In January, Matt Bruce described the progress of the Football League’s New Town clubs as ‘faltering’ since joining the 92, but this past week may go down as the one in which their vanguard arrived for real. As Milton Keynes Dons and Stevenage confirmed their play-off berths in League 1, a nail reducing victory at Accrington saw Crawley Town finally confirm a spot in English football’s Tier Three for next …
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Reserving Judgement on Graham Westley
Following Saturday’s defeat at Preston North End, Huddersfield manager Simon Grayson remarked that his charges had made the home side look like Real Madrid and if these comments were largely a criticism of his own team, the more paranoid among North End fans might view them as another set of cast aspersions on the character of Mr. Graham Westley.
For the current Madrid crop, stewarded as they are by …
The Monday Profile: Graham Westley
It was only a matter of time before Graham Westley’s achievements at Stevenage piqued the interest of more firmly established members of the Football League. And the club that tempted him from Broadhall Way could hardly be more established. Following the confirmation of Westley’s appointment as Preston manager last Friday, much scepticism was expressed among the Football League Twitterati regarding the suitability of club for man, suggesting perhaps …
The Thursday Preview: MK Dons Vs. Stevenage
A friend of mine has a huge collection of the anti-fascist magazine Searchlight and within those pages, coverage devoted to institutions of which the organ actually approves is limited. Similarly, any word cloud representing The Daily Mail from 1997 onwards would probably throw up the term ‘Blair’ most commonly and copies of fanzines such as Red Issue spend an inordinate amount of time fixating on Liverpool and Manchester City.
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