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 Rochdale punching so far above their weight as to be dazzled, Championship Cities Norwich and Swansea, a Stevenage experiencing heady climes, and a benighted Plymouth Argyle squad for battling on to the end of the season…
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TTU Awards 2010/2011: Crimes against Football
Possibly the closest category to call, this split our voters - divided by micro and macro concerns. At the latter level, the usual suspects are there: the primary interviewee on Lord Sugar Tackles Football, some oval ball proponents from the South Manchester borders and all those associated with the downfall of a Green Army from Devonshire.Two newcomers will be greeted with less than open arms - Crawley Town’s seeming intention to buy their way out of the lower leagues (Charlie Lee, Chris Whelpdale and Wes Thomas have already signed for perhaps the shadiest gaffer in football) and those classy publishers from the…
The Thursday Preview: Exeter Vs Plymouth
The Championship promotion race looks set to run beyond this weekend and with that same league’s relegation places all but sewn up, it seems like an idea to return to League One. That’s not to say that Accrington Vs Barnet a further division down doesn’t have its appeal, but the likes of Swindon, Bristol Rovers, Notts County and Tranmere have all featured in this column over recent weeks, and for continuity’s sake we’ve decided to pitch up at the A38 Devon Expressway derby, which kicks off at midday on Saturday.With all away tickets sold and the game nearing a sellout,…
The Monday Profile: Bradley Wright-Phillips
“He’s better than Shaun, he’s better than Sha-au-un, Bradley Wright-Phillips, he’s better than Shaun”. Or so Plymouth fans became accustomed to singing in the few months leading to the Londoner’s recent move homewards to League One rivals Charlton. But, as an Argyle fan, I have a confession to make. Tongue-in-cheek as that chant was meant to be, I always found myself disagreeing with a petulant shake of the head. “Well no, he clearly isn’t”, I muttered to the Old Man on several occasions. BWP really didn’t float my boat and I was glad to see the back of him.Signed by…
Unfortunate Two Footed Tackles
Just a quick note to point you in the direction of the seventy seventh edition of the Two Footed Tackle podcast. Having restricted our internet activities to wordsmithery thus far, I was finally tempted into the realm of audio last Thursday - and my roundtable discussions with Gary Andrews, Chris Nee and James Appell are to be discovered at this link. All three divisions in the Football League were pored over, with Plymouth Argyle and their financial travails a particularly urgent topic.
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...
