Buzzin Football Blog

By chance, I was watching BBC News 24 this lunch time when they interrupted their One O’Clock News (also on BBC One) to cover Harry Redknapp’s press conference at Portsmouth today, following yesterday’s reported arrest on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and false accounting.
The 60-year-old Pompey manager blasted the police for choosing to raid his [...]

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I have always thought of Michael Owen as being one of the more intelligent England players, so was amazed to hear him quoted as saying, “I don’t think any of the Croatian team would get into our team.”
Ignoring the obvious fact that England would not be able to include foreign players in the national team, [...]

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I had the pleasure  of watching the two best footballing sides in Europe on Saturday and from the comfort of my armchair. Live games featuring Arsenal v Wigan and later, Barcelona v Recreativo, gave me a chance to compare these two exponents of total football.
Arsenal, without Fabregas, looked no less efficient, and their passing was exemplary. Easily [...]

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Now, I’m the first to admit betting is not big and it’s not clever; that is unless you win, of course.
After last weekend’s tip for you lucky readers to place a bet on Belarus beating Holland followed by today’s successful accumulator winning bet, I’m wondering if this should become a regular post on the Buzzin [...]

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As the FA sit down to a hastily arranged meeting in Soho Square, following England’s exit from next year’s Euro 2008 finals, to sack Steve McClaren for his failure, who is going to be sacking those responsible at the FA?
In June 1991, a year after England’s best performance in the World Cup since 1966, with [...]

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