Archive for the 'General Football Posts' Category

In my last post on this blog, I briefly discussed the part that chance plays in football. I also pointed out that it is difficult for us fans to judge what happens during games – and to predict what will happen as a result. While catching up on my reading last night, I noted that [...]

Reading the letters in the T&A sports section yesterday, I spotted a couple that criticised Stuart McCall for not playing a settled team every week. One of the letter writers went on to call on the manager to try using the players currently on the bench or in the reserves. He seemed not to realise [...]

The media coverage of Bradford City, and League Two in general, is often poor. The Observer this week had a “League Two Round Up” that looked at only two games – City’s 5-0 thrashing of Aldershot was not even mentioned. Apart from the round-up

Half-time breaks used to be 10 minutes in the good old days, games used to kick off at 3pm on a Saturday, and we had different names for things – like “linesman” or “Division 4″. I don’t particularly like change or particularly object to it. It strikes me, though, that some of the recent changes [...]