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The New Wembley Stadium: Home To English Football

by Paul McIndoe For any soccer fan, a visit to the new Wembley Stadium is a must. Not only is it one of the world's most outstanding modern stadiums, but is host to the best of English football and features a veritable 'footie-fest' of the nation's leading cup finals and Football League play-offs every season. The Football Association - the sport's governing body - is planning a £12million move of its administrative headquarters from Soho Square to the new Stadium during July 2009. As Wembley is also the home venue for all of England's international fixtures - including the qualifying games for the 2010 World Cup Finals - the move will firmly establish the stadium as the 'home of English football'. As the English football season progresses towards its climax in May, Wembley hosts a number of prestigious finals including the traditional finale to the football season - the FA Cup Final. But, before that the cup final season begins in either late February o...

Online Football Blogs

by Jane Hilton With today's technology, the Internet has made it easier for Football die-hards to talk about their beloved game through football blogs. Blogs have become a very popular trend. Everyday Joe's can blog about football, basketball, their mothers cooking, and dance recitals. I have even seen blogs that are written in a horse's perspective. Football blogs are very popular and you can find blogs on college, high school, pro, or semi pro football. When searching for a football blog you might be looking for one of two things, information or intelligent conversation. Like many things found on the web, not everything is 100% correct. A blog is a personal diary/information of what is happening in someone's life, the world, or on the web. Blogs allow the reader to read someone's personal information, sometimes a blog will allow for comments and communication with other blog readers. Football blogs can be about anything from "A Day in the Life of a College Fo...