Features news coverage of Sheffield United and its players, including match reports, transfer rumours and general football news.
Sunday was the day that the Aston Villa juggernaut was set to send the Premiership in circles by derailing what is turning out to be one of the most astonishing records in Premiership history. Instead of ranting about what Chelsea football club have...
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Written by Anthony McGuane. 10 comments
The F.A. have announced that lucky punters will be able to buy common sense by the bag from their headquarters as of this Saturday, after they have decided no one in the football world has any use for it any more.
With the backdrop of multi-billionaire...
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Written by David Green. 2 comments
They reckon bad news comes in threes, but West Ham have had three bits of bad news today alone. If Newcastle United’s situation wasn’t erring on the wrong side of ridiculous then there would be a lot of pointing and laughing in the direction...
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Written by Rob Parker. 2 comments
What a strange week it’s been for Sheffield United fans. Well over a year since their controversial relegation from the Premiership, an independent tribunal rules in their favour over the West Ham/Carlos Tevez affair. The tribunal...
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Written by Betfair. 11 comments
Few noticed last week when Juande Ramos called for a shortening of the transfer window, but the nuclear fallout from Monday’s race to the finish seems to support his argument.
Prior to Monday, Robinho had been settling in nicely for...
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Written by Richard Whittall. 6 comments
There’s really only a couple (well, one to be specific) deals that many people followed on transfer deadline day, but while many looked to see if Dimitar Berbatov would sign for Manchester United and who Manchester City would nab...
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Written by Eddie Griffin. 2 comments
We’re one day closer to the end of the transfer window, and as expected, there’s a mad dash by many to make moves happen before time runs out. So, let’s get a move on and get started with today’s transfer roundup.
Written by Eddie Griffin. 2 comments
I hate Liverpool and I hate Liverpool fans. This isn’t to say that I don’t have a mate or two who is afflicted with Liverpool support and this isn’t to say that as a rule I believe all individual Liverpool fans are scum of the earth,...
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Written by Scott the Red. 74 comments
The Premier League has confirmed the first transfer deadline of the season has been extended until 1 September.
The window is scheduled to close 24 hours earlier but, following normal league guidelines, it has been put back because August 31...
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Written by Soccerlens. 7 comments
As a child, the summer holidays brought about a family trip to a campsite in Europe. We’d get in the car to travel down to Dover and I would always be wearing my United shirt. After hours and hours of driving, we’d pull in at our designated...
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Written by Scott the Red. 23 comments
Who’d want to be a ref anyway? All that stomping around, shouting and getting angry – and that’s from the players and supporters.
So what happens when an amateur star-studded football team tries to play 11-a-side without a ref? About the...
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Written by Soccerlens. 9 comments
It’s a pretty light day in transfer news and rumors, which is a little surprising seeing as how we’re in the thick of the week. But, there are still a good few tidbits to report on from around Europe.
Before I get started, I’d like...
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Written by Eddie Griffin. 5 comments
The English Championship 08/09 season stars in just two weeks, the League season starts in four weeks and the Soccerlens Championship Fantasy Football League is now open for business.
Budding managers will be given a budget of £10 million to...
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Written by Soccerlens. 2 comments
One of the sayings that I like to live by is ‘You don’t know if you don’t try.’ That’s the theme of today’s roundup, where a few clubs are making bids for players that they may well not get but are nonetheless going...
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Written by Eddie Griffin. 18 comments
You can’t always believe everything you read, but sometimes it’s not as crazy as it seems. That’s what kicks off today’s roundup, which includes news from Toulouse to, well, you’ll find out in a second.
Written by Eddie Griffin. 2 comments
All English Championship transfers going through in the summer of 2008 are on this page. For our transfer rumours column, see our transfer news section.
This page is updated frequently, so if you find a transfer not listed here, put it in the...
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Written by Eddie Griffin. 5 comments
Sunday was a momentous day in the English Championship with the teams going up, getting in the play-offs, going down and staying up, changing constantly through ninety breathless, tension filled minutes.
As a Watford fan I was right in there....
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Written by Graham Fisher. 5 comments
All English football fans know all about Crystal Palace manager Neil Warnock. He is a manager who you either absolutely love or absolutely hate. For those fans not in England you might not know too much about him.
He is a loud, opinionated and...
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Written by Graham Fisher. 8 comments
So Watford had a pretty good weekend. They didn’t play, but watched Charlton lose at home, Stoke and Bristol City pick up only a point each and West Brom continue to keep an interest in the FA Cup. Maybe we should have more weekends...
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Written by Graham Fisher. One comment
We’re down to the last four games of the FA Cup and with smart money on Manchester United or Chelsea to win the Cup. While a United-Chelsea final still possible after they were drawn apart in the quarter-finals, fans would be hoping to avoid...
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Written by Ahmed Bilal. 5 comments
See, I knew I shouldn’t have said anything about consecutive replay-less rounds.
There were only two FA Cup fifth-round ties to be played on Sunday, and one of them just had to go to a replay.
Sunday’s ties offered up the opportunity...
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There was, as expected, plenty of deadline-day craziness, and while there are several deals to report, I’ll start by talking about the deal that didn’t happen, and one that did, at the same time.
With Manchester City coming in for Benjani,...
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It wasn’t a good day to be a Manchester City player. They were comprehensively outfought by a Sheffield United side that last week were comprehensively outfought by a Sheffield Wednesday side deep in relegation trouble. To add insult to injury, they...
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There is going to be only one all-Premiership tie in the fifth round of the FA Cup, but they certainly pulled out a good one.
Manchester United and Arsenal are battling it out for the Premier League crown,...
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Written by Eddie Griffin. 6 comments
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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It’s Friday, so I know that you who are reading Soccerlens at work, you can’t wait to skate through the rest of your day and get home for the weekend, but that doesn’t mean you can do the same with the transfer roundup, because if you click,...
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Written by Eddie Griffin. One comment
While there aren’t any jaw-dropping ties in the fourth round of the FA Cup, there are definitely a few ties worth watching. However, we don’t know who we’ll be watching in many of the ties, as there are still 12 places yet to be decided by replays...
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FA Cup 3rd Round Draw - 2007/2008
It seems that they are destined for each other, rather to play against each other. The draw for the English FA Cup...
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Written by Subhankar Mondal. 2 comments
Sheffield United have started legal action to gain compensation from West Ham following their relegation from the Premier League.
The Blades went down after the League’s independent panel decided not to deduct West Ham points over the...
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Written by Ed Harrison. 14 comments
Sheffield United are to sue West Ham for the cost of their relegation from the Premier League, the cost estimated at between 30m-50m.
Written by Ahmed Bilal. 8 comments
