After writing on Soccerlens for a year, I realised that there must be some memorable posts that I would like readers to read again.

So I went through around 1200 posts, and picked out my favourites. I’ll also be adding more to this list as Soccerlens grows.

The current count is almost 2000 posts, and this page was last updated in October 2007.

If there are articles that you think should be added to this list, please nominate them through this page.

The Top 1%

The best of the best of the best.

• 2006 World Cup Babes - perhaps one of the best pages on this site. Says a lot about the site, really
• Gooner Baiting in Essex - It’s probably not a true story, but it poignantly highlights the madness that inflicts football fans. And it’s damn funny.
• The unberable lightness of being a Spurs fan - Supporting a team doesn’t win titles regularly can be a hard job, as Tony tells us. One of the best articles ever written here.
• The English media and the fans are pathetic and deserve the worst - A rant against the vicious English media and the rabid England fans.
• 2007 April Fools Day at Soccerlens - This series caused Soccerlens to melt down on Apirl 1st, 2nd and even April 3rd.
• Football clubs as women - if your football club was a woman, who would she be? Have your say.
• The State of the Beautiful Game - football has been tainted by money, but it may have been irrepairably damaged by the hype.
• Title Race: History points to Chelsea, the Future to Manchester United - Azar talks about the Prem title race in December 2006 and says that to beat his predictions, United will need to pull a rabbit out of the proverbial hat. He’s good at predictions, that Azar
• Football Writing Competition - 40 submissions, some of them world class IMO - it makes for enjoyable reading, so take some time out in advance.

Humour

Sometimes we’ve tried being funny, and sometimes, it has worked.

• Gooner Baiting in Essex - It’s probably not a true story, but it poignantly highlights the madness that inflicts football fans. And it’s damn funny.
• Tottenham, Charlton, Manchester City and Manchester United players in gay sting - When you find 3 very similar goal celebrations during the same weekend, and they’re all pointing to the same thing, you gotta be suspicious.
• Breaking News: Newcastle striker found snorting cocaine - A look at Obafemi Martin’s claim (near the end of the 2006/2007 Premiership season) that Newcastle would challenge for the Premiership next season. You may be offended, I was just trying exaggeration as a means of humour.
• 2007 April Fools Day at Soccerlens - This series caused Soccerlens to melt down on Apirl 1st, 2nd and even April 3rd.
• Football clubs as women - if your football club was a woman, who would she be? Have your say.
• Lucky Liverpool - Were Liverpool ‘lucky’ in their 2005 Champions League win? You decide.
• The Jose Mourinho Page - a tribute to Jose Mourinho, including a detailed bio, the most complete list of his quotes, pictures and audio and video clips of the man in action.

2006 World Cup

The best 2006 World Cup articles.

• 2006 World Cup Babes - perhaps one of the best pages on this site. Says a lot about the site, really
• 10 Things I Hate About The World Cup - Rocky Dixon on why watching the World Cup is such a pain. I had a sneaky feeling that he was also referring to me in one of the points in his rant, but I’m not complaining too much.
• Going Lampard - SoccerBlog.com’s contribution to the footballing lexicon.
• Pulling a Rivaldo - Soccerlens’s contribution to the footballing dictionary.
• Top Scoring Clubs at the 2006 World Cup - Another Soccerlens special, started by Rocky Dixon and maintained by yours truly.
• Italian Job leaves Germany in Tears - the best game of the whole world cup.

Football Transfers

If you’re looking for transfer stats…

• Football Transfer Fee Records - A look at the record transfers in Europe and in the Premiership.
• Premiership Transfers - Summer 2006 - a full list of the summer transfers in Summer 2006.
• January 2007 Premiership Transfers - a full list of the winter transfers in January 2007.

England

England may be crap under Steve McClaren, but some of us still support them.

• England’s secret war - does player power determine selection in the national team?
• The English media and the fans are pathetic and deserve the worst - A rant against the vicious English media and the rabid England fans.

English Premiership

We’ve written a lot about the Premiership, and there are plenty of discussions where we need you to pitch in.

• 2007/2008 Premier League Club Kits
• Arsenal vs Chelsea - picking a combined team - what would you get if you picked a starting XI from Arsenal and Chelsea?
• Fantasy Football - Starting XI from Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United - what would you get if you picked a starting XI from Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United?
• Manchester United vs Liverpool - picking a combined team - what would you get if you picked a starting XI from Liverpool and Manchester United?
• All-Star Premiership Team, Who’s Your Pick? - if you could pick just one player from each team, who would you pick? (Premiership 2006/2007)
• Frank Lampard vs Steven Gerrard - who’s better?
• Which Tottenham players would start for the top four? - Not many, I can assure you, but enough to make you wonder why Tottenham aren’t pushing for 4th spot.
• Which Newcastle players would start for the top four? - as good as Tottenham, if not better, but not in Europe - that must suck.
• Arsenal vs Manchester United - which club has the best youth policy? - Arsenal and media propaganda would have you think that it’s Arsenal, but is that really true?
• Manchester United are better than Chelsea - a look at where Manchester United’s squad trumps Chelsea’s.
• Chelsea are better than Manchester United - ditto, but reversed.

