

Articles tagged with "the-championship"
David Nugent Helps Put Preston North End on the Map -- Is the Clubs First England Scorer Since 1958
By Nick | March 29th, 2007The last Preston player to score for England was Sir Tom Finney -- and you can tell it was a while ago because his ...
It's Football League Mascot Time! (Blame the International Break) -- Meet Sheffield Wednesday's Barney the Owl
By Nick | March 27th, 2007Nothing says quiet news week like a post about a team mascot. Then again, nothing says 'football' like the sight of a person in ...
A Football League Weekend -- The Good, The Bad and the Dowie
By Nick | March 26th, 2007--Good-- * Hartlepool Utd take vital points and bragging rights in the North East derby against Darlington.. * Birmingham City are confident "Goal King Cole" can ...
More Mascot Mayhem -- Wolves' Wolfie Gets into it With a Little Piggy
By Nick | March 23rd, 2007It's All About the Pride of the Shirt -- #6. Coventry City
By Nick | March 23rd, 2007Coventry City are mildly famous for once sporting perhaps the worst football kit in the history of the game. That's quite an achievement when ...
Rafa's Plan Not Getting a Big Thumbs Up
By Nick | March 22nd, 2007Surprise, surprise. It seems that Rafa's radical notion that Premiership reserve teams should be allowed to play in the Football League has gone down ...
Luton Town's Kenilworth Road is Literally in Someone's Garden
By Nick | March 22nd, 2007I always knew it was a compact space - but this is beyond cozy.
Luton Town Players Battle Relegation by Trading Insults
By Nick | March 22nd, 2007Poor Luton fans must be a little bewildered at the moment as their season continues to go from bad to worse. Almost certain to ...
Colchester United Fans Desperately Dream of a New Home
By Nick | March 22nd, 2007Premiership Reserves in the Football League Gets a Thumbs Up
By Nick | March 21st, 2007The new owner of Leicester City and possible statue model Milan Mandaric has reacted quickly to the belief of Liverpool's Rafa Benitez, that the ...
Psst! Listen Up Football League Suits -- Rafa Benitez Has a Lovely New Idea to Make Your Leagues So Much Better (For Him Anyway)
By Nick | March 20th, 2007Having barely recovered from the shock news that the Football League might be willing to consider shoot-outs to decide matches - traditional fans' faint ...
Separated at Birth?
By Nick | March 20th, 2007I reckon the similarity is rather uncanny. In fact it makes me all the more suspicious that a Portsmouth fan wasn't behind this whole thing... ...
Unfortunate Southampton Statue Will Come Down
By Nick | March 20th, 2007'ET' jokes aside, the people behind this appalling statue have certainly not been very amused by the harsh reaction it has produced - more ...
Former Portsmouth Owner Goes Berserk as Statue of Southampton Strangely Resembles Him
By Nick | March 19th, 2007Don't Football Club owners always look a bit rubbish and divide public opinion? Think Malcolm Glazer and his 'gnome-esque' beard... Fans in Portsmouth are celebrating ...
Southampton Fans Go Berserk as Statue of Club Legend Strangely Resembles Former Portsmouth Owner
By Nick | March 19th, 2007Don't expensively commissioned statues always look a bit rubbish and divide public opinion? Well this one at Southampton Football Club certainly does - as ...
The Football League Weekend -- The Good, The Bad and the Dowie
By Nick | March 19th, 2007-The Good- Sunderland's blistering form shows no signs of slowing down.. Wolves use a little Johnny Cash as their promotion inspiration.. Leeds United's fortunate equalizer gives them ...
No Chance Keeper!! -- It's the Championship Goals of the Week
By Nick | March 19th, 2007I must say, #2 and #4 are rather good... (and if you pay close attention, there is a Gabor Kiraly sweat pant sighting)
The Time Norwich City Benefactor Delia Smith Got Oh So Famously Shit Faced Tipsy and Made a Plea to the Crowd
By Nick | March 16th, 2007
Here's a fun fact - Delia Smith baked the cake that appeared on the cover of The Rolling Stones' Let it Bleed album cover.
It's All About the Pride of the Shirt -- #5. Norwich City
By Nick | March 16th, 2007I get the feeling that some designer at Xarra (who they?) was given a little too much freedom with this year's Norwich shirt design ...
Mike Newell Has One Outburst Too Many -- May Need Surgery to Remove Foot From Mouth
By Nick | March 16th, 2007Luton's nickname might be 'The Hatters' but that didn't make it acceptable for Mike Newell to have acted as mad as a hatter at ...
Following Football -- When Mediocrity is Worth Watching
By Nick | March 15th, 2007Micky Adams was recently fired as the manager of Coventry City - which is presumably why the BBC picked him to survey the list ...
Getting to Know Ian Holloway a Little Bit More
By Nick | March 15th, 2007It seems he's not too keen on the Football League shootout sh!t storm -- and here's some more of the legend's thoughts...
Ha! Ha! Football League Suits Bring April Fools Day Early? ...Surely
By Nick | March 14th, 2007I'll admit that today's revelation from within the Football League, proposing an end to drawn games by the shoot out system has left me ...
Luton and Leeds Bosses Enjoying a Nice Public Spat
By Nick | March 14th, 2007Not concerned enough with the enormous battle to avoid the drop into League One (they both currently prop up the table) - Mike Newell ...
Luton Town Boss' Sexist Comments Immortalized in Cotton
By Nick | March 13th, 2007Sometimes you can only sit back and admire the wry humor seemingly prerequisite to following a football club day in and day out (especially ...
A Few Football League Quickies for Today
By Nick | March 13th, 2007*Chelsea's impressive youngster extends his loan stay at Plymouth Argyle... * Leeds boss Dennis Wise takes time to reflect on the pressure cooker of survival... * ...
Three Tardy Sunderland Players Get Left Behind by the Team Bus
By Nick | March 12th, 2007Anybody not convinced that Roy Keane learned the value of swift discipline under Sir Alex Ferguson, likely had their opinion changed by the news ...
A Football League Ground of the Week -- Coventry City's Ricoh Arena
By Nick | March 12th, 2007Coventry moved here in the Summer of 2005 - after 106 years in their old home. Capacity 32,500.
Football Clubs May Want You -- But What is the True Cost?
By Nick | March 12th, 2007Following on from the hot button debate on the harsh financial reality of being a 21st century football fan - the BBC is looking ...





