Buzzin Football

Before the third round I fancied either Manchester City or Spurs to have a successful run in this season’s FA Cup; and when Manchester City drew Manchester United in the semi-finals, I still felt confident they would get one over their arch rivals.  That was until Carlos Tevez, their enigmatic striker and captain was ruled [...]

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Using data collected over the last two years of competitive international games, Castrol Performance have analysed some of the key individual head to head areas of tonight’s Euro 2012 qualifier between England and Bulgaria.
On paper the statistics are stacked in England’s favour and it would appear that Bulgaria need a miracle to get anything out [...]

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As the starting eleven were announced over the Wembley speaker system before tonight’s England friendly with Hungary Wayne Rooney and the three Chelsea players – John Terry, Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole’s names were greeted with sizeable boos, though it must be said, the majority of the crowd didn’t join in.
England started well with a [...]

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Following the recent FA Cup semi-finals that were both played at the national stadium, the FA has stated that the Wembley Stadium turf may need to be re-laid up to seven times each year.  If that’s not shocking enough, the cost of doing so could be a staggering £90,000 a time.
The turf is being relayed [...]

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