Tag Archives: football

EAGLES SOAR ABOVE CITIZENS

At the end of last season I wrote quite the despondent blog about the rise of a new dynasty within the English domestic game. Thankfully that proved to be anything but prophetic. So as we draw to the end of this 24/25 season let me tell the story of how some lowly Eagles, from theContinue reading “EAGLES SOAR ABOVE CITIZENS”

Final Questions Answered

So this weekend the 2024/25 EFL season was slammed shut and up and down the country fans found out the final fate of the team they love and in some cases live for. For many of those fans they already knew which league their team would be playing in next season, but for the luckyContinue reading “Final Questions Answered”

The Pursuit of 111

Many of the matters across the EFL have been settled with baring miracles in League Two, only relegation from the Championship an open question on the final day. In the second division of the EFL there is at least something for the Blues to play for on their final day trip down to The AbbeyContinue reading “The Pursuit of 111”

What The Walsall??

Football in the West Midlands has been on fire this season. Aston Villa have made it to the Champions League Quarter-Finals and beat Southampton 3-0 this weekend despite failing to score 2 penalties. West Bromwich Albion and Coventry City stand at 6th and 7th in the Championship, with the formers incredible goal difference and theContinue reading “What The Walsall??”

3rd of May… Destiny Day

So the day we could see coming a thousand miles away finally arrived last Sunday as The Saints finally fell through the Premier League trapdoor after a 3-1 loss at White Hart Lane. Blimey Southampton, as if securing the earliest relegation in Premier League history wasn’t bad enough you had to have it confirmed atContinue reading “3rd of May… Destiny Day”

70 Years in 7 Minutes

No one will be sleeping on Tyneside tonight as the Toon Army takes over the North-East of England to celebrate their beloved Magpies pinching silverware out of the Scouser’s laps this afternoon at Wembley!!!! Newcastle United are League Cup Champions The Toon Army has been starved of success for far too long, their last silverwareContinue reading “70 Years in 7 Minutes”

Miracles Come In Threes

This season one team has become notorious nationwide for late collapses and this weekend Manchester City were once again at the centre of a devastating collapse. Unfortunately this time around it wasn’t the home faithful left devastated at the Etihad, as City collapsed the fairy-tale Fa-Cup progress of the Plymouth pilgrims. Being from the footballContinue reading “Miracles Come In Threes”

The Great Form Flip

So Manchester City avoided yet another embarrassing collapse, Liverpool rebounded from their derby day disappointment to claw out a victory over Wolves, Everton held off Crystal Palace to become the Premier League’s form team, Chloe Kelly became happy again and AFC Wimbledon beat Salford City to move into the automatic play-off places in League 2,Continue reading “The Great Form Flip”

Devon Double Dreamland…. Denied

After Plymouth shattered the aura of invincibility of a Liverpool team tearing up both Premier and Champions Leagues, the appetite for giant-killing made its way across Dartmoor National Park to Exeter City and their St. James Park. The giant-killing they were looking for was Nuno Espirito Santo’s high flying Nottingham Forest, a huge 59 placesContinue reading “Devon Double Dreamland…. Denied”