Any rundown of Reading Football Club’s top ten most embarrassing performances would be sure to include some real horror shows – a 6-0 beating by Bristol Rovers at the Madejski Stadium in which all the goals were scored by future Royals Jamie Cureton and Jason Roberts, all in the second half; a 6-1 dynamiting by Crystal Palace, also at home and that ridiculous 7-5 defeat against Arsenal which had seen the Biscuitmen ease into a 4-0 lead early in the game. But such a roster will no longer include merely defeats. On the face of it, Saturday’s 1-1 draw at…
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Finding Forest: The Difficulties of Locating the Stadium
My first visit to Yeovil Town’s Huish Park recently presented more than a few problems in finding the stadium. Situated on an industrial estate in the westerly suburbs of this surprisingly unlovely town, the one road in/one road out access shouldn’t have been too difficult to negotiate, especially at a full speed of roughly 8 miles an hour. But all this was after an unscheduled tour of Yeovil’s ring roads and roundabouts. Approaching from Lyme Regis, the bucolic south Somerset countryside gave way to the typical street furniture of modern Britain, only minus that most vital of appendages – directions…
TTU Go Predicting: Trouble Ahead
Financially speaking – and the majority of us did interpret ‘trouble ahead’ through a fiscal lens when discussing potential candidates – this could be a tough year for Football League clubs. With a stifling economic outlook, more pressure will be on income streams and it may very well be that a greater number of clubs risk the wrath of the tax man and the authorities still in 2013-14. Indeed, a BBC Football League survey earlier this year reported that more than two thirds of the 41 Football League clubs who responded were worried about the financial health of teams in…
TTU Go Predicting: Best Free Agent
A look at the Professional Footballers’ Association list of out of contract and available players becomes more depressing by the year, even if there are Premier League outcasts aplenty whose current availability is often more a consequence of protracted contract negotiations and a choice of suitors. Hence, Chris Baird, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Carlton Cole and the like will end up somewhere eventually. Of those, the pick of the list is perhaps Hitzlsperger and whilst ‘The Hammer’ may well find interest from a top tier team in Europe, his recent injury record and failure to last more than a year at any…
Ben: How quickly things change. The prospects for Palace and Hull both look...
Lanterne Rouge: I think managerial changes will have a huge bearing. As things stand, ...
Paul Nicholson: A good read, which I did with the hope of pulling some tips to assist ...
Alex Quayle: I thank you for your endearing, but misplaced, faith in City this seas...
Damian: Great read as ever, Ben. It's tough to predict the clubs at the bottom...
