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La Liga week 4: Barçelona close the gap as Real Madrid and Sevilla stumble

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 8 2023

Football Club Barcelona took all three points in Saturday night’s big game, beating a disappointing Sevilla 2-1 at Camp Nou. Star of the game and scorer of both Barça goals…

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Arsenal Rack Up Five Against Mediocre Derby (match highlights video)

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 28 2012

Before this game it seemed that there could only be one outcome- Arsenal was on a run of seven wins in eight games playing some absolutely brilliant football along the…

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Newcastle United’s Bubble Burst at Derby — But Just Wait

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 28 2012

If you has asked Newcastle fans after our first 4 games of the season how things were going you would have been told Newcastle would finish in the top 6…

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Barcelona: the future’s bright, the future’s Orange… but maybe not so bright for Frank Rijkaard

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jul 24 2022

After Sunday’s stale draw away at the Reyno de Navarra, the sharks seem to be circling around the career of Frank Rijkaard, whose chances of survival as head coach at…

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Serie A Latest: Roma Top as Juve and Milan stumble, Euro 2008 Review and Italian CL Preview

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 10 2023

Greetings Soccerlens readers! Your resident Serie A expert Marco Pantanella is here to tell you all about what’s hot & hip, in other words ‘what’s happening’ over in the ‘Old…

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Why the Ref’s Assistant got the Kalou offside wrong — and why YOU would do the same

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 23 2012

My name’s Fifth Column and I am an alcoholic… …oh, sorry, wrong audience. What I meant to say is that my name is Fifth Column and I am a qualified…

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Will Barcelona make the same mistakes? Will Real Madrid stay consistent?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 8 2023

Nig writes at the Barcelona blog. Despite only being two games into the Spanish league season there are quite a few conclusions that can already be made. While last season…

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Ref Watch: Lubos Michel – Italy 0-0 France (Euro 2008 Qualifier)

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 28 2012

The Italy-France game turned out to be the scrappy affair we had been expecting as both teams failed to produce anything special in the goal-less draw. With harsh words exchanged…

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Previewing the Women’s World Cup

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 11 2023

The following article is written by Georgina Turner from Kickster.tv, a blog covering women’s football. The women’s World Cup starts in five days and chances are you know nothing about…

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Celtic 07/08 Home and Away kits

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Dec 20 2021

Scottish Premier League champions Celtic FC have both their home and away kits out for their SPL title-defense and their UEFA Champions League campaign.

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Matchday 2: Villarreal 0-5 Real Madrid

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 20 2010

This match refers to an older Villareal-Madrid game. Visit the most recent Real Madrid v Villareal match page. Real Madrid travelled to El Madrigal to face the form team of…

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La Liga Week 2: Real Madrid on top and Barcelona win their first game

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 8 2023

A superb 0-5 win at Villarreal has left Real Madrid out on their own at the top of the Spanish league. The current champions have started their defence well, being…

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Barcelona 5-0 Inter Milan

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 11 2023

Brought to you by the Barcelona blog. The team responded to the criticism by turning in a fine display to beat a lucklustre Inter Milan 5-0 in tonight’s Joan Gamper….

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Richard Scudamore and the Premier League

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 28 2012

What is it with Richard Scudamore, the Premier League’s (PL) chief executive, that makes journalists from the Mail to the Guardian so disparaging? “He does talk a lot of rubbish”…

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La Liga Week 1: Real Madrid and Sevilla win while Barca stumble and Valencia lose

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 8 2023

A quick roundup of the weekend games from La Liga, courtesy of FCBNews editor Nic.

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