Saturday brought the shattering news of the death of Nigel Doughty, owner of Nottingham Forest. In our latest conversation piece, we talk to Steve Wright of the website Mist Rolling in from the Trent about the past few years at the City Ground and the atmosphere of turmoil that has enveloped the club. Our discussions started prior to the weekend and we extend our condolences to the family of Nigel Doughty. LR: In mid-December, Steve Cotterill stated that Forest might have to bring more players in before selling them in order to preserve the club’s Championship status but, having finished in the…
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Conversations with Stan Horne (Manchester City, Aston Villa and Fulham)
With the fallout from recent incidents involving Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra, and John Terry and Anton Ferdinand, dominating the back pages, racism in English football is once again a hot topic. An opportune time, then, to ask Stan Horne about (among other things) his experiences as the first ever black player for a trio of current Premier League clubs: Villa, Fulham and his beloved Man City. BW: Did you feel like a pioneer? SH: When I started out as an apprentice at Aston Villa in 1962 I didn’t even think about the pioneer angle. I was just a young…
Conversations with Andrew Harding (Shrewsbury Town)
In our first Conversations post of 2012, I speak with Salop fan Andrew Harding about the quality of this year’s crop and whether the club’s move out of town to the New Meadow has been a success, amongst other things. Andrew can be tracked on twitter via @andrewcharding, or at his own website. LL: Shrewsbury were acknowledged in various season previews as likely ‘there or thereabouts’ candidates and, currently standing in 4th place, have duly delivered thus far. What is it about Graham Turner’s side that has made them such consistently strong performers this term? AH: The continuation of last season’s approach…
Conversations with Max Bell (Scunthorpe United)
The latest in our conversations series is an important one in that it features a supporter of the only Championship club to break even in 2010-11, Scunthorpe United. After our re-launch in January, we hope to increase the amount of attention paid to the financial ills of the game and as Max Bell states below – success on the pitch is no proper substitute for sustainability long term. Max helps run the blog, Any Old Iron and here ponders the future of a Scunny side adapting to life back in the bottom divisions as well as some of the pressures…
Conversations with Steve Welsh (Middlesbrough)
The latest in our Conversations series sees us entering into discussions with Steve Welsh. An avid Middlesbrough fan, Steve is the deviser of Miniboro.com, a site that has attracted equal praise for its content and design – for Steve is as talented an illustrator as there is in the blogosphere at this time. Here, Steve ponders the Teesside club’s tentatively encouraging start to the 2011-12 season and provides us with insights into his site’s raison d’être. LR: Middlesbrough have enjoyed a super start to the season under Tony Mowbray – one that is all the more remarkable given how little…
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