Hard Case by Jimmy Case
Published by by John Blake Publishing
2014, £18.99
In advance of a salvo posts on the precariousness or otherwise of the managerial hot seat which we shall be running next week, we are pleased to first present to you a review of former Liverpool and Brighton and Hove Albion man Jimmy Case’s new autobiography. One of my earliest footballing memories is of Case lashing …
Following on from John McGee’s freeform assessment of League 1 yesterday, here is a somewhat more plodding assessment of the level above. That, however, is no reflection on the ins and outs of this season’s Championship - a competition where extortionate transfer fees, underqualified managers and frankly terrifying owners hold sway, where parachute payments warp the competition and everyone is indulging in the filthy scramble for Premier League …
Falling for Football edited by Adam Bushby and Rob MacDonald
Published by Ockley Books
2014, £11.99
Falling for Football is a highly significant book and not just because of the way it expertly conjures up why we fall for the sport, its tribulations and tensions, its vitality and emotion, in the first place. It is also noteworthy for the service editors Adam Bushby and Rob MacDonald have performed …
Amir Khan would be proud. As double whammies go, fans of Bolton Wanderers have been on the receiving end of two sledgehammers this January.
First, after several years of heavy punishment on the financial front, the latest body blow landed as the club’s parent company Burnden Leisure Limited announced a new high for its debt of £163.8 million.
Then, following a mini-recovery and an encouraging 1-1 draw with …
At the end of Saturday’s 2-1 win for AFC Bournemouth at Reading, Cherries’ players and officials converged on a spot just outside one of the Madejski Stadium penalty areas and positioned themselves in huddle formation.
After a minute or two of close consultation, the scrum broke and the players stepped forward to garner the adulation of two and a half thousand delirious supporters.
Cheesy? Perhaps? But from the vantage …
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...
