Media Week: Life either side of the great divide

Posted by on Sep 12, 2011 in Barnsley, Cardiff City, Championship, Ipswich Town, Season 2010/11, Swansea City, The Seventy Two | No Comments

As a regional football journalist covering both Championship side Cardiff City and newly-promoted Swansea City, Chris Wathan is better placed than most to talk about the rewards and challenges in covering the Premier League and the Football League from a media perspective. Chris was kind enough to answer a few questions to kick off Media Week on The Seventy Two.

Swansea kicked off their Premier League campaign at the Etihad …

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Who will be the Football League’s big winners on Deadline Day?

Posted by on Aug 30, 2011 in Burnley, Bury, Cardiff City, Championship, Coventry City, League Two, Leeds United, Leicester City, Northampton Town, Sheffield Wednesday, The Seventy Two, West Ham United | No Comments

Transfer deadline day is a strange phenomenon. Driven forward remorselessly by Sky Sports News, the hyperbole reaches a crescendo on the 31st days of both January and August - but the focus always seems to remain firmly on the clubs towards the top of the Premier League and there is very little coverage afforded to events further down the divisions.

This year, admittedly, we have the unusual scenario of Arsene …

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West Ham United 0 Cardiff City 1: A view from both sides

Posted by on Aug 9, 2011 in Cardiff City, Championship, The Seventy Two, West Ham United | No Comments

Cardiff City’s impressive 1-0 win at Upton Park caught a few people by surprise on the opening weekend of the Football League. West Ham supporter Stuart Fuller thinks lessons can be learned but it would be wrong to draw too many conclusions from a tricky first fixture of the season. Cardiff fan Joe Harrison, meanwhile, skipped back to the Valleys while clicking his heels together with glee, metaphorically speaking……

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Championship league ladder: Cardiff City up, Peterborough United down

Posted by on Aug 5, 2011 in Cardiff City, Championship, Peterborough United, The Seventy Two | 4 Comments

The Seventy Two’s Championship league ladder continues with the thoughts of Joe Brewin.

In brief, the idea will be that the table begins in the order that the Championship finished at the end of the 2010/11 season and a series of bloggers and journalists will each re-position one team further up and one team further down based on their thoughts over the summer. By the end, we will have …

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The Seventy Two Unfortunates Football League season preview

Posted by on Aug 1, 2011 in Accrington Stanley, AFC Wimbledon, Aldershot Town, Barnet, Barnsley, Birmingham City, Blackpool, Bournemouth, Bradford City, Brentford, Brighton, Bristol City, Bristol Rovers, Burnley, Burton Albion, Bury, Cardiff City, Carlisle United, Championship, Charlton Athletic, Cheltenham Town, Chesterfield, Colchester United, Coventry City, Crawley Town, Crewe Alexandra, Crystal Palace, Dagenham and Redbridge, Derby County, Doncaster Rovers, Exeter City, Gillingham, Hartlepool United, Hereford United, Huddersfield Town, Hull City, Ipswich Town, League Two, Leeds United, Leicester City, Leyton Orient, Macclesfield Town, Middlesbrough, Millwall, Milton Keynes, Morecambe, Northampton Town, Nottingham Forest, Notts County, Oldham Athletic, Oxford United, Peterborough United, Plymouth Argyle, Port Vale, Portsmouth, Preston North End, Reading, Rochdale, Rotherham United, Scunthorpe United, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, Shrewsbury Town, Southampton, Southend United, Stevenage, Swindon Town, The Seventy Two, Torquay United, Tranmere Rovers, Walsall, Watford, West Ham United, Wycombe Wanderers, Yeovil Town | 6 Comments

The Seventy Two has joined forces with fellow Football League blog The Two Unfortunates, not to mention fans of all 72 clubs in the Football League, to bring you a full 108-page season preview.

Click on the image below to read online or click here to download the PDF.

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