John Coleman’s departure from the Accrington Stanley job in January after 12 years in the role reverberated throughout Lancashire. The Liverpudlian had transformed the beleaguered Accies from a name used to market dairy products into a serious footballing concern again, and defeat to Stevenage in the play-off semi-final last May wipes none of the gloss from his striking achievements. Having been linked with a succession of details since Stanley returned to the Football League in 2006, there was nonetheless a patina of inevitability about Coleman’s final departure. His destination, however, did provoke more than a little surprise. Although enjoying one of the…
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The Monday Profile: Tom Bender
Young boys in the park with jumpers for goalposts, or battering a ball against a garage door, dream of pulling on that jersey, of scoring the winner at Wembley, of lifting the World Cup. Of making a name for themselves. And yet some players make a name for themselves inadvertently, their footballing achievements and exploits overlooked or forgotten. Take Jean-Marc Bosman, for example, a relatively obscure Belgian footballer until his move from RFC Liege to French outfit Dunkerque was blocked and he decided to take on the football transfer rules. Now his name is inextricably associated with the landmark judgement…
The Monday Profile: Tom Lees
For this week’s profile, we are made up to welcome David Wilkinson of the stunning Leeds United Blog, The Scratching Shed (indeed, ‘blog’ seems such a humble word to describe such a multifaceted treasure trove). Having spent this week pondering the controversy surrounding the Yorkshire club’s 3-2 win over Peterborough at the weekend, David turns his attention to a man who returned from exile this summer to bolster the Peacocks’ defence:After two successful loan spells at Accrington Stanley and Bury, Tom Lees returned to Leeds United this season to break into the first team and make his 100th professional appearance at…
TTU Awards 2010/2011: Worst Pitch
There’s a whole other article that could be be written on the dynamic between Stockport County and Sale Sharks, but for the purposes of this award we’ll focus on the pitch at Edgeley Park. Plenty of football clubs share grounds with those amateur gents of the oval ball, Reading and Wycombe to name but two, and at points those playing surfaces may suffer from the sheer amount of game time demanded of them. But up in Greater Manchester, where the Hatters are mere tenants to the holding company which owns Sale Sharks, Cheshire Sports, it’s a different story. For several years now, Stockport supporters have had to spend hard earned money to watch…
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