Reviews from When Saturday Comes. Follow the link to buy the book from Amazon.
Reading supporters knew how Leicester City fans felt when Mark McGhee decamped to Wolves, as Roger Titford explains
What’s so great about Mark McGhee that he’s managed to break 25,000 hearts in Reading and Leicester and cost his new employers around £1 million compensation in the past twelve months? What makes him last year’s most expensive temp?
Robert Rea fears that an American-style system may be about to spread to English football
“Manchester United chairman Martin Edwards has finally completed the controversial multi-million pound deal to move his club to Milton Keynes. The first game at their new ground, the Super Bowl, will be at the beginning of next season against Warrington Wednesday.’’
Owen Davies argues that borrowing a different idea from Europe might prove a lifeline for Cardiff City
The cat was barely out of the bag before the FA of Wales was trying to beat it to death. “We will oppose the plan even if it means Premiership football coming to Cardiff.” God forbid that quality football should threaten the reign of mediocrity in South Wales.
Scotland isn't the only place where football clubs have switched towns lately – it's happened at the top level in Poland this season, as Vaughan Elliot reports
Mid-May of last year was a bleak time for Lechia Gdansk: relegation to one of Poland’s eight regional third divisions had become inevitable and respectable mid-season crowds of 4,000 had dropped into three figures for the first time anyone could remember. Supporters left the stadium after the last game pondering next season and dreaming of miracles, or at least a couple of decent players to lift the gloom of impending local league football.
Joe Ferrari reports from Norwich on why the clamour for Robert Chase's departure is getting louder by the day
Norwich City’s traditional Yuletide slide – two points from seven games – took on deeper significance this year, set against a backdrop of bitter division on and off the pitch, blame for which can be laid squarely at the door of club chairman Robert Chase.