Bolton can surprise us all this season
While Bolton fans will miss Big Sam, the players and the club have already moved on (hopefully) and should be fully focused on improving on their performances in the last two seasons.
Pat Jennings: My First Football Hero
I can’t remember how old I was when I first became aware of Pat Jennings, but I must have been pretty young since I remember my Dad laughing at me because I used to call him Pat Jenkins. My first memories were of stories my dad told me: how Jennings had once scored a goal…
Soccerlens Fantasy Football – Win a minimum of $1,000
I almost didn’t run this, but then I saw that the most popular group at SquadGod had under 300 members and I thought – can SL beat them? I’m hoping you guys can, so please hop on over to the Soccerlens group at SquadGod, join and get started with your fantasy football team. And yes,…
Too Many Substitutions?
From a football fan’s point of view pre-season friendlies can be a little bit tedious to say the least. OK, for the football junkie it may be exciting to see how the new reserve goalie does when he plays 20 minutes at the end of a game, but most of us just want a look…
Are Chelsea the new Newcastle United?
Mourinho blames them for not having won the Premier League this past season, while everyone associated with Newcastle blames them for not having performed well at any point in time over the past several years. Indeed the ominous injuries play a huge part in a team’s season and it seems that they will always haunt…
Great Expectations; A Liverpool Fan with a Fondness for the Arsenal
Now before I get crucified by other Liverpool fans over my Gunner weakness let me just say I hate Arsenal like all other teams when they threaten Liverpool but otherwise, because of a lifelong friendship with a North Londoner I have begrudgingly started to root for them over the years, and I have to say…
Manchester United vs Chelsea – boring as always?
Many things were said about the Community Shield prior to the kick-off earlier in the day, many more comments will be made up until the middle of the week, by which point the event will be consigned to the annals of history, used sporadically in obscure pub quiz questions. However, despite the sayings of the…
Back from the real world
2 weeks in football is a very long time. My apologies for leaving you guys in the lurch like this – the next time I take a break I assure you that there will be regular articles and SL will be update daily, no matter where I am. With that being said, there are several…
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