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Conference playoffs: the final pairing
Soccerlens | May 6th 2008
This year’s playoff semi-finals for the Conference were as unexpected as they were exciting, and there wasn’t even a hint of a penalty shoot-out and Exeter City and Cambridge United make their respective preparations for Wembley in just u read more
Conference playoffs preview: Exeter City v Torquay United
Soccerlens | May 1st 2008
It might not quite be Manchester United versus Chelsea in the Champions League final, but there’s just as much at stake for the four teams competing for the second spot in the Football League, and for at least three of them it’s a chance read more
Conference play-offs: A Devon Derby and a possible underdog story
Soccerlens | April 29th 2008
The teams for the Blue Square Premier playoffs had already been decided ahead of the final day of the season but, although the final fixtures would just shakedown the final playoff pairings, there was still a decent smattering of last-day drama. The read more
Who’s going up and down: non-league football reaches the last d…
Soccerlens | April 24th 2008
A couple of weeks ago the Blue Square Premier looked to be moving towards several thrilling last-day games but, surprisingly, after Tuesday night, the final weekend is a lot more sedate. The play-off places are now all settled after Exeter’s 4-1 vi read more
Aldershot Town: Back in business
Soccerlens | April 21st 2008
The football league is taking on a distinctly nostalgic tinge. Two seasons after football’s most famous milk drinkers, Accrington Stanley, won promotion to the football league the familiar name of Aldershot Town has fought its way out of the no 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
Corinthian-Casuals 1-8 AFC Wimbledon: A Match Made of Memories
Soccerlens | April 15th 2008
There was a sense of history in the air at Wembley this weekend. Not history being made, but the history of the two clubs taking to the field. In the pink and chocolate shirts, Corinthian-Casuals: a club that plays strictly to the amateur code and th read more
U.S. Soccer School Affiliates with Italian Powerhouse ACF Fiorent…
Soccerlens | April 10th 2008
9 April 2008 For Immediate Release For further information, contact: Lisa Cherubini 703.477.6590 executivedirector@cuginisoccer.com U.S. Soccer School Affiliates with Italian Powerhouse ACF Fiorentina Great Falls, VA - AC Cugini Scuola Calcio Presi read more
Exeter City FC’s burden of debt
Soccerlens | March 24th 2008
Exeter City’s somewhat shaky run of form has seen them drop five points off the playoff race. But if their 3-1 loss at relegation-threatened Weymouth caused fans to fret at the widening gap between City and 5th place, of just as much concern has be read more
Champions Cup Quarter Final results
Soccerlens | March 21st 2008
With CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying also taking place this week, the Champions Cup squads were left without some of their more talented young players. However, the show must go on, and the more experienced players took to the pitch once again to defend read more
Football Formation Sketcher Tool Review
Soccerlens | March 21st 2008
The Football Formation Sketcher tool allows you to do everything from plot your world-dominating Football Manager squad, to putting together lineups for your Sunday League matches, to aiding your match reports. You have 16 formations to work with, read more
Hard Times For Halifax
Soccerlens | March 18th 2008
As the non-league season gears up for its climax so, inevitably, do the lawyers, as the annual courtroom battles begin that could have a significant say on the relegation places in the Blue Square Premier. From a point of business-as-usual two weeks read more
The Non-League Race For the Bottom
Soccerlens | March 11th 2008
Anybody looking for evidence that the Blue Square Premier is nearer to a proper fifth tier of English football than the top level of non-league only need take a look at the teams battling relegation. All the main contenders are part-time and at least read more
Central Coast Mariners: February 08 Review
Soccerlens | February 29th 2008
Game of the Month: Central Coast 3-0 Newcastle Jets Overcoming all the odds, we took the Jets to piece in front of a packed Bluetongue after extra time. Player of the Month: Danny Vukovic Tried to deliver justice in the Grand Final, despite the best read more
An Early Look at the 2008 Clausura and Copa Libertadores
Soccerlens | February 28th 2008
Hasta El Gol Siempre’s Sam Kelly takes an early look at the start of Argentina’s football season - namely the 2008 Clausura and the Copa Libertadores. The 2008 Torneo Clausura is three weeks old, and already Argentina’s got a club a read more
Boca Juniors & The Amoias of the Americas
Soccerlens | February 27th 2008
Images courtesy of Oscar R. Amoia. One of the great things about the Internet is that the world has become a smaller place. If you view my blog and world football site, I state that the whole world is united by a ball. For me, it means something very read more
The rise and fall of Oxford United
Soccerlens | February 27th 2008
Oxford United’s relegation from the football league in 2006 was a boon to pub quiz writers. A disastrous season meant they were now the only English team to win a major domestic honour to be playing non-league football, while simultaneously being r read more
The Longest Winning Streaks in Football History
Soccerlens | February 22nd 2008
I have written on this site before about the rise of Salisbury City football club. As well as the remarkable achievements of the first team in the Blue Square Premier League, the City reserve team are quietly achieving a season which has the potentia read more
Lorrie Fair - Web Chat Transcript After Chelsea Move
Soccerlens | February 14th 2008
In case you didn’t catch the USA Womens football star Lorrie Fair conducting a webchat on Tuesday, following her high profile move to Chelsea in England, here is a transcript of the event. LORRIE FAIR WEB CHAT - February 12, 2008 http://theblue read more
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