When asked by the esteemed editors of this site to compile a preview to the League One season I had to first humbly remind them that my own team, Carlisle United, were cruelly and indignantly relegated to League Two at the end of last year. There followed a degree of brow furrowing consternation before an uttered agreement that ‘I’d do’. Whether that’s true, I suppose, rests in my summary …
All posts tagged Leyton Orient
TTU Awards 2013-14: Team of the Season
As a collective effort, Burnley have shown the way to success within relatively limited resources. What money they have spent has been spent wisely in recent years and they have built a strong unit with a good mix between fight and flair. Our Manager of the Year Sean Dyche’s calm leadership has brought the best out of his players, and although one could say they have been lucky to …
Which of Brentford’s Players Will Step Up?
Having recently conducted a player by player analysis of Leicester City’s readiness for Premier League football, it’s clear that the exercise is a markedly different one when it comes to the process of transition lower down the pyramid.
Take League One – a division that has been fearsomely tough this year, with six teams dominating to the degree that the points total enjoyed by Preston North End would …
Patrick Bamford and the Rise of the Privately-educated Footballer
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 …
Leyton Orient are Top at Christmas, but the Olympic Stadium Spectre Looms Large
As 2013 draws to a close, one club for whom it has been, on the surface, a quite ridiculously good year have been Leyton Orient, so man opposing fans’ second favourite team and a club whom we covered after a recent visit to Brisbane Road a month or so back. Now, Andy Brown, who will be familiar to many of you as @OrientMeatPie on twitter (and we can …
Winch: An enjoyable read. I'm not sure they bring back any good memories, but...
Phil Lloyd: Thanks, Jim, appreciate your comments. I think we are the lucky ones, ...
Jim Wilkinson: Lovely piece Phil... Brings home the unfathomable concept that playing...
Chris Walker: Tom, apologies. You are indeed correct. My recollection of Burnley's a...
Tom Whittaker: Incredibly unfair comment re: Burnley's away form- we actually managed...
