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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Sunderland manager Roy Keane has quit rather than being fired, after being named as one of the leading “sack race” contendors for several weeks now. The Sunderland AFC website contains a statement:
“Keane, who decided the time had come to stand down took over Sunderland in August 2006 when the team were languishing at the [...]

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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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The protracted transfers of Peter Crouch and Steve Sidwell have at last been agreed, with both players awaiting medicals with their respective new employers before being officially unveiled.
Crouch will join Portsmouth for a fee somewhere around £10million in a move that will see the striker back at Fratton Park for a second spell. There is [...]

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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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