FC United have announced their season ticket prices for next season, and in a unique move (in the world of football anyway), have decided that fans can pay whatever price they can afford. Full story If it worked for Radiohead, maybe it can work for FC United!
One of the few articles about the transfer window that isn’t full of speculation about prices! David James: This is the strangest January in football I’ve ever known
I heard a very interesting report on Radio 5 yesterday about football’s greatest club achievers. You might think Man U, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal maybe but you would be a million miles away. It’s a debate that can be heard every week in every ground, pub and living room around the...
Another article from The Guardian’s David Conn. Does he ever write bad articles??? Sport | The Guardian
The 200% blog is well worth reading. There’s an article on there about how the current economic situation could affect football, and while their article focuses on the English Premiership, the issue is just as relevant in SFL Division Two. Read the full article here
Thought this was quite an interesting insight into life as a manager and in team selection. Maybe we shouldn’t be so quick to criticise the manager when we don’t know the full story. See Paul Fletcher’s blog here.
The SFA are implementing a new coaching programme, starting in Fife, to develop a broader set of attributes in young players than just football skills. Read the full article here
You’ve got to feel for Luton fans. Having been declared insolvent 3 times in the last 10 years and having just been relegated to the lowest Football League division, they now face the prospect of starting next season with -30 points. Given they only achieved 33 points last season is it...
I see Gretna are the latest club to be raised from the ashes by it’s supporters. Following in the footsteps of Clydebank and Wimbledon, it proves yet again how important supporters are and what can be achieved when they come together. I do have to wonder about the fact they will be...
Interesting article about how three clubs have fallen foul of the authorities after failing to meet the requirements of the youth set-up. Can’t help thinking that there’s more to this than is in the BBC article – rectifying a problem within two days of being advised that it exists wouldn’t...
