A quick pointer to some of the other activities which the denizens of The Two Unfortunates have been indulging in lately before we hunker down to the serious business of today’s league programme – myself at the Mad Stad and Lloyd at Sixfields. First, if you would relish an hour or so’s chat about the Football League, Lloyd made his debut on the most recent Two Footed Tackle podcast and the results can be enjoyed here. Joining Lloyd to talk about the League 2 promotion battle, the seeming financial clover of AFC Bournemouth and which sides may be joining us next year…
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Sean O’Driscoll: a Primer
Nottingham Forest fans read on, for we are very pleased to welcome back Glen Wilson, steward of Doncaster Rovers’ Popular STAND Fanzine and late of award winning blog, Viva Rovers. Here Glen provides us with an insight into Sean O’Driscoll, recently installed in a supporting role to Steve Cotterill at the City Ground. ‘The natural state of the football fan is bitter disappointment’ wrote Nick Hornby and for the most part of course he is right. We are dreamers who specialise in crushing our own dream with pessimistic realism. We could win this… but we’ll probably chuck it away in…
The Thursday Preview: Bournemouth Vs Chesterfield
Forgive me for suggesting this, but this bottom of the table match seems a lot less special an occasion than the last time these two met. That game marked the passage into the history books of one of the few remaining `proper’ English football grounds, Saltergate, rendering the 2-1 win for the home side frankly irrelevant. But for that day’s visitors, the game was the culmination of a bookie-defying promotion season, and confirmed Eddie Howe and his young side as ones of whom to take note.Just over a year later, though, Bournemouth fans could be forgiven for wondering where all…
The Seventy Two Unfortunates Football League Preview: the Archives
We continue our Five Days of Football League build-up with a focus on the archival section of our 108-page overview of the coming season. In putting together the Preview, we wanted to touch upon the writing that we feel best represents our sites by giving selected pieces a second airing.So, kicking the section off on page 66 is Iain Macintosh’s ode to Southend, which first appeared on The Seventy Two back in March this year. One of two personal contributions from myself follows this, a rundown of ten matches across the last 10 seasons for Plymouth Argyle. As lengthy as…
The Thursday Preview: Dagenham & Redbridge Vs Bournemouth
Saturday afternoon’s encounter at Victoria Road sees the meeting of two of last season’s biggest achievers: both Dagenham & Redbridge and Bournemouth defied circumstance in their own particular ways to achieve promotion from the Football League’s basement, earning richly deserved plaudits along the way. Bournemouth’s on-pitch success against a backdrop of turmoil off-pitch has been well documented; Dagenham’s rise to the third tier despite being one of the League’s smallest clubs, less so. This season, however, has told a very different tale. Bournemouth have adjusted to the higher level with ease and currently sit in 2nd place, whilst Dagenham &…
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