Delving deeper: Attempting to analyse League Two

Posted by on Nov 18, 2011 in Accrington Stanley, AFC Wimbledon, Aldershot Town, Barnet, Bradford City, Bristol Rovers, Burton Albion, Cheltenham Town, Crawley Town, Crewe Alexandra, Dagenham and Redbridge, Gillingham, Hereford United, League Two, Macclesfield Town, Morecambe, Northampton Town, Oxford United, Plymouth Argyle, Port Vale, Rotherham United, Shrewsbury Town, Southend United, Swindon Town, The Seventy Two, Torquay United | One Comment

Deeper down in the Football League, writes Aaron Smith from The Washbag, there are no Opta stats or endless TV analysis of every minutiae covering completed passes, interceptions, animated shot graphics and tactical analysis to name but a few. Unless a full 90 minute video of all games was available to analyse, and even then the time to waste, we’ve only really got our eyes and the Press Association …

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The Seventy Two Unfortunates Football League season preview

Posted by on Aug 1, 2011 in Accrington Stanley, AFC Wimbledon, Aldershot Town, Barnet, Barnsley, Birmingham City, Blackpool, Bournemouth, Bradford City, Brentford, Brighton, Bristol City, Bristol Rovers, Burnley, Burton Albion, Bury, Cardiff City, Carlisle United, Championship, Charlton Athletic, Cheltenham Town, Chesterfield, Colchester United, Coventry City, Crawley Town, Crewe Alexandra, Crystal Palace, Dagenham and Redbridge, Derby County, Doncaster Rovers, Exeter City, Gillingham, Hartlepool United, Hereford United, Huddersfield Town, Hull City, Ipswich Town, League Two, Leeds United, Leicester City, Leyton Orient, Macclesfield Town, Middlesbrough, Millwall, Milton Keynes, Morecambe, Northampton Town, Nottingham Forest, Notts County, Oldham Athletic, Oxford United, Peterborough United, Plymouth Argyle, Port Vale, Portsmouth, Preston North End, Reading, Rochdale, Rotherham United, Scunthorpe United, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, Shrewsbury Town, Southampton, Southend United, Stevenage, Swindon Town, The Seventy Two, Torquay United, Tranmere Rovers, Walsall, Watford, West Ham United, Wycombe Wanderers, Yeovil Town | 6 Comments

The Seventy Two has joined forces with fellow Football League blog The Two Unfortunates, not to mention fans of all 72 clubs in the Football League, to bring you a full 108-page season preview.

Click on the image below to read online or click here to download the PDF.

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Accrington Stanley 0 Stevenage 1: I’ve phoned this one in

Posted by on May 20, 2011 in Accrington Stanley, League Two, Stevenage, The Seventy Two | No Comments

I apologise in advance. I feel like I’ve been awake for 87 hours in a row. I’ve watched everything the play-offs have thrown at me. I’ve seen drama (Huddersfield vs Bournemouth), intrigue (Swansea vs Nottingham Forest), misery (Cardiff vs Reading) and an extremely long line of mud (Torquay vs Shrewsbury). But I’d never seen this before – TEN straight muddy lines on the pitch. Welcome… to Accrington Stanley vs Stevenage.…

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Play-off podcast special: Of Swans, Royals and trips to Old Trafford

Posted by on May 18, 2011 in Accrington Stanley, Bournemouth, Cardiff City, Championship, Huddersfield Town, League Two, Milton Keynes, Nottingham Forest, Peterborough United, Reading, Shrewsbury Town, Stevenage, Swansea City, The Seventy Two, Torquay United | No Comments

Andrew Gibney of the marvellous Gib Football Show podcast was kind enough to host a play-off podcast special, featuring myself and Seventy Two contributor John Verrall, following the final whistle at the Cardiff City Stadium last night.

You can listen to our thoughts here (right-click on the link and Save Target As to download):

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League Two review: Final day drama

Posted by on May 13, 2011 in Accrington Stanley, Aldershot Town, Barnet, Bradford City, Burton Albion, Bury, Cheltenham Town, Chesterfield, Crewe Alexandra, Gillingham, Hereford United, League Two, Lincoln City, Macclesfield Town, Morecambe, Northampton Town, Oxford United, Port Vale, Rotherham United, Shrewsbury Town, Southend United, Stevenage, Stockport County, The Seventy Two, Torquay United, Wycombe Wanderers | No Comments

Radios are pinned to ears, text messages are quickly answered, cheers of joy and cries of sorrow are heard up and down the country, writes Danny Brothers.

It can only be the final day of the season and in League Two there was still everything to play for. A title race, automatic promotion, playoffs and relegation were all to be decided and places changed with the news of one …

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