An Arsenal view of a different London derby

Occasionally, I wonder how the Football League must appear to supporters of Premier League teams. Particularly the better ones. Particularly the one renowned for its glorious, technically superior football.

So who better to pass judgment on Neil Warnock’s return to Selhurst Park with the current best team in the entire Football League than Arsenal fan Julian Harris, the man behind the excellent Gingers For Limpar blog.

Queen’s Park Rangers

Support and report #1 – Crystal Palace and Middlesbrough

Despite The Seventy Two being fortunate enough to regularly receive valued contributions from a small number of excellent writers, coverage of all 36 Football League games each weekend verges on the impossible.

In a bid to go some way to rectifying this, I will be inviting short reports from supporters up and down the country (and Wales…), so that the site can reflect feelings in the stands at more than

Future England stars of the Football League

During England’s European Championship qualifier with Switzerland last week, The Seventy Two asked Football League fans whether there were any players currently at their club who may play for England one day.

It is rarely that simple, of course. And it was a slightly hypocritical question given the opinion piece published on this very site on the subject of Connor Wickham a couple of months ago.

Nevertheless, here are the …

The Championship goes back to school

Three words that plagued me as a child. You would barely be out of the door for the final time at the start of the summer before those three words would appear in big, bold letters whenever you went anywhere near a shop. Three words that would magically become four when spoken out loud. Back to bloody school.

Alright, fine! I’m coming back, don’t worry! I don’t have much bloody …

Write the Future: The Championship 2010/11

Ahead of the big Championship kick-off next weekend, we asked supporters, bloggers and regional newspaper journalists about their thoughts on the forthcoming season.

Here are their predictions of what lies in store over the next few months, preceded by a quick who’s who of those involved:

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