Month: September 2010

Written by nearvanaman

The “narrowed gap” widens again

Make believe versus real life You know how it is – third round league cup game and you’ve got one eye on Europe or getting promotion.  You put a couple of squad players in, play your expensive reserve striker, give your backup keeper a game, put the highly rated 19 year old winger in the […]

Written by nearvanaman

As sure as night becomes day

It’s disturbing that it’s as easy to write about off-the-pitch stories as it is about those on it.  Fifty years ago footballers were taking public transport and cycling to 3pm games on a Saturday afternoon.  Now their Bentleys and Ferraris would almost run over the  fans just to ensure a few extra minutes walking around […]