As the Championship comes to a close with a gripping play-off final between West Ham United and Blackpool, Joe Harrison explains all the action from Wembley Stadium. What? 1. West Ham won the Final 2-1 gaining the third promotion place from the Championship, meaning that they will play in the Premier League next season. 2. Blackpool’s defeat makes them the 71st team confirmed as playing in the Football League next season; the final team will be the winner of the Conference Play-Off Final between Luton Town and York City. 3. For the second consecutive season, the team that finished in…
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Losing My Religion: Cardiff City prepare to cash in and sell out
The battle lines of football are often drawn between red and blue, cities divided between the two colours. Manchester City and Manchester United. Liverpool and Everton. The Steel City derby. But now one club in one city may be forced to cross that divide in pursuit of the Premier League. Cardiff City supporter Joe Harrison shares what the idea means to him. There have been a number of incidents this season that have brought the nature of being a football fan into question. Earnest and worried discussions on the discourse of ‘tribalism’ followed the racism cases involving Luis Suarez and…
What I want from my football club - Part 5: Play-off hopefuls
The Seventy Two has canvassed the opinion of several Football League writers from a variety of different clubs to ask one simple question: what do you want from your football club? Given around 300 words to play with, there were numerous responses so we will be looking at a cross-section every day this week, continuing with the thoughts of supporters of four clubs who will end the 2011/12 season with the play-offs in mind - West Ham United, Huddersfield Town, Cardiff City and Gillingham. West Ham United by Stuart Fuller Since our current owners came on board, West Ham fans…
Are Cardiff City “doing a Cardiff” again this season?
Cardiff City are one of several teams that don’t seem to want to secure their place in the Championship play-offs any time soon. Joe Harrison examines whether this is the same old Cardiff, bottling things again at the business end of the season, or a set of overachievers who are unfortunate to be following a familiar pattern. On 2nd January, Cardiff beat Reading 3-1 at the Cardiff City Stadium, completing a double over the Royals with the scoreline reflecting an impressive performance. That result saw Cardiff go third in the Championship, two points behind the top two of Southampton and…
Relegation Week: Will the big Doncaster Rovers U-turn pay off?
Doncaster Rovers began the season with Sean O’Driscoll and will end it with Dean Saunders. They changed their entire footballing philosophy early in the campaign. So will this transformation pay off? Glen Wilson, editor of Doncaster’s Popular Stand fanzine, speaks to Joe Harrison about the big Donny U-turn. It has been a tumultuous season at Donny, with changes at all levels of the club. Ignoring the Willie McKay in the room and beginning with the managerial change: has replacing Sean O’Driscoll with Dean Saunders seen the sort of improvement the club were looking for? It’s very difficult to talk of…
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Jackart: Eton and Harrow were always soccer schools, and Eton used to win the F...
new games: Football is the most popular sport in Brazil. The Brazilian national f...
Peter Etchells: Either do the ninety two or don't.
Like gambling, the pleasure is to ...
Harry: FYI
Schlupp was dropped after a nightmare against the Nethetlands.
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