Why Do Americans Call It Soccer?
This article is a submission for the Soccerlens Football Writing Competition; to participate, please read the details here. Contrary to what the media and others want you to believe, the…
La Liga Week 6: Ramos keeps Real Madrid ahead of Barcelona
Despite another below par performance Real Madrid took another three points from their visit to Getafe. A goal from Sergio Ramos after 65 minutes gave them a narrow 0-1 victory…
Grading Summer 2007’s 20 Most Expensive Transfers
Some might think it would be hasty to make such an assessment so early into the season (after all, European leagues have only begun for a month or two) but…
La Liga week 5 – Barcelona play better without Ronny and Eto’o
The war of the television companies continues in Spain. For the first time since TV began showing football there was no game transmitted free on Spanish TV after Real Madrid…
Football Headlines: Chelsea, Liverpool, Aston Villa and more
Here’s a quick look at today’s main Premier League news:
Premier League Team of the Season (so far)
With Sven winner of August’s manager of the month award and Micah Richards receiving the player of the month gong, I thought it might be interesting to try to build…
Serie A Latest: Matchday 4 and Champions League Review
Hello everyone! Your Italian Calcio expert Marco Pantanella is back, ready to begin his second week here on Soccerlens. Up on the menu today we’ve got a full report on…
La Liga week 4: Barçelona close the gap as Real Madrid and Sevilla stumble
Football Club Barcelona took all three points in Saturday night’s big game, beating a disappointing Sevilla 2-1 at Camp Nou. Star of the game and scorer of both Barça goals…
Arsenal Rack Up Five Against Mediocre Derby (match highlights video)
Before this game it seemed that there could only be one outcome- Arsenal was on a run of seven wins in eight games playing some absolutely brilliant football along the…
Newcastle United’s Bubble Burst at Derby — But Just Wait
If you has asked Newcastle fans after our first 4 games of the season how things were going you would have been told Newcastle would finish in the top 6…
Barcelona: the future’s bright, the future’s Orange… but maybe not so bright for Frank Rijkaard
After Sunday’s stale draw away at the Reyno de Navarra, the sharks seem to be circling around the career of Frank Rijkaard, whose chances of survival as head coach at…
Serie A Latest: Roma Top as Juve and Milan stumble, Euro 2008 Review and Italian CL Preview
Greetings Soccerlens readers! Your resident Serie A expert Marco Pantanella is here to tell you all about what’s hot & hip, in other words ‘what’s happening’ over in the ‘Old…
Why the Ref’s Assistant got the Kalou offside wrong — and why YOU would do the same
My name’s Fifth Column and I am an alcoholic… …oh, sorry, wrong audience. What I meant to say is that my name is Fifth Column and I am a qualified…
Will Barcelona make the same mistakes? Will Real Madrid stay consistent?
Nig writes at the Barcelona blog. Despite only being two games into the Spanish league season there are quite a few conclusions that can already be made. While last season…
Ref Watch: Lubos Michel – Italy 0-0 France (Euro 2008 Qualifier)
The Italy-France game turned out to be the scrappy affair we had been expecting as both teams failed to produce anything special in the goal-less draw. With harsh words exchanged…
