- 1. There To Be Shot At by Tony Coton
- (Players)
- ... move to Manchester United was sought by the player rather than because City wanted the transfer income. Sunderland’s chairman Bob Murray is a more clear-cut villain after his failure to pay medical insurance ...
- Created on 25 July 2018
- 2. “There won’t be Nazis at Eintracht Frankfurt” – German club ban far-right voters
- (Stories)
- ... embership so that they could oppose and defy him. Its parliamentary chairperson Alice Weidel tweeted that it was “funny how the third-class proletarians of a football club choose to express themselves”. ...
- Created on 06 April 2018
- 3. Forget Panini – there’s a new type of football sticker to obsess over
- (Stories)
- ... the streets 19 March ~ If I were to say “I’m fascinated by football stickers” I’m sure that most people would assume that I was talking about Panini. The enticing possibility of finally seeing Welsh ...
- Created on 19 March 2018
- 4. Naive and negative Thomas Christiansen was not Leeds’ only recent mistake ...
- (Stories)
- ... home defeats to Millwall and Cardiff and a seven-match winless run that saw the club drift outside the play-off places. The recent run of poor results was a far cry from last September when Leeds topped ...
- Created on 09 February 2018
- 5. Going to school with a future England captain – who was not the most talented player ...
- (Stories)
- ... he was a bit on the short side, but he was stocky with it. “A low centre of gravity” they would say now, like Maradona. Had stamina too, what they would call a real box-to-box player. Bryan Robson, perhaps. ...
- Created on 30 October 2017
- 6. Scott Parker’s wasted potential is a sorry tale of one poor career choice ...
- (Stories)
- Embed from Getty Images Charlton’s best period of the modern era coincided with the rise of Parker as their midfield general but his switch to Chelsea was ill-timed and ill-advised 21 September ...
- Created on 21 September 2017
- 7. There’s always last year ~ Premier League 2016-17
- (Stories)
- ... ~ Unlike in every other division during 2016-17, our contributors did not manage to pick out the Premier League title winners. It was Chelsea, tenth the previous season as Leicester ran out champions, ...
- Created on 28 July 2017
- 8. There’s always last year ~ Championship 2016-17
- (Stories)
- ... flight for the first time since 1983 was decent consolation. Newcastle themselves finished just as expected. “For once an air of trying to do things right around the club suggests we might be good ...
- Created on 27 July 2017
- 9. There’s always last year ~ League One 2016-17
- (Stories)
- ... contributors were confident Sheffield United would finally live up to their tag of favourites and take the title, Ian Rands wasn’t quite so sure. “New manager Chris Wilder has a huge task to build his ...
- Created on 26 July 2017
- 10. There’s always last year ~ League Two 2016-17
- (Stories)
- ... East was not confident. “I would be quite happy to see the bulk of the team disappear and that is what seems to be happening,” he said. “The things is I have no confidence that this will lead to any sort ...
- Created on 25 July 2017
- 11. There’s always last year ~ Scottish Premiership 2016-17
- (Stories)
- ... can be expected of the cups after three successive semi-finals have seen Celtic hampered crucially by arrogant, egocentric refereeing.” Graham was right on Europe, at least, where Brendan Rodgers’ side ...
- Created on 24 July 2017
- 12. From the archive ~ Attempting to become Peter Lorimer’s car washer ...
- (Stories)
- ... significant footballing address I remember is number 41, The Drive, Leeds 17 – the modest suburban semi that for a few years was the home of Peter “Hot Shot” Lorimer, and a mere ten minutes walk from my ...
- Created on 15 May 2017
- 13. Football’s Secret Trade: How the player transfer market was infiltrated ...
- (General)
- ... lengths to avoid the press. Figer has reaped millions for himself and investors by moving players around Europe – his first big deal was Zé Roberto’s move from Real Madrid to Bayer Leverkusen in 1998. ...
- Created on 10 May 2017
- 14. Gary Rowett wasn’t perfect but Birmingham’s move for Zola makes no sense ...
- (Stories)
- Embed from Getty Images Rowett turned Blues’ fortunes around but performances this season haven’t been great, though appointing Gianfranco Zola has mystified fans 16 December ~ It was commonly ...
- Created on 16 December 2016
- 15. There’s always last year ~ Premier League 2015-16
- (Stories)
- ... the most reassuring,” wrote Leicester City fan Simon Tyers in WSC’s 2015-16 season guide last summer. “I’m still confident we’ll survive… but probably with someone else at the helm.” He wasn’t alone, with ...
- Created on 12 August 2016
- 16. There’s always last year ~ Scottish Premiership, 2015-16
- (Stories)
- ... top (of the bottom half of the table),” predicted Dundee United fan Ken Gall ahead of the 2015-16 Scottish Premiership season. He wasn’t the only one who didn’t see their relegation coming – the rest of ...
- Created on 04 August 2016
- 17. There’s always last year ~ League Two, 2015-16
- (Stories)
- ... overall League Two positions generally. Their biggest mistake was with Accrington. While Stanley fan Adam Scarborough said that “Twelfth place seems realistic”, his counterparts were not so optimistic ...
- Created on 03 August 2016
- 18. There’s always last year ~ League One, 2015-16
- (Stories)
- ... There was also play-off disappointment for Bradford who, like Millwall, finished just one place below their predicted position before losing to the Lions in the semi-final. They did match the hopes of ...
- Created on 02 August 2016
- 19. There’s always last year ~ Championship, 2015-16
- (Stories)
- ... a couple of games to get going but in the end Kevin’s confidence was well placed and his team sealed an immediate return to the Premier League, going up as champions by four points. Burnley’s title ...
- Created on 01 August 2016
- 20. Nothing would beat being there for Leicester title win
- (April 2016)
- ... ench celebrates winning a World Cup he was dropped from; Roy Keane inspiring Manchester United’s comeback in the 1999 Champions League semi-final despite a booking ruling him out the final; players are ...
- Created on 29 April 2016
