Charlie Rhodes

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly – Soccerlens takes time out to reflect on the most glorious and visceral expression of footballing joy – the goal celebration. We look…

Crisis. That’s what the papers are saying. A team in crisis, a manager who is losing the plot. No, I’m not talking about Liverpool here. This is about the Baroque…

Liverpool started the season aiming for a realistic title challenge (a continuation, if not improvement, of last season) and progression to the semi-finals of the Champions League (a competition they’ve…

Yesterday night Liverpool FC and all its fans were dealt the final blow that sent them crashing out of this year’s Champions League with a game still left to play…

It was supposed to be written in the stars above the Space Needle. Sunday was the night everything was to come together and confirm the resurrection of a fallen giant….

In this article we look at ten of the world’s largest football stadiums, some perhaps better known than others, and assess their legacies and impact both on the game and…

The BBC has an excellent interview with Manchester United’s Jonny Evans where he discusses his progress through the ranks at Manchester United, his team-mates, his international career and Sir Alex…

Bordeaux lose at home, Grenoble snatch a point versus Lyon, Auxerre moves top with a 8th consecutive win – all that happened in the last round of Ligue 1 matches….

Like Barcelona, who claim to be more than a club, Jose Mourinho has always cast himself as more than just a football manager. Speaking at a press conference on Friday,…

What an emotional, mentally draining week its been.  Monsieur Henry’s handball has been talked to death at this stage, im sure some people will be rolling their eyes at another…

The Bundesliga ries to get back to normality this weekend following the death of Hanover goalkeepr Robert Enke. Hanover visit Schalke, while the big game of the weekend is Leverkusen’s trip to struggling Bayern on Sunday.

Adrian Clarke and Iain Spragg are in fine form on Episode 29 of the world famous Soccerlens Podcast.  There’s a host of juicy topics to get stuck into this week…

Following their defeat to Chelsea, I read a couple of articles writing off Manchester United’s title hopes. This feels absurdly early to me, so ahead of this weekend’s Premiership matches…

With performances being well under the required rate, how can Manchester United improve? Should they buy in the summer? If so, who?

So the last international break of the noughties has been and gone, we know who will be lining up in South Africa next summer, and we know that Robin Van…