Buzzin Football

Lets be honest, this World Cup hasn’t been the most pulse raising event to grace a football supporter’s retina. The majority of the matches if not all have been cagey, on occasions courageous and not really captivating.
Many of the matches have reminded me of a lot Premier League games over the years. In the sense [...]

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As the last of the opening matches in the World Cup finals finishes I expect some exciting matches to following, what has so far been a pretty boring six days of football.
A shock 1-0 defeat to Switzerland sees Spain being the only seeded team to lose their opening match, though Italy and England gave less [...]

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It happens every time England is in a major tournament. The closer it gets to the first game, the less confident everyone is about the team being successfulin the 2010 South Africa World Cup. This negativity is spread to the players and ultimately plays a part in eventual defeat.
To me, it seems as though people [...]

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Africa United: How Football Explains Africa
Steve Bloomfield has written a very detailed and interesting, sometimes shocking, account of the African continents’ overwhelming love of football and how everyday people use it as an escape from reality, while governments use football to make money or as a distraction from war, famine and social problems that Africa [...]

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The first World Cup to take place on the continent of Africa has fans there more excited than their usual frenzy for football, so what are the chances of one of their six entrants going deep into the tournament?
Hosts South Africa have been going through some troubled times on the pitch and sadly some fans [...]

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