For the simple reason that we think the Seagulls would have been less likely to stroll to promotion like they did without him, Elliott Bennett takes this year’s Young Player award. Of course, the man of the protruding tongue has since caved in to Paul Lambert’s advances but given the Canaries’ rising star, who can really blame the lad? Deemed ready for Championship football in this recent assessment of Brighton’s League 1 winning squad, a trusted source down in East Sussex likens Bennett’s style to that of Ashley Young and it’ll be interesting to see how he fares against those clubs of bigger pockets. Last year’s winner of this gong, Gylfi Sigurðsson,…
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Measuring the Greater Championship
A few months ago, we introduced the notion of a Greater Championship: an argument that there exists a group of clubs whose natural habitat is the second tier, which are never seriously going to challenge for a Champions League spot but are also unlikely to spend too much time in Leagues One or Two.In all honesty, the concept arose from a conversation in Didcot’s Prince of Wales pub and was fuelled largely by a desire to goad friends who support other clubs: Birmingham City would provoke particular contempt in this regard if we knew anyone who did “keep right on…
TTU 2010/11 Season Preview: League 1 (Part Two)
See Part One of the TTU 2010/11 League 1 Season Preview here. MK Dons Ok. Leaving the club from Milton Keynes out altogether may make us look a little childish. Will we still be ignoring them 20 years from now, when they have supporters who have grown up with them as their home-town club? Probably not. But, after a bit of back and forth, it was decided that this year is too soon for us. Notts County Headline of the Summer Not an easy one since we’ve strengthened beyond many expectations with some quality signings who are already impressing the…
(More) Remembrance of the season past
With the pre-season almost upon us, and a day bereft of World Cup action, our two ex-League 1 supporters took some time to reflect on the previous campaign.Stanley: On a personal note, the season started sluggishly, but ended in celebration, victory in the play-off final providing a just reward for a hard-working and ruthless Millwall team. But what of the other 23 clubs? Despite opening with a catastrophe, Norwich City finished the season as deserved Champions, while Leeds United finally made the upward move they have craved since taking up residence in the third tier. Others who left their imprint…
Coming to a Championship Ground Soon?
With less than a month to go before the commencement of new Championship season, I thought it would be worth identifying those players currently operating outside the division whom one of the 24 managers might like to take a punt on. Some have been talked about all summer and seem destined to be plying their trade at second tier grounds come August, some have so far escaped too much attention, and some are outrageous plucks from the ether. Here goes:Nicky Bailey (Charlton Athletic)The “ginger chav” has an irritating way of winding up opposition fans but he is the prototype defensive…
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