Author: The Two Unfortunates
The Financial Underbelly: AFC Bournemouth
For the fourth in our series charting the financial background to a range of clubs, we have called upon Chris Lines, @narrowtheangle on twitter and purveyor of the blog of that name. Here, Chris turns his attention to the club that finished atop the Football League pile in May and one that has garnered more than a few column centimetres since.
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AFC Bournemouth’s recent promotion to the …
The Financial Underbelly: Coventry City
Okay, okay - when it comes to Coventry City, the financial situation is less an ‘underbelly’ than a gaping open wound that has festered for several seasons now. Here, Ian Palmer sums up his personal fatigue with the whole business. Ian can be followed on twitter at @iancpalmer.
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Coventry City have been losing fans.
In fact, I’d bet no club has lost as many fans over the …
The Financial Underbelly: Blackburn Rovers
Next up in our summer series is Phil Lloyd who initially got in touch to contribute an entry to our Great Football League Teams series back in 2012 but has since been forced by the continuing tenure of Venky’s at Ewood Park to restrict his missives to contemporary matters. Phil can be followed on twitter at @PhilLloyd6.
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It’s only a few short years ago that Blackburn Rovers …
Analysing the Middlesbrough Revival
The Football League play-offs for 2015 have so far been packed full of incident with that astonishing 5-5 draw between Swindon and Sheffield United the highlight. A vision up, much of the attention has been focused on the East Anglian derbies but the probable favourites for promotion at the time of writing are Middlesbrough, primed for a top flight return after a good few seasons in the wilderness. Here, …
Semi Final Memories: Plymouth Argyle 1984
Second up in this week’s series looking back to non-top flight appearances in the FA Cup semi finals, we look back 31 years to a time when George Reilly broke Devonian hearts. Here’s Roger Willis:
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In 1984 I was in my first year of higher education and living in Gloucester, Mrs Thatcher bestrode British politics like a colossus and unfashionable, unfancied, unlikely Plymouth Argyle made it to …