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The Break-Away That Changed Football Forever

The term ‘break-away’ is most commonly associated with the Super League and, formerly, the Premierleague. However, the break-away I’m talking about happened over 100 years before the idea of the Premierleague was conceived, and shaped football forever.

Football Deadzones 3: South Devon

This is part three of my series: “Football Deadzones”, and this week I will be looking at south Devon This is a topic that I categorise as “Football Geography” and aims to look at the whys, hows and whens relating to football clubs. My first post in the series laid down the fundamentals of what I consider to be the formula for creating successful football teams and my second post looked at our first deadzone in the series: Kent. If you haven’t read those, I fully recommend you do in the “Football Geography” category.

The Big Picture

This article is discussing the positives and negatives of the panned ‘Big Picture’ proposal instigated initially by the owners of Liverpool and Manchester United.

MoneyBall

MoneyBall is a term that has been applied to the manner in which some teams around Europe have sought to positively exploit the transfer market. Brentford are by far the most well-known case in English football. At the time of writing, Brentford currently sit 4th in the Championship table having finished in the top halfContinueContinue reading “MoneyBall”

Terrible Owners 1: The Sad Case of Bury FC

What do you think when you hear football club? Community? Belonging? Bury FC were expelled from the EFL. How? Find out.

About This Blog:

So you’ve just started reading another miscellaneous football blog… or have you? Sensational Story: England captain Bobby Moore “chaired” by his team with the Jules Rimet Cup…after receiving it from the Queen after England won the Cup final 4 goals to 2, against West Germany. At Down To 10 (DT10), you can expect a plethoraContinueContinue reading “About This Blog:”