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The PFA Awards: Stuff and Nonsense?

By on April 26, 2012 in the Category Uncategorized with 15 Comments
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Once upon a time, the PFA Awards were the undisputed measure of a season’s most valuable players. Voted for by the Professionals themselves, the response to their announcement was one of awed hush and consent – how could mere onlookers presume to know better than those involved in the rough and tumble of the actual sport?

But the saccharin, sentimental and simply silly award of the 2009 Players’ Player …

The Monday Profile: Nigel Adkins

By on March 5, 2012 in the Category The Monday Profile with 4 Comments
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When former Scunthorpe United boss Nigel Adkins was confirmed as the new manager at then League 1 Southampton, eyebrows were raised amongst the St Mary’s faithful. Eighteen months later and Southampton are looking to win back-to-back promotions, with Adkins’ managerial record for the 2010-11 season bettered only by Sir Alex Ferguson. The statistics certainly suggest Adkins has what it takes to carry Southampton back to the Premier League – but …

Conversations with Max Bell (Scunthorpe United)

By on December 23, 2011 in the Category Conversations with with 1 Comment
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The latest in our conversations series is an important one in that it features a supporter of the only Championship club to break even in 2010-11, Scunthorpe United. After our re-launch in January, we hope to increase the amount of attention paid to the financial ills of the game and as Max Bell states below – success on the pitch is no proper substitute for sustainability long term. Max …

The Monday Profile: Andy Hughes

By on September 19, 2011 in the Category The Monday Profile with 2 Comments
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In last week’s profile of Joe Bennett, I ruminated on the nature of the attacking full back and although we have no intention of focusing the Monday Profile on archetypes alone, this third study of September again concentrates on a boilerplate figure.

For Andy (like Mr. Cole, seemingly now known as Andrew) Hughes is surely the epitome, the quintessence, the very embodiment of that well known footballling

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The Monday Profile: Paul Hayes

By on June 27, 2011 in the Category Uncategorized with 1 Comment
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The phrase `yo-yo club’ is well established in the football lexicon, but is there also such a thing as a yo-yo player? While Michael Chopra himself might not reply in the affirmative, fans of Sunderland probably would. It was, though, the subject of another recent transfer further down the Football League, Paul Hayes, that brought the notion to mind.

Every club has them. The players who look so adept …

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