyday (in some cases that’s not…

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Guardian’s Daniel Taylor doesn’t deserve to write about Manchester United

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Jul 2 2021

July 2014, Editor’s note: This was written 7 years ago and while I stand by what I said then, it’s only fair to say that not only has Daniel Taylor…

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Grab Your Balls to Release the Anger Trapped Inside You

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Apr 6 2023

If there’s a god, I thank him for making stupid people (otherwise god bless random mutations, eh?). Some say that variety is the spice of life – although considering that…

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Premier League Manager Sack Race: Tottenham, Bolton, Fulham, Chelsea or someone else?

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Apr 10 2023

Despite the well-documented tension at Stamford Bridge and the countless speculation, no one actually expected Jose Mourinho to be the first managerial casualty in the Premier League. It just goes…

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The Arsenal board should buy out Kroenke

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 28 2012

It’s been a while since I last talked about Arsenal (the whole Usmanov vs bloggers thing has really taken off though), and with positive news to report this time, let’s…

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SquadGod Week 5

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Apr 10 2023

Hello and welcome to our weekly Fantasy Football update. The prize is $500, there are 221 competitors and already we have quite a stiff competition brewing. Let’s look at the…

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Mourinho Leaves Chelsea for…Tottenham?

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Apr 6 2023

Update: Avram Grant (the director of football brought in from Pompey) is set to takeover at Chelsea. My bet is that he’s going to be there till January or May…

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Qualify for Champions League or Win the Uefa / FA Cup?

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 23 2012

When Blackburn’s Morten Gamst Pedersen was asked to choose between a top-four finish and winning the UEFA Cup, he picked the UEFA Cup. This caught my attention, because it’s something…

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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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Soccer Training Info

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Apr 10 2023

I’ve known about Soccer Training Info for almost an year now, and while I’ve rare sought them out for training info (never had the need), I’ve turned to the site…

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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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Last Chance to win free tickets to Barcelona vs Real Zaragoza

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Aug 5 2022

Update: This contest is now closed. I’ll announce the winner on the Soccerlens blog later this week. If you want to watch Barcelona in full flow, this is your chance….

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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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