It somehow feels appropriate that this article is appearing in the week after Spurs’ 5-2 bubble bursting against Arsenal. For supporters who have traditionally had to rely more on the past to supply the “glory, glory” than the present, this season has been a bit of a trial for Spurs fans (bear with me, please). There has been something unsettling about the way that Harry Redknapp’s team have steamrollered supposedly lesser sides. Games that should have exposed Spurs’ Achilles’ heel have been brushed aside with a combination of pace and resilience that had stalwarts wondering if this can be the…
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Trading Places: Time to Reform the Football League’s Loan System?
To look closely at the associated regulations is to acknowledge the Football League’s existing loan system as nothing less than a free for all. ‘Temporary loan transfer’ is the umbrella heading which comprises the following three types of move permissible under the current system: • ‘Standard Loans’ (half or full season in length and arranged during the two transfer windows); • ‘Emergency Loans’ (28-93 days in length and arranged both within the two transfer windows and during fixed periods outside these dates); • ‘Youth Loans’ (identical to ‘Emergency Loans’ but applies to scholars or new professionals on a work experience-type…
The Monday Profile: David Bentley
Everyone’s got one: the professional sports connection. Maybe you once had a trial with Chesterfield. Perhaps your mate once marked Rob Hulse in a school game. Or you could be Carlton Palmer’s cousin.One of my two tenuous sporting links is that my cousin played in the same youth club side as David Bentley. He was the goalkeeper (trials with Tranmere and Carlisle – dismissed for being too short), and recalls spending hours after training on one on ones and free kicks with Bentley. Apparently they were never allowed to leave the pitch before Bentley was satisfied that he’d got the…
The Monday Profile: Pascal Chimbonda
A look at the list of players that have decided to procure the services of Willie McKay as an agent makes interesting reading. Few from a roster that includes Henri Camara, Joey Barton, Amdy Faye and Charles N’Zogbia have been shy of entering into contract disputes and the subject of today’s study, Pascal Chimbonda is no exception - the Guadeloupe born defender having joined Doncaster Rovers on Friday.Cast your mind back to the final game of the 2005-6 season - a campaign that saw Chimbonda start 44 games for Wigan Athletic, secure the right back berth in the PFA Team of…
Distance is relative for London’s neighbouring clubs
Following his recent signing from Saha From The Madding Crowd, a navigation error on the way to watch Crystal Palace unexpectedly turned William Abbs’ thoughts to the future of Leyton Orient.“Depending on if you’re coming from Thornton Heath or Norwood Junction,” my friend’s text to me read, “you’ll approach a Sainsbury’s or a stand that I thought was a supermarket.” It was then that I realised my mistake. I was making my way to Selhurst Park for last Saturday’s Palace-Norwich game and had complacently assumed that boarding an Overground train to Crystal Palace would get me to the ground. Knowing…
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