Author: The Two Unfortunates
TTU Awards 2013-14: Crimes Against Football
[A[n obvious choice in this category and one which our own Lanterne Rouge got the chance to expound upon on a recent edition of the We Are Going Up podcast followed on from the proposal by Greg Dyke and the rest of The FA Commission to introduce non-competitive B Teams and Strategic Loan Partnerships into the Football League. In doing so they sent out the message that the competiton exists …
TTU Awards 2013-14: Worst Kit
Of this season’s horrors, Bradford City’s redistribution of their traditional stripes into one vertical band of maroon on an amber background just didn’t seem right, although at least its design was relatively clean and organised - too many others were marred by cumbersome sponsors’ logos or template designs to mention.
Elsewhere, it might be assumed that Coventry City fans had far worse things to worry about than the state of …
TTU Awards 2013-14: Best Kit
Insignificant though this category may be, it usually provokes as much debate as any and this year, our panellists have again betrayed a liking for tradition in their choices. Hence, the traditional colours and round(ish) neckline sported by Preston North End at home and the simple contrast between the yellow and black of Watford both attracted admirers. Equally, Scunthorpe United may have displayed a little more blue on their …
TTU Awards 2013-14
The uneasy interregnum between the regular football season and a major international tournament is once again amongst us and we’ll be taking our now customary break from proceedings as events unfurl in Brazil. First, however, we shall be running a fifth set of annual installments of our TTU Awards. These will get underway later this morning and will stretch over the next few days with blog founders Rob Langham …
Book Review: Red or Dead
David Peace has established himself as one of Britain’s most vital novelists of recent times and following on from the success of The Damned United (the film version of which has been reviewed in these pages), the Yorkshireman last year turned his attention to the game across the Pennines. Here, Jon Arnold - @The_Arn on twitter - treats us to a review essay of the new novel …