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NPower Championship Round Up

Joseph Redmond — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:11:57 +0000

QPR remain to be the early pace setters in the Npower Championship after their third win in three games maintains their 100% record.

A 4-0 win, a 3-0 win and now a 2-0 win over Nigel Adkins Scunthorpe means that QPR are yet to concede a goal, never mind drop points. Doncaster were the unfortunate team that had to endure Craig Bellamy’s debue for his home town club, after he set up ...

John Johnston’s Guide To The Good, The Bad & The Down Right Awful

John Johnston — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:16:08 +0000

The Football League gets underway this season with teams across the country hoping that this will be the year for their sides. Many eyes will be on the teams in the Championship as this campaign is set to be the most competitive for many a year.

But who are the teams who are looking strong and who may find themselves falling out of the Championships dreaded trap door?

Middlesbrough go into the ...

Top Ref Blunders Technology Could Have Prevented

Jonathan Ellis — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:22:00 +0000

Oi Ref!!!

You can’t escape technology, it controls everything. We’re quickly becoming its implicit, impassive slaves.

It’s vital for our existence, we depend on it, it watches our every move, it tracks you and knows your slightest whim (you mucky pup, you), soon we’ll be living in an Orwellian nightmare of centralised autocratic control and even the toilet – that last bastion of peace and privacy – will be ruthlessly exposed to our harsh ...

Those Damn Premiership Yankie Doodle Dandys!

Carl Grierson — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:35:40 +0000

Gratuitous snap of World Cup wenches (no extra charge)

American ‘soccer’ certainly appears on the rise following the USA’s recent draw with England. C

apello’s men certainly held no fear for the American team, owing in part most likely, to the fact that many of the players currently ply their trade in the Premier League and/or the Championship, or have experience of it.

The three goalkeepers included in the squad, Tim Howard, Brad ...

Kyle Jackson’s Top 5 – Reffing Blunders

Kyle Jackson — Tue, 18 May 2010 20:03:47 +0000

Ali Bin Nasser 1986

Never has two goals so fitfully defined the football culture of a nation. Diego Maradona’s second goal against England at the Azteca stadium in 1986 demonstrated in full flow Argentina’s passion for the aesthetic, the daring and the improvisation of la nuestra. Maradona’s weaving run epitomized it all. In fact it was a goal of such brilliance it ...

Know Your Enemy – Stuart Attwell

Mark Turner — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:58:09 +0000

Can we adopt the little blighter?

When Stuart Attwell hangs up his whistle in years to come, the complexion of his autobiography will no doubt be very different to Graham Poll’s ‘Seeing Red’. Attwell’s book will be of the horror genre, and a working title could be, ‘The Tale of Vicarage Road: The Phantom Goal’. Attwell could of course have prequels and sequels, and could call on a whole host of terrible ...

Top Ten Flop signings from the January transfer windows of 2008/2009

The Gob On Legs — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:26:52 +0000

Yesterday we looked at ten players signed in the January window by clubs as diverse as Manchester City, Tottenham, Chelsea, Stoke City, Birmingham City and Fulham who have had a real, tangible and positive impact on their clubs since signing. They are the glory boys, the players who made the best of their January transfer window move by grasping it with both hands and repaying the faith the club had in ...

Whatever Happened To Gianluca Vialli?

David Schiavone — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:00:20 +0000

Chelsea have had a number of successful managers through the years, number one being Jose Mourinho, but before the Portuguese there was an Italian, a stylish Italian who brought a number of trophies to Stamford Bridge. His name is Gianluca Vialli, a legendary centre forward and accomplished manager; it can be argued he started the Chelsea revolution we see today, laying the foundations for Claudio Ranieri, Mourhino and Carlo ...

Whatever happened to Ronny Rosenthal?

The Gob On Legs — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:58:39 +0000

Long before becoming a star at Liverpool and Tottenham, the young Ronny Rosenthal was snapped up at the age of 11 by his hometown club Maccabi Haifa. Spotted at such a young age, he progressed through the ranks at the club until making his debut as a substitute aged 16, where he came off the bench to score two goals on his debut. The career of ‘Rocket’ Ronny Rosenthal was under way.

It ...

Fall from Grace: Nathan Ellington

David Tully — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:00:39 +0000

At 28 years of age, Nathan Ellington should be in his prime as a striker. After starting out in non-league, he progressed swiftly to become one of the most feared strikers outside of the Premier League. After spending brief spells at Tooting and Mitcham United, and Walton and Hersham, Bristol Rovers snapped the forward up for £150,000 in 1999. At just 17, the “Duke,” as he was nicknamed, made ...