In the second of her spoken word meditations in as many weeks, Blackpool season-ticket holder Liz gives us an insight into her state of mind as her team approach their dramatic End Game.Next Saturday I am supposed to be sat in an office. Working. Now, I am faced with a situation that seemed improbable - even laughable to many of my colleagues - when the rotas came out some three months ago.That’s because my team may be involved in a first-leg play-off game in a week’s time, which could take them to the brink of the Premier League.I’m not going…
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The Thursday Preview: Cardiff Vs Swansea
Maybe it’s a myth, but the fortunes of geographically-related clubs often seem intertwined. A full-blown post could probably be written on this no doubt, but for now I’m just going to throw it out there and use it as a preamble to this week’s premeditations…Just as last season was an awful one for the clubs in the North East and this year’s has been a struggle for Devon’s trio, South Wales neighbours Swansea and Cardiff have both enjoyed strong campaigns. They’ve perhaps ebbed and flowed at different times, Cardiff starting out of the blocks with real intent, Swansea taking a…
A Different Way
After the success of his first post, we’ve welcomed back Scarf with open arms. Here, he considers Swansea City and the factors that have led to them holding such an enviable position today.On Monday 21 April 2003, Swansea City hosted Exeter at the Vetch Field. Sitting 90th of the 92 teams in the Football League, they lost 1-0 to the team directly below, putting them in grave danger of relegation. Both clubs were in a horrible mess; deeply in debt, neither owned their grounds and both were experiencing serious off-the-field disruption. Neglect, mismanagement and a lack of a sustained income…
Window of opportunity or pane in the ass? Part 1
To adapt an old joke, when is a transfer window not a transfer window? When it’s ajar.The significance of yesterday’s 5pm deadline for incoming transfers pales when you realise that at all levels the majority of the deals struck were loans and note that, after a week’s hiatus, such deals can continue to be made by Championship clubs until 23rd March.Nevertheless, here’s a quick survey of January’s winners in the second tier.NewcastleWell, this is novel: satisfaction at my club’s mid-season dealings. In recent years we’ve become depressingly accustomed to a chronic failure to address deficiencies and plug holes, but for…
Steve Wright: Steve Hodge remains one of my favourite Forest players and I have the ...
essexandrew: Great summation of that year.
I remember the excitement at Oxford.
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Kerry Andrew: Tim: ahem, yes. My bad!...
Lloyd: Doesn't look like it; Ainsworth played for the Millers in a 1-0 defeat...
Mark: I Believe this move actually fell through......
