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County Championship - Parallels between the second tier and Test cricket
James Knight was sat minding his own business one day when an email arrived in his inbox asking whether he would like to try to draw some parallels between the world of Test cricket he writes about for 51 All Out and English football’s second tier. So he wrote some words, clicked ‘Reply’ and now you can read them for yourself…
The Championship is a league of fine margins. Rarely …
Crystal Palace 1 Cardiff City 0: Six Points of Interest
It was interesting to see on Twitter various references to Crystal Palace’s 1-0 win over Cardiff City in the League Cup semi-final first leg at Selhurst Park last night as being a poor game. Despite the lack of a fairytale ending, I found it a far more entertaining game than the previous night’s FA Cup clash between Thierry Henry and Leeds United (also featuring some other Arsenal players). Here are …
Crystal Palace v Cardiff City: The Pride of the Football League?
It seems that plenty of people have forgotten in recent weeks and months that it is perfectly acceptable for someone to praise a club they do not support. The Luis Suarez and John Terry episodes have veered wildly from A Debate It Is Important We Have into the more unpalatable territory of Wild Speculation And Rampant Tribalism for long periods.
As such, it feels almost novel in the current climate …
The team-by-team Football League tactics bible - #1: Cardiff City
I’m going to get the hang of these ambitious 72-part series ideas soon, I promise. I think the key is not to promise them every week, but just throw an idea out there and see what contributions come in. So here’s number one in a series that could run for months, but might not. I think it’s got potential though and gets off to a great start with Joe Harrison…
Saints, Hammers, Bluebirds and Boro: The closest promotion battle since 1992?
Southampton and West Ham United are level at the top of the Championship on 47 points, while Cardiff City and Middlesbrough both lie just two points further back on 45 apiece. In a division which is more accustomed to runaway winners, this is the closest gap between first and fourth on January 3rd since 1992.
Back then, Blackburn Rovers and Ipswich Town each had 44 points although the latter had …