Buzzin Football

This time last year I had a small accumulator bet on who would be crowned champions of the English football Premier League, Championship, League One & League Two; and following a nail-biting last weekend to the season, successfully collected my winnings as Manchester United, QPR, Brighton & Chesterfield held on to their mid-season poll positions [...]

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Over the course of a long weekend the English Premier League began with a whimper rather than a bang.  Not so much because of the quality of the football matches but the fact that with Tottenham’s home game against Everton cancelled, only one of last season’s top six kicked off on Saturday at three o’clock.
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It’s that time of year again when, looking back it seems the English Premier League finished ages ago as the transfer market starts to heat up and British clubs are scattered around the globe appearing in various pre-season tournaments. The new 2011/12 English and Scottish football seasons are only a few weeks away now and [...]

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I have just returned from a great pre-season holiday in Turkey where I mainly spent my days around the pool or in bars chatting to football fans about the new season.
There was a devout Geordie fan with his twin 10 year old nephews, one in a Newcastle top the other in a Sunderland top! We [...]

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DTG reports that BBC and Sky are paying £264m for three seasons for football league from 2009/10. Sky gets to continue their coverage of the league and cups, while Championship and some league cup (currently the Carling Cup) matches will be on the BBC. Also reported by the Guardian, among others, but I [...]

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