English Football

Always a quality opponent.

Sad news for Geraldo Bajrami and Burton Albion. Hope he makes a full recovery as soon as possible.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Stubbs

With football it's often easy to lose your sense of perspective. Our former DoF Sven-Göran Eriksson only has months left to live because of cancer, and at the weekend he got to realise a lifetime's ambition by leading out Liverpool at Anfield - a wonderful and touching gesture from all concerned. And how nice it is to see him smiling like that too. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/mar/23/sven-goran-eriksson-savours-huge-memory-in-life-at-liverpool

At the weekend Gateshead's Captain, Greg Olley was fouled by an opponent early in the match and sustained a broken leg. Thankfully medical teams were quick to intervene and Greg was given lengthy treatment on the pitch before being transported to hospital for treatment. Unfortunately, Greg will be out of action for the rest of the season & will need lengthy rehabilitation before returning sometime next season. The offending player received a straight Red card for dangerous foul play and will be probably suspended for 3 games. In my opinion if a player is seriously injured & that injury could be career defining due to serious foul play, the pun…

After just two games of their season, Neil Critchley has been dismissed as Blackpool Head Coach.

Mentoring A level student at QPR

https://barnsleyfc.org.uk/threads/matty-wolfe.331991/

In recent years we've seen the vast majority of Clubs, especially in the top two leagues field weakened sides in the early rounds of these Cup Competitions. Some supporters understand why they do it, some supporters think that their club don't take Cup competitions seriously. As we all know, the top clubs in the PL concentrate on winning the league & going far into European competitions to make money. That's their prime focus. Only in later rounds of cup competitions, they tend to field their strongest side. This mindset has spread to the lower leagues and even down to the National League where the modern focus is to save players for the League. It…

Good luck to John Bostock at Solihull Moors.

Apparently the Premier League have fined Manchester City £2.09 million because in 22 matches they were late coming out for the Second Half. Really!! I Mean Really? I know Man City are possibly the Most Hated Team in the Premiership with other Fans but to fine them over £2 Million Pounds is Utter and Complete Garbage, because they breached Premier League Rules With Out Good Reason. Ok Fine the Club but lets keep things in perspective. Now that this as Happened should other Clubs also break this Rule they are going to have be Fined the Same amount. Can you imagine the chaos this could cause if one of the Lower Premier League Clubs were handed a £2 Million Pound Fine? A…