SoccerLens 24 February @ 03:20 AM EST
When last the Premier League was coming off of a full slate of matches, a couple of managers had to
spend the Monday after cleaning out their offices, saying their goodbyes, and rubbing their sore
behinds after getting the boot. This weekend's (plus Monday) slate of showdowns saw more of what
you'd expect right [.
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SoccerLens 09 February @ 02:44 PM EST
It could be that the top four in the Premier League will consist of the usual suspects when all is
said and done, but this is certainly fun while it's lasting, for the fans at least. The battle for
the Premier League title and for the Champions League spots, and the battle for survival [...]
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SoccerLens 31 August @ 01:18 PM EST
We're about to head into a new week, and if you've missed anything on SL over the last week, here's
your chance to get caught up on some of the top topics from the site and the SL forum. UEFA
Champions League 08-09 - Group Stage Draw LIVEBLOG Marco Pantanella brought you the complete
Champions [...
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SoccerLens 25 August @ 03:00 AM EST
There's still one more fixture left to be played in the second round of Premier League fixtures,
but it's time to take an early look at the winners and losers from the weekend's action. Chelsea
and Liverpool have gotten their title challenges off by taking maximum points from their first two
league ties and [.
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SoccerLens 24 August @ 01:00 PM EST
Just in case you've missed anything on SL over the last several days, here's a quick recap of some
of the top topics from the last week. Football Rivals You Love to Hate Scott the Red takes an
in-depth look at top football rivalries in the UK. Can Scholes Join Ronaldo, Ferdinand, and Van
[...]
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SoccerLens 03 August @ 01:30 PM EST
Today, we're starting a new feature here on SL that you'll be seeing this time every week, as we
take a look at some of the top discussions from the past week on the SL forum. If you're a regular
reader of the site, and you haven't signed up for an account on the [...]
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SoccerLens 22 July @ 02:00 PM EST
As we enter the knockout stages of SuperLiga 2008, let me state that while the intensity level was
as high for these matches last year, the football has been much better this year. No offense to
anybody, but an L.A. Galaxy side featuring Alan Gordon and Edson Buddle as starting forwards and an
injured David [.
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SoccerLens 07 July @ 10:16 AM EST
There were six games spread over this holiday weekend culminating in an exciting double header.
Only DC and Toronto didn't play, making the potential for a lot of movement. We saw 9 out of 14
teams switch positions and with Superliga coming up, teams needed to make these last games count.
1. (1) New [.
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SoccerLens 29 April @ 04:38 PM EST
The teams for the Blue Square Premier playoffs had already been decided ahead of the final day of
the season but, although the final fixtures would just shakedown the final playoff pairings, there
was still a decent smattering of last-day drama. The expected pairings for the playoffs before
kick-off were Torquay taking on Nigel Clough's Burton [.
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SoccerLens 14 March @ 12:25 PM EST
It's been a rather exciting week for American soccer fans. For the benefit of those overseas (and
all those in the US that are living under a rock), I have compiled some of the more newsworthy
items in the past week or so: Cuban Olympic team depleted In any major competition, teams are going
to lose players [.
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SoccerLens 26 February @ 05:40 AM EST
I won't mention anything about what happened to Arsenal's Eduardo over the weekend, since it's been
talked about plenty already, but I send my get well wishes towards him, and hope he's back scoring
goals (but not against Manchester United) again as soon as possible. It was a pretty important
weekend of football in the [.
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SoccerLens 26 February @ 05:30 AM EST
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 their place on the next level. Championship There's a
[.
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SoccerLens 22 February @ 05:27 AM EST
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. Bolton
was hanging on to a slim advantage after claiming a 1-0 victory over Atletico Madrid at [...]
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SoccerLens 22 February @ 05:26 AM EST
'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 we'll kick off the highlights. Arsenal 0-0 AC Milan Of
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SoccerLens 18 February @ 05:05 AM EST
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 the Gunners suffer humiliation at the hands
of AC Milan this week.
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SoccerLens 16 February @ 03:00 AM EST
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 last week-end, it is now time for a fresh
batch of footy awesomeness this [.
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SoccerLens 15 February @ 10:00 PM EST
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 foobtall fans worldwide. We had
Barcelona-Sevilla, Chelsea-Liverpool, and Cameroon-Egypt last week-end, it is now time for a fresh
batch of footy awesomeness this [.
