The list of nominees was long for the second in our eponymous yearly awards. Joe Mason, a regular starter and scorer for Cardiff; Kevin Nolan, hardly cheap, but still value for money; Rhoys Wiggins, who’s developed into by far and away the best left-back in League 1 over the course of the season after Charlton had snaffled him for a modest fee; and Crawley’s quick and dirty …
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TTU Awards 2011-12: Bargain Buy of the Season
By The Two Unfortunates on June 2, 2012 in the Category TTU Awards with 4 CommentsTagged with AFC Wimbledon, Barnsley, Cardiff, Carlisle, Charlton, Crawley, Plymouth, Reading, West Ham
The PFA Awards: Stuff and Nonsense?
By Lanterne Rouge on April 26, 2012 in the Category Uncategorized with 15 CommentsTagged with Barnet, Barnsley, Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol Rovers, Burnley, Cardiff, Carlisle, Championship, Charlton, Cheltenham, Crawley, Crewe, Crystal Palace, Hereford, Huddersfield, Hull, League 1, League 2, MK Dons, Northampton, Notts County, Plymouth, Reading, Rotherham, Scunthorpe, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, Shrewsbury, Southampton, Stevenage, Swindon, Torquay, West Ham, Wycombe
Once upon a time, the PFA Awards were the undisputed measure of a season’s most valuable players. Voted for by the Professionals themselves, the response to their announcement was one of awed hush and consent – how could mere onlookers presume to know better than those involved in the rough and tumble of the actual sport?
But the saccharin, sentimental and simply silly award of the 2009 Players’ Player …
The Monday Profile: Kallum Higginbotham
By The Two Unfortunates on April 16, 2012 in the Category The Monday Profile with No commentsTagged with Accrington, Barnsley, Falkirk, Huddersfield, League 1, Rochdale
For our profile this week, we welcome back Craig Telfer, author of a deservedly well received post recently identifying those players in Scotland who might attract the attention of NPower League Clubs in the coming months. Craig runs his own blog dedicated to Stenhousemuir FC, Who the hell is Akabusi? and here turns his attention to a former SFL man already plying his trade south of Hadrian’s Wall, but finding …
The Cost of going to Football: a possible solution
By Lanterne Rouge on March 23, 2012 in the Category Uncategorized with No commentsTagged with Barnsley, Championship, Ipswich
The success of Starbucks, Costa and Caffè Nero in recent years underlines perhaps more than anything Britain’s ignorance as a coffee appreciative nation and football fans forced to once again imbibe another watery latte at staging posts along our motorways and railways lines will count this as yet another among a host of less than satisfying aspects of the away trip.
Service station architecture may have been eulogised in some …
The Monday Profile: Ricardo Vaz Tê
By Lanterne Rouge on January 30, 2012 in the Category The Monday Profile with 3 CommentsTagged with Barnsley, Bolton, Championship
Bloated Premier League squads need ballast and amid the burnt ends of Match of the Day episodes, the fleeting few minutes of highlights from the KC, Molineux or DW Stadiums have been notable for their late cameos from players unfamiliar – your Henrik Pedersens, Okelsandr Yevtushoks and Itzhak Zohars – the men you feel yourself reaching for the Rothman’s successor volume to run the rule over, or, laptop on knees, …
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