With just three weeks to go before the start of the season, one of the most surprising aspects of this summer is the enhanced quality of the ‘out of work’ list – a roster of players that can be pondered with increasing incredulity here. In the past, the directory was populated with the kinds of players one might expect – journeymen who had reached the end of their shelf …
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Trading Places: Time to Reform the Football League’s Loan System?
To look closely at the associated regulations is to acknowledge the Football League’s existing loan system as nothing less than a free for all.
‘Temporary loan transfer’ is the umbrella heading which comprises the following three types of move permissible under the current system:
• ‘Standard Loans’ (half or full season in length and arranged during the two transfer windows);
• ‘Emergency Loans’ (28-93 days in length and arranged …
The Monday Profile: David Bentley
Everyone’s got one: the professional sports connection. Maybe you once had a trial with Chesterfield. Perhaps your mate once marked Rob Hulse in a school game. Or you could be Carlton Palmer’s cousin.One of my two tenuous sporting links is that my cousin played in the same youth club side as David Bentley. He was the goalkeeper (trials with Tranmere and Carlisle – dismissed for being too short), and recalls …
How to get ahead in Sports Publishing
A few weeks ago, we published a review of Nick Richards’ new novel, Memorabilia. Nick’s book has been well received and has brought greater attention to his website Nick Sport’s Junkie so I thought it would be interesting to ask him more about the not inconsiderable task of writing a full length book, as well as the publishing process (most of the Unfortunates work in the industry in our days …
TTU Awards 2010/2011: Team of the Season
Spanning our coverage to three divisions would always present problems when deciding upon this season’s best team. Just as the WBA, IBF and WBC versions of international boxing competed for eminence in the 1980s, Queen’s Park Rangers, Chesterfield and Brighton and Hove Albion possess equal claims to be the top canines thirty or so years on.
…and why restrict deliberations to actual Champions? Also mentioned by our pollsters were a
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