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SoccerLens 15 February @ 06:00 AM EST
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. Everton, who was one of only two sides to
complete the group stage with maximum points, kept up their winning ways by defeating Norwegian
side [...]
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SoccerLens 13 February @ 04:51 AM EST
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 Mowbray to waiting to watch
Arsenal play at home on Monday night. Arsenal! A Spurs man! England less than ab fab as Capello
takes charge All eyes were on [.
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SoccerLens 03 February @ 07:30 PM EST
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 in the Championship. Deal or no deal? Whilst transfer
deadline day generally passed in a haze of tiresome tedium – thankfully [.
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SoccerLens 30 January @ 06:00 AM EST
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 to turn your attention to at the same time. The four
groups are in the midst of [.
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SoccerLens 28 January @ 10:54 AM EST
Soccerlens's Hugo Steckelmacher looks back at the week gone by in the slightly crazy and always
entertaining world of football. In the Premiership... Pool in the deep end before Crouch the hidden
dragon roars The week started and ended with a draw for Aston Villa, although in enormously
different circumstances.
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SoccerLens 28 January @ 06:00 AM EST
Premier League sides have been dropping like flies in the last couple of rounds of the FA Cup, and
two more fell on Sunday. At Bramall Lane, mid-table Championship side Sheffield United had
Manchester City put away within 25 minutes, as Luton Shelton (12) and Jon Stead (24) put the Blades
up 2-0. [.
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SoccerLens 24 December @ 01:59 AM EST
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?). The Bundesliga is on break until February, and heading
into [...]
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SoccerLens 18 December @ 06:52 AM EST
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 watching this past weekend, as there were eight fixtures on
Saturday that preceded Sunday's top-of-the-table [.
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SoccerLens 13 December @ 03:00 AM EST
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. The headline match of the night was
in Group E, where Rangers and Lyon squared off at Ibrox to decide who would join group [...]
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SoccerLens 11 December @ 08:00 PM EST
It seems that English clubs like taking the tough route in the Champions League, don't they? In
2002/03, Newcastle lost their first three games in the first group stage, then rallied to win their
last three matches and qualify for the second group stage. The very next year, Arsenal picked up
only one point from their [.
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SoccerLens 10 December @ 02:17 AM EST
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 upcoming Champions League clash with Rangers in mind, Lyon manager Alain Perrin sat
several key players for Saturday's [.
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SoccerLens 09 December @ 04:30 AM EST
Echoing with my Europe's Most Expensive Benchwarmers article, this week the Daily Mail thought
about taking a look at the added values of players selected on the substitute bench, for last
week-end's English Premier League matches. Or, in other words: "How expensive was your team's bench
at the weekend"?
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SoccerLens 08 December @ 03:30 AM EST
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 rivalries without bringing up
Fenerbahce-Galatasaray. The Turkish titans tussle tomorrow at Fenerbahce's Sukru Saracoglu Stadium,
and it is a pivotal early clash in regards to the [.
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SoccerLens 04 December @ 11:00 AM EST
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. Urawa Red Diamonds, recently crowned Asian champions just three
weeks ago, must have worn down at the [.
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SoccerLens 03 December @ 12:52 PM EST
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 moment the scintillating Arsenal side conjured up by
the wily old [.
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SoccerLens 30 November @ 04:30 PM EST
While things are a little muddled in Groups A-D, the outlook in the other four groups in the UEFA
Champions League is a little more defined, for the most part. Group E Barcelona were in pole
position to qualify, and with their 2-2 draw away to Lyon, not only seal a place in the round [...]
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SoccerLens 30 November @ 06:40 AM EST
Matchday 5 in the Champions League group stage saw a number of clubs give their qualification hopes
a serious boost, while for some, things were thrown into serious doubt. So, brace yourself and pay
attention, because even though winning is the simplest cure for all, there are multiple potential
scenarios in each group.
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SoccerLens 09 October @ 04:29 AM EST
After a long, long gap I am back on Soccerlens to do a small round-up of all things Manchester
United. I hope I'll be able to do this on a weekly basis. Let's see how far I can go. So here
goes... It's been a very good week for Manchester United fans. In fact, if you see [...]
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