All posts tagged Huddersfield

TTU Awards 2011-12: Young Player of the Season

A couple of the nominees for this year’s best young player – Jordan Rhodes and Matt Phillips – have been so well tracked by the blogosphere that any further attempt to describe their abilities is probably about as welcome as the sight of the Cornish national flag on the Olympic Torch Relay.

Some of our other suggestions have perhaps been less heralded, though. Charlton’s Chris Solly has kept a …

TTU Awards 2011-12: Best Kit

Last year, the comments section in this category combusted at the suggestion that QPR’s Celtic aping green and white away kit was the best of the 144 or so outfits on offer to choose from. A day later, we were engulfed in yet more hot water when citing ignorance of tradition as a reason to dislike Southampton’s Peruvian impression.

So it might seem hypocritical to honour Erreà: the …

The PFA Awards: Stuff and Nonsense?

Once upon a time, the PFA Awards were the undisputed measure of a season’s most valuable players. Voted for by the Professionals themselves, the response to their announcement was one of awed hush and consent – how could mere onlookers presume to know better than those involved in the rough and tumble of the actual sport?

But the saccharin, sentimental and simply silly award of the 2009 Players’ Player …

The Monday Profile: Kallum Higginbotham

For our profile this week, we welcome back Craig Telfer, author of a deservedly well received post recently identifying those players in Scotland who might attract the attention of NPower League Clubs in the coming months. Craig runs his own blog dedicated to Stenhousemuir FC, Who the hell is Akabusi? and here turns his attention to a former SFL man already plying his trade south of Hadrian’s Wall, but finding

From SFL to Football League

Our latest scouting report from outside the Football League comes from Craig Telfer, whose website Who the hell is Akabusi? documents the thrills and spills of supporting Scottish Second Division side Stenhousemuir FC. Here, Craig widens his brief to consider those SFL players potentially capable of doing a job in England’s equivalent divisions.

The general perception of Scottish football, both home and abroad, is that the game is at …