There is a real treat for students of football blogging today as we are pleased to announce a comeback for David Bevan, head honcho of legendary football league website The Seventy Two. Despite stepping back from the scene, David has retained his season ticket to Leicester City and has conjured up this assessment of the Foxes’ progress as they near Christmas on their return to the Premier League, a …
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Hot Seat Narratives: Alan Pardew’s Charmed Existence at Newcastle United
“It will be the greatest comeback since Lazarus.”
The late, legendary darts commentator Sid Waddell may have been talking about Cliff Lazarenko, but, had he been alive in 2014 to witness the annus horribilis endured by the manager of his beloved Newcastle United, he might well have been moved to say the same thing about Alan Pardew. And yet, incredibly, the comeback appears to be on.
In …
Book Review: Hard Case: The Autobiography of Jimmy Case
Hard Case by Jimmy Case
Published by by John Blake Publishing
2014, £18.99
In advance of a salvo posts on the precariousness or otherwise of the managerial hot seat which we shall be running next week, we are pleased to first present to you a review of former Liverpool and Brighton and Hove Albion man Jimmy Case’s new autobiography. One of my earliest footballing memories is of Case lashing …
TTU Go Predicting: a Club-by-Club Premier League Preview 2014-5
Our divisional previews of a year ago were so well received that we decided to go one better and offer a full set for 2014-5 even if bloggers enjoy the luxury of not being obliged to cover irrelevances such as the Community Shield. TTU staffer Ben Woolhead has a little extra time on his hands now after the masterful Newcastle United blog Black & White & Read All Over…
We Are Going Up! Interview: Podcasting the Football League
Having made a number of appearances on podcasts in recent years including Two Footed Tackle and The Tilehurst End, our founder writers Lloyd and Lanterne Rouge are perhaps inclined to go in the corner and hide, such are the demands of stationing oneself behind the microphone. Hence, we are in admiration of anyone who has stuck at it, let alone done it really well indeed.
The recent FSF …
Winch: An enjoyable read. I'm not sure they bring back any good memories, but...
Phil Lloyd: Thanks, Jim, appreciate your comments. I think we are the lucky ones, ...
Jim Wilkinson: Lovely piece Phil... Brings home the unfathomable concept that playing...
Chris Walker: Tom, apologies. You are indeed correct. My recollection of Burnley's a...
Tom Whittaker: Incredibly unfair comment re: Burnley's away form- we actually managed...
