Good heavens, Steve Evans: A poem for 23 teams in League Two

Posted by on Mar 5, 2012 in Crawley Town, League Two, The Seventy Two | No Comments

Good heavens Steve Evans, your fury is so,
your veins protrude from the side of your face,
in inverse proportion your anger does grow,
in relation to Crawley’s current league place,

Good heavens Steve Evans, just calm yourself down,
never mind that crafty Italian chap,
who sits in the dugout at Swindon Town,
and success just falls straight into his lap,

Good heavens Steve Evans, you’ll be in the shake-up,…

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Delving deeper: Attempting to analyse League Two

Posted by on Nov 18, 2011 in Accrington Stanley, AFC Wimbledon, Aldershot Town, Barnet, Bradford City, Bristol Rovers, Burton Albion, Cheltenham Town, Crawley Town, Crewe Alexandra, Dagenham and Redbridge, Gillingham, Hereford United, League Two, Macclesfield Town, Morecambe, Northampton Town, Oxford United, Plymouth Argyle, Port Vale, Rotherham United, Shrewsbury Town, Southend United, Swindon Town, The Seventy Two, Torquay United | One Comment

Deeper down in the Football League, writes Aaron Smith from The Washbag, there are no Opta stats or endless TV analysis of every minutiae covering completed passes, interceptions, animated shot graphics and tactical analysis to name but a few. Unless a full 90 minute video of all games was available to analyse, and even then the time to waste, we’ve only really got our eyes and the Press Association …

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Who would you prefer in charge of your football club?

Posted by on Oct 12, 2011 in Blackpool, Championship, Crawley Town, League Two, Southampton, The Seventy Two, Yeovil Town | 4 Comments

Men and women up and down the country went into work this morning, writes Danny Brothers - some after a heavy commute, some sipping coffee picked up from the local Costa because there was no time for breakfast and some clutching files that had to be taken home and that kept them up all night.

So when the boss comes over and demands more, wants a report done by 10am …

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The Not So Secret Footballer: The Football League season begins

Posted by on Aug 12, 2011 in AFC Wimbledon, Bristol Rovers, Crawley Town, League Two, The Seventy Two | 4 Comments

It has been a while since my last article, writes Jack Midson, but I am pleased to say I have been asked to write again. Thanks for all the feedback from the previous pieces. This latest article is an insight into what I’ve been up to since going back to pre-season training and what a footballer may encounter on the lead-up to the start of the season.

In the …

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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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