MAGIC MIKE IS ON THE MONEY

By David Hamley DISPATCHED: Coventry’s Marc McNulty fires home the winner from the penalty spot PICTURES: PSI/Alan Franklin MICHAEL Doyle scored...

ROOKIE SCARR’S FIT AS A FIDDLE NOW

By James Andrew ANYONE who over-indulges too much this Christmas may look to employ a personal trainer to whip them back...

FROM WHALLEY TO WINNER AS SHREWS KEEP ON ROLLING

By Les Scott Star Game CHEERS: Shaun Whalley celebrates after scoring the Shrews’ first goal PICTURE: AMA Sports Photo SECOND-HALF goals...

Darren’s troops are just pure box office

By Matt Wright DARREN Sarll praised his Stevenage showmen for putting Chesterfield to the sword and thrilling Broadhall Way. Matt Godden’s...

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HURST & CO ARE REAL DEAL

BACK in August, few would have expected Paul Hurst’s interlopers, currently second in the table, to be serious promotion candidates but,...

‘TOBLERONE HEAD, OCTOPUS & THE LORD OF THE DANCE!’

QUOTES OF THE SEASON PART 1 THERE are lots of mundane postmatch press conferences given by managers every week. “We’re delighted...

JER WOE CAUSES SHAKERS’ STRIKER SEARCH

LEAGUE ONE By Luke Baker BLOW: Jermaine Beckford BURY boss Chris Lucketti admits a striker is now at the head of...

It’s a kind of Maz-ic as Saddlers fight back

By John McDougall WALSALL boss Jon Whitney was delighted with how his side responded to Rochdale’s ‘sucker punch’ and battled back...

Team mates

Josh Laurent Wigan midfielder on loan at Bury Josh Laurent Best mate? Chris Humphrey is my best mate, I’d say. His...

BREWERS RUIN ROYALS’ BIG DAY

By Will Shillibier JUMPING FOR JOY: Tom Flanagan celebrates after scoring Burton’s first goal PICTURES: PSI/Holmes Potts NIGEL CLOUGH insisted that...

GRIGG ON FIRE IN RECORD WIN

By Lee Irving WHERE THERE’S A WILL…: Grigg scores his third and, inset, celebrates PICTURES: Bernard Platt LATICS fans enjoyed the...

Football firsts

First match? When I was younger, I used to watch Leyton Orient play, but I wouldn’t be able to tell you...

BOTHAM STEPS UP FOR THE IRON

LEAGUE ONE By Dan Barnes HONOUR: Sir Ian Botham SCUNTHORPE have appointed Sir Ian Botham, their former player, as club president....

MOULT’S ANXIOUS TO REPAY PRESTON

CHAMPIONSHIP By Dan Barnes SWITCH: Louis Moult THE capture of Louis Moult is expected to be the first of four January...

’THIS TIME I’M IN WITH A SHOUT!’

BIG INTERVIEW:STUART McCALL By Chris Dunlavy ALMOST A HERO: McCall scored twice for Everton vs Liverpool in the FA Cup final...

TOP SIDES SET FOR TV TESTS

CHAMPIONSHIP By Tom Blackett FIVE of the current top six in the Sky Bet Championship have been selected to appear live...

United clash could be sign of the future

The Football League Paper says… AS BRISTOL City prepare to take on Manchester United in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday...

JAKE SEEKS TO BE TOP AGENT

By Matt Badcock JAKE Speight openly admits his mentality as a player let him down – and it’s exactly why the...

Puritan values are leaving us lifeless

Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL 0047ROWING up, I loved Tim Burton’s Batman films. Even today, a quarter of a...