Buzzin Football Blog

The draw for the 3rd round of this season’s FA Cup took place earlier this afternoon after.  The games will be played over the weekend of 3-4 January 2009. Portsmouth the current FA Cup holders were first to be drawn.
FA Cup 3rd Round 2008/09:
Portsmouth v Bristol City
Sheffield Wed v Fulham
Preston v Liverpool
Birmingham v Wolves
West Ham [...]

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Ashamedly I’ll admit to feeling a little nonchalant about the start of the new season, events conspiring to not light the spark of fervour for another season of battle in the Premier League and whilst it is the fashionable thing to do, I can’t blame it on the credit crunch. It’s the start of September [...]

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Setanta Sports on Freeview has gone up by a pound to £10.99 per month. In the coming season, the channel has 46 Premier League matches, England World Cup Qualifiers and Friendlies, the Community Shield and the FA Cup - more football than they’ve ever had before.
This price rise comes as Ofcom’s new counting method [...]

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At long last, an FA Cup final without one of the top four teams!
So who will win this year’s FA Cup, Cardiff City or Portsmouth?  Neither team have been in an FA Cup final for many years. Cardiff became the only non-English side to lift the trophy in 1927; and the last time Portsmouth won [...]

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Cardiff ended the glorious cup run of Barnsley, to book themselves a place in the FA Cup Final against Portsmouth.
An early goal from Joe Ledley gave Cardiff the lead in another lively, but by no means classic cup game. Barnsley pressurised and enjoyed a lot of possession during the first half of the game, with Cardiff always [...]

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