‘England (non-PL)’ Archives
Roy Keane: Then and now
Way, way back, on 23rd April in fact, Roy Maurice (!) Keane was appointed manager of Ipswich Town on a two-year contract. Things started off pretty well, his first game in charge brought a 3-0 away win over Cardiff City, and the following week Ipswich rounded off the season with a 2-1 win over Coventry City. Here is a somewhat subdued Roy [...]
Panini Legends #14: The era of the crappy perm
Once upon a time, 1979 I believe it was, football shirts had massive wide collars and it was obligatory for players to perm their hair. This was a golden age for the spectator, as much for the 'you'd never see me with hair like that' factor as the football on display. This was also something of a golden era in the black country, West Brom flying [...]
Newcastlewatch special: Keanewatch
Ipswich 0 - 4 Newcastle In the match that was rightly billed as the Bobby Robson tribute, Roy Keane's Ipswich were absolutely run ragged as a host of club legends looked on. Three quick-fire goals in four first-half minutes ensured that it would be another miserable afternoon for Roy Keane’s beleaguered team. Kevin Nolan opened the [...]
Carling Cup, September 23rd
Manchester United 1 - 0 Wolves The most fun part of the evening came right at the end, when the fourth official raised his board to indicate there would be a minimum of three minutes' stoppage time. 'We want six,' the Wolves supporters hilariously responded. The evening was made a little tough for the red peril after young Fabio da Silva [...]
The delight of the Carling Cup
The Carling Cup started to heat up last night. Well, this is about as good as it's likely to get. Leeds 0 - 1 Liverpool Simon Grayson's impressive League One side turned back the clock a few years, forcing a consistently high tempo while passing neatly throughout this tie. They could consider themselves unfortunate to bow out to David [...]
1927 FA Cup Final: Cardiff City 1-0 Arsenal
April of 1927 was quite a month. It saw the first long distance public television broadcast between Washington, DC AND New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover. Douglas Fairbanks was among the first group of celebrities to leave their footprints in cement at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Mae West was [...]
5 of the crappest footballers to have played in the Premier League
If you ask me, when it comes to utter dross, there's no one in the history of football who can out-boumsong the great Jean-Alain, but this collection of muppets gave it a good try. 1. Marco Boogers of West Ham Marco Boogers joined the Hammers for the bargain fee of £750,000 from Sparta Rotterdam in July, 1995. A lot was expected of the [...]
Life outside the Prem, now incorporating ‘Newcastlewatch’
Cardiff 0 - 1 Newcastle These geordie buggers keep winning which is no fun at all and they no longer justify a separate blog post. After Cardiff had failed to clear their lines from a corner, Fabio Coloccini powered home a header to give the Magpies the advantage at the break. West Brom 3 - 1 Plymouth Jamie Mackie fired across Scott [...]
Newcastle United v Liverpool (1901)
It is 23rd November, 1901 and a healthy crowd of 18,000 watch Newcastle United take on reigning champions Liverpool at St. James' Park. Evident are early signs of what were to come. Advertising hoardings surround the pitch, which is full of Scotsmen come south to earn their footballing fortune. Newcastle's 1-0 victory would help them on the way [...]
Newcastlewatch: Newcastle 1 – 0 Leicester City
Can't we get back to comically bad performances? 'There's only one Chris Hughton' chanted the Newcastle United faithful last night, and so they bloody well should. Hughton has, against all the odds, guided the team to the Championship summit. Newcastle have improbably made it four wins in a row now thanks to a superb strike from Danny Guthrie in [...]