Manchester United

A look at the best articles on Manchester United.

• Everyone Wants To Kick Manchester United - an unofficial season preview, including a passionate defence of the club’s squad in August 2006.
• Manchester United 2006/2007 Season Preview - A 5-part preview of Manchester United’s 2006/2007 season. See what I got right, what I got wrong here.
• 11 reasons why Carrick will be a Manchester United legend - Michael Carrick has answered all his critics in the 2006-2007 season, and then some.
• Manchester United 2006/2007 Season Review - a 7-part series looking back on Manchester United’s title-winning season and how everything worked out just fine.

Chelsea

We’ve talked a lot about all the top four clubs, but Chelsea brings out the best in us.

• Chelsea fan hits back at opposing fans - Chelsea fan defends his club against allegations made by Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool fans.
• Why I Seriously Considered Being A Chelsea Fan - with Chelsea’s success and their wealthy, wealthy owner, it’s hard to resist Chelsea’s charm (although the players and Jose Mourinho make it easier).
• Roman Abramovich and the Trouble with Chelsea - Tony’s look at Chelsea and what could possibly go wrong.
• Chelsea have 3 problems - can Mourinho solve them? - A look at Chelsea’s problems early on in the 2006-2007 season.
• The press campaign against Chelsea and Frank Lampard - in defence of Frank Lampard and media hypocrisy.
• Chelsea are crippled by Makelele, Ballack and Shevchenko - a look at the players that crippled Chelsea’s fluency and flxibility in the 2006/2007 season.
• Do Chelsea know the difference between the best and good enough? - And if they don’t, how bad can that hurt them?
• Jose Mourinho, the master baiter, sacrifices himself for Chelsea’s cause - he’s a champion baiter, and his mind games have pretty much kept the press off his players’ backs most of the time, at a very high cost to his own reputation.
• Title Race: History points to Chelsea, the Future to Manchester United - Azar talks about the Prem title race in December 2006 and says that to beat his predictions, United will need to pull a rabbit out of the proverbial hat. He’s good at predictions, that Azar

Liverpool

Liverpool’s problems have been well documented.

• Liverpool 2006/2007 Season Preview - a look at Liverpool’s chances in the 2006/2007 season - you’d be surprised to know how right (or wrong) it was.
• Diver Gerrard is a hypocrite - Steven Gerrard has talked several times about ‘foreigners’ diving, but that doesn’t stop him from diving - or does it?
• Jamie Carragher - underrated at England, overrated at Liverpool - in simple terms, once I said that Carragher could do better for England but was over-hyped at Liverpool, all hell broke loose.

Arsenal

And so have Arsenal’s problems…

• Arsenal’s biggest battle this season is with themselves - a look at Arsenal’s problems early on in the 2006/2007 season.
• Arsenal’s moment of truth - evolve or suffer - what Arsenal were doing wrong in the 2006/2007 season, and what they could have done to fix it.

Help Football

We also want to help improve the game in whatever way we can; sometimes it’s all about starting an honest discussion.

• Fooballing Myths - dealing with some common myths in football.
• Clubs vs Country & Injury Compensation - Rocky Dixon looks at the clubs vs country and injury compensation issue and presents us with a reasonable solution.
• Henry’s a diver: a response - Rocky Dixon educates us on what diving is all about.
• Requiem for the common fan - A symphony in two parts - a look at how money will, in 50 years, lead Britain’s population to fall to unsustainable levels.
• Deconstructing football’s conspiracy theorem - Tony writes again, this time about the MSI - West Ham deal on Tevez and Mascherano.
• The G14 mafioso - an enemy within - Tony analyses the G14 and tells us exactly why they are bad for football.
• On diving and football reviews - how can video technology help us in cutting down on diving?
• Which football players / managers do you want to meet? - you may want to meet the greats, I just want to meet the people I think I could be friends with.
• Are you a true football fan? - what does it take to be a football fan and does it really matter if you’re from the local area of the club or whether you’re half-way across the world?
• Solving the mess of international friendlies - Stuart Frisby presents an innovative idea to spice up international friendlies and to use them to help football across the world.