For this week’s profile, we are made up to welcome David Wilkinson of the stunning Leeds United Blog, The Scratching Shed (indeed, ‘blog’ seems such a humble word to describe such a multifaceted treasure trove). Having spent this week pondering the controversy surrounding the Yorkshire club’s 3-2 win over Peterborough at the weekend, David turns his attention to a man who returned from exile this summer to bolster the Peacocks’ defence:After two successful loan spells at Accrington Stanley and Bury, Tom Lees returned to Leeds United this season to break into the first team and make his 100th professional appearance at…
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Black Pudding Derby delight for ‘Dale
We’ve all been there: the hubris and cockiness borne of conviction and enthusiasm coming back to bite us firmly in the backside. And so it was on Saturday for the Bury fans – rejoicing at being back in League 1 and fortified by pre-match pints in the metal box of a social club adjacent to Gigg Lane (£1 in for non-members; distinct odour of hot dogs, cooking lager and sweat) – who lustily serenaded their Rochdale counterparts with a chant of “You’re the shit of Lancashire”. Just eighteen minutes in, and with the shellshocked home side already three goals down,…
Mad Hatters?
Either Stockport’s new owners have bottomless pockets and Bury’s Ryan Lowe is so good that they’d consider shattering the world transfer record in a bid to haul themselves back into the Football League, or the Daily Star need to employ more competent and attentive proofreaders. My money’s probably on the latter.(Apologies for the pedantry, but given that most of us work in publishing I’m afraid you just have to expect it…)
TTU Awards 2010/2011: Loan of the Season
Like Achilles’ ankles or Steffi Graf’s backhand, Swansea City’s weakness over the past few seasons of approximate excellence has been all too obvious. Jason Scotland was the key fulcrum for a time, but the goals for column has rarely been a totalizer at the Liberty. That all ended this Spring when Brendan Rodgers – he of the Big League contacts – took a drive down Fulham Broadway and came back with a pearl of an Italian in Fabio Borini – a darting, dynamite presence who announced his arrival with a double in a 3-2 win over future play off rivals Nottingham Forest….
Iron in the fire
As baptisms of fire go, they don’t come much more fiery than Alan Knill’s at Scunthorpe. The erstwhile Bury manager’s first game in charge of the team he once played for took place at Carrow Road and saw his side given a brutal pummelling. Norwich’s mercilessness was exemplified by the fact that one hat-trick (from Grant Holt) was followed by another from Simeon Jackson, a player whom Paul Lambert had only allowed twenty minutes to impress.Post-match, Knill claimed not to have been too surprised by the mauling: “Don’t get me wrong, I knew what I was getting into. We’re second…
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