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An afternoon in with Jeff
A man sits at a desk. Dominating that desk, paper. Surrounding his feet, scrunched up paper. He clutches the hair behind each temple and slowly twists it to form a tricorne. If he smoked, he’d be doing so in a furiously repetitive manner. If he drank, he would be necking back whisky. Whisky and coffee. Whisky, coffee, cigarettes and writer’s block.
Time passes and the twelfth hour strikes. Inspiration came …
Future England stars of the Football League
During England’s European Championship qualifier with Switzerland last week, The Seventy Two asked Football League fans whether there were any players currently at their club who may play for England one day.
It is rarely that simple, of course. And it was a slightly hypocritical question given the opinion piece published on this very site on the subject of Connor Wickham a couple of months ago.
Nevertheless, here are the …
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 …
Fallen giants – the battle for League One glory
For fallen Premier League clubs, English football’s third tier has become an all-too-familiar residence over the last five years. Leeds United, Nottingham Forest, Leicester City, Norwich City, Sheffield Wednesday, Southampton and Charlton Athletic have all been visitors, with success rates varying between each side.
Leicester and Norwich ensured their stays were mere loan spells, but for the others life has not been so easy. Nottingham Forest made it back after …