Author: Lloyd
At Last, Good Vibrations Return at Torquay
Since the formation of this website in June 2009 only two Football League managers – Paul Tisdale and Chris Wilder – still remain in the same jobs.
A case in point, Torquay are now on to their fourth gaffer – having seen Paul Buckle, Martin Ling and Alan Knill come and go over the past few years – with former player Chris Hargreaves the latest to take on what …
Great Football League Teams 47: Plymouth Argyle 1993-4
It may be that we’ve all had to endure the same set piece at least once in our lives.
‘What could you least live without’ – your partner offers suggestively – ‘me, or football?’
More rounded individuals than myself will have had little trouble in clearing that one up, gazing dotingly into their loved one’s eyes to volley home the necessary response without a moment’s hesitation.
Yet for the …
Depression Continues to Linger at Stockport
A 4-1 home win wasn’t what anyone in the stadium had expected, least of all after Stockport had taken the lead in the opening sixty seconds.
Oxford City were bottom of the Conference North and County had arrived on the back of a 4-2 win against high-fliers Telford.
But, as Stockport fans know full well by now, it doesn’t take long for such brittle hope to unravel.
Here, things started …
TTU Go Predicting: a Club-by-Club League 2 Preview
We’re baaack! Kicking off this year’s look ahead to the new season, we focus today on the clubs who’ll be competing in League 2 this year and – because everyone likes a prediction – pass judgement on where they might finish. Then, tomorrow and Wednesday, we put the spotlight on League 1 and the Championship respectively before spending the rest of the time leading up to August 3 offering …
Book Review: Promised Land: A Northern Love Story
Promised Land: A Northern Love Story by Anthony Clavane
Published by Yellow Jersey Press
2011, £8.99
Growing up in the 90s, Leeds were a permanent top flight fixture and played at one of the country’s showcase grounds yet – unlike many other sides – I cannot remember coming across a single Whites supporter in my youth. Granted, it was spent hundreds of miles away from Elland Road in Plymouth …