Craig Bellamy’s almost inexplicable arrival in the hallways of the previously thought to be cash strapped Cardiff City Football Club have been met with disbelief on Championship message boards this Summer Tuesday. Even the tiny man’s refusal to comment on the suggestion that Manchester City were unwilling to let him leave for a fellow Premier League club and the fact that it is only a loan deal have failed to take the edge off the anticipation at one of the most sensational (the word is for once not used lightly) signings of recent times, but in reality, this still potent…
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Magpies we’ve loved and lost
More moonlighting from Lloyd and myself at the request of Black & White & Read All Over’s Ben and Paul. We were asked to run the rule over the 2009-10 Champions of this League and their prospects for the coming season, all starting with a daunting first day trip to Urmston Borders tonight. Here are the results with my prognostication considerably more bouncy than my Devonian counterpart’s. For a typically clear sighted view of the Premier League, predictions can be located here and here.
The Monday Profile: Jonás Gutiérrez
Saturday’s trouncing by England’s conquerors Germany brought to an abrupt and embarrassing end Argentina’s involvement in the 2010 World Cup - and with it the exit of another player with Championship connections. In truth, though, Jonás Gutiérrez was never an integral part of the South Americans’ side, despite Maradona’s past insistence that our man’s always one of the first names on his teamsheet.Sure, he was in the starting XI for the opening two group fixtures, against Nigeria and South Korea, but in an unfamiliar right-back position in which he was left exposed, particularly thanks to the Argentinians’ narrow midfield. Suspended…
24: Season Review, Part Three: IPS to NEW
Four clubs whose fans will regard any spell in the second echelon as purgatory are the next on our assessment sheet. All, remember, have competed in European competition within recent memory and will feel they don’t belong here. Genuine national personalities have peppered the wage bill at this quartet this season, an underlining of the Football League’s central place in British sport.Ipswich TownMuch more was expected of Ipswich Town in 2009-10 and only a post-Christmas process of resurrection saved the season from being labelled a complete disaster. Early on, it was a case of too many draws and too many…
TTU Awards 2009/2010: Worst Kit
It just had to be Newcastle United’s away shirt, which was an insult to evening primroses across the world. The team looked like a stag party, all the members of which had vomited down their shirts. No wonder Stephen Taylor got beaten up after posing for this photo. An honourable mention to Cardiff for David Marshall’s acid pink goalie top.
Frank Heaven: I had no idea Telford was so big. As you say, it is close to the West ...
Lanterne Rouge: I didn't know these nuggets - cheers for enlightening us Alexandriang...
alexandriang: Another factor is probably that both the TItans and Panthers played th...
P Squires: Interesting read, but '...which by train is comfortably further from L...
Lloyd: An enjoyable, snappy piece of writing Will.
Going through Worcester...
