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When Hereford went down to the Conference, Richard Butler was among their fans who despaired. But now he's starting to enjoy it
An air of cautious optimism prevailed among Hereford United fans prior to our first match in the Football Conference after 25 years of League football. We felt devastated by the events of May 3, 1997, when a 1-1 draw with Brighton on the final day of the season condemned us to the drop.
Hull City are likely to be saved from extinction… again. But this is an all to common experience for the club, writes Craig Ellyard
There is little doubt that by the time you read this article Hull City will, once again, have been saved. A “mystery consortium” have asked the club’s creditors to accept 30p in the pound on their outstanding liabilities. If, as expected, agreement is reached, the consortium, having already lodged a substantial bond, will take over the running of the club. So, all’s well that ends well?
Will Wimbledon FC be based in Wimbledon much longer? Kris Stewart doesn't seem the think so, unfortuantely
On May 4, 1991, Wimbledon lost 3-0 to Crystal Palace at Plough Lane. It wasn’t until after the game that I knew for certain we were moving to Selhurst Park. Plough Lane had done us proud since 1912, but the demands of the Taylor Report, we were told, made a “temporary” move inevitable. Since then, we have played 486 consecutive matches away from home. As soon as we moved, we started hearing rumours linking us to all sorts of places, the worst being a plan to take us to Dublin.
Gillingham are bound to be the losers, regardless of the outcome, if the case between ex-manager Tony Pulis and chairman Paul Scally ends up going to court. Haydn Parry explains why
Gillingham are currently enjoying something of a golden age. The past five years have seen two promotions, an FA Cup quarter-final, three Premiership scalps and a £3.5 million renovation of Priestfield. This season, the club had maintained a healthy midtable position in the First Division, but there’s now a guaranteed nailbiting climax to come.
In recent decades, few Britons have gone abroad and stayed. Phil Ball profiles John Toshack, the only British coach working at the top level in a major European league
“Whether it’s with a bottle of claret, a good rioja, a glass of raki or a decent port, the attraction’s still the same – come away after 90 minutes with the three points,” said the peripatetic Welshman, John Toshack, in an article penned just before Christmas from St Etienne for El Diario Vasco, the Basque newspaper with whom he had signed a contract at the beginning of the year to write a weekly column. His Bacchanalian references were, of course, a nod to all the countries in which he has managed a football team, although he seems to have had some problem recalling his Welsh spell, unless he was alluding in the opening clause to some new strain of Swansea claret.