All posts tagged Doncaster

Sean O’Driscoll: a Primer

Nottingham Forest fans read on, for we are very pleased to welcome back Glen Wilson, steward of Doncaster Rovers’ Popular STAND Fanzine and late of award winning blog, Viva Rovers. Here Glen provides us with an insight into Sean O’Driscoll, recently installed in a supporting role to Steve Cotterill at the City Ground.

‘The natural state of the football fan is bitter disappointment’ wrote Nick Hornby and for the …

Speaking out on the Internet: Present Status and Future Prospects

One of this website’s latest followers on Twitter, Simeon F. W. Pickup states his interests as ‘Reading FC, Atheism, Labour. In that order.’ Although Ed Miliband’s negligible impact on the polls may have something to do with his party being relegated behind Brian McDermott and Richard Dawkins in Simeon’s thinking, I did read this as tongue in cheek. Nonetheless, therein lies a message.

Football has always been a major …

Trading Places: Time to Reform the Football League’s Loan System?

To look closely at the associated regulations is to acknowledge the Football League’s existing loan system as nothing less than a free for all.

‘Temporary loan transfer’ is the umbrella heading which comprises the following three types of move permissible under the current system:

• ‘Standard Loans’ (half or full season in length and arranged during the two transfer windows);
• ‘Emergency Loans’ (28-93 days in length and arranged …

Nigel Pearson: From East Riding to East Midlands?

Phil Ascough has contributed a number of excellent pieces to The Two Unfortunates over recent months. Here, the author of Kissing the Badge attempts to get his head round the worst kept secret in this week’s football league:I guess we’ll find out some time today - possibly by the time you read this - whether Hull City need a new manager.Nigel Pearson is reported to be interested in …

Book Review: Confessions of a Football Reporter

Confessions of a Football Reporter
…another Biggs at Large

By Alan Biggs, Published by Vertical Editions,
August 2011, £12.99, ISBN: 9781904091516

In the second of three book reviews we should be publishing this week, we welcome back Ian Rands of A United View on Football. Ian was lucky enough recently to secure an interview with football journalist Alan Biggs - the BBC’s go-to guy for South Yorkshire football