TTU Awards
TTU Awards 2012-13
Now in their fourth year, the Two Unfortunates awards may lack the glamour of those officially handed out by the Football League in March although we do at least wait until all the issues are decided before deciding on our favourites.
With one of our founder members having seen only six football league matches in the flesh this past nine months and four of those involving a rather prosaic …
TTU Awards 2011-12: Team of the Season
In the end, just a single point separated Reading and Southampton; the Berkshire club’s astounding run of form from January built very much on their being a team and not a collection of individuals and Adam Le Fondre’s thrilling brace deciding the April summit meeting. Either could have been worthy winners of this award — Reading for overcoming the loss of key players Shane Long and Matt Mills and …
TTU Awards 2011-12: Manager of the Season
For our penultimate award it’s difficult, as ever, to overlook those managers who have steered their team to either a championship or promotion winning season.
Indeed, despite his irritating histrionics and basic unpleasantness, Paolo di Canio took a previously dismal Swindon back up to League 1 at the first time of asking against a backdrop of tragic personal circumstances and, should he stick it out in Wiltshire, his side should …
TTU Awards 2011-12: Player of the Season
Of all the categories in this year’s awards, the most clear cut winner was Rickie Lambert.
The barrel chested scouser swept all before him in 2011-12 and how heartening it was to see this 30 year old veteran of Edgeley Park and Spotland so dominate the division. The parallels with Grant Holt have oft been drawn and no wonder — Lambert has every chance of matching the Norwich man’s …
TTU Awards 2011-12: Young Player of the Season
A couple of the nominees for this year’s best young player — Jordan Rhodes and Matt Phillips — have been so well tracked by the blogosphere that any further attempt to describe their abilities is probably about as welcome as the sight of the Cornish national flag on the Olympic Torch Relay.
Some of our other suggestions have perhaps been less heralded, though. Charlton’s Chris Solly has kept a …