Buzzin Football

West Ham are resigned to relegation and within 60 minutes of the full-time whistle against Wigan at the DW Stadium sacked Avram Grant as manager.  The decision apparently had already been made before kick-off.  But indecision early in the season helped West Ham’s decline.
Joint owners David Gold & David Goldman appointed Avram Grant last summer [...]

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This season has been a game of two halves for Ian Holloway and his exciting Blackpool side.
The Seasiders have certainly brought colour to the Premier League but since Christmas they have been on a rapid nose dive.  Their miserable plight continued last weekend even after securing a point with a 1-1 draw at Spurs.  They [...]

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Stoke City thrashed a very poor Wolves side 3-0 at the Britannia Stadium last night to move into ninth position in the Premier League and possibly seal Mick McCarthy’s Wolverhampton Wanderers to relegation to the nPower Championship. Though it was not all good news for Tony Pulis, who saw his star winger, Mathew Etherington leave [...]

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Newcastle United have shot themselves in the foot so many times, it’s hard to see how they were still standing on the last day of the Premier League season.  After a dismal run of results, they only needed to draw with Aston Villa, if Hull City lost to Manchester United, to remain in the Premiership [...]

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This morning I awoke to the news that Alan Shearer was to be appointed the Newcastle United manager, but as the day wore on and the appointment wasn’t confirmed, I had my doubts that this whole story could be a victim of the date, April Fools Day.
But listening to the Radio Five Live football England  [...]

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