Just over nine years ago, in January 2005, Derby County came away from a televised fixture at Reading with a 1-0 win thanks to a Tommy Smith goal.
At the time, the Rams were riding high in the play-off zone, a performance that constituted something of a surprise after a period of rebuilding following on from the financial excesses of the Lionel Pickering era. With Smith a darting …
Stewart Robson was something of an under rated footballer of the 1980s. Unfortunate to have figured most prominently for Arsenal during the dog days of the Terry Neill/Don Howe era, George Graham preferred Steve Williams in the midfield anchor role and the tough tackling and energetic Robson is now half-forgotten.
I say half-forgotten because Robson has since gone on to forge himself a career in the media after subsequent …
One of the more emotive of political causes in recent times has been the plan to build a new high speed rail line between London, the North of England and the Midlands; the now notorious High Speed 2 project – often abbreviated to plain HS2.
With construction due to begin in 2017, the plan is for the line to extend north westwards from Euston station in the capital to …
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 …
Ben: Sounds like an interesting read - and a useful companion-piece to Tony...
sean smith: Brilliant article. Shared. COYS...
Steve: C.f. Phil Neville on MOTD2 talking about Rosicky's audacious blind pas...
Steve: Excellent article....
Winch: An enjoyable read. I'm not sure they bring back any good memories, but...
