A couple of the nominees for this year’s best young player – Jordan Rhodes and Matt Phillips – have been so well tracked by the blogosphere that any further attempt to describe their abilities is probably about as welcome as the sight of the Cornish national flag on the Olympic Torch Relay. Some of our other suggestions have perhaps been less heralded, though. Charlton’s Chris Solly has kept a reasonably low profile in the middlewaters of League 1, but blessed with no little composure, pace or nous, the Addicks’ right-back has been a real success this term, winning both the…
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TTU Awards 2011-12: Best Away Trip
There are compensations that come with a tumble down the divisions. While Championship fans must largely contend with a sequence of out of town meccano sheds, visits to Frankie and Benny’s and repeated attempts to negotiate those ubiquitous metal railings that align our national dual carriageways, League 2 in particular can throw up some pleasingly traditional sensations. It’s sad then to recount that Football League fans will be deprived of the chance to re-enact our 2011-12 Best Away Trip next season for a TTU jaunt to Hereford United wins the accolade. Edgar Street is marvellously quirky and old-fashioned of course but its…
TTU Awards 2011-12: Best Kit
Last year, the comments section in this category combusted at the suggestion that QPR’s Celtic aping green and white away kit was the best of the 144 or so outfits on offer to choose from. A day later, we were engulfed in yet more hot water when citing ignorance of tradition as a reason to dislike Southampton’s Peruvian impression. So it might seem hypocritical to honour Erreà: the manufacturers and designers of Cheltenham Town’s all ruby affair. This link mentions that the shade chosen constitutes a return to the club’s roots so without investigating further, we’ll let them off the hook even if…
The Monday Profile: Marlon Pack
In this month’s When Saturday Comes, Andy Lloyd-Williams considers youth development in English football and the benefits of coming through at a smaller club. Citing Bournemouth and Plymouth as examples, he argues that it’s better – surely – to spend one’s formative years at a club at which progression to the first-team isn’t reserved for pure prodigies only. It’s a fair point well made, yet the case of Cheltenham Town’s current man of the hour – Marlon Pack – demonstrates that a thorough schooling at a top side isn’t necessarily a bad thing, even if it fails to result in…
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