‘England (non-PL)’ Archives
Should Wembley be for finals only?
Ok, stupidest bloody question ever. The FA Cup started to lose its allure round about the time that all a team had to do was fart loudly and they'd get to play at Wembley (just to make it clear, when the league playoff finals started being played there). As soon as any supporter of any team can expect to get a trip to Wembley every decade, [...]
Panini legends #3: Massive beardy weirdy
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This hairy gentleman is no longer quite so hairy, if that's any kind of help. Seen here in his Paninitastic mid-80s heyday, this manager is currently doing quite well in Germany after experiencing somewhat mixed fortunes in England. Exhibit A: 1984 style Exhibit B: 1985 style (radically different from the previous year) As you can [...]
More tragic of the cup
That's right folks, after today's matches we'll know the lineup for the semis, maybe. What a thrill they promise to be, with such unlikely candidates as Man Utd, Chelsea and Arsenal likely to all be there. Arsenal 3-0 Burnley Carlos Vela, Eduardo and Emmanuel Eboue scored the goals that sent Arsenal through to the semi-finals. I can [...]
The tragic of the cup
Offically, and in direct contrast to Championship Manager, the Cup is crap: The makers of the Championship Manager game conducted a survey and learned that 63% of the 5,000 fans polled were in favour of weakened teams being selected for the FA Cup if their club decided that priorities lay elsewhere. These findings were no shock. I'm a CM [...]
The greatest ever league cup final
picture from lutonfc.com Much maligned by anyone who’s ever had an opinion on football, the league cup has been going for nearly fifty years now, and the latest edition of the final will soon be upon us. What a classic it promises to be: ketchup-fueled Tottenham playing some of the best football ever seen in league two up against a [...]
