Well, you wonder if sanity has left the South Coast this summer at Portsmouth, with weird takeovers, scraping around for signings, the chief executive being charged with tax evasion, another takeover, being banned from signing due to unpaid debts and now Paul Hart being moved out of the managers seat. What have the Pompey faithful […]

Less than two weeks to go until the new Championship season. Squads are coming together. Some managers are content, others are panicking. Fans are enjoying a final fortnight of optimism before reality sets in. With this in mind, here are five random predictions for the coming season, hung on a flimsy animal theme: Dark Horses: […]

Well this may come as some surprise, but a film about a manager that only had one season in the Premiership may not garner the most interest outside of the United Kingdom but Brian Clough is a legend in European football. Today sees the film version of David Peace's tome have its World Premier in […]

It seems like yesterday for some football fans, a day burned in to the memories of English footballs collective consciousness. The 1980's saw three major footballing disasters hit English football, The dreadful fire at Bradford City's title party which claimed the lives of 56 fans on May 11th 1985, 18 days later we then witnessed […]

Nottingham Forest  Founded: 1855 Nickname: The Reds, Dirty Red Dogs (nickname given by Derby Fans) Ground: City Ground (30,602) Last Season: 2nd League One 82 Points- Automatic Promotion to the CCC European Cup Winners: 1979, 1980 European Super Cup Winners: 1979 FA Cup Winners: 1898,1959 Community Shield Winners: 1919,1978 First Division Winners: 1997/98 Second Division/Leauge […]

Sky Sports has announced its schedule of televised Championship matches for the first few months of the 2008/2009 season. Here's the schedule: Sunday, August 10: Nottingham Forest v Reading Saturday, August 16: Bristol City v Derby County Saturday, August 30: Watford v Ipswich Saturday, October 4: Coventry City v Southampton Saturday, October 25: Reading v […]