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Pass the Mic: Life with local radio commentary
In the current financial climate, with hundreds of thousands under the threat of losing their jobs and millions more contemplating the effects of the coalition’s economic approach, many more match-going supporters may turn to the wireless in order to get their Football League fix - particularly when their team is playing away from home. So what awaits them on the airwaves?
“The ball goes into the penalty area and it’s …
Northampton Town’s glorious, gigantic hangover
They only went and bloody did it. He doubted them, the scoundrel. And they only went and bloody won at Anfield. Haydon Spenceley wakes up and rubs his bleary eyes before putting fingers to keyboard about just how amazing last night was for him and thousands of other Northampton Town fans.
Unforeseen glory
So it’s the afternoon after the (very late) night before. Having written on Tuesday about Northampton’s chances …
Northampton Town’s big night out
To Liverpool supporters, even the most respectful, this week’s encounter with Northampton Town is perhaps just a fairly uninspiring home cup tie with lower-league fodder. To Cobblers fans, it is a rare luxurious break from the monotonous grind of League Two. Haydon Spenceley gives an insight into the mood among the Northampton support ahead of their most high-profile match for years.
So, tomorrow night (or, more than likely by the …
In defence of the League Cup
One of the many, many solutions mooted as part of the master plan to revive English football in the aftermath of Fabio Capello’s failure to bring home the World Cup this summer was, not for the first time, the abolition of the League Cup. What a terrible shame that would be.
It is tempting to stick the knife into the England squad. We could quote salaries. We could quote results. …
Midlands clash displays contrasting styles
Approaching the halfway point in the pre-season schedule, most teams are now settling on the formation with which they will begin their league campaigns. In a pre-season friendly at Sixfields tonight, contrasting styles demonstrated the dilemma currently faced by Football League managers.
League Two hopefuls Northampton Town, under boss Ian Sampson, fielded a 4-2-3-1 formation with two deep-lying central midfielders, Nathaniel Wedderburn and Abdul Osman, shielding the back four. Further …