Bristol City season review 2012/13
It had all started so well.
Granted losses to Gillingham in the Capital One Cup and Nottingham Forest on the opening day couldn’t give Bristol City the perfect start to the season they wanted. (more…)
Five managers and a chicken
Entering the 2012/2013 season, few could have expected just what would happen at Blackburn Rovers over the ensuing 9 months.
Records were broken, interior battles were fought, and a legal case highlighted just how perilous the clubs situation currently is. (more…)
A Bluebirds eye view of table topping Cardiff City
It was a largely forgettable scoreless draw. But it could turn out to be one of the key Npower Championship results of the season.
Leaders Cardiff City’s point versus Huddersfield Town at the John Smith’s Stadium in West Yorkshire has made up the minds of numerous pundits as to what division the Welsh club will be playing their football in next season. (more…)
Top 5 best Arsenal signings
Over the years some amazing talent has graced the turf at Highbury and the Emirates Stadium at Arsenal.
We have made many a signing and not all of them have been lucky enough to have been successful but there are quite a few who have had great careers at the club. These are the 5 players that I consider as the Gunners’ best ever signings. (more…)
Unbelievable Jeff! Derby County midfielder Jeff Hendrick
I have never been the biggest fan of midfielder Jeff Hendrick, apart from the wonder strike at the City Ground, has he changed this season?
Last season saw him emerge onto Nigel Clough’s first team, even keeping then young player of the year James Bailey out the side. I believed, particularly after his winning goal at Nottingham Forest, that he was overrated by some supporters. (more…)
High-flying Bluebirds look to avoid repeat of recent Posh slip-ups
As they prepare to host the Championship’s bottom side Peterborough United in front of a sell-out home crowd at the Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday ..
Cardiff will be well aware of freak results against the Posh at this time of the year which have all too often put the brakes on their impressive early-season form. (more…)
The first golden era at Manchester City
Manchester City is regarded as one of the biggest clubs nowadays, with an unbelievable financial backing and a squad that boasts some of the greatest players in the world.
Yet in fact the club’s original Golden Era was in the late 1960′s and early 1970′s — a pivotal period in the history of Manchester City Football Club. (more…)
Interview with Nicky Summerbee, ex-Manchester City
Nicky Summerbee, the former Manchester City midfielder, also had spells with several other teams including Swindon Town, Sunderland and Bolton Wanderers and was capped for England at C and U-21 level.
Nicky spent three years at Maine Road, in a Blues side that also included the likes of Georgi Kinkladze, Uwe Rosler, Peter Beagrie and Paul Walsh amongst others. (more…)
Newcastle United: Statistical look at the rise and fall (and rise again)
It is fair to say that Newcastle United have had their fair share of ups and downs.
From the highs of winning promotion to the Premier League in the 1992/1993 season, to losing 2-1 to Scunthorpe United in the Championship and everything in-between. (more…)
Nigel Pearson: How to lose friends and alienate people
As the 8,000 or so Leicester City fans trundled disconsolately out of the King Power Stadium on Tuesday night, they will have been ruthlessly reflecting on one of the Foxes most humbling defeats in years.
Yes, it may have ‘only’ been the Capital One Cup, and yes, we may have fielded a team made up of fringe players and those coming back from injury, but the fact remains: Leicester had conceded four – at home – against League Two side Burton Albion, in a 4-2 defeat. (more…)