We are delighted to welcome back Matthew Rudd for the latest post in our Great Football League Teams series; Matthew having previously penned a popular post on Hull City’s 1965-6 side. Now, he casts his mind back to the early eighties. … It’s amazing what being skint can do for a football club. In 1982, Hull City were certain to go out of business, probably before the season had actually finished. In 1983, not only were they solvent again, but playing some delightful, devastating football and achieving what still ranks as one of the truly great promotions in the club’s…
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Great Football League Teams 44: Gillingham 1999-2000
Number 44 of our Great Teams sees us return to the turn of the Millennium, a year which has not yet featured among our selections although David Moyes’ Preston North End dynasty were Champions of Division Two that year and you can read more about the lilywhites’ subsequent fate in our last installment penned by Jo Breen. One of the most impressive teams of that era, however, were Gillingham and here, David Field looks back to some Medway glory days. … I must confess I have never seen Rocky. However, from what I gather, the story for most episodes of the franchise…
Great Football League Teams 42: Hull City 1965-6
These are heady days indeed for Hull City, back in the Premier league after a short absence, even their capture of the wiles of Steve Bruce saw few tip the Tigers last August. But this current purple period for the East Riding is by no means the only high point in the club’s history. Here’s Matthew Rudd of Amber Nectar with a look back to a famous World Cup year. … If attack really is the best form of defence, then few sides have realised this cliché as ruthlessly as the Hull City side of the 1960s. Under manager Cliff Britton, it…
Great Football League Teams 41: Lincoln City 2002-3
Our first Great Teams post of 2013 features Lincoln City, one of several clubs we have featured in the series who now find themselves outside the Football League - see also our look back to famous Cambridge United and Stockport County sides of the past. Tom Clarke is a sports journalist with The Daily Mail and can be found on Twitter here, while some of his previous grumblings about Lincoln City can be found at the now sadly discontinued Pope and Swift, an excellent pan-sports blog that is begging to be succeeded. Here, Tom remembers the happier times of the 2002-03 season. … “You’re…
Great Football League Teams 39: Charlton Athletic 1997-8
The 39th step in our Great Teams series sees the archive approach its third anniversary - and we are delighted to welcome Al Gordon, purveyor of the eclectic God, Charlton and Punk Rock website to TTU Towers; Al having become a regular at The Football Attic in recent months. Here. Al waxes lyrical on the subject of the Addicks’ 1997-8 vintage - he can be followed on Twitter here. From what we had seen the previous season, there was nothing to prepare us for a campaign that will live long in the memory down in SE7. A mediocre final standing of…
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