I'm sure you have heard about Coke Zero Wayne Rooney's Street Striker show. We also showed you the little stunt Rooney pulled where he's dribbling (kind of) through a bunch of randomly rolled tires (if not, click here). We got hold of more of the clippings of the show.

Soccerlens now presents, behind the scenes of Coke Zero Wayne Rooney's Street Striker:

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Martin Samuel brings some perspective to the Fergie and Maradona punishments

Red Rants takes a look at Henry's disgraceful action from last night

Soccerlens looks at how United can improve

A Kick In The Grass previews our visit from Everton

The Evening News talks about Dimitar Berbatov ahead of Everton game

The Daily Mail looks at the top ten teenage sensations

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Adrian Clarke and Iain Spragg are in fine form on Episode 29 of the world famous Soccerlens Podcast.Â

There's a host of juicy topics to get stuck into this week and the duo's heated debate centres on Thierry Henry's lack of sportsmanship, the miracle powers of horse placenta and the prospects for manager-less Scotland.

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The Algerian post-match celebrations.

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• Hooligans force a player's premature retirement. (Dirty Tackle)
• The Diego Ban and How It Affects You (Futfanatico)
• Beginning the search for Scotland's next manager. (Inside Left)
• The vignettes of Finland.

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Join celebrated football pundit, author, radio show host and DJ Andy Brassell every Monday on the Soccerlens Show.

England's second-string lost to Brazil on Saturday in Doha, an event that was expected but led to the expected round of national team bashing by the English press.

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Don't miss Adrian Clarke and Iain Spragg debate the beautiful game on Episode 28 of the world famous Soccerlens podcast.Â

This week's sprightly show features lively chat on possible Premier League expansion, the next destination for Man City rebel Robinho and a cheeky new way of ridding football of its diving cheats.

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What you're going to see is something that I just can't find the words to describe. Just watch it yourself:

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Join celebrated football pundit, author, radio show host and DJ Andy Brassell every Monday on the Soccerlens Show.

This week's episode focuses on the title races across Europe, with the first stop being the Premier League title race and the United v Chelsea game. Manchester United gave a strong showing at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, possibly one of their best performances at the Bridge post-Ranieri and despite the defeat all signs point to an open, three-way title race.

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Chelsea v Manchester United
English Premier League
Sunday, 08 November, 2009
Stamford Bridge

The last 5 titles in the Premier League have been shared by Manchester United and Chelsea, and as the two best sides in England go head to head on Sunday, it's bound to be a memorable game no matter what the outcome.

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Between The Lines is concerned with the club's handling of Darren Fletcher's injury.

The Times lets you pick a United/Chelsea XI

F365 talks tactics ahead of Sunday

Dirty Tackle looks at the random musings of Wayne Rooney

Soccerlens predicts which teams will make it in to the final 16 of the Champions League

Caught Offside reckons Nani is moving to La Liga

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Join former Arsenal player Adrian Clarke and celebrated sports journalist Iain Spragg for Episode 27 of the world famous Soccerlens Podcast.Â

This week's bouncy banter focuses on Barcelona and Inter Milan's Champions League concerns, big money transfers that defy logic, and Stan Kroenke's bid to take control of Arsenal.

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Join celebrated football pundit, author, radio show host and DJ Andy Brassell every Monday on the Soccerlens Show.

This week's episode focuses on the Premier League relegation battle (it's already started), and the spotlight is on Portsmouth (who lost their first seven games, just beat Wigan 4-0 and are still bottom of the table) and Hull (who have been lurching from weakness to weakness, but still have faith in their unfortunately named manager).

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Check out Episode 26 of the world famous Soccerlens Podcast with co-hosts Adrian Clarke and Iain Spragg.

Football's swine flu epidemic (including the dangers of spitting), the latest twist in Newcastle United's tale and an escalating problem with hooliganism all crop up in conversation during this week's spookily good show – as do all the usual match previews and predictions, focusing on Arsenal v Tottenham, Everton v Aston Villa as well as Lyon v Liverpool.

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Join celebrated football pundit, author, radio show host and DJ Andy Brassell every Monday on the Soccerlens Show.

This week's episode focuses on the swine flu outbreak at Paris Saint-Germain, which led to a late postponement of the PSG-Marseille game that riled not only the supporters of both sides (and led to some unsavoury scenes between the two sets of fans) but also Marseille themselves, who were adamant that the match should have gone ahead.

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Liverpool face Manchester United (home), Arsenal (away), Fulham (away) and Lyon (away) in their next four games - and they need a special miracle to take win all four games.

It's not impossible though - United are not exactly the invincible beast of 07/08 and if Torres is fit he should be able to give the United backline a good scare.

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Listen to this week's Soccerlens Podcast, where Adrian Clarke and Iain Spragg discuss Liverpool's problems in detail, preview the Liverpool v United game and also talk about why Rafa Benitez is safe in his job regardless of results in the next couple of games [podcast link].

Ian McParland and Gareth Southgate's sackings have surprised people in recent weeks, although for both managers the tell-tale signs were there from the start of the season.

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Why did Eric Cantona start wearing his collar up? Which player got so drunk after a title-winning party he wet himself in a taxi? Why did Andrew Cole and Teddy Sheringham fall out? And which international star burnt his wedding tackle on a scalding hot tea urn?

Glory Glory!

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Tune in for Episode 25 of the world famous Soccerlens Podcast with ex-footballer Adrian Clarke and football journalist Iain Spragg.

This week's humdinger of a show features a fascinating interview on all things Manchester United and Barcelona with respected football writer and author of new book "Glory, Glory!

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Soccerlens is excited to present a brand new feature - a video show reviewing the weekend's big stories from Europe's top football leagues.

