The Football League Paper says…

Tables don’t give you the full picture IT’S often said that the league table doesn’t lie, but you can also argue...

Blades indebted to Basham

CHAMPIONSHIP By Chris Marshall-Bell HEADS WE WIN: Chris Basham, far right, wheels away having risen highest to score the only goal...

HECK: THE KIDS ARE BLOOMING

By Simon Smedley STAR MAN STEWART DOWNING Middlesbrough BRITT SPECIAL: Britt Assombalonga lets fly for Boro’s second equaliser after Cameron McGeehan,...

WILLIAMS OVER HIS TUM WOES

CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDERLAND midfielder Jonny Williams has put his bizarre luck with illness behind him and is ready to work hard on...

TAYLOR DEPARTS AS GILLS LOOK TO FUTURE

LEAGUE ONE By James Andrew GONE: Peter Taylor PETER Taylor revealed he was keen to carry on as director of football...

KEITH SEEKS TO GO UPHILL AGAIN

By John Lyons NO EXCUSES: Keith Hill refuses to blame the loss of Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, below, and others for Dale’s slow...

After so long, City are on the way back

Staggering SLICKERS: City’s Jamie Paterson celebrates scoring against Aston Villa PICTURE: Action Images City are back, City are back. It was...

Sawyer puts Lions in their cages

By Claire Gould STAR MAN ROMAINE SAWYERS Brentford BEE’S KNEES: Brentford’s Romaine Sawyers celebrates scoring the only goal PICTURES: Action Images...

’IF WE WIN, I CAN PUT THE BINS OUT IN PEACE!’

PREVIEW: DERBY COUNTY v NOTTINGHAM FOREST By John Wragg PLENTY TO PONDER: Derby County manager Gary Rowett PICTURE: Action Images ”Of...

It’s goals, glorious goals for Hawkins

By Graham Otway SINCE his transfer deadline day move to Fratton Park from Dagenham, Oliver Hawkins has captured the attention by...

Free speech comes at cost we must bear

THE white banner unfurled by Switzerland’s players on a September evening in 1995 was pretty slapdash. Its ramifications, however, would prove...

COV ARE COURT UP IN A BATTLE…

COVENTRY City are back in court this week, a reminder that while the team are finally winning more games than they...

LUND HAS AN EYE ON PLAY-OFFS

CHAMPIONSHIP MATTY Lund knows he must focus on breaking into the Burton team to keep himself in the Northern Ireland picture....

COOPER NOBLE OVER LIAM’S EXIT

LEAGUE TWO By Tom Blackett MOVE: Liam Noble FOREST Green Rovers manager Mark Cooper has taken a philosophical view after captain...

FORRESTER FELLS POOR COBBLERS

LEAGUE ONE By John Brindley DISPATCHED: AFC Wimbledon midfielder Harry Forrester grabs the glory goal PICTURES: PSI/Simon Davies RANGERS loanee Harry...

SENSE IS FORGOTTEN IN PURSUIT OF PROMISED LAND

A REPORT this week that clubs risk bankruptcy in shooting for the Premier League hardly came as a surprise. It has...

THINK HARD MR SCALLY

MY club, Gillingham, are looking for a new manager – again. I know football is a results-driven business but, given the...

PAYNE IS TARGETING 20-PLUS

LEAGUE ONE STEFAN Payne has enjoyed a flying start to the season, but the Shrewsbury striker won’t be content until he’s...

That’s for ‘terrific’ fans, says happy Lee

By Mark Thompson BURY fans’ patience was rewarded, according to manager Lee Clark, after his side steered clear of the League...

ADDICKS ‘BOXER’ JOSH LAYS OUT REF

By Peter Rutzler STAR: Tariqe Fosu, left, celebrates scoring Charlton’s winner and, inset, referee Robert Lewis flat out on the pitch...