Is your club getting value for money from agents?

The Football League has published a list of total fees paid to agents by each club during the 2009/10 season. The figures in full can be found here.

By way of some brief analysis, The Seventy Two ranked every Football League club in order of how much they spent on agents and then cross-referenced this with last year’s finishing positions.

The end result is the table found below. It …

The Championship goes back to school

Three words that plagued me as a child. You would barely be out of the door for the final time at the start of the summer before those three words would appear in big, bold letters whenever you went anywhere near a shop. Three words that would magically become four when spoken out loud. Back to bloody school.

Alright, fine! I’m coming back, don’t worry! I don’t have much bloody …

How memorable is your football club?

“Accrington Stanley? Who are they?”

Do you remember names quickly when you meet people for the second time? A decent memory is handy in that situation and if you possess one of those - plus a half-decent knowledge of the Football League - you would probably be pretty good at this little quiz:

After you’ve finished, you are presented with a lovely little table showing which clubs are the …

Write the Future: The Championship 2010/11

Ahead of the big Championship kick-off next weekend, we asked supporters, bloggers and regional newspaper journalists about their thoughts on the forthcoming season.

Here are their predictions of what lies in store over the next few months, preceded by a quick who’s who of those involved:

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Iron and Imps hope to exert the Lincs effect

Three years ago, Lincolnshire boasted four Football League representatives. Following Grimsby Town’s relegation from League Two in May, that number is now just two. Boston United were first to fall back in 2007 and the Pilgrims have since endured a turbulent period, including two enforced demotions for financial reasons.

However, Boston celebrated promotion back to the Blue Square North this summer and Grimsby now sit just a division above them. …

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