10 reasons why... The Mighty vs everyone else

Lets just take stock for a moment. Football is collapsing in on itself in the midst of global pandemic. Teetering, wobbling, swaying in the (potentially infectious) winds of change, the whole structure is on the brink of total catastrophic failure. When the implosion of football...

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Newcastle United - Where are all the good psychopaths?

I see Newcastle are about to be taken over by Jeff Bezos. Or the Shah of Iran, or Lockheed and Martin from off of Lockheed Martin. Or a syndicate consisting of Charles 'Charlie' Manson and Dr Harold 'Doc' Shipman fronted by Raul 'Moaty' Moat. One of them. Or someone else....

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John Robb part 1 - 'Wow, have we got a team?' Blackpool FC and the 70s

John Robb, at the Hilsborough Justice Campaign 2011 (Phil King) Running a quite obscure football blog is a non stop media whirlwind. Appearing for 20 seconds several times on Lee Charles TV and having 2 people at work say 'I saw you on youtube' was exciting enough,...

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John Robb part 2 - Ronaldo, taking pulses in a care home - Football, music and society.

return to part 1 MCLF - I was reading someone talking about the unfashionable status of football amongst musicians in the 1980s, I can't remember who it was* - anyway, they were talking about seeing David Gedge and the Wedding Present tying football scarves around their guitars and being like 'fucking hell! a band who admit to liking football!' *I...

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John Robb - Part 3: Fucking about with your mates and 'Oyston Out - the movie'

return to part 2 MCLF: The one thing I hope from all this is that we can boil football down to what it is. You get all this stuff on SKY about 'it's a religion' and it isn't. It's an entertainment, a distraction and it shouldn't be so complex, so difficult to imagine 90 odd teams being able to exist and play football against each other. People always...

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An open letter from Rick Parry (football hero)

Dear soccer fans (little clubs) You might remember me as Rick Parry head of the Premier League or Rick Parry, CEO of Liverpool FC. Back then I was well into mad unsustainable spending and all of that. Hey, I was all for a European Super League but now, I'm on your side. We're all in this together.Some of you might be thinking 'hang on Rick' -...

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Billy Ayre's Tangerine Army (forever)

To the outsider, the reign of Billy Ayre at Blackpool might seem unremarkable. Initial success, a couple of play off finals, one lost, one won and two seasons struggling at the foot of the third tier. In this era of heat maps and XG where the lazy stats pundit is the lord of...

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Cap in hand: For a new modern football

Two of my favourite players ever. No reason. Just because it's my blog and I can. So there.  Foreword This is a long post. I hope it's not too indulgent as me or my team only get a few brief mentions. It's probably overwritten, but I think the points within...

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