Buzzin Football Blog

So, the first weekend of the new Premier League season 2008/09 is complete with plenty of smiles, scratching of heads, and the occasional surprise.
The season kicked off at the Emirates Stadium where Arsenal began with an unconvincing 1-0 win over one of the newly promoted team, West Brom. New boy Nasrim scored the opening [...]

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It’s looking more likely that Gareth Barry will play for Villa in tonight’s UEFA game against FH Hafnarfjordur rendering him cup tied in all European cups till February, and putting the boot, finally, into the second longest transfer saga of the summer.
Hicks and Gillette must be secretly hoping for Barry to play this evening, and [...]

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The Scottish Premier League (SPL) are meeting the Scottish Referees’ Association (SRA) today in a bid to avert a referees strike that is threatening the opening round of the new season in Scotland.
The new season is due to kick off this Saturday at 12.30 BST with Falkirk entertaining Rangers.
The SRA met with SPL officials yesterday, [...]

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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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An English businessman has agreed a deal to buy a controlling share of La Liga club Real Mallorca, says a report in the Telegraph.
The man named as Paul Davidson is known as ‘The Plumber’ recently floated his company Fluid Leader on the Plus Market, earning him an estimated £40million.
He will have to dip in his [...]

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