It’s been a torrid 2012-13 so far for Aston Villa and from the moment Robbie Savage pronounced that the club would most definitely be relegated last August, media pundits and fans of other clubs have been forming an orderly queue to have a bash.
Meanwhile, Villa fans themselves have been lying low, largely defending manager Paul Lambert, but with their patience stretched to levels of high tautness and …
Tomorrow, last season’s Championship winners Reading travel to West Bromwich Albion, who are enjoying their third consecutive Premier League season. Biscuitman Lanterne Rouge asks Throstle Frank Heaven what other promoted clubs can learn from Albion’s widely praised model.
LR: On Sunday, I sat through one of the most one sided matches I have attended for some time as Spurs cantered to victory over Reading.
It left me wallowing in existential …
The Smell of Football by Mick ‘Baz’ Rathbone
Published by Vision Sports Publishing
July 2011, £12.99
ISBN: 978-1907637148
I have a regular correspondent who likes to talk football. A Liverpool die-hard, man of Shrewsbury, our exchanges normally concern the current wiles of his personal idol, Rafael Benitez, or his affection for his hometown ‘Salop!’ boys and our shared whimsy for the Midlands club born of our bonding over mutual appreciation …
The term ‘rollercoaster season’ is over-used - but Birmingham City’s 1993-94 campaign certainly deserved that label.
The season started with high hopes, which quickly subsided, only to rise again, then fall once more, then rise a final time, before being dashed at the very death.
But if it ultimately ended in disappointment, it was also a season which marked the beginning of a long overdue turnaround in Birmingham’s fortunes.…
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...
Steve: Excellent article....
Winch: An enjoyable read. I'm not sure they bring back any good memories, but...