Andy Brassell - of World Football Phone-In fame (on BBC 5 Live), author of All or Nothing: A Season in the Life of the Champions League, a seasoned journalist contributing to UEFA's Champions magazine, Skysports.

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England will play Brazil in a friendly game in Doha, Qatar, on 14 November 2009. The date falls in the last international break of the year and also coincides with the final World Cup qualifying playoffs. Both England and Brazil qualified at the top of their respective groups and therefore directly qualified for next year's World Cup finals.

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Take a listen to Episode 24 of the world famous Soccerlens Podcast with ex-footballer Adrian Clarke and sports journalist Iain Spragg for half an hour of fascinating football discussion.

This week's chipper chat centres around Sir Alex Ferguson's ongoing run-in with the powers-that-be, the pro's and cons of Emile Heskey (more cons), and the possibility of a breakaway Atlantic League.

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Hello and welcome to episode 23 of the world famous Soccerlens Podcast. Join ex-footballer Adrian Clarke and celebrated sports journalist Iain Spragg for half an hour of proper football chat.

This week's entertaining show covers Internet-only football, a good old fashioned seedings stitch-up, Fergie v Referees, World Cup previews (including Russia v Germany and Republic of Ireland v Italy)  – and to round things off the dynamic duo share a lively discussion on the weird and wacky world of football club ownership!

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Oliver Kay writes for The Times claiming that Fergie's accusation about the ref was just to cover his own mistakes.

United Rant sums up the Sunderland draw.

Soccerlens writes in praise of Dimitar Berbatov.

The Sunderland Echo interviews Anton after his own goal.

The Guardian reports on how our players will cook for fans in the corporate seats.

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Hello and welcome to episode 22 of the world famous Soccerlens Podcast. Join ex-footballer Adrian Clarke and celebrated sports journalist Iain Spragg as they chew over all things football.

This week's top draw show sees co-hosts Clarke and Spragg analysing the Wenger Years, yet another Rafa rant, asking where the Premier League's best defenders have disappeared to, as well as making a frank assessment of Pompey's already remote looking survival chances.

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A friend of mine, L.E. Eisenmenger who writes for SoccerLens and the Examiner wrote a very interesting piece on the idea of youth transfer fees in the US? The article talks about how youth clubs should be given part of the transfer fee if a player was developed by a youth club, then picked up by an MLS youth club or MLS Academy team, and eventually sold to a foreign club.

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Hello and welcome to episode 21 of the world famous Soccerlens Podcast. Join ex-footballer Adrian Clarke and esteemed sports journalist Iain Spragg as they chew over all things football.

This week Clarkey and Spraggy produce a lively verbal kickabout that includes European football debate, a case for the FA's defence, a peek inside the mind of Sol Campbell, a frank assessment of Platini's latest brainchild, previews of the biggest games across Europe, answers to YOUR questions and a special bonus feature on what it's really like inside Sepp Blatter's FIFA HQ.

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Join former Arsenal player Adrian Clarke and co-host Iain Spragg every Thursday on the new-look Soccerlens Podcast.

These two highly experienced journalists love to debate all the hottest football topics with their own unique style of banter, make spot on (or otherwise!) predictions for upcoming matches, while also providing insightful interviews with a whole host of leading football experts.

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First, let me apologize for the neglect over the past week; I took a psuedo-vacation, focusing my energy on the MFUSA Soccer Show and some things surrounding it. I hadn't intended to slow down so...

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On episode 18 of the Soccerlens Podcast, Stephen Darwin is joined by Pitch Invasion's Tom Dunmore and Jason Davis from MatchFitUSA to discuss US soccer consumption.

The show will be looking specifically at how soccer fans in the States receive their domestic and European/Worldwide soccer fix and there's also a discussion on whether David Beckham really is on a different galaxy with his desire to play in Europe.

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Soccerlens has brought you extensive transfer window coverage for several years now - and this year we're asking you to join us in compiling the most comprehensive transfer news database on the Internet.

Like before you'll have Eddie's excellent daily roundup of the latest transfer rumours and confirmed transfers plus regular updates to our transfer lists for 9 European leagues from Shahryar.

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The football community is abuzz with last Tuesday's unexpected episode of hooliganism at Upton Park, the Championship League draw, and some excellent football matches this weekend. There's also the 'over-the-top' outrage at Eduardo winning a soft penalty against Celtic and for our money, the press has in the past and always will make a mountain out of nothing for a story.

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On the second episode of a new season of the Soccerlens Podcast, Stephen Darwin is joined by The Onion Bag and Some People Are On The Pitch duo Terry Duffelen and Chris Oakley to discuss an array of eye catching fixtures coming up this weekend and to summarise the draw for the Champions League group stages.

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No he hasn't. Of course he hasn't. My apologies for leading you to think that he had.

However, it does help me draw attention to this accurate depiction (comic below) of what 'football blogging' can be like when you get people chasing the almightly dollar / pound with scant regard for quality, principles or even long-term sustainability and success.

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On the season opener of the Soccerlens Podcast, Stephen Darwin is joined by twofootedtackle's Chris Nee to discuss the opening week of the the Premier League season, the midweek Champions League qualifiers and to preview Serie A and La Liga.

The show will be looking at the Premier League's perennial title contenders and how they have begun the season, there's a chat about Juventus and Milan and their chances of dislodging Inter in Serie A and Chris lets us in on a little secret involving one Samuel Eto'o.

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Watch Manchester United v Chelsea in the Community Shield live on your PC.

Manchester United v. Chelsea
Competition: F.A. Community Shield
Stadium: Wembley Stadium, London, England
Date: 9 August 2009
Kickoff: 14:00 GMT, 10:00 EST

It's time for the annual curtain raiser to the English football season as last year's Premiership Champions, Manchester United, will take on the defending F.

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