Following on from John McGee’s freeform assessment of League 1 yesterday, here is a somewhat more plodding assessment of the level above. That, however, is no reflection on the ins and outs of this season’s Championship - a competition where extortionate transfer fees, underqualified managers and frankly terrifying owners hold sway, where parachute payments warp the competition and everyone is indulging in the filthy scramble for Premier League …
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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 …
TTU Awards 2013-14: Flop of the Season
Credit to last year’s winners Wolverhampton Wanderers who have bounced back under the shrewd stewardship of Kenny Jackett and might fancy their chances of making it a complete recovery were not their fans keenly aware of the dangers of hubris.
Given this, the category turned out to be fairly split with Tranmere Rovers (top of League 1 in January 2013, relegated by May the following year), Northampton Town (from …
5 Football League Players Coming to a World Cup Television Near You
In the run up to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, we ran a series of profiles of Football League players who had been named in their countries’ squads. Hence, the likes of Middlesbrough’s Rhys Williams (Australia), Ipswich’s Tommy Smith (New Zealand) and West Brom’s Gonzalo Jara (Chile) featured in our coverage.
Four years on and the list of players with current Football League connections is curiously longer. …
Which of Leicester City’s Players Will Step Up?
In this month’s issue of When Saturday Comes magazine, I cast an eye over Leicester City’s financial prospects as the club homed in on promotion to the Premier League. In all, my article was perhaps a little kind on the Foxes as I gave the benefit of the doubt to the view that the untold riches on offer post-promotion would wipe out the serious ‘ifs’ that surround the club’s …
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