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7 Reasons Why Americans Suck At Soccer
Soccerlens | July 4th 2008
The world’s greatest nation is surprisingly mediocre when it comes to playing the world’s most popular sport. It’s not that they keep losing - far from it. Americans have a winning mentality that automatically ensures that whatever read more
Football Debt, Spiralling Wages and the future of European Footba…
Soccerlens | June 28th 2008
Taking a break from the Euros, Ronaldo, babes and bad refereeing decisions, we come back to one of our favourite topics, football and money. Long story short - UEFA president Michel Platini wants to establish a financial criteria which would qualify read more
Watching football on TV vs watching football in person - which is…
Soccerlens | June 14th 2008
Chris from EPL Talk recently made the trip to see Netherlands play Italy in Euro 08, and made some very interesting observations. To summarise: The crowds seem quieter in person than they do on TV. The view is terrible (compared to TV, that is). I read more
Aston Villa’s Acorns deal deserves respect
Soccerlens | June 14th 2008
I was enjoying lunch with a football agent friend of mine yesterday when the Sky Sports News ticker in the room revealed that Aston Villa had ‘given’ their shirt sponsorship deal away to a local children’s hospice called Acorns. I almost choked read more
Polish fans blame Howard Webb for Euro 08 exit
Soccerlens | June 12th 2008
English referees tend to be in the spotlight in international tournaments for the wrong reasons - Graham Poll with his 3 yellow cards in Germany 06 and now Howard Webb with the penalty award that gave Austria a point and more crucially, effectively e read more
Ian Blanchard, Head of National Referee Development at the FA, Di…
Soccerlens | June 11th 2008
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 Referee Development at the FA in 2005. He is responsible for the read more
Do Manchester United have a case against Real Madrid over Ronaldo…
Soccerlens | June 10th 2008
Manchester United have ‘officially’ complained to Fifa over Real Madrid’s alleged ‘tapping-up’ of Cristiano Ronaldo. The complaint consists of a set of documents outlining United’s concerns over Real Madrid’s read more
Jack Warner, Unethical or Savvy?
Soccerlens | June 1st 2008
Jack Warner is the President of Concacaf, Vice-President of FIFA, and one of the sketchiest businessmen you could encounter. His questionable ethics when it pertains to advancing his own self-interest and that of Trinidad & Tobago are legendary read more
EU calls Blatter’s 6+5 proposed rule illegal
Soccerlens | May 28th 2008
Sepp Blatter yesterday made it clear that he wants to impose the “six plus five” rule in football by 2012. The rule states that teams have to have at least six home-grown players and at most five foreigners in their starting line-up in ev read more
Cristiano Ronaldo and the fake Madrid circus
Soccerlens | May 24th 2008
When would be the ideal time for Manchester United to sell Cristiano Ronaldo? Right before Euro 08? After it? Next year? In 5 years? One feels that if Ferguson met Calderon and Schuster in a jungle he’d club them to death. He’s not the on read more
Goal4Africa: “Each goal scored can be a step towards creating a…
Soccerlens | May 24th 2008
Images courtesy of Goal4Africa. Goal4Africa is a humanitarian initiative to mark two seminal events: The 90th birthday of the Honorable Nelson Mandela, along with the upcoming World Cup 2010 in South Africa. “The concept originated as a simple read more
Chelsea FC’s financial accounts and understanding Roman Abramov…
Soccerlens | May 20th 2008
Chelsea’s billionaire owner Roman Abramovich is a man who polarises opinions. Most accept that a) he’s a smart businessman and b) he loves football and Chelsea, but beyond that there are two camps - those who believe that Roman will ̵ read more
2007/2008 Premier League TV Revenue
Soccerlens | May 16th 2008
The 07/08 Premier League season was the first in the new 3-year deal secured by Scudamore and co., one that promises to bring a crazy amount of money into football. While some people think that football is peaking in England, I respectfully disagree read more
Respect for the FA’s Vision
Soccerlens | May 14th 2008
When I first read it - and before I had read what the mainstream media thought about it - it sounded like an over-ambitious plan that had no chance of success. In one respect at least, their aims for Euro 2012 and World Cup 2010, the FA were setting read more
Do English referees give England players favourable decisions ?
Soccerlens | May 13th 2008
Paul Scholes’s non-sending off in the title climax on Sunday has confirmed a suspicion I’ve held for a while - Premiership referees are biased in favour of England (or just plain English) players over their foreign counterparts. As Sunday’s mat read more
Youth Football in the US
Soccerlens | May 13th 2008
Ruud Gullit: ‘We can’t play sexy football at LA Galaxy’ “I can’t play sexy football with this team at the moment because we are not ready for this. There is a huge difference between the very good players and some of the av read more
Manchester United’s debt, analysed
Soccerlens | May 7th 2008
The article uses last available financial disclosures of the club as at 30th June, 2007 (download document (PDF) here). The words “current/currently” reflect opinion/fact with the same timeline in backdrop. All figures are in million pounds. The read more
After Robo-Crouch, Here’s Robo-Keeper…
Soccerlens | May 7th 2008
There could be tough times ahead for Luca Toni. The Bayern Munich striker, just recently crowned Bundesliga champion and currently leading the scoring charts with 21 goals, may soon be confronted with an unsurpassable obstacle… of the robotic k read more
Kaka on the 2008 Time 100 list - why?
Soccerlens | May 3rd 2008
The World’s Most Influential People in 2008 - Time 100. I’m sure one can find many flaws with this list - as opinions go, everyone has one and we all think ours smells of roses. Fair enough, and I’m sure the editorial team at TIME m read more
Chelmsford City would do well to remember the past as they look t…
Soccerlens | April 15th 2008
While Colchester United prepare for the life in League One and Dagenham struggling at the wrong end of League 2, one club in Essex is on up the up. Chelmsford City won the Ryman Premier with a 1-1 draw against Ramsgate at last weekend and, with a str read more
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