Buzzin Football Blog

Darren Anderton finished his distinguished footballing career in typical Roy of the Rovers style today, coming on as a second half substitute and scoring the winning goal with a spectacular volley for Bournemouth against Chester.
I remember how talented Anderton was as a youngster at Portsmouth and when he moved to Spurs he appeared to have the world [...]

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Arsene Wenger has called for FIFA and UEFA to investigate whether the players that pulled out of this week’s international games, turn out for their clubs this weekend or in the Champions League next week.
I couldn’t agree more with the Arsenal manager, who says that his team have never withdrawn a player from international duty, [...]

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England beat Germany 2-1 last night.  It’s the first time Germany have lost in Berlin since 1973, when they lost to Brazil in a pre-World Cup hosting friendly.
This too was a friendly match, but as friendly matches go, it was very competitive, full of exciting, flowing football which was not interrupted by the commonly overused [...]

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Fabio Capello will take a youthful looking squad to Berlin for the England international against Germany on Wednesday night, due in part to the injuries to some of the regular first-team choices.
Wayne Rooney & Rio Ferdinand both missed Manchester United’s game against Stoke on Saturday through injury, and joined the list of others that were [...]

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Chelsea defender, 20 year old Michael Mancienne has been called up for the England squad for the upcoming friendly against Germany.
Fabio Capello named Macienne, an Under 21 player, despite the fact that the youngster has yet to make a first team appearance for Chelsea, he is currently on loan with Championship leaders Wolves.
Other as yet [...]

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