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 …
One of the surprise success stories so far in 2013-14 has been Blackpool FC, with critics who touted them to be among the Championship relegation candidates being forced to hide in the corner for now. However, a promising start to the season is beginning to fizzle amid a volley of sendings-off. Here, Chris Walker of the Measured Progress blog runs the rule over Tangerine tantrums. You can follow Chris …
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 …
Money and opportunities are in short supply at Charlton Athletic at the moment but in spite of the fact that key players are injured and a rumoured takeover is in the offing, I couldn’t help feel that Chris Powell could have been bolder as the Addicks tumbled to a narrow 1-0 defeat at Reading on Tuesday.
The likelihood of new ownership is still uncertain. Wyn Grant’s excellent …
Having made a number of appearances on podcasts in recent years including Two Footed Tackle and The Tilehurst End, our founder writers Lloyd and Lanterne Rouge are perhaps inclined to go in the corner and hide, such are the demands of stationing oneself behind the microphone. Hence, we are in admiration of anyone who has stuck at it, let alone done it really well indeed.
The recent FSF …
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Steve: C.f. Phil Neville on MOTD2 talking about Rosicky's audacious blind pas...
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Winch: An enjoyable read. I'm not sure they bring back any good memories, but...
