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Jun
27
2009

Summer Transfer Frenzy: Are Strikers Worth Their Weight in Goals?

The summer transfer market just went off with a couple of high powered Exocet missiles from central Spain, leaving some of us thinking that nothing will ever be the same again. A seemingly obscene (vulgar even!) amount of money may be about to change...

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Jun
3
2009

The Soccerlens Premier League 08/09 Season Review

So that’s it. The curtain has fallen on another season in English football and what a season it has been too! We’ve seen Manchester United look as though they would win every conceivable trophy and yet their season ends with ultimate disappointment....

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Jun
2
2009

The 15 Greatest Sports Cheats Of All Time

Integrity; sportsmanship; pride: If there are three words that make up the foundation of the sporting world, these three would most certainly be at the top of the list. All sports are built on a drive to improve, the chance to compete against your...

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Apr
14
2009

Knockout Kings – Ten of the best European comebacks

Manchester United, Liverpool and Manchester City all face an uphill struggle if they are to progress in Europe and Bayern Munich seemingly face the impossible needing five without reply against an irresistible Barcelona.

So for all those fans...

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Mar
25
2009

10 Crazy Fans Who Shook The Footballing World

Being a football fan isn’t all champagne and skittles you know. Whilst some may see the glory, the celebrations, the bunking in, and the excitement as the perfect life, there are some drawbacks. The damage the game puts on your...

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Jan
29
2009

The Greatest Football Teams of All Time

Everyone has a favorite team of all time, and they’ll defend that team’s merits until they’re blue in the face (or red, green, yellow, or black, depending on your affiliation).

My personal favorite was the U.S. World Cup...

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Jan
27
2009

Top Ten Free Kick Specialists Of All Time

Cast your mind back to Saturday August 15th 1998. Manchester United were kicking off their season with a home game against Leicester City and one David Beckham was making the headlines for all the wrong reasons. His infamous moment of petulance at...

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Jan
8
2009

In Pursuit of the Elusive Perfect Goal: 2008

Welcome to what I hope you will experience as a four or five night midwinter-lull footie video festival, to warm your hearts and hearthsides as we trek together round the globe in search of the 2008 perfect goal…

This...

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Dec
31
2008

Soccerlens 2008 Review

Modern football is on 24/7, 365 days an year. It’s intense. It’s in your face. It’s ridiculously easy to get sucked in and react to news on a daily basis, and in this process we tend to miss the bigger picture and especially...

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Dec
24
2008

Major Club Football Rivalries

They are the first games you look for when the fixtures are drawn pre-season. The games you crowd into the local pub with your mates to watch religiously. What is it about a derby game that captures the raw emotion & passion...

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