The League Paper

Yeovil goal should teach time-wasters

12 September 2013 0 comments

YOU can understand why Lee Clark was enraged by Yeovil‘s late equaliser on Tuesday night. Having punted the ball into […]

Competitive? He tried to recruit Giggs for head tennis!

12 September 2013 0 comments

MOST people think it was Sam Allardyce who inspired Phil Brown to take his first steps into coaching. Yet while […]

Profile on Bradford City manager Phil Parkinson

18 August 2013 0 comments

PHIL Parkinson was never the silkiest player, nor the most gifted. He often saw the impossible pass, but that didn’t mean he could play it.

Kevin Lisbie’s loyalty finds reward

18 August 2013 0 comments

WHILE the futures of some of the biggest names in the Premier League are played out across the back pages it is refreshing to hear one former top-flight marksman admit money isn’t everything.

Beattie’s happy to be a part of history

18 August 2013 0 comments

IT’S as well James Beattie enjoys a challenge. Being a former Premier League star dropping down to play in League […]

Has Oscar got higher motives in mind?

18 August 2013 0 comments

WATCHING his team slump to three demoralising defeats, new Brighton boss Oscar Garcia has looked utterly bewildered.

Importing Cole Skuse is real value for frugal Mick

18 August 2013 0 comments

HE was picked up for nothing but Ipswich manager Mick McCarthy reckons midfielder Cole Skuse could be the signing of the summer.

Mick McCarthy: ‘The secret of my success? Win your first match!’

18 August 2013 0 comments

IT is 2pm the day before Ipswich travel to QPR and Mick McCarthy has just been asked how he feels about his opponents boasting a former England manager on the coaching staff.

Portsmouth fans gave me dog’s abuse but I still love the club

4 August 2013 0 comments

I’VE managed in the Football League long enough to know that crazy results are the name of the game.

Sunshine games will aid England progress

4 August 2013 0 comments

In my memory, Saturday August 3 was never a date associated with the beginning of the Football League season.

Room 101: Giles Coke (Sheffield Wednesday)

4 August 2013 0 comments

The Sheffield Wednesday midfielder takes us through his pet hates that he wants thrown into the infamous Room 101.

Dream Team: Kevin O’Connor (Brentford)

4 August 2013 0 comments

The Brentford midfielder chooses his favourite XI, made up from players he has played with or against in his football career.

Bristol Rovers 1973-74 Division Three runners up

4 August 2013 0 comments

BRUCE Bannister and his strike partner Alan Warboys were dubbed ‘Smash and Grab’ but it was their club Bristol Rovers who ended up victims of a final day robbery.