On a lazy Saturday, getting away from the computer can come as a relief after a week of blogging (not to mention the day job) but the publishing of a small masterpiece of an article has forced me to hot foot it to my local internet cafe. For our close associates at the marvellous Black & White & Read All Over have excelled themselves with this perceptive piece on Twitter and football. It would be very rude indeed of you not to read it - our own twitter highlight thus far saw our Monday profilee Mark Wright of Shrewsbury retweet his…
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Sharing with the Oval Ball: the Cons
In last month’s print edition of When Saturday Comes, the ever reliable Roger Titford analyzed the pros and cons of sharing one’s ground with purveyors of the oval ball. The piece sounds a note of warning: my fellow blogger Scarf is rightly incandescent at Stockport’s unequal alliance with Sale Sharks and if Reading’s relationship with London Irish is better, there is still unease among the Royals’ support.Most annoying is the local media’s occasional comparison of the clubs’ respective gates and Titford enlarged upon this in his missive, showing how rugby crowds have grown encouragingly while football league attendances have declined….
The Thursday Preview: Reading Vs Norwich
This week’s Preview marks Norwich’s second airing in this column in 2010-11, after Lanterne Rouge correctly predicted a slender home win against Barnsley back in September. In fifth place going into Saturday’s early evening trip to the Silicon Valley, the Canaries have been lingering around the play-off berths for most of the intervening period and their position in the form table speaks of a discreetly competent first third of the season.If they haven’t quite managed to ratchet the entertainment up to the levels of last season’s remarkable League 1 title stroll, then at least Norwich are a long way clear…
The Hell that is supporting Middlesbrough
I had a number of appropriate topics to cover in my first submission for these here pages, far more suitable than what I am about to bring forth. As it is, there’s really only one thing on my mind, which is the utter hell that comes with being a supporter of Middlesbrough Football Club. I’ll therefore ask you to indulge me as I embark on something of a rant for several hundred words. If you like, it’s one of those ‘get it off your chest’ moments. I’ll get over it, or maybe I won’t. The trouble with being a Boro…
P Squires: Interesting read, but '...which by train is comfortably further from L...
Lloyd: An enjoyable, snappy piece of writing Will.
Going through Worcester...
Frank Heaven: LR - yes, that's right, with Albion and Wolves being in Staffordshire....
Lanterne Rouge: Great piece Will. Of course country boundary changes do tend to confus...
Eoghan Darbyshire: Quality player, could see he was head and shoulders above the rest of...
