In last month’s print edition of When Saturday Comes, the ever reliable Roger Titford analyzed the pros and cons of sharing one’s ground with purveyors of the oval ball. The piece sounds a note of warning: my fellow blogger Scarf is rightly incandescent at Stockport’s unequal alliance with Sale Sharks and if Reading’s relationship with London Irish is better, there is still unease among the Royals’ support.Most annoying is the local media’s occasional comparison of the clubs’ respective gates and Titford enlarged upon this in his missive, showing how rugby crowds have grown encouragingly while football league attendances have declined….
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The Monday Profile: Scott Sinclair
Swansea’s sterling 1-0 victory at Cardiff was, despite Robbie Savage’s best efforts in the commentary box, an engaging watch yesterday. Prior to the match, I had the game down as a bit of a turkey shoot for the Bluebirds, taking my eye off what happened the last time that centre-forward Jay Bothroyd wasn’t on the pitch for the home side, but the way that the Swans controlled and dictated the match was a joy to watch for this neutral.There are some pretty amiable Cardiff fans out there, but the way the club has recently gone about its business continues to…
The next 5 to grace the Premier League?
While the phrase “since the advent of the Premier League” is enough to make me come out in hives, the monetary advantages associated with appearing in said competition are such these days that it has become the consensus that 1992 is now some kind of Pol Pot-style Year Zero, although, unlike the people of Cambodia, we are yet to be liberated.Since the first strains of Alive and Kicking blared out of our TV sets, 43 clubs have appeared in the EPL, enough for two whole divisions (although I wouldn’t mention that in front of Phil Gartside). Of those yet to…
Five Big Second Tier Signings
Craig Bellamy’s almost inexplicable arrival in the hallways of the previously thought to be cash strapped Cardiff City Football Club have been met with disbelief on Championship message boards this Summer Tuesday. Even the tiny man’s refusal to comment on the suggestion that Manchester City were unwilling to let him leave for a fellow Premier League club and the fact that it is only a loan deal have failed to take the edge off the anticipation at one of the most sensational (the word is for once not used lightly) signings of recent times, but in reality, this still potent…
Birds of a (Ruffled) Feather
It’s not often that Cardiff and Swansea could be seen to be united, unless it’s in regard to their mutual hatred of each other. But now, as unlikely as it may seem, there’s a suggestion that they may actually join forces - though, with David James signing for Bristol City, it wouldn’t be the first improbable alliance the Championship has seen this new season.The reason a spirit of collaboration has replaced the usual antagonism? The unwelcome and allegedly underhand advances of fellow Championship side Nottingham Forest. The Tricky Trees’ chief executive Mark Arthur has ruffled both the Swans’ and Bluebirds’…
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Lloyd: An enjoyable, snappy piece of writing Will.
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