Punk Football by Jim Keoghan Published by Pitch Publishing 2014, £12.99 The rise of the supporter ownership model in England has been a slow and drawn out process in recent years and despite the wonderful coverage provided by When Saturday Comes and a host of websites, it has often been hard to step back and assess its progress. Jim Keoghan, therefore, has done us all a massive service in summarising the movement with his book Punk Football, doing a brilliant job of discussing the highs and lows, delivered in a well written but accessible style without plunging into too much detail and all…
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TTU Awards 2013-14: Young Player of the Season
It was a close-call, but Danny Ings pipped fellow Claret Kieran Trippier to this year’s YP gong. The Wintonian was simply irrepressible and – to Burnley supporters’ joy – managed to return from the sidelines just as his strike partner Sam Vokes had hobbled off with a season-ending injury. Trippier, who once again claimed the right-back spot in the divisional PFA team of the year, can however be considered unlucky not to have made the award his own; a great career surely lies ahead for the former Manchester City youth-teamer. Breathless honourable mentions for Callum Wilson who, coming from nowhere,…
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 playing and coaching spells at West Ham, Coventry and elsewhere. A regular on The Times football podcast and contributor to Talksport and ESPN’s Italian football coverage, the 49 year old’s name…
Book Review: AFC Wimbledon: A Pictorial History
AFC Wimbledon: A Pictorial History by Graham Moody Published by Amberley Publishing 2013, £14.49 The current incarnation of Wimbledon Football Club may not be the oldest in the League in the eyes of the great and the good, but the heroes currently holed up in Kingston represent a vital continuum with those of the club’s history. Hence, the past decade has been as momentous for the Dons as it has been for any. To mark this, Amberley Publishing, who are producing books devoted to Football League members at a ridiculously impressive rate, have issued a volume to commemorate these years of revival….
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…
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