The Nominees For The FIFA ‘Golden Shinpads’ Award
With a conspicuous absence of any defensively-minded players on FIFA’s Golden Ball award shortlist, you could be forgiven for thinking that there weren’t any outstanding back-line performers at this summer’s…
How much are national teams worth?
One of the more interesting pieces of statistical analysis that’s come out of this year’s World Cup comes from Frontier Economics, a leading European economic consultancy, who recently carried out…
Brazilian League: Bruno goes from champion goalkeeper to probable convict
Now that the 2010 FIFA World Cup is history (by the way congratulations to Spain for getting a spot among our select club of world champions) we can go back to…
World Cup 2010 – The Post Mortem
Mike Martin hands out the gongs as we review the first ever African World Cup.
Spain Home Shirt – WC Winners Limited Edition
The Spain merch is coming your way like Hurricane Katrina, and I bet you’re pretty confused about what to buy. There’s jackets, 1000 t-shirts, mugs, mouse pads, baby diapers, and…
2010 World Cup: The Winners And Losers
After the 2010 World Cup climaxed yesterday, we at Soccerlens thought it was high time to have a little look at those who, over the course of the tournament, have…
World Cup News: Spain Are The Campeones Del Mundo!
Good morning everyone and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Spain are deserved campeones del mundo, Andres Iniesta is officially better than Xavi for the foreseeable future…
Andres Iniesta: “It was an incredible job by everyone.”
The last man to lift the World Cup trophy, Fabio Cannavaro, carried the sculpted golden figure into Soccer City. The Netherlands was on a 25 game unbeaten streak having won…
Spain World Champions Shirts – World Cup Winners Shirts
Finally, the new 2010 Champion of the World has been decided, after a grueling 120 minute match which looked like it could easily be won by either side. The Spanish…
The Meteoric Rise of David Villa
On 3rd December 1981, a child was born. But he made himself a star. His father Jose Manuel Villa was a miner and his mother was a housewife. He was…
David Villa: “We aren’t going to leave a drop of sweat.”
The Netherlands will try to win the World Cup final on their third attempt. Czechoslovakia (1934 and 1962) and Hungary (1938 and 1954) are the other two countries besides the…
The football debt league – top 10 most indebted clubs
Barcelona’s new president Sandro Rosell revealed earlier this week that the football club is having to take out a €150million loan in order to ease financial debts. Despite the enormity…
Barcelona and Inter target Mascherano to force Liverpool’s hand with transfer request
Last summer, a move to Barcelona looked to be on for Javier Mascherano, but in the end, Liverpool held on to him. However, the longing to leave hasn’t passed, and…
