England’s last major final: no wingers, hype or hysteria in 1966
When Wembley hosted the World Cup final, my ticket cost 10 shillings and celebrations were formal as the programme notes
January 2018
My 50 years of football reporting, from Hurst and Moore to VAR via Le Tissier
Football League blog
Danny Cowley has Lincoln aiming even higher after year to remember
December 2017
Football League blog
Wimbledon in party mode but Wigan's visit ruins the mood
League One leaders win 4-0 to puncture euphoria at AFC Wimbledon after club was cleared to return to their spiritual home of Plough Lane
November 2017
Football League blog
First 'El Glosico' serves up some red meat but is short on creative fare
Football League blog
Accrington denied top spot but remain a wonder of the Football League
October 2017
Football League blog
Paul Hurst’s new Shrewsbury side are riding the crest of a wave
Shrewsbury Town only just avoided relegation from League One in May but now, in Paul Hurst’s first full season in charge, they are the Football League’s only unbeaten side
September 2017
Sportblog
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink off to a flyer as Northampton scuttle Doncaster
Football League blog
Exeter City and Newport County offer warming antidote to football’s gaudy elite
August 2017
Football League blog
Harry Kewell in it for the long haul at rock-bottom Crawley
Football League blog
Football League in focus: Tony Mowbray bemoans Blackburn’s sinking feeling
April 2017
Sportblog
Slavisa Jokanovic frees fizzy Fulham to break late for Championship play-offs
Ipswich Town left Craven Cottage on the wrong end of a 3-1 scoreline after standing off where Derby had pressed the previous Tuesday
March 2017
Football League blog
Coventry fail to take flight under Robins with positives in short supply
Mark Robins’s second coming at Coventry City started badly with 2-0 defeat by Bradford City which leaves League One’s bottom club 14 points from safety
February 2017
Football League blog
Scunthorpe show their mettle in steel city as League One battle intensifies
The League One top-of-the-table meeting of Sheffield United and Scunthorpe, two resurgent sides, at Bramall Lane ended in a 1-1 draw in front of 27,980 people
January 2017
Football League blog
Kevin Nolan makes instant headway but Notts County must rise from the foot
Football League blog
Southend make it a dozen and counting despite Charlton’s late leveller
December 2016
Football League blog
Plymouth Argyle’s progress restored after Graham Carey downs Doncaster
Plymouth Argyle recovered from three successive defeats to return to the top of League Two with a 2-0 defeat of Doncaster Rovers
November 2016
Football League blog
Paul Tisdale untouched by home woes due to people’s mandate in Exeter
Draw with Luton Town was Exeter City’s ninth league game at St James Park without a win this season but their manager Paul Tisdale’s position appears secure after 10 years in charge
September 2016
Football League blog
Football League Weekly: Oxford’s Chris Maguire delights in derby double
Michael Appleton, the Oxford manager, has already done half the job expected of him each season by claiming a 2-0 win over Swindon
May 2016
Football League blog
York City hope to follow Bristol Rovers example and bounce straight back
Darrell Clarke’s Rovers fell out of the Football League two years ago, came back at the first attempt and are now flying high – that is the template for York
