Leicester City were once again champions of the second tier of English football this year. No club has done that more than the Foxes, this being their seventh title. Leicester were deserving winners of the 2013-2014 Skybet Championship. Manager Nigel Pearson had built up a squad that in terms of quality and depth was far […]
How a Super League from England & Scotland might look, taken from ye olde football annual/magazine from a few years ago. It is as daft now as it was then, however I do like it how Edinburgh & Sheffield are now a combination of their respective clubs and how they merged their kits to suit […]
Now for the “genuine” Gunners fans I’m happy for ’em, no really I am, winning The FA Cup is a wonderful achievement in every-way. The oldest cup competition in the world, starting in August of the previous year a festival of football were the lowly teams including non-league clubs do have their day in the sun. […]
When I was younger and dafter I spent several years attempting to get to every game of the season home and away. Indeed I once managed to achieve this feat for literary purposes. If I’m honest those days are gone for me for which I make no apology as I’m a family man nowadays with precious […]
Much to the pleasure of our neighbours, back in 2005 as Latics began their Premier League campaign a Wigan Athletic flag flew proudly in Aspull Towers garden. I was working on the idea if it was good enough for the Queen to fly her “standard” at Buckingham Palace was she was at home it was good for Latics whilst […]
Well due to the unlucky play-off defeat to moneybags QPR, ( sleep well Mark C ) Latics will kick off the new season in The Championship on Saturday 9th August 2014. (That is subject to the great god that is the television schedules) The inaugural week of the campaign will also host the First Round […]
The bore draw against Queens Park Rangers leaves Latics with a mountain to climb in the return game. After 61 matches this season can Uwe Rosler motivate his players to find sufficient energy and motivation to give it a real go at Loftus Road? Significantly there were no loan players in the starting eleven to face […]
The article below first appeared in STAND magazine and Mudhutter and is in the news again concerning the loan market and stockpiling of young players by top clubs. It offers an alternative solution to the one Greg Dyke is proposing: namely that no football club is allowed to have more than 25 professional players and […]
You can’t beat a good 4-3 can you? There’s something quite magical about that scoreline and if we must finish on the losing side then I suppose there are worse moments for it to happen.
Wigan Athletic have a paltry goalscoring record this season, notching just 81 goals in 60 matches. But among the goals they have scored there have been some absolute crackers. Jean Beausejour’s rocket shot at Derby, Jordi Gomez’s free kicks, Roger Espinoza’s 35 yard blinder against MK Dons. But in terms of sheer self-confidence and artistry […]