Buzzin Football Blog

I was saddened by a story in the Sun newspaper that revealed that former England manager Sir Bobby Robson is losing his fight against lung cancer.
Robson who is 75 years old is battling his fifth bout of the disease, told the newspaper, “I have accepted what they have told me and I am determined to [...]

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If it ain’t one thing it’s another. Poor old Michael Owen will miss his chance to impress the England manager in the upcoming friendlies, after going down with a virus!
The injury plagued striker has been used only as a substitute under Fabio Capello’s short reign, but he must have been confident of getting a starting [...]

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Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton has been jailed for six months after pleading guilty to assault and affray.
The player admitted to his part in a street attack that took place in Liverpool on December 27th 2007.
The Liverpool Crown Court judge told Barton it was a ‘violent and cowardly attack.”

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Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan has expressed his concern over the dominance of the ‘big four’ in the Premier League competition.
The normally optimistic Keegan has suggested that if Newcastle bosses think that the gap can be bridged, they need to think again.
“Maybe the owner thinks we can bridge that gap - but we can’t,” said Keegan, [...]

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Newcastle’s third win on the trot got me wondering whether the Magpies Messiah, Kevin Keegan may have brought some of the circus to his latter position.
First there was the farce, just after appointing King Kev, the board immediatley gave him the custard pie in the face, by appointing the nearest they could find to the [...]

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