UEFA Champions League 08-09 – Group Stage Draw LIVEBLOG
This article refers to an earlier version of the Champions League draw. Go to the latest Champions League draw article. The DRAW for the 2008-09 UEFA Champions League Group…
If Style Won You Silverware…
Who would win the Premier League? The Champions League? The FA Cup? Would Manchester United and Chelsea still fight for the title? Will Arsenal and Liverpool be dumped out of…
Is Football Bad For Your Health?
Football has a pretty big role in terms of UK culture, and never more so since the birth of Sky Sports and the Premier League, enhanced even further by Euro…
Stevenage struggle to get started
Many a preseason favourite for the title have struggled to start their campaign in the manner that the media hype would suggest, but few have done so quite as spectacularly…
Liverpool appoint Mrs Redknapp as assistant manager
‘Onest ‘Arry Redknapp appears to be feeling the pinch of the credit crunch. Obviously Lord Stevens’ enquiry into bung-taking in football found no evidence he was anything other than an…
Manchester City v. West Ham United – Live Blog
Manchester City (Sturridge 65′, Elano 70′ 76′) 3-0 West Ham United Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Date: Sunday 24 August 2008 Competition: English Premier League Kickoff: 16:00 BST, 11:00 EST…
Tottenham 1-2 Sunderland – Live Blog
Tottenham (Jenas 73′) 1-2 Sunderland (Richardson 55′, Cisse 83′) Stadium: White Hart Lane, London Date: Saturday 23 August 2008 Competiton: English Premier League Time: 15:00 BST, 10:00 EST Sunderland…
Golden Argentina in Beijing (Olympics 2008)
Four years after the gold in Athens, another 1-0 scoreline confirmed Argentina as Olympic football champions. In 2004, the match-winning goal had been scored by a certain Carlos Tevez; this…
Football Rivals You Love To Hate
I hate Liverpool and I hate Liverpool fans. This isn’t to say that I don’t have a mate or two who is afflicted with Liverpool support and this isn’t to…
Irresistible Argentina power past Brazil
Watch Argentina v Brazil live online. Just like a sheet of paper from a page-a-day-calendar, Argentina ripped Brazil out of the stack, crunched it up, made a little paper ball,…
Glory Fans – Not So Bad After All?
As a child, the summer holidays brought about a family trip to a campsite in Europe. We’d get in the car to travel down to Dover and I would always…
Soccerlens goes to Paris – How good (bad) is French football?
And so, after a year-long absence from a soccer stadium (the last live match I watched was Chile vs. Nigeria, FIFA U-20 World Cup Quarter-Finals, and only because the tournament…
Former Juventus player beaten up by rival fans
From Goal.com: Conte was relaxing on a beach near his hometown of Lecce on Sunday where he took part in a five-a-side match, before a number of thugs gathered around…
How the Dutch sabotaged England’s Euro dreams
An astonishing leaked interview with former England boss Steve “Umbrella” McClaren has made it clear to British football authorities that the man they entrusted with England’s dismal Euro 2008 qualifying…
Arsenal and Man Utd to beat Liverpool, Tottenham and Chelsea in the youth stakes
Where will the next generation of home grown Premier League stars come from? Nextsoccerstar.com predicts who will be the winners and losers in the ‘youth’ stakes this season….
