Ahmed Bilal
Sports Editor
Mad About Bad Referees? Blame Fifa, not Graham Poll
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 20 2012After that Australia-Croatia match, British referee Graham Poll came under scathing criticism for showing Josip Simunic 3 yellow cards before showing him a red one (with the third one coming…
Manchester United in Transfer Wilderness
Ahmed Bilal • May 6 2012Yet another club strengthen their squad… (Bellamy joins Liverpool) Admittedly, Liverpool have suffered, selling one striker and losing another to a terrible injury, but the sight of 3 out of…
Is Eriksson the worst England manager of all time?
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 20 2012Myles Palmer from Arsenal News Review puts England’s performance last night into perspective: You had to feel sorry for the England fans over in Cologne on a night when de-mob…
Transfer News During The World Cup
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 20 2012(Updated on 19th June) The search for for United’s summer recruits continues, with news now linking Javier Macherano (Corinthians), Fernando Torres (Atletico Madrid) and Dida (AC Milan) to the Red…
Interesting Striker Stats (World Cup 2006)
Ahmed Bilal • Jun 9 2009You can see the top ten goal scorers in the World Cup 2006 here, but what if you wanted to know who had the most shots on goal? What about…
Day 4 Review – Finally, Some Fireworks
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 29 2012Where Argentina vs Ivory Coast on Day Two was perhaps the best match of the tournament so far, Day Four saw one of the best comebacks in recent World Cup…
Ljunberg vs Mellberg – scenes from the Swedish dressing room
Ahmed Bilal • Apr 11 2023It was mentioned in the media earlier that after the Sweden vs Trinidad & Tobago game (0-0), Freddy Ljunberg and Olof Mellberg came close to blows on a dispute on…
Soccerlens gets a new design
Ahmed Bilal • Aug 5 2022In case you’ve dropped by here before, you’ll notice that Soccerlens now sports a brand spanking new wordpress theme. All credits to Matt Mueller for putting this together inside ……
Fifa promotes new guidelines to referees for World Cup 2006
Ahmed Bilal • Apr 7 2023Another big organisation tries its best to find a sensible solution to a rampant problem, and once again they seem to have come up short and out of bloody ideas….
Obi Mikel, Chelsea and Manchester United
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 20 2012A quick lesson in blind journalism for all you folks: Heard about Jon Obi Mikel? You know, that kid Chelsea just signed for 16 mil (12 mil of which is…
England vs Jamaica – Preview
Ahmed Bilal • Aug 4 2022Read the England vs Jamaica Match Report When England take on Jamaica at Old Trafford today, Eriksson has one last shot at tinkering with the formations and finding out what…
Daily News Roundup
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 20 2012Arsenal fans, being arsenal fans, are blaming the recent BBC NewsNight investigation into the Arsenal-Beveren relationship as being part of a conspiracy to get David Dein voted off the FA…
Chelsea sign Kalou from Feyenoord
Ahmed Bilal • Nov 8 2021Some quick transfer news before the England v Hungary friendly tonight: Salomon Kalou has finally signed for Chelsea. His is a 3-year contract and the fee remains ‘undisclosed’, although previous…
We want Gallas!
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 20 2012The man doesn’t want to play at Chelsea anymore – at least that’s what the media has been reporting, and today Chelsea came out with a statement clarifying that as…
Mourinho is Manager of the Season
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 23 2012And even in his moment of glory he is complaining about being unloved…