Ahmed Bilal
Sports Editor
Are you a “true” football fan?
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 20 2012Are 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…
Can John Terry be a good manager?
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 19 2012After last night’s defeat to Liverpool, management may be far away from John Terry’s mind. However, he has recently gone on record as saying that he would want to coach…
Manchester United taught a lesson in quality football by AC Milan
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 28 2012You can catch the match report and goal videos here. Below, you’ll find a second leg preview and coverage from the first leg.
Liverpool setup first half of a dream final by beating an uninspired Chelsea
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 24 2012Was 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,…
Soccerlens Terms of Use
Ahmed Bilal • May 28 2016If you are using Soccerlens.com, you should know a few things, such as: Terms of usage Content disclaimer How we can communicate with you Advertising on the site How your…
Football Headlines – 30 April 2007
Ahmed Bilal • Jan 14 2022I’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…
11 Reasons why Michael Carrick will be a legend
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 24 2012When 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…
Coloccini headed for Newcastle United?
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 20 2012Ed Harrison from the Newcastle United blog reports that Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp has reportedly launched a move to sign Fabricio Coloccini from Deportivo La Coruna.
Arsenal roundup / Eriksson for England / Prem roundup / Goal of the day
Ahmed Bilal • Jan 6 2022A quick look at today’s top headlines:
Manchester United 4-2 Everton (match discussion and videos)
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 19 2012Well, 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…
Football Headlines – 28 April 2007
Ahmed Bilal • Apr 7 2023The 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…
Master Baiter Mourinho prepares for war with Manchester United
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 29 2012It’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…
Thinking about David James
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 27 2012David 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…
What do you get when you give a Newcastle fan a blog?
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 27 2012How do you introduce a new blog about a club you enjoy making fun off?
Football Headlines: 25 April 2007
Ahmed Bilal • Dec 24 2021No, 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…