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

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 …

The Seventy Two Unfortunates Football League season preview

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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An ode to Adebayo Akinfenwa

Bayo, Bayo, Bayo goes the cry,
Like the roar of a war in days long gone by,
Bayo, Bayo, Bayo, they recite,
Like a haunting refrain that sustains through the night,
Bayo, Bayo, Bayo, gentle giant,
The others may train but you stand defiant,
Bayo, Bayo, Bayo, not for you,
That tiresome work they put themselves through,
Bayo, Bayo, Bayo, sly old dog,
Teasing the crowd with a hint of …

League Two review: Final day drama

Radios are pinned to ears, text messages are quickly answered, cheers of joy and cries of sorrow are heard up and down the country, writes Danny Brothers.


It can only be the final day of the season and in League Two there was still everything to play for. A title race, automatic promotion, playoffs and relegation were all to be decided and places changed with the news of one …

League Two review: Wycombe sink Bury

The race to join Bury and Chesterfield in League One next season is going right to the wire, writes Danny Brothers. Either Wycombe Wanderers or Shrewsbury Town will finish third with the other facing the lottery of the playoffs. For Wanderers, after a morale boosting win over Bury on the Shakers’ own ground, it is in their hands and they will be hot favourites to seal the deal with …

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