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. Sure, the presence of the Championship among Europe’s best paid leagues will be a factor in that but it’s a testament to the strength of the competition that so many have been…
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Book Review: Red or Dead
David Peace has established himself as one of Britain’s most vital novelists of recent times and following on from the success of The Damned United (the film version of which has been reviewed in these pages), the Yorkshireman last year turned his attention to the game across the Pennines. Here, Jon Arnold - @The_Arn on twitter - treats us to a review essay of the new novel and a quite superb piece of writing it is too. … Liverpool fans ask only one thing from their manager - everything. Few clubs idolise their managers like Liverpool, to the point where…
Which of Brentford’s Players Will Step Up?
Having recently conducted a player by player analysis of Leicester City’s readiness for Premier League football, it’s clear that the exercise is a markedly different one when it comes to the process of transition lower down the pyramid. Take League One – a division that has been fearsomely tough this year, with six teams dominating to the degree that the points total enjoyed by Preston North End would have been enough to challenge for the very title in League 2. Wolverhampton Wanderers should never have been relegated in the first place for instance, Preston have shown remarkable solidity in only losing…
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