In an emotive week, we have so far resisted discussing the attempts of a certain individual to run the sport we love into the ground a quarter of a century ago now. Nonetheless, a press narrative appears to be developing that recalls that era. Here, Tom Furnival-Adams analyses another example of how the irresponsibility of the Fourth Estate has gotten out of hand and how this might well suit the heirs of a previous regime. Tom is a Coventry City fans and be found expositing on the Sky Blues’ plight in the pages of the current issue of When Saturday Comes, the publication…
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A New Low for Blackburn Rovers
Yesterday evening, as Arsenal were battling bravely to overturn a Champions League deficit in Munich, ESPN viewers and a few gross hardy souls at Ewood Park saw Blackburn Rovers tumble out of the FA Cup. Here, Phil Lloyd scratches his head in befuddlement as to the Lancashire club’s plight. Phil can be followed on twitter here. … Nine years ago to the day, Blackburn Rovers went down to goals by Thierry Henry and Robert Pires in a Premier League fixture against Arsenal at Ewood Park. The team was en route to a ‘disappointing’ 15th place finish in the league but,…
Book Review: The Long Way
The Long Way by A. E. Greb Published by Wholepoint Publications June 2012, £1.50 ASIN: B008A3BLGG A week away from this season’s FA Cup third round, it seems appropriate to look back to A. E. Greb’s account of the 2011-12 competition, published in the Summer as an eBook, a collection of the blog posts which accompanied his ten month peregrinations and which concluded with Chelsea’s win over Liverpool in May (at this point I’ll admit that the result of that particular encounter had escaped me – and this from a boy who could at one point tell you all the showpiece occasion’s goal…
What to do with an International Weekend
In recent weeks, fellow blogger Lloyd and I have perhaps become unfaithful to the nominal brief of this site. First, I opted to join a clutch of writerly comrades at Colliers Wood United’s Wibbandune Sports Ground for the FA Cup tie against Chessington and Hook United. Then, a few weeks later, and in the same competition, we teamed up for a local derby between Oxford City and Didcot Town - a report of which can be found at the masterly website, The Real FA Cup. But last weekend and just to prove we are rounded enough to occasionally indulge in…
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…
Pigo: Agreed on both. The absence of an outstanding player probably further ...
Olly: Super article, debunking many of the specious narratives that so often...
Lanterne Rouge: Fabulous memories although if someone has asked me when Diaz was in ch...
Tomb: I'd have thought a Wigan fan would know better than to level that kind...
