Eight Out of Work Managers Revisited
The serious lack of imagination shown by Football League chairmen continues to fuel the managerial carousel. Almost three years ago, we were bemused by Paul Hart’s arrival at Crystal Palace while the...
View ArticleUnexpected Rivalries 6: Leeds United and Chelsea
After nearly a decade since the clubs’ last meeting, the press have been doing their best this week to stoke up the ghosts of rivalries past ahead of tonight’s Capital One Cup quarter final between...
View ArticleAre You Experienced? Old Pros in the Championship
The January transfer deadline is less than a week away now and message boards everywhere are heralding a cry for more experience to be added to Championship squads. The judicious addition of a central...
View ArticleTTU’s Goodreads: 28-12-12
Three posts to enjoy as Hogmanay approaches: NOSTALGIA: Leeds lose title while honouring Chillo, Amber Nectar Regular readers of our website will know we have a serious penchant for nostalgia and the...
View ArticleThe Police and Sky Spoil Easter for Hull City Fans
[T]oday, we revisit the topic of barmy kick off times. Matthew Rudd is a failing radio host, club DJ, newly-qualified lifeguard, prolific tweeter and, most relevantly, lifelong Hull City supporter and...
View ArticleCan Simon Grayson make it Four Promotions?
[L]eague One still hurts for Preston North End supporters. Although current travails don't come close to the dark days of the 1980s when the club flirted alternately with going out of the league and...
View ArticleBook Review: Promised Land: A Northern Love Story
Promised Land: A Northern Love Story by Anthony Clavane Published by Yellow Jersey Press 2011, £8.99 [G]rowing up in the 90s, Leeds were a permanent top flight fixture and played at one of the...
View ArticleA Football League SWOT Analysis: The Strengths
[A]s the three divisions of the Football League steel themselves for life without npower and this website prepares for a month long summer break, we thought it would be appropriate to give the...
View ArticleA Football League SWOT Analysis: The Threats
[T]he stethoscope we have applied to the Football League over the past week has revealed a not altogether satisfactory heartbeat and the fact that the weaknesses section of our study has been easily...
View Article2012-13: An Elegy
[H]aving seen our original brief cast asunder when one of our teams was promoted to the Premier League a year ago, equilibrium has been restored and it's with a mood of keen anticipation that we look...
View ArticleHopeless Football League Teams 11: Huddersfield Town 1987-8
[N]obody would pretend that it had been a satisfactory start to the season as Huddersfield Town prepared to make the short journey to Maine Road, Manchester on the morning of November 7, 1987. Indeed,...
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