Excuse the imaginative-less title, but I thought that I’d direct peoples’ attention to a new piece that I devoted portions of my Bank Holiday weekend to which has now gone up on the excellent Hungarian Football website. It’s a recent history of Plymouth Argyle as told through the experiences of their three former Magyars, Ákos Buzsáky, Péter Halmosi and Krisztián Timár. At less than 2000 words, I’d hope that it would be of interest more widely to non-Argyle supporters, particularly those of QPR and Hull where Buzsáky and Halmosi have respectively enjoyed mixed fortunes. For anyone who also came across…
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The Under-20 World Cup: A Football League Perspective
In June, Ben Piggott ran the rule over the fortunes of Football League players in that month’s European Under-21 Championship, with Aron Gunnarsson and Mikkel Andersen in particular enjoying less than fruitful campaigns. Now, the man behind the illustrations that adorn this website turns his attention to the recent Under-20 World Cup, a tournanment that has been covered expertly by Two Hundred Percent and ended up with a somewhat Lusophone finale:The traditional Hispano-Iberian hegemony was reasserted at this year’s World Youth Cup, with Mexico, Brazil and Portugal consigning Ghana’s 2009 triumph to the history books by parking up in three of the…
The Seventy Two Unfortunates Football League Preview: the Archives
We continue our Five Days of Football League build-up with a focus on the archival section of our 108-page overview of the coming season. In putting together the Preview, we wanted to touch upon the writing that we feel best represents our sites by giving selected pieces a second airing.So, kicking the section off on page 66 is Iain Macintosh’s ode to Southend, which first appeared on The Seventy Two back in March this year. One of two personal contributions from myself follows this, a rundown of ten matches across the last 10 seasons for Plymouth Argyle. As lengthy as…
The Seventy Two Unfortunates League 2 Preview
Today, our bumper (there really is no other word) preview of the coming football league season has gone live, a collaborative venture with The Seventy Two. The whole thing is presented in pdf format and is available for free download or via the link below.http://static.issuu.com/webembed/viewers/style1/v1/IssuuViewer.swfOpen publication - Free publishing - More championshipThere is a whole lot to enjoy from a myriad of the blogosphere’s best writers, but if your particular bag is League 2, you’ll probably find yourself thumbing forward virtually to page 82.Therein, we have been delighted to welcome the likes of Michael Wood from Bradford City site Boy…
Personnel’s ‘personal problems’ stymie Pilgrims’ progress
A few weeks ago I commented on MK Dons striker Sam Baldock’s decision to favour heart over head and spurn newly promoted Peterborough’s advances. Baldock claimed not to have felt excited by the prospect of a move to Posh, and I praised his honesty, speculating as to how often the inane smiles of new signings paraded before fans and media ‘mask an expression of grim resignation at having been forced out of a previous club, the horrified realisation of having made a huge mistake or nothing but a smirk at the thought of the accompanying salary’. Sometimes, though, doubts are…
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