Ahmed Bilal
Sports Editor
SquadGod Week 4.2: Stats, Tips and Standings
Ahmed Bilal • Apr 10 2023Also see our Weekend Predictions. We’re back with Premier League football and seeing as there’s little time left for you to conduct your transfers for the week, let’s get a…
Should Rio Ferdinand be Manchester United captain?
Ahmed Bilal • Aug 5 2022Many 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…
Barcelona’s upcoming games, free tickets and Real Madrid’s move for Ballack
Ahmed Bilal • Apr 11 2023Nic 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…
Peeping Toms at Women’s World Cup
Ahmed Bilal • Apr 11 2023Reuters 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…
England are back where they started
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 28 2012Sep 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…
Serie A 07/08 Salaries – Kaka rules the roost
Ahmed Bilal • Apr 8 2023Marco Pantanella from mCalcio.com points us to the Gazzetta dello Sport publishing the salaries of all 20 clubs in the Serie A. AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus and Roma lead…
Love Manchester United, Hate the Debt – What would you do?
Ahmed Bilal • Jan 1 2009Seeing 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…
OMG! Liverpool’s Jermaine Pennant got drunk!
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 28 2012Liverpool’s Jermaine Pennant is a good kid, despite his problems and a talented footballer despite a career that has threatened to derail and spectacularly failed to take off.
Football Gossip: Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool, Newcastle United, Tottenham, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester City
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 23 2012Some transfer rumours and other sordid gossip from the dirty world of tabloids to pass your Sunday evening:
What Taylor’s Newcastle contract muddle teaches us
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 28 2012The 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…
What if Robben and Ballack had joined Manchester United instead of Chelsea?
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 23 2012Soccerlens reader and Manchester United fan ‘yfcs’ writes in the Manchester United forum:
SquadGod Week 4: Waiting on Ronaldo and Rooney
Ahmed Bilal • Apr 10 2023The best thing about the 10 day international break is that star players will get time to heal their injuries.
Weekend Review: Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham, West Ham, Manchester United, Newcastle, Chelsea, Manchester City
Ahmed Bilal • Oct 11 2021The 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…
Cristiano Ronaldo, Nani and Anderson with Hookers (interview)
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 28 2012This 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…
Cup winners vs 4th placed clubs – Who deserves Champions League qualification?
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 28 2012Considering 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…