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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Peterborough United and the home of world football

Posted by on Jul 2, 2011 in Championship, Milton Keynes, Peterborough United, The Seventy Two | No Comments

In Bed With Maradona is the home of world football, a magnificent collection of the best English-language football writing from around the globe. And sometimes me. My article for them yesterday focused on what the collapse of Sam Baldock’s transfer from Milton Keynes Dons to Peterborough United could mean for the future of regional football correspondents.

The impression many regional football writers give is that print deadlines and scheduled sport …

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The Seventy Two’s Football League team of the season

Posted by on Jun 16, 2011 in Bournemouth, Bradford City, Bury, Cardiff City, Championship, League Two, Leyton Orient, Norwich City, Peterborough United, QPR, Season 2010/11, Southampton, Southend United, Swansea City, The Seventy Two, Torquay United, Wycombe Wanderers | 11 Comments












Team of the season

  1. Shwan Jalal (Bournemouth)
  2. Kevin McNaughton (Cardiff City)
  3. Joe Skarz (Bury)
  4. Jose Fonte (Southampton)
  5. Guy Branston (was Torquay United, now Bradford City)
  6. Dean Cox (Leyton Orient)
  7. Gareth Ainsworth (Wycombe Wanderers)
  8. Adel Taarabt (Queen’s Park Rangers)
  9. Scott Sinclair (Swansea City)
  10. Ryan Hall (Southend United)
  11. Craig Mackail-Smith (Peterborough United)

Manager: Paul Lambert (Norwich City)

I decided to do something a bit different for The Seventy Two’s Football League team …

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Championship league ladder: Peterborough United up, Birmingham City down

Posted by on Jun 9, 2011 in Birmingham City, Championship, Peterborough United, The Seventy Two | 11 Comments

The Seventy Two’s Championship league ladder continues with the thoughts of The Equaliser‘s Chris Mann.

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 …

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