Chris Mann
I'm a 20 year-old student from England with a bit of a football obsession looking to make my way as a freelance journalist and writer. I'm a big Southampton and England fan and write a daily blog on the travails of following the Saints (http://www.oleole.com/blogs/saints-blog). Please don't hesitate to get in touch.
Procrastinator’s Paradise – The Best Online Football Games
Feel like partaking in a good old fashioned spot of football-based procrastination at work? You’ll be able to while away the hours at your desk with this selection of some of the finest football games the internet has to offer.
The World’s Most Violent Football Rivalries
Every league in the world has its derby matches, those entrenched local, political or social rivalries which give added fervour to the average game. Some of these derbies, however, spill over into frequent violence, hatred and all-out warfare between the fans of the respective clubs. In this article I list ten of the most vociferous…
The Five Most Famous Goal Celebrations of All-Time
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly – Soccerlens takes time out to reflect on the most glorious and visceral expression of footballing joy – the goal celebration. We look at some of the most famous goal celebrations of all time. Have a look, then join in the discussion.
The 10 Largest Football Stadiums In The World
In this article we look at ten of the world’s largest football stadiums, some perhaps better known than others, and assess their legacies and impact both on the game and in their individual countries. We also look ahead and ask what the future may hold for this selection of magnificent sporting venues. Perhaps the best…
The Oldest Clubs in World Football
Although football today is a multi-billion dollar globalised industry which has spread its commercial influence to all corners of the planet, sometimes it pays to look back into the game’s annals and revisit the humble origins of what has now become the most popular sport in the world. In this article I look at the…
Football’s Greatest Clubs
How does one go about measuring greatness in football? I mean real, obvious, blatant greatness; that rarest of qualities. Today “greatness” is such a woolly, over-used term that sometimes we lose its meaning and start labeling all sorts of mundane, workaday things as “great”. The evolution of language has distilled its meaning, reduced its potency,…
La Liga 09/10 Preview: Will Real Madrid and Barcelona live up to expectations?
Last season Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona thrilled Europe with their fluid, vivacious, irrepressible brand of football. Led by the combined talents of Xavi, Iniesta, Henry, Messi and Eto’o, Barca surged to an exceptional treble which established the Catalan club as the most formidable on the planet. With the start of the new campaign just a fortnight…
Serie A 09/10 Preview: Can anyone stop Inter?
Italian football has been blighted by a series of exposing scandals in recent years; Calciopoli in 2006, the Plusvalenze scandal and the murder of a Lazio fan by police in 2007 all degrading the once esteemed reputation of Serie A. The 2008/09 season, however, did much to restore people’s faith in Italian football, a campaign…
Liverpool to finish third behind Manchester United as Tottenham and City make case for fifth place
This is part two of the 09/10 season preview – find part one of the 09/10 premier league season here.
Chelsea to win the title, Arsenal back in 4th and Aston Villa to slide down the table
Will Manchester City break into the top four? Will Carlo Ancelotti make a triumphant start to life at Stamford Bridge? Will Michael Owen rediscover his form of old? Will Phil Brown and Rafa Benitez dispense with their questionable facial hair? With the start of the 2009/10 Premier League season just a week away, the anticipation…
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