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Lists on everything related to football.
Football Legends: The Goalkeepers
To be a legendary GOALKEEPER, you have to be more than a great shot-stopper, physical specimen, or reader of the game. You have to be an inspiration. You have to be that reassuring figure to your defenders, who know that they can afford to take chances or make mistakes since they have you between the…
The Times‘s 50 Worst Things About Modern Football
Football is one of the greatest things in the world but it’s not perfect. It used to be perfect. Before money and television and the Bosman ruling and Baby Bentleys and roastings and tattoos and takeovers and no standing and agents and prawn sandwiches and rotation. English newspaper The Times takes a stab at the…
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 the 1998 World Cup saw him transformed from hero to zero in the…
FA Cup replays are great, no matter what Fergie, Rafa and Harry think
When it suits him, Sir Alex Ferguson can be quite a student of the FA’s rules and regulations. The brief, and swiftly abandoned, dalliance with rule 11a may not have been as thrilling as his tango with Dimitar Berbatov in the summer, but it does have wider-reaching implications. Rule 11a sounds innocuous enough. It allows…
Football Bargains: Players with EXPIRING CONTRACTS in 2009
Fabio Cannavaro, Carlos Tevez, Michael Ballack, Michael Owen, Mark Van Bommel, Fred… These are but a few of the players whose contract is set to expire at the end of the season. And with the january transfer window practically at our doorstep, it is time to give these “old timers” a chance to prove they…
Best Fantasy Football Games
So you are looking to delve into the world of Fantasy Football? More fool you, I would say! But if you are looking for the most comprehensive list of all the many, many, many, fantasy football games out there, then you have come to the right place:
10 Football League Youngsters To Watch In 2009
2009 is set to be a fine year indeed for football fans. And no less so for these ten players; ten players who all have the potential to excite audiences across the country. Big moves could well beckon for these young stars in 2009: Jamie Ward — Chesterfield The diminutive striker has notched 14 goals…
The Best Goalkeepers of 2008
With the holiday’s over, and the New Year upon us. We at Soccerlens want to provide you, the readers, with the top Goalkeepers of 2008. Without further delay, here you go: Gigi Buffon The Juventus number one has long been received in the world as one of the best to currently play the game. In…
Official Football Players’ Websites
A list of official websites for the most popular internet-savvy footballers, neatly arranged in alphabetical order. Please do not use this as an excuse to stalk your favourite stars or send hate mate to those in the opposition team. Alright then, official footballer websites, knock yourself out. Please note that any names with a question…
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 of football? They are much more than a normal game of football that’s…
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