Week In Review News Archives


On rare Sundays and even rarer Mondays, I have spare time to recap the previous week. Those recaps go here.

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Feb
26
2008

Lower League Roundup: Stoke City, Swansea, MK Dons, and Aldershot all in the catbird’s seat

While the Premier League title race rages on, things are edging closer to completion below the top flight.

There are limited spots on the elevator up, but there are plenty of teams trying to throw some elbows and trip some others up to secure...

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Feb
22
2008

UEFA Cup Roundup: Everton romps into last 16, Bolton and Tottenham sneak through, Rangers leave it late, and Aberdeen crash out.

It was a great night, for the most part, for British sides in the UEFA Cup on Thursday night, as four of the five British participants still in the competition advanced to the round of 16.

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Feb
22
2008

Champions League Video Roundup: Arsenal 0-0 AC Milan, Lyon 1-1 Manchester United, Celtic 2-3 Barcelona, Fenerbahce 3-2 Sevilla

‘Tis a little late, but here are the highlights from Wednesday night’s Champions League ties, in case you missed any of the action. And if you did, well, you missed some exciting moments, great finishes, and near misses, which is where...

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Feb
18
2008

I’m an Arsenal player, get me out of here!

Rather than structure this week’s review chronologically, as is the custom, I would like first to invite you readers to participate in the interactive part of our service by voting for which Arsenal player will be ejected from the pitch if/when...

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Feb
16
2008

FA Cup, Serie A, Ligue 1 – Three Classic Matches for this Football Week-End

Weeks during which we can find simultaneous quality fixtures are rare in any sport, but it would be fair to say that this year, the month of February has been spoiling football fans worldwide. We had Barcelona-Sevilla, Chelsea-Liverpool, and Cameroon-Egypt...

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Feb
15
2008

UEFA Cup Round of 32 First Leg Roundup: Everton, Tottenham, Bolton with one foot in the door, Rangers and Aberdeen with work to do

Things are looking good for the English clubs in the UEFA Cup after Everton, Tottenham, and Bolton each won the first legs of their round of 32 ties.

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Feb
13
2008

Premier League To Play On Mars

Hugo Steckelmacher returns with a somewhat late review for last week – excuses range from the fatigue from writing encyclopedia entries for Dave Penny and Tony...

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Feb
4
2008

Week in Review: Arsenal overtake Manchester United as Tottenham splash cash, again

The top stories this week – Arsenal overtaking Manchester United at the top of the Premier League, the end of the january transfer window (questionable signings coupled with last-day shenanigans), Capello’s first England squad and life...

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Jan
30
2008

2008 African Cup of Nations Update: Can Egypt, Cameroon, Tunisia, and Angola join Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, and Nigeria in the quarterfinals?

Allegations of match-fixing approaches and resigning coaches have stole some of the headlines in the African Cup of Nations over the last several days, but while all of that’s going on, there’s a pretty entertaining football competition...

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Jan
28
2008

The Best Pub Team in England?

Soccerlens’s Hugo Steckelmacher looks back at the week gone by in the slightly crazy and always entertaining world of football.

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