And what a year it has been! A year of the proverbial two halves. After spending January to May fighting for promotion, Town now find themselves looking up and down, more than touching distance away from mounting a real promotion challenge. January 2010 started with around 6,000 Town fans travelling to Fulham for the FA Cup 3rd Round tie and created a truly fantastic atmosphere.
Read moreTime to delve into my statistics again. I’ve been wondering how effective each player who has represented Town in the League so far has been, based on the end result. Stats have been recorded so far of all appearances and whether a player involved in a game has contributed to a win, draw or loss. The figures are sorted by the difference
Read moreWith fresh news reported by Sky Sports yesterday speculating that Celtic are the latest team to keep close tabs on Charlie Austin, the value and importance of Austin to Town is of such importance that I believe even a sizeable offer wouldn’t represent sufficient value to replace the young striker. Below is a link to a post I made after the transfer
Read moreGiven that we’re in the run up to Christmas it came as no surprise that we all witnessed a pantomime last night, although I certainly didn’t expect it would be played out at the County Ground. What a performance it was…from Crawley Town manager Steve Evans and his staff in the dugout! Throughout the 90 minutes and extra time Evans
Read moreWednesday are continuing to smart following the circumstances surrounding their equaliser. Lax Town defending allowed Lewis Buxton space in the box, only to be sent tumbling when rounding keeper Phil Smith. Players momentarily paused seeming to wait for the referee to award a penalty, only for the referee to signal advantage, allowing Clinton Morrison to put the ball into an empty net.
Read moreAfter the trip to Crawley….errr I mean round Iain’s to watch it in comfort on ESPN, attention turns back to the bread and butter of League One this Saturday against Sheffield Wednesday…. weather dependant. With Town failing to hit any sort of consistency, other than consistently shipping goals in at the back, we’re all left wondering how and when our season will resemble anything
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