He’s at it again, that Paul Sturrock. Having struggled for success since his days at Swindon, Luggy’s Southend lead the League 2 table and the only surprise is that so many people seem to have failed to see it coming. Coming up to 18 months in charge of Blues, Sturrock has gone about his work in a canny fashion. Building up a squad from the bottom-up after the club had endured a relegation year of winding-up orders and transfer embargoes, the Shrimpers now sit atop a competitive division and the outlook is good; with a menacing set of strikers to…
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The Monday Profile: Shaun Miller
Shaun Miller’s brace in Crewe’s impressive 3-1 victory at home to Oxford was the latest notable performance from the Alsager-born striker, who is steadily gaining a reputation as one of the best strikers in the lower two divisions of the Football League. Building on his career-best 19 goals last season alongside Clayton Donaldson, Miller has now taken the role of main striker with aplomb, scoring 4 times already this season. Quick and with an eye for goal, it is unsurprising that he has been heavily linked with a move higher up, with Watford and Huddersfield among the clubs that have…
Who will fall at the first?
Following a decidedly unromantic Thursday Preview, in which Lanterne Rouge has forecast Tipton Town to take what the 44th President of the United States might describe as a ‘shellacking’ against a grand old opponent from League 1, I’ve taken upon myself the task of restoring a sense of hope to the misty-eyed among our audience. In the laissez-faire culture of the contemporary game, there are few butchers, bakers and candlestick-makers among those who take the field on 1st Round weekend. On the contrary, the teams that form the peak of the non-league pyramid are often as formidable an opposition as the clubs…
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