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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September showed this can be Shrewsbury Town’s season

Posted by on Oct 9, 2011 in League Two, Shrewsbury Town, The Seventy Two | No Comments

One particular fixture loomed prevalently over Shrewsbury Town for the whole of September, writes Andrew Harding.

Indeed, it has dwarfed the rest of the games in what has been another strong month for the Shrews. There are those that look down on the League Cup but to provide Shrewsbury with an away trip to Premier League opposition, never mind a club with the media profile of Arsenal, was great …

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Promising signs for Shrewsbury Town

Posted by on Sep 9, 2011 in League Two, Shrewsbury Town, The Seventy Two | No Comments

It’s been a decent month for Shrewsbury Town, writes Andrew Harding – far from perfect but there are certainly signs of encouragement.

With transfer business concluded in a swift fashion prior to the season’s opening game at home to Plymouth Argyle, boss Graham Turner has gone about developing a stronger work ethic in a squad that has been refined since last season. Turner had felt that the squad was too …

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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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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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