The Saints kicked off in November 1885 when members of St Mary’s Church of England Young Men’s Association formed a club. (They became known as St Mary’s YMA) Rector Canon Albert Basil Orme Wilberforce was the fledglings club first president. During the 1887-88 season the name changed to St Mary’s and it was only in […]
Formed way back in the year of our lord 1871 at a public meeting held in the “Bridge Street Rooms” 1877 saw them enter the FA Cup for the first time along with an amalgamation with the Reading Hornets. 1889 saw Early FC join up with them and the combined outfits were the first winners […]
I had forgotten all about our three lions assistant manager & Olympic GB manager Stuart Pearce making a very curious decision when he was in charge at Manchester City. Back in May 2006 City were chasing the game when he brought reserve keeper Nicky Weaver onto the pitch as a substitute goalie to replace David […]
The 2012 Community Shield on Sunday August 12th will be held at Villa Park because Wembley is being used for the Olympic Football Final the day before. FA Cup & European Champions League winners Chelsea will play The Champions of last season Manchester City.
Okay we know it may not be the best timing, what with all the speculation on Roberto Martinez. But back in April TNS started some work with Michael Cox @ Zonal Marking, to look at how Robert Martinez had developed and shaped the Wigan Athletic 3-4-3 formation. Michael has come up with a fantastic article […]
Well Roy has done it, he’s named his England squad for the European Championship in Poland & Ukraine. He’s gone as expected for 23 blokes from around the Premier League! So are these are the ones who’ll march into Poland & Ukraine to win the European Championship? Well that’s what Roy hopes! We do too, […]
Summer, to your typical football fan it means dull weekends & trying to avoid DIY, with excuses like: “It’s raining Love”, “The Back’s giving me Jip” & my favourite “Shall we go the Pub for a long Lunch?” You’ll also know when the year ends in an odd number, the excuses need to planned well […]
The Football Supporters’ Federation is holding it’s annual awards for independent fan’s publication and The Mudhutter has again been nominated. Now we’re not in it for fame or money, we’re shy wall flower types but hey, you never know, maybe like the football club we purport to write about we can spring a surprise for […]
Departure from the DW was near enough 4.00pm as four Eavesway coaches headed to Coventry, earlier in the day a bad accident had occurred on the M6, long delays at junctions 19 & 20 in store. However we eased off the motorway with The Ricoh arena in full view and onto the spacious car parks, […]
Newcastle United, they have done this very quietly and sit in prime position to achieve the goal of a top 4 finish, ironically enough our next opposition. So quiet whilst driving down the M6 Monday night listening to the post match review of Arsenal 1- 2 Wigan, the football pundit on Talk Sport said what […]