Five Great FA Cup Second Round Upsets
This weekend sees the second round of the FA Cup take place, and with the big sides entering the draw at the next stage, the chances of a dream money-spinning…
UEFA Cup 08-09 Matchday 3 Review
The UEFA Cup group stages are beginning to take shape with some interesting clashes on matchday 3 last night. Group A In Group A Manchester City, minus Robinho, Elano and…
Arsenal’s captaincy gaffe, free Manchester United tickets, the next Real Madrid striker and more
Today’s report is brought to you by Alessandra Ambrosio and Cristiano Ronaldo and because we’ve been away for a while, by the lovely Adriana Karembeu. Before we kick off with…
The Metatarsal
A few words didn’t exist in April 2002. Bouncebackability. Celubatante. Crunk. Hoody. Metatarsal is slightly different from these words in the respect that it did exist, but it was just…
The Hamstring
Ahh the hamstring. The bane of the pacy player. Nothing turns a manager’s stomach more than their £20m striker running at a defence at full pace, before pulling up sharper…
The Cruciate Ligament
Perhaps the most feared of all football injuries is the cruciate ligament injury. A broken leg may hurt more, and cause more people to grimace or turn away from the…
The Leg Break
Ok, a little obvious, but the broken leg in football is arguably becoming more and more common. Fortunately the days where a broken leg would mean the end of a…
The Scout: Five Hot Prospects from the Portuguese Liga Sagres
Often heralded as a cultivator of talent, the Portuguese Liga is again stocked with a host of youthful footballers. Here are five players who are finally beginning to realize their potential: 5. Bruno Gama —…
Can Kinnear save the Magpies?
How Newcastle’s fortunes have dipped over the last year. At this stage of last season, Sam Allardyce had steered the club to 11th in the league with 18 points from…
Top 20 Future England Football Stars
With Fabio Capello at the helm, there is no doubt in my mind that England’s football future is looking bright. Of course being Italian I’m a bit biased, but Don…
What about now? Is Arsenal’s title push over?
A few weeks back I said (on Soccerlens) that people were being huge drama queens and writing off Arsenal way too early. The following Saturday they beat Manchester United and…
Stoke have a better chance of Premier League survival than West Brom
It’s been an entertaining start to the Premiership season, and no more so than at the bottom of the table. Two of the newly promoted teams from the Championship, Stoke…
Arsenal Think It’s Bad Now, Wait Until Their Tricky Games Come
When William Gallas had his temper tantrum at Birmingham following the last minute penalty decision to deny his team all three points, I was sure Arsene Wenger would take the…
Credit crunching through the Conference
Non-league clubs have never been the most stable of businesses, even in more financially stable times. Out of the 24 teams currently in the Blue Square Premier, no fewer than…
Villarreal 0-0 Manchester United – UEFA Champions League – 25 November 2008 – Live Blog
Villarreal 0-0 Manchester United Competition: UEFA Champions League, Group E Date: 25 November 2008 Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal, Spain Kickoff: 19:45 GMT, 14:45 ET Villarreal and Manchester United battled to…
