What action has been taken by Crystal Palace FC and the police to punish supporters who forced their way into the Amex, without tickets, and who let off fireworks in the away end?
I refer to the behaviour of a sizeable element of the away team’s support during and after the game in November.
I...
Who is your favourite football commentator (television or radio)?
Mine is the late Hugh Johns. Back in the days when we in the south, on Sunday afternoons, got The Big Match (or, occasionally, Southern Soccer with David Bobbin), and ITV was regionalised, Hugh Johns was the commentator for ATV...
In the league, since Hyypia fell on his sword, our sole commanding away performance (we rode our luck at Charlton) came at Fulham, who, at the time, were in good form.
Nathan Jones managed the team at Fulham. I cannot help thinking that we would have seen more such performances on the road...
Given this week’s revelations from the Palace camp, about the excrement left in the away dressing-room before the play-off semi-final second-leg, will Albion be inviting Crystal Palace to offer a formal apology?
My friend Fridolin Wild and I have set up a company, a publisher, called Code Unknown. The publication of our first title is imminent. Colin Dexter, creator of Inspector Morse (and a neighbour of mine), will be the guest-of-honour at our launch party, to be held at the Albion Beatnik Bookstore...
What do you make of this? The analysis is thorough, though the conclusions are rather alarmist.
(The photo of the Amex is three years out of date, clearly.)
http://www.twtd.co.uk/ipswich-town-news/25785/
He seems to have divided opinion among fans in the same way that Ashley Barnes did.
As was the case with Barnes, JFC has qualities and attributes that managers appreciate but many fans don’t.
Should we accept that the manager knows best and that JFC will continue to be a fixture in the side?
They will all play in the Scottish Championship next season.
That is like Manchester United, Liverpool and Everton playing in the English Championship during the same season.
With Barnes gone, and El Abd likely to follow, the only members of the squad who featured in the last title-winning season are Ankergren, Brezovan, LuaLua, Calderon, Bridcutt and Greer.
Ankergren was the first choice keeper that season, Brezovan rarely played, LuaLua was on loan for part of the...
First Paul Barber wins CEO of the Year at the Football Industry Awards, in recognition of his work in getting the club to adhere properly to the FFP rules. Then Gus Poyet withdraws his prospective Employment Tribunal case, which leaves the club vindicated in law and highlights how right the club...
Also known as the Golden Ball and the European Footballer of the Year Award…
One of the candidates for the 2013 award is Gareth Bale.
Perhaps there should be an alternative award: the Barn D’Or.
Who would you nominate for that award?