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New “Wemberley” (Singing) Will Host The Football League Playoffs
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The only group of people sad about the Football League playoffs returning to Wembley Stadium are likely the business community of Cardiff. And perhaps Carlisle fans should they make it (hint: it’s a very long drive down to London).
Cardiff has benefited greatly from the lengthy building process that hampered Wembley - but I suppose […]
Tags: More Football League Mascot Mild Amusement — Meet Southend United’s ‘Sammy the Shrimp’. Post Courtesy of the International Break
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This shrimp just seems way too happy. Suspiciously like a person in a fuzzy shrimp suit on a serious LSD trip.
For some inexplicable reason, ‘Sammy’ lacks his own Wikipedia entry — so there’s not much information out there for me to steal, err, inform you, my dear readers with.
The resort of Southend is by […]
Meet Preston North End and English Hero — David Kevin Nugent
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There’s nothing like a group of teammates to aid the process of you maintaining a reasonably sized ego, when you’ve just marked your England debut with a goal. And you play outside the Premiership.
It seems that ex-player and current TV pundit Jamie Redknapp unfortunately (and comically) referred to Nugent as ‘Kevin’ while butchering the […]
Category: The ChampionshipPreston Built Sir Tom Finney a Statue For His Surfing Footballing Legacy
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It’s much more elegant than Southampton’s recent statue debacle — yet it oddly looks like he’s surfing to me. Either that, or pitch drainage was not so reliable in the 1950’s.
Category: The ChampionshipDavid Nugent Helps Put Preston North End on the Map — Is the Clubs First England Scorer Since 1958
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The last Preston player to score for England was Sir Tom Finney — and you can tell it was a while ago because his Wikipedia entry describes one of his field positions as outside right.
It was 49 years ago to be exact and quite possibly the last year the term ‘outside right’ was used […]
Category: The ChampionshipSo Just Who Might You Be Then Blackpool FC?
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Britain’s ‘Las Vegas’ has a club with a long history and tradition, looking to return to the glory days with a newish Latvian owner…
Category: League OneTravelling Walsall Fans Cover the Madness Classic ‘One Step Beyond’ at Hereford United
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The sheer genius of the traveling Football fan on evidence again…
Fergie’s Kid Tries to Push ‘The Posh’ Onwards and Upwards
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When David Beckham was dumped by Man Utd, the only place you’d have expected someone with the last name Ferguson to push ‘The Posh’ would have been off a cliff - with her Spice Girl mates not too far behind.
Yet today a manager with the last name of Ferguson is quietly bedding in at […]
Category: League TwoIt’s Football League Mascot Time! (Blame the International Break) — Meet Sheffield Wednesday’s Barney the Owl
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Nothing says quiet news week like a post about a team mascot. Then again, nothing says ‘football’ like the sight of a person in a ridiculous furry animal suit wandering around a stadium giving kids high fives. Am I right?
So let me introduce Barney the Owl - who when not strutting his stuff around […]
Following Bury Fans On the Road to Bristol City
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You know, English League Two football is not glamorous or sexy — but it’s pure, full of real commitment (in the stands and on the pitch) and as integral to the greater game as always..
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