Dissecting Italy’s Euro 2008 Campaign
Football is cruel. Italy, winners of a penalty shoot-out in the World Cup Finals in 2006, were dumped out of Euro 2008 after losing on penalties to Spain. Defeat, on…
Is it easier to win the Euro or the World Cup?
A question on the SoccerLens Forum recently asked whether it would be harder for teams to win the European Football Championships or the World Cup. A friendly argument ensued: The…
The Best of Roy of the Rovers: the 1980s
Although Roy first appeared way back in 1954 as a young apprentice signed by Melchester Rovers’ forward thinking youth team scout — Bert Bonser, it wasn’t until the 1980s that…
Nike: Most Wanted – SAF to train the future stars of football
Nike: Most Wanted is a collaborative project between the Premier League and Nike in the close season – it aims to find 22 of the country’s most talented undiscovered players…
All Summer 2008 Serie A Transfers
All Italian Serie A transfers going through in the summer of 2008 are on this page. For our transfer rumours column, see our transfer news section. This page is updated…
France 0-2 Italy – Azzurri Step Out of the Grave and into the Quarter-Finals
France 0-2 Italy. Ladies & gentlemen, this is how you mix a “Blue Lagoon”: 1 oz Vodka (Pirlo), 1 oz Blue Curaçao (De Rossi), cherry (Buffon’s save on Benzema), 1…
Dutch are red-hot for Euros
The Euro 2008 group stages are at an end with a few surprises thrown out, but on the whole my initial predictions have been largely spot on with dark horses…
All Summer 2008 English Championship Transfers
All English Championship transfers going through in the summer of 2008 are on this page. For our transfer rumours column, see our transfer news section. This page is updated frequently,…
All Summer 2008 Ligue 1 Transfers
All French Ligue 1 transfers going through in the summer of 2008 are on this page. For our transfer news column, see our transfer rumours section. This page is updated…
All Summer 2008 La Liga Transfers
All Spanish La Liga transfers going through in the summer of 2008 are on this page. For our transfer rumours column, see our transfer news section. This page is updated…
All Summer 2008 Bundesliga Transfers
All German Bundesliga transfers going through in the summer of 2008 are on this page. For our transfer rumours column, see our transfer news section. This page is updated frequently,…
Talking points – Scolari, Italy and that Austrian penalty. What do you think?
We all like a bit of a discussion and debate at the start of the week so I thought I’d take a look at some the talking points from the…
Scolari Watch – Chelsea finally have a top manager
From the outside Chelsea’s efforts to find a new manager over the last few weeks appear to have been conducted in their usual clumsy fashion — with Peter Kenyon running…
Ian Blanchard, Head of National Referee Development at the FA, Discusses Law 11 and the Goal by Ruud Van Nistelrooy
Images courtesy of Ian Blanchard and the English Football Association. In February 2008, I had the pleasure and privilege to interview Mr. Ian Blanchard, who became the Head of National…
Euro 2008 Fixtures & Results
This article refers to a previous European Championship. Click here for EURO 2012 FIXTURES. Euro 2008 fixtures and results, all in one place. Bookmark and share away:
