Nobody would pretend that it had been a satisfactory start to the season as Huddersfield Town prepared to make the short journey to Maine Road, Manchester on the morning of November 7, 1987. Indeed, just a week previously, the Terriers had recorded only their first victory of the autumn, a 2-1 home win over Millwall with Ian Banks and former Arsenal apprentice David Cork bagging the goals in front of a miserable attendance of 5,504 at Leeds Road. That victory came after a run of six defeats on the spin and the warning signs had been there from as early…
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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…
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…
When Should a Football Manager be Sacked?
Football is renowned for its kneejerk analysis and a debate on yesterday evening’s Monday Night Club on Radio Five Live plumbed new depths in speculating over the relationship between Steve Bould and Arsene Wenger at Arsenal, with opinions scattered around like so much confetti and little evidence to back the arguments up. It’s good, therefore, when a serious minded, analytical study emerges to throw light on an important issue and today, we are pleased to highlight a newly published paper that brings sophisticated statistical methods to bear on a key issue. The journal Economics & Finance Research is available open…
TTU’s Goodreads: 11-1-13
This week’s three selections all provide fuel for overarching themes of the day - ticket prices alone have begun to cause such a brouhaha that one can imagine a blog being instituted in order to deal with that topic and that topic alone: … The Real Cost of being a fan in the Premier League, The Boot Room Regular Blizzard contributor Iain Macintosh has proved to be one of the wittiest writers and disarming tweeters in recent years and this latest post from the Southend United supporter was always bound to be popular with us in its critique of those who…
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