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IMScouting.com Review

Unless you have been sleeping under a rock this past decade or so, you should know that one of the best (if not the best) football manager videogames out there is a little gem called Football Manager. In which case you should also know that the reason the game is so well-designed and so popular,…

Leigh Genesis: From Exodus to Revelation, and none of it’s pleasant

Without wanting to say I told you so, the news that Leigh Genesis’s chairman and main backer has pulled out, leaving the club in the financial lurch, should come as a surprise to no-one. Back in the summer the Unibond Premier League team announced the club was to be rebranded (that’s rebranded, not renamed) from…

2008 Soccerlens Writing Competition

Update: The competition is now closed. Finalists are listed here, and the winner will be announced on Monday, 3rd November 2008. Thank you everyone for participating, most of the submissions were top-class. Welcome to the 2008 Soccerlens Writing Competition, an annual football writing competition hosted by Soccerlens (here’s last year’s contest, won by Gerry McDonnell)….

Sounders FC holding open tryouts — with a twist

Sounders FC will hold open tryouts in three Washington cities next month, and the tryouts will be taped for TV with the one player who survives the cuts awarded a roster spot on the Major League Soccer team in 2009. Seattle Sounders FC will hold open tryouts for the team in Tukwila, Spokane and Yakima…

Kinnear Must Stay On as Newcastle Seek Stability

It is not quite time for the champagne to come out at St James’ Park after Newcastle finally won their second match of the season against West Bromwich Albion and lifted themselves out of the drop zone – although for a moment in the press room afterwards Joe Kinnear considered the idea. The club still…

Everton benefit from ‘offside’ goal as Bolton are denied a point

Well what a Wednesday night of action that was! It was a long night for The Right Result Panel, reviewing the most controversial incidents of the day’s games. The independent panel have made the following judgement:

Can Tottenham beat Liverpool at White Hart Lane?

Liverpool v Tottenham preview. Harry Redknapp has only been at Tottenham for 2 games but from listening to him speak you’d think they were in 2nd spot breathing down Liverpool’s necks, not 19 spots below. One could even argue that Tottenham’s current euphoria – sorely-needed as it is for improving morale – is unfounded as…

Tottenham plan 60,000 seater stadium

Tottenham Hotspur have confirmed plans to build a new 60,000-capacity stadium near their current White Hart Lane ground (stadium plan photos at the end of the article). Tottenham’s latest financial results show that they are very much in a position to finance and build the stadium in time (unlike some other Premier League clubs lacking…

Arsenal need practice games with the Ladies’ team

In the build-up to last night’s Arsenal v Tottenham game, Cesc Fabregas made a cheeky comment (and quite funny at the time) saying that if the Arsenal Ladies team played Tottenham’s first team, “they would do really well. I’m sure they would get a point!” Despite Tottenham’s late comeback, I wouldn’t disagree with Fabregas –…

The Big Time

Just imagine this for a moment: you’re standing in the tunnel, seconds before the kick-off of your professional debut. You can smell the turf. You can taste the crisp night air of an early autumn evening. You can hear the aaahhhs of an anxious crowd; they’re ready for some futbol. You can see the pitch—corner…