Our divisional previews of a year ago were so well received that we decided to go one better and offer a full set for 2014-5 even if bloggers enjoy the luxury of not being obliged to cover irrelevances such as the Community Shield. TTU staffer Ben Woolhead has a little extra time on his hands now after the masterful Newcastle United blog Black & White & Read All Over finally closed its doors after a decade. Here, Ben gives a club-by-club lowdown on the top echelon of English football. Arsenal It’s taken a while, but at long last Arsène Wenger seems to…
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Book Review: The Evergreen in Red and White
The Evergreen in Red and White by Steven Kay Published by 1889 Books 2014, £8.99 We have devoted some attention before on this website to a call for a ‘great football novel’, something to plug a gap which cricket and baseball in particular have filled more successfully - a solution to the presumption that football as narrative is somehow unsuited to literary treatment. To date, despite a number of brave attempts, no one book has managed to grab the attention of the Books establishment. Unfortunately, Steven Kay’s meticulously researched novel, The Evergreen in Red and White is probably not going to change…
Book Review: Red or Dead
David Peace has established himself as one of Britain’s most vital novelists of recent times and following on from the success of The Damned United (the film version of which has been reviewed in these pages), the Yorkshireman last year turned his attention to the game across the Pennines. Here, Jon Arnold - @The_Arn on twitter - treats us to a review essay of the new novel and a quite superb piece of writing it is too. … Liverpool fans ask only one thing from their manager - everything. Few clubs idolise their managers like Liverpool, to the point where…
Book Review: Falling for Football
Falling for Football edited by Adam Bushby and Rob MacDonald Published by Ockley Books 2014, £11.99 Falling for Football is a highly significant book and not just because of the way it expertly conjures up why we fall for the sport, its tribulations and tensions, its vitality and emotion, in the first place. It is also noteworthy for the service editors Adam Bushby and Rob MacDonald have performed in gathering together 44 specially commissioned contributions, the obvious work that has gone in to harrying people to meet deadlines, the support of the people at Ockley Books and the fact that this is…
Football and High Speed Rail 2: The Pros and Cons
One of the more emotive of political causes in recent times has been the plan to build a new high speed rail line between London, the North of England and the Midlands; the now notorious High Speed 2 project – often abbreviated to plain HS2. With construction due to begin in 2017, the plan is for the line to extend north westwards from Euston station in the capital to Birmingham before branching in the shape of a Y towards Manchester and Leeds. Such a brand spanking new resource has obvious implications for both football clubs and football supporters so how…
Ben: How quickly things change. The prospects for Palace and Hull both look...
Lanterne Rouge: I think managerial changes will have a huge bearing. As things stand, ...
Paul Nicholson: A good read, which I did with the hope of pulling some tips to assist ...
Alex Quayle: I thank you for your endearing, but misplaced, faith in City this seas...
Damian: Great read as ever, Ben. It's tough to predict the clubs at the bottom...
