Articles By Ahmed Bilal (646)

Manchester United fan describes stadium experience

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Apr 6 2023

Editor’s note: The following was posted by Jason Barr in the comments section of our “Should Lille be ejected from the Champions League” article. It is reprinted here with Jason’s…

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Manchester United vs Europe XI

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 29 2012

Manchester United vs Europe XI Videos Final Score: Manchester United 4-3 Europe XI.

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Chelsea and Liverpool takeovers ALL about the money

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 20 2012

I hope no one is naive enough to believe the Chelsea spinmasters when they say that Abramovich bought the club because he likes football and he loves the club. And…

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Why won’t Manchester United play Heinze?

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 29 2012

Saw the Charlton game over the weekend (ruined my saturday night though), and apart from the usual riffs about how good we’re looking this season, here are the key things…

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Venables lets England down, again

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Dec 21 2021

It doesn’t matter that Terry Venables is probably right when he says that international friendlies are meaningless and do little to prepare teams for real games such as England’s Euro…

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Football News Roundup – 11/02/07

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Apr 7 2023

News items that I wanted to cover but ran out of time during the week:

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January Premiership Transfers – Full List

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Jan 9 2022

Full list of January’s Premiership transfers Is it just me, or was this January transfer season woefully quiet? I’m not talking about the normal banter (where Bale was linked with…

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David Beckham, Real Madrid and the cost of pride

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Apr 7 2023

Real Madrid are notoriously hard negotiators – one of the richest clubs in the world haggles over the smallest amounts like an arrogant, miserly old bastard who probably just enjoys…

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Manchester United January Transfer Strategy

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 29 2012

The ‘Hargreaves to Manchester United’ story has been done to death, with so many false rumours floating around that you’d be hard pressed to find any single shred of truth…

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Gareth Bale – Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham, Liverpool, Chelsea or Real Madrid?

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Jul 18 2009

Good young talent is hard to find – good young talent in England is even harder to find, so the fact that Gareth Bale is coming along nicely for Southampton…

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Rubbish Rumours – Real Madrid bid for Ronaldo

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 20 2012

Real Madrid will think that they came close to signing Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United last summer, but the cold reality is that Manchester United are not willing to let…

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January Transfers – Top 10 Targets

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 29 2012

Ah yes, the transfer season is upon us again. Considering how busy (and, dare I say, popular) Soccerlens was during the last transfer period (with 700,000+ pageviews in July and…

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Manchester United – Players leaving in January

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Jan 9 2022

Several of Manchester United players have been linked with a move away from Old Trafford, so I thought that before the transfer window opened it would be a good idea…

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2 key players for Manchester United to consider

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Jan 9 2022

Beginning of the current season (2006-2007), I wrote a detailed, 5-piece preview of Manchester United’s chances and the main issues involving them this year.

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CL 2nd Round Draw

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 29 2012

The Champions League second round matches will be played on 20-21 Feb and 6-7 March. Here is the schedule:

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