Ten Reasons to Love the Football League
So Football is officially dead then – beside images of sideburns, NHS celebrations, Kenneth Branagh in a top hat, a Somali-born hero, David Rudisha, the lightning bolt and the tranquil surrounds of...
View ArticleRevisiting the Price of Football
[T]here comes a point in every football fan’s life when the “sod it, I’m not going moment” occurs. For some Manchester City fans, contributing £62 to Arsenal’s coffers was a step too far. For me,...
View ArticleCrime and Punishment: Football in the Dock
"In recent years sport has achieved an increasingly high profile as part of New Labour's social inclusion agenda, based on assumptions about its potential contribution to areas such as social and...
View ArticleWigan Athletic are in No Mood to Relinquish their Premier League Status
[C]ardiff City supporters contemplating the riches to be found on reaching the Promised Land of the Premier League may be forgiven for daydreaming of improved press coverage and wider attention....
View ArticleA Football League SWOT Analysis: The Threats
[T]he stethoscope we have applied to the Football League over the past week has revealed a not altogether satisfactory heartbeat and the fact that the weaknesses section of our study has been easily...
View ArticleTTU Go Predicting: A Club-By-Club Championship Preview
[T]he hubbub engulfing our League 1 and League 2 previews this week has highlighted the sensitivity of the average football fan. Now it's time for the Championship, a division in which, contrary to...
View ArticleTTU Go Predicting: The Sack Race
[T]he dismissal of Lee Clark from his last job inspired our then second most read post of all time and that he clings on for grim life at Birmingham City might seem incredible. To boot, he’s been...
View ArticleUndisclosed Fees are Warping Football
[Y]esterday, Queen’s Park Rangers brought Matt Phillips to London. In the past twelve months, the 22 year old winger has been eclipsed somewhat by the arrival on the scene of teammate Tom Ince, while...
View ArticleThe Death of the 92 Club
[I] was surprised to learn that the fabled 92 Club – the movement that recognises those hardy souls who have attended a match at all the Football League grounds - dates back only to the late seventies...
View ArticleFootball and the Benefits of Immigration
[T]he eminent economist Jonathan Portes, Director of the National Institute for Economic and Social Research, likes to cite two examples in attempting to convince audiences of the merits of free...
View ArticlePaul Lambert, ITV and the Magic of the FA Cup
[W]hat football reporting needs most is a narrative; most of the time at least. For there to be a story, there has to be an issue, which can be resolved either on the field or off it. Take Paul...
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