Articles By Charlie Rhodes (31329)

Manchester United 2-2 Chelsea – Live – Community Shield – 9 August 2009

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Aug 7 2010

This Community Shield match is from a previous season. Watch the latest Community Shield match here and the latest Manchester United v Chelsea match here. Watch Manchester United v Chelsea…

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Transfer Rumors (8 August 09): Liverpool land Aquilani, Toni to sign for West Ham, Real’s Huntelaar moves to AC Milan, and more

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Aug 8 2009

How good of an investment is bringing in an highly-talented but oft-injured player for 20m? Rafa Benitez won’t find that out for a month or two, what with new signing…

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Twitter: More Reliable than the BBC?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Aug 12 2009

Oh, Inverted World!  Besides being my favorite Shins Album, it’s how I’m feeling about Twitter.   Allow me to explain. I’m on twitter.  I use it to connect with friends, colleagues, and…

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MLS considering “Beckham Rule” change?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 5 2023

Not so long ago, David Beckham’s move to LA Galaxy would not even have been possible. It was facilitated by a change in Major League Soccer’s rules. Tim Leiweke, the…

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Ligue 1 Preview – Bordeaux, Marseille and Lyon’s Summer of Love

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Aug 12 2009

What a difference a year makes. Against odds, FC Bordeaux dethroned Ligue 1’s 7 time consecutive champions Lyon to lift the Ligue 1 trophy. With 12 wins on the trot…

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The Championship 2009/10 Season Preview

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Aug 12 2009

Soccerlens’ Football League preview reaches its climax ahead of the big kick-off this weekend, with The Championship playing a starring role. There’s plenty of big names battling it out for…

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Revealed- the new stars of Ligue Un

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Aug 12 2009

With Lyon finally knocked off their lofty perch by Laurent Blanc’s fantastically well drilled Bordeaux side last season, there is a feeling that this season’s Ligue Un title race might…

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Premier League Fantasy Football Game

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 22 2012

If the Premier League was an ice cream, it would lick itself. That’s a fact. The money swishing around the self-proclaimed “Greatest League on Earth” has given the English top…

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Do you remember when Newcastle were still good?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Aug 12 2009

It has been easy to laugh at Newcastle United in recent months, not that it makes it right of course. From Kevin Keegan’s typically sudden departure, the frankly ridiculous resurrection…

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Transfer Rumors (6 August 09): Liverpool replace new Real man Alonso with Roma’s Aquilani, Man City to tie up Lescott deal today, Tottenham close on Newcastle’s Bassong, and more

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Aug 6 2009

An A for an A, a tooth for a tooth? Excuse the weak comment there, but it is early, so I won’t be at my cleverest for another few hours…

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League One 2009/2010 Season Preview

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Aug 19 2009

We’re now over halfway through Soccerlens’ full season preview ahead of the big League kickoff this weekend. Today we’re up to League 1, which contains fallen ex-Premier League teams Leeds,…

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Five Reasons why Football is better than Formula One

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 21 2012

Where I come from, there tends to be two kinds of boys. Car boys and football boys. You can like both of course, but essentially you know at some point…

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The 10 Hottest Serie A Transfers

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 29 2012

Once upon a time, Italian football was the centre of the universe. As recently as the turn of the decade, Serie A was the preferred destination for pretty much all…

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10 Reasons why Football is better than Cricket

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Mar 4 2022

You might not know it as you zip up your coat to brave the rain and the wind, but summer is here in England. And that means one thing. Cricket….

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Revealed- The 10 newboys set to light up the Bundesliga

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Aug 12 2009

It will be hard for the Bundesliga to live up to expectations following last season’s dramatic, and truly eventful, feast. But already the biggest sides in Germany are preparing to…

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