Buzzin Football

In a speech at the Leaders In Football conference held at Stamford Bridge this week, the Football Association chairman David Triesman attacked the football industry that he claimed had racked up £3billion in debt and spoke of the “very tangible fears” for the game in the face of the global financial crisis.
Triesman raised the issue of [...]

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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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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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