Archive for October 2009

Arsenal vs Birmingham City – Preview

Oct 17th, 2009 | By

Team news Blues can welcome back Cameron Jerome who has been out for the last month but as usual one comes back and another couple get injured.  Franck Quedrue and Keith Fahey will miss this one and Teemu Tainio is a doubt.  Christian Benitez will also miss the game after returning late from international duty. 
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Middle of the Road?

Oct 16th, 2009 | By

Here is the first article from Adrian, (or DOH! as he is known on the forum). —————————————————————————————– This comment on the forum, (from Aff, our resident master of understatement) caught my eye yesterday: There’s nothing worse than middle of the road when it comes to supporting your club, is there? Is there? I thought about
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So the Day Has Arrived!

Oct 15th, 2009 | By

It’s official – we are now owned Carson Yeung. Mr Yeung gave a press conference this afternoon where he pledged his commitment to making the club as big as possible. He has pledged substancial money for new players for January, between 20-40 million. I believe that will include wages, but whichever way you look at
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£20-£40 Million

Oct 15th, 2009 | By

Well that was a nice surprise.  I didn’t expect him to come up with something like that.  I expected the press conference to be a lot more cagey and to basically throw up the usual catchphrases but the way he said it so casually got me excited.  Of course it will probably mean we have
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Penny For Your Thoughts?

Oct 14th, 2009 | By

Another Club Who Won’t Learn Notts County, 5th in League 2, have sacked manager Ian McParland after two years in charge. Apparently, Sven isn’t being lined up to take over the club, but he is in charge of finding a successor to McParland. Apparently, the club still have a five-year project to deliver “sustainable success
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