Arsenal denied a legitimate goal, Manchester United helped by referees again
Another week of Premier League action and another week of Blackburn Rovers and Steve Bennett getting involved in Right Result rulings.
Sunderland 1-1 Arsenal – English Premier League – 4 October 2008 – Live Blog
This article refers to an older Arsenal-Sunderland game. Visit the most recent Arsenal v Sunderland match page. Sunderland (Leadbitter 86′) 1-1 Arsenal (Fabregas 90′ +3) Stadium: Stadium of Light, England…
Right Result Report: Liverpool top, Newcastle 13th, Blackburn in relegation zone
With the season being six games in there has already been plenty of comment passed on the performance of match referees. Goals that weren’t, dodgy penalties and blatant offside’s have…
Vote of no confidence for Tottenham and Newcastle
This season has already had its fair share of talking points and as a neutral, watching Newcastle and Tottenham struggling so badly is one of the most surprising developments so…
Common sense anyone?
The F.A. have announced that lucky punters will be able to buy common sense by the bag from their headquarters as of this Saturday, after they have decided no one…
Top 10 daft football injuries
Following the news that Liam Lawrence is a doubt for Stoke City’s match against Portsmouth after tripping over his dog, we look at some of the silliest football injuries: 1….
Premier League club for sale. Applications from overseas multi-billionaires will be particularly welcome.
What is the lot of a football club owner in the English Premier League in this day and age? Well, if you are Abu Dhabi United or Roman Abramovich, then…
Newcastle United should have won, Tottenham and Man City deserved penalties, Man Utd didn’t
The old adage that you don’t get the rub of the green when you are down at the bottom of the league will have a resonance with the Premier League…
Liverpool’s best formation and form
Soccerlens reader and forum member deridder8 wrote a very interesting article in the forum today – here’s an extract: … After 6 games with 4 wins and 2 draws, I’m…
Boothroyd Charged – Whatever Next?
The ‘Respect the Ref’ campaign is something I fully support, after watching football players abuse the referee for years. Whilst as part of the crowd I have done this on…
How can we help American youth training?
In part one, I looked at the differences between German and American youth training methods. In part two, I look at the different ways American youth training can be improved…
Youth Training – USA v Germany
Despite the fact that on any given weekend Americans drive through the suburbs and see lush green fields spattered with kids playing soccer, the popularity the sport has with America’s…
Coaching Young Players
In these heady days of multi-billionaire takeovers of clubs in the English Premiership and Championship, the subject of developing young players has again risen to the fore. With the best…
Video: Respect the ref? As soon as he stops awarding goals like this one
An unexpected side effect of the Respect the Ref campaign has been the joy in pointing out examples of refereeing errors that are so bad that it makes respect impossible…
Ade and a Bet
Even though I’m the proud owner of a Y chromosome, I love reality TV. I even applied for ‘Queer Eye for the Straight Guy’, but I didn’t fancy wearing a…
