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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Jan
28
2008

FA Cup Roundup: Manchester City’s cup hopes get slashed by Blades, Ronaldo helps Manchester United see off Tottenham, and Bluebirds give Hereford the blues

Premier League sides have been dropping like flies in the last couple of rounds of the FA Cup, and two more fell on Sunday.

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Dec
24
2007

Trekking Around Europe: Happy ho-ho-holidays for some, for others a lump of coal

It’s time to take a trip around Europe once again to see how some of the other leagues in the continent are shaking out as we head towards the new year (you did know that there was football beyond the English Premier League, right?).

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Dec
18
2007

English Premier League Round 17 Review: Arsenal and Manchester United Victorious on Grand Slam Sunday, Cole Shows His Smarts, Everton, Middlesbrough, Newcastle Surging, Blackburn Slumping

Grand Slam Sunday headlined Week 17 of the English Premier League season, with Manchester United edging Liverpool at Anfield, and Arsenal poking past Chelsea to remain on top of the league table.

But, that wasn’t the only action worth...

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Dec
13
2007

Champions League Matchday 6 Review: Lyon and Fenerbahce join Barcelona, Manchester United, Roma, Inter, Sevilla, and Arsenal in the round of 16

After 12 enthralling nights of action, the Champions League group stage came to an end on Wednesday night, as the last two places in the round of 16 were decided.

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Dec
12
2007

Champions League Matchday 6 Review: Porto, Liverpool, Schalke, Real Madrid, and Olympiakos join Chelsea, AC Milan, and Celtic in the round of 16.

It seems that English clubs like taking the tough route in the Champions League, don’t they?

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Dec
10
2007

Trekking Around Europe: Lyon, PSV, Werder stumble ahead of Champions League clashes, Marseille, Olympiakos, and Fenerbahce stroll

Our European tour starts in France, where Lyon, as is to be expected by now, are standing alone atop the Ligue 1 standings, but aren’t running away with their seventh straight title just yet.

With their...

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Dec
9
2007

How Expensive Was Your Team’s Bench in the English Premier League Last Week-End?

Echoing with my Europe’s Most Expensive Benchwarmers article, this week the Daily Mail thought about ...

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Dec
8
2007

Soccerlens Match of the Week Preview: Fenerbahce vs. Galatasaray

Barcelona-Real Madrid. Celtic-Rangers. Boca-River. Manchester United-Manchester City/Liverpool/Arsenal/your mother, sister, and cousins. Those are some of the most intense rivalries in the world of football. But, you can’t talk about intense...

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Dec
4
2007

Weekly World Report – Tough Days for Urawa and Boca as they prepare for FIFA Club World Cup

The Thrill of Victory, and The Agony of Defeat

While the major European domestic seasons are just nearing their halfway point, a few leagues that I’ve previously mentioned in my world report have come to an end in exciting fashion.

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Dec
3
2007

English Premier League Week 15 Review: Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool march on as Tottenham embarrass themselves, again

When will Arsenal’s bubble burst? They have been asking this for quite some time and the answer still remains buried in the mist. And it will at least till the next round of matches in the English Premier League rush upon us.

For the...

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