From Blue Square Premier to Football League
Over recent months, we have called upon regular followers of non-league football in order to guess at which players might stand a chance of forging a career in the Football League, should they wish to...
View ArticleUnexpected Rivalries 2: Shrewsbury, Port Vale and Wrexham
After Kerry Andrew opened our Unexpected Rivalries series back in March, we are delighted to welcome back Andrew Harding, deviser of an eponymous blog and a man we have invited to muse on those clubs...
View ArticleRelegation From the Football League is Not the End of the World
[T]his year’s League Two relegation battle is quite remarkable. Not just for the closeness of the fight, but for the teams involved. All bar one have recently spent time in the Conference and all bar...
View ArticleDilemmas of Football Ownership: History and the Need for Change
[F]or the second of our posts exploring the theme of football ownership, we are pleased to welcome Jon Keen, a long-standing supporter of Reading Football Club and founding member of STAR (the...
View ArticleBook Review: Hard Case: The Autobiography of Jimmy Case
Hard Case by Jimmy Case Published by by John Blake Publishing 2014, £18.99 [I]n advance of a salvo posts on the precariousness or otherwise of the managerial hot seat which we shall be running next...
View ArticleMental Health Awareness Week: Mental Health and Elite Football
Last Wednesday, with this article already taking shape, it was revealed that Everton winger Aaron Lennon had been detained by police under the Mental Health Act. The Merseyside club subsequently...
View ArticleThe Two Unfortunates Health Checks: Crewe Alexandra
Today, we are delighted to launch a new series of posts that will see contributors run the rule over the fortunes of their football clubs in the medium term. Each article will be structured by way of...
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