My friend and fellow blogger, (Often Partisan),  almajir who’s articles often guest here, wrote this one on Gardner and the possibility of him leaving. It got me thinking about loyalty in football in a more general way. Almajir cites Alan Smith and him saying he wouldn’t play for Leeds and of course Gardner went through
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There has been a lot of talk about Portsmouth FC’s precarious situation. A link was posted on SHA to an article which I thought was one of the best I have read on the situation. I approached the author Ian – and he has kindly given me permission to re-produce the article here. It was
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Portsmouth. It’s their big day today. The hearing is at 11.30. Apparently talks broke down last night, and Pompey made a cash offer to HMRC this morning. However HMRC have refused that, they want most of the 7 million that’s owed. The club face liquidation, where they will cease to exist today or more likely
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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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Here is this week’s Penny for your Thoughts article from akvbcfc. ————————————————————————————————————– Leading The Way It is about that time when players and managers return from their summer breaks for a gruelling pre-season full of fitness work as players work of the excess fat gained during their holidays. While the Blues have been the busiest
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