So, after some two and a half years and 701 posts, we’re calling time on our Blogger platform. Having become frustrated with the anodyne templates and the unreliable comment facility, we’ve decided to set up a slightly more bespoke shop at http://thetwounfortunates.com/, courtesy of some unbelievably generous philanthropy from web designer Michael Kinlan. Launching on Tuesday 3rd January, we hope that the new site will help make the transition back to work a tad more bearable for our readers (not to mention ourselves). In the meantime, we’re taking a step back from posting over Christmas and New Year in order…
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DVD Review: Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos Directed by Paul Crowder and John Dower, Miramax, 2006 This remarkably well put together movie conjures up an era when America seemed so much more exciting, so much more dazzling, so much more…ahead than the rest of the world. Its late seventies locus is New York and its subject the Cosmos, five times Soccer Bowl Champions and the club that inspired a famous T-shirt of the time that the sport was ‘just a kick in the grass’. An array of talking heads that would put I love a week…
A Manchester United defender would be nice
The Peterborough United of 2009-10 were one of our three most heavily covered clubs. A tempestuous period saw Darren Ferguson’s exciting young team, enriched by a luxurious three pronged attack consisting of George Boyd, Craig Mackail-Smith and Aaron McLean, learn some harsh lessons when it came to defence – by the time Mark Cooper, Jim Gannonand Gary Johnson had each taken a turn at London Road, the Championship dream was in tatters. Posh went straight back down, suffering the ignominy of a brutal 6-0 defeat at the Madejski Stadium in the run in.Back at the Mad Stad last night, it…
Tear soaked Balti Pies and little chuckling at Bradford
Following the recent untimely demise of Bradford City blog, Boy from Brazil, our latest guest post comes from Bantams fan Richard Beecham . Richard is a trainee journalist who was recently published by the Leeds Scribbler site – follow him on Twitter at @RichardBeecham.’Why don’t you just support Leeds?’ was the defining question of my childhood. Having grown up in Morley – an area of south Leeds known for its fanatical (and sometimes militant) allegiances to Leeds United, my support of Bradford City became all the more entrenched – which has resulted in a complete inability to express self-awareness and…
Disarray at the Sixfields Crossroads
Firstly, we’d like to apologise to the author of this piece, Danny Brothers, for furthering his torment on Saturday. Not only did he have to sit through a ponging performance from Northampton, he had to write about it afterwards following an opportunistic request prior to the game from yours truly. Fair play for following up with this, Danny. We owe you one… I was asked, on Saturday, by my friends at The Two Unfortunates, if I could write a report on the current state of Northampton Town and the differences between the Gary Johnson era and the start of a…
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