NUMBERS DO NOT TELL THE WHOLE STORY…

Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL JOHN Muller, an analytics writer for the Athletic, produced a very interesting piece on...

Natural finisher showing his class

MATT GODDEN PLAYER PROFILE By Chris Dunlavy COVENTRY CITY STRIKER CLINICAL: Matt Godden scores Coventry’s lastgasp winner against Reading PICTURE: Alamy...

Big Ben could chime with foreign clubs…

Guy Branston FORMER FOOTBALL LEAGUE DEFENDER AND LEICESTER CITY LOANS MANAGER WHEN you’ve scored as many goals as Ben Brereton Diaz,...

COACHES MUST FIND A WAY TO PLAY THROUGH COVID MIRE

Guy Branston FORMER FOOTBALL LEAGUE DEFENDER AND LEICESTER CITY LOANS MANAGER IF YOUR whole squad is wiped out by Covid-19, then...

Team Mates: Billy Bodin

team mates Oxford United forward Best mate? I’ll have to say Matty Taylor edges that one. I played with him for...

BACK THE BIG THREE TO PRESS FOOT ON GAS AGAIN

Guy Branston FORMER FOOTBALL LEAGUE DEFENDER AND LEICESTER CITY LOANS MANAGER THE big three teams in the Championship – Fulham, Bournemouth...

A year to forget, but Blades can see light

John Lyons FLP EXECUTIVE EDITOR YOU’RE happier to see the back of some years more than others – and Sheffield United...

Big Interview: JOEL PIROE

‘I’M GLAD I TOOK MY BIG CHANCE WITH SWANSEA’ By Chris Dunlavy SHARP-SHOOTER: Joel Piroe celebrates scoring for Swansea against West...

Carlos must add bite to his Terriers

Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL CARLOS Corberan was appointed by Huddersfield Town to lead the Terriers into a brave...

THIS IS BECOMING AN IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION FOR CLUBS…

Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL FOR EFL clubs, Christmas is gravy. Cash raked in now can tide many lower...

Tranmere Rover goalkeeper Ross Doohan talks us through his football memories

football firsts First game you watched live? I’m not sure if it was my very first game, but the first one...

PLAYERS ARE JUST LIKE THE REST OF SOCIETY

Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL THE revelation that 25 per cent of EFL footballers do not intend to have...

INTEGRITY SO IMPORTANT…

Graham Westley EX-STEVENAGE, PRESTON, PETERBOROUGH AND NEWPORT MANAGER I DON’T follow motor racing closely or know all the rules. Like most...

Covid adds an extra layer of uncertainty

Graham Westley EX-STEVENAGE, PRESTON, PETERBOROUGH AND NEWPORT MANAGER IT’S one thing planning for football at Christmas. It must be quite another...

WE COULD BENEFIT FROM THE US WAY OF PLAY

Graham Westley EX-STEVENAGE, PRESTON, PETERBOROUGH AND NEWPORT MANAGER I RECENTLY visited the US and took the opportunity to watch both basketball...

Callum Jones

team mates Morecambe midfielder Best mate? I would have to say the boys I am in a car school with because...

Big Interview: RYAN LOWE

‘I COULDN’T TURN DOWN THIS CHANCE’ By Chris Dunlavy RYAN Lowe insists he didn’t join Preston North End so he could...

BELIEVER LOWE SET FOR ACID TEST WITH PRESTON

Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL DURING his time at Bury, Ryan Lowe said he saw no reason why any...

Rotherham United goalkeeper Viktor Johansson talks us through his football memories

football firsts First game you watched live? It was a derby between Hammarby and AIK in Stockholm in the Swedish league....

Born-again schemer can make the Royals tick

PLAYER PROFILE By Chris Dunlavy DANNY DRINKWATER READING MIDFIELDER TAKING CONTROL: Reading’s Danny Drinkwater has still got a lot to offer...