When Vincent Tan, the Malaysian owner of Cardiff City, made the – apparently unilateral - decision to change the club’s colours from blue to red, I posted a few remarks on Twitter intended to express some solidarity with those Cardiff supporters who felt that this change was the last straw. Some fans had even made the painful decision to stop going to watch their own club as a result.…
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TTU Go Predicting: a Club-by-Club League 2 Preview
In the first of four divisional previews we focus today on who’s who in League 2, which once again looks set to be tight. The bookies are backing Bury, Luton, Portsmouth and Shrewbury - we think that they’ll each do well, but suggest that they’ll have plenty of competition, not least from Southend and York.
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AFC Wimbledon
It’s fair to say that the AFCW squad has more or …
Book Review: Punk Football
Punk Football by Jim Keoghan
Published by Pitch Publishing
2014, £12.99
The rise of the supporter ownership model in England has been a slow and drawn out process in recent years and despite the wonderful coverage provided by When Saturday Comes and a host of websites, it has often been hard to step back and assess its progress.
Jim Keoghan, therefore, has done us all a massive service in …
Book Review: AFC Wimbledon: A Pictorial History
AFC Wimbledon: A Pictorial History by Graham Moody
Published by Amberley Publishing
2013, £14.49
The current incarnation of Wimbledon Football Club may not be the oldest in the League in the eyes of the great and the good, but the heroes currently holed up in Kingston represent a vital continuum with those of the club’s history. Hence, the past decade has been as momentous for the Dons as it …
Hull City: Mes que un Club, Mes que un Juego?
I blame Barcelona. Barcelona and Bill Shankly. ‘Mes que un club?’
But what if that club isn’t more than a club? What if they aren’t a great bastion of Catalan nationalism, the collective klaxon of an embattled inner city working class, a cultural front against Francoism, a buzzing wave of souls embodying a Socialist ideal?
What if they’re just Watford? Or Newport County? Or Hull?
It doesn’t matter any more. …
Ben: Sounds like an interesting read - and a useful companion-piece to Tony...
sean smith: Brilliant article. Shared. COYS...
Steve: C.f. Phil Neville on MOTD2 talking about Rosicky's audacious blind pas...
Winch: An enjoyable read. I'm not sure they bring back any good memories, but...
