Author: Lloyd
Struggling to Care About Fleetwood
Back in the lead-up to the season I cautiously welcomed Fleetwood Town to the League. I’d heard about the dubious origins of benefactor Andy Pilley’s fortune, and I wanted to look a little more closely at this. I also wanted to ask how exactly a club whose average crowd was 134 just a small number of seasons ago when Pilley took over could afford to bring the likes …
Is a Sense of Pragmatism Creeping in at Cheltenham?
I fell a little for Cheltenham last season. Whether it was their spunky burgundy kit; the thought that I’d personally discovered their terrific central midfielder Marlon Pack; the wonderful Kemble Brewery Inn around the corner from Whaddon Road; or the impression that manager Mark Yates had transformed the Robins into a side punching well above their weight, I’m not sure. But I was smitten.
I saw them twice, in …
Port Vale’s Attacking Quartet Help to String a Good Start Together
As the tables begin to settle down into the kind of patterns that we can to some extent expect for the rest of the season, there’s one team in particular in League 2 whose position comes as something of a surprise.
Despite being some six months into a period of administration, Port Vale are flying; Tuesday’s 5-2 romp at Fleetwood their fifth win from the seven league games played thus …
Plymouth Argyle Supporters in Need of a Reason to Believe
In a brief exchange towards the end of last season, myself and then Argyle Fans’ Trust Board Member Gareth Nicholson celebrated how supporting the Pilgrims had suddenly become less of a burden. For the first time in a number of years we were more relaxed; for once, not entirely convinced that doom was about to befall the team as we approached one of the final fixtures of another 46-legged slog.…