Three years ago, this site was established on the premise that its founders were as interested, in an impartial way, in the goings on at on all Football League clubs rather than just their own. Yet without club rivalries, both longstanding and flash in the pan, football would undoutedly be poorer. Many of these can be tawdry affairs for those unattached to either team, however. This new series, then, seeks to refresh by uncovering some of the lesser known rivalries, pointing readers to their origins and the level of feeling surrounding different clashes. Wycombe fan Kerry Andrew is first up….
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The Monday Profile: Tom Bender
Young boys in the park with jumpers for goalposts, or battering a ball against a garage door, dream of pulling on that jersey, of scoring the winner at Wembley, of lifting the World Cup. Of making a name for themselves. And yet some players make a name for themselves inadvertently, their footballing achievements and exploits overlooked or forgotten. Take Jean-Marc Bosman, for example, a relatively obscure Belgian footballer until his move from RFC Liege to French outfit Dunkerque was blocked and he decided to take on the football transfer rules. Now his name is inextricably associated with the landmark judgement…
Communication Works, For Those Who Work At It
‘Communication works, for those who work at it’, said once the film score composer John Powell. I have no idea whether Powell is a football fan, but, whatever, his advice should definitely be heeded by those running professional football clubs in England today. The coming of high-speed internet over the last decade means that it is now easier for fans to express their views to a wider audience via blogs and messageboards. It should, in theory, also make communication between clubs and their supporters easier, too. However, instead, many club boards have chosen to ignore or even deride the opinions…
The Monday Profile: Ian Henderson
Being dubbed a young player with promise is sometimes the cruellest thing that can happen to a footballer. As contemporaries in the Norwich City youth set-up a decade ago, Ian Henderson and Ryan Jarvis made their first team debuts within six months of each other. In November 2002, Henderson scored as a substitute in his second Canaries appearance. Jarvis, the more precocious of the pair, was the star striker of England’s U17 side when he became City’s then youngest ever first team player in April 2003. A year later, although they were still only on the fringes of the first…
The Monday Profile: John-Joe O’Toole
Cast your mind back to the 2008-9 season and you’ll remember one of that campaign’s most precocious Championship talents. John-Joe O’Toole, an Irishman by way of Harrow - the borough, not the school - netted seven goals from 22 games - a fine return from midfield, especially for a 20 year old. Indeed, two years earlier, he had delighted Athlone’s Lissywoolen Stadium with a ninety third minute winner as the Republic beat Bulgaria at Under-21 level. This was a midfielder to watch.Reading extracts from esteemed Watford blog BHaPPY from those years reveals the emergence of a burgeoning capability. Likened to Tim…
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