http://theseventytwo.com An independent website covering the 72 member clubs of the Football League. Thu, 17 May 2012 06:53:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://theseventytwo.com/football-league/championship/2012/05/17/what-can-wolverhampton-wanderers-fans-expect-from-stale-solbakken/ http://theseventytwo.com/football-league/championship/2012/05/17/what-can-wolverhampton-wanderers-fans-expect-from-stale-solbakken/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 06:53:38 +0000 theseventytwo http://theseventytwo.com/?p=4840 One of the Football League’s fresh intake for 2012/13 has already made a surprising managerial appointment as it prepares for life back in the second tier. But what can Wolverhampton Wanderers fans expect from the new man in charge? Charlie Anderson, editor of the Nordic football blog Stone by Stone, shares his insight. A new [...]]]> http://theseventytwo.com/football-league/championship/2012/05/17/what-can-wolverhampton-wanderers-fans-expect-from-stale-solbakken/feed/ 1 http://theseventytwo.com/football-league/league-one/2012/05/12/jordan-rhodes-and-nick-powell-a-glimpse-of-future-premier-league-players/ http://theseventytwo.com/football-league/league-one/2012/05/12/jordan-rhodes-and-nick-powell-a-glimpse-of-future-premier-league-players/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 20:07:12 +0000 David Bevan http://theseventytwo.com/?p=4835 When Jordan Rhodes netted Huddersfield Town’s first goal at the Stadium: MK on Saturday, Sky commentator Alan Parry called him “the hottest property in the Football League”. Among 72 clubs, it would be a bold move to single out any one player above his peers. But when you go one step further and put a [...]]]> http://theseventytwo.com/football-league/league-one/2012/05/12/jordan-rhodes-and-nick-powell-a-glimpse-of-future-premier-league-players/feed/ 1 http://theseventytwo.com/football-league/championship/2012/05/09/how-blackpool-beat-birmingham-city-to-return-to-wembley/ http://theseventytwo.com/football-league/championship/2012/05/09/how-blackpool-beat-birmingham-city-to-return-to-wembley/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 20:45:41 +0000 David Bevan http://theseventytwo.com/?p=4830 For the third year in a row, Stephen Dobbie – long of either Swansea and Blackpool – scored to help one of his two teams to Wembley. But this was no walk in the park. Birmingham City gave it everything and made the Tangerines work hard for their 3-2 aggregate victory. Curtis Davies equalised on [...]]]> http://theseventytwo.com/football-league/championship/2012/05/09/how-blackpool-beat-birmingham-city-to-return-to-wembley/feed/ 0 http://theseventytwo.com/football-league/championship/2012/05/09/losing-my-religion-cardiff-city-prepare-to-cash-in-and-sell-out/ http://theseventytwo.com/football-league/championship/2012/05/09/losing-my-religion-cardiff-city-prepare-to-cash-in-and-sell-out/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 07:00:56 +0000 Joe Harrison http://theseventytwo.com/?p=4824 The battle lines of football are often drawn between red and blue, cities divided between the two colours. Manchester City and Manchester United. Liverpool and Everton. The Steel City derby. But now one club in one city may be forced to cross that divide in pursuit of the Premier League. Cardiff City supporter Joe Harrison [...]]]> http://theseventytwo.com/football-league/championship/2012/05/09/losing-my-religion-cardiff-city-prepare-to-cash-in-and-sell-out/feed/ 10 http://theseventytwo.com/football-league/league-two/2012/04/30/macclesfield-town-down-but-not-deserted/ http://theseventytwo.com/football-league/league-two/2012/04/30/macclesfield-town-down-but-not-deserted/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:00:18 +0000 theseventytwo http://theseventytwo.com/?p=4817 Those of you who have followed the site recently will have read the thoughts of Macclesfield Town supporter Kieran Knowles ahead of D-Day at the foot of League Two. Sadly, Macc didn’t pull through and will kick off next season as a non-league club. Kieran offers his final thoughts on his side’s slide out of [...]]]> http://theseventytwo.com/football-league/league-two/2012/04/30/macclesfield-town-down-but-not-deserted/feed/ 2 http://theseventytwo.com/football-league/championship/2012/04/23/six-reasons-why-this-championship-season-has-been-worse-than-last-year/ http://theseventytwo.com/football-league/championship/2012/04/23/six-reasons-why-this-championship-season-has-been-worse-than-last-year/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 06:00:35 +0000 David Bevan http://theseventytwo.com/?p=4793 The overall impression from many seasoned Championship watchers is that this has not been a vintage year for the second tier. Reading are worthy champions and their extraordinary run has been something to behold, but the remarkable has been few and far between this term in comparison with the 2010/11 campaign. Here are six reasons [...]]]> http://theseventytwo.com/football-league/championship/2012/04/23/six-reasons-why-this-championship-season-has-been-worse-than-last-year/feed/ 8 http://theseventytwo.com/football-league/championship/2012/04/20/what-i-want-from-my-football-club-part-5-promotion-contenders/ http://theseventytwo.com/football-league/championship/2012/04/20/what-i-want-from-my-football-club-part-5-promotion-contenders/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 06:00:20 +0000 theseventytwo http://theseventytwo.com/?p=4696 The Seventy Two has canvassed the opinion of several Football League writers from a variety of different clubs to ask one simple question: what do you want from your football club? Given around 300 words to play with, there were numerous responses so we will be looking at a cross-section every day this week, continuing [...]]]> http://theseventytwo.com/football-league/championship/2012/04/20/what-i-want-from-my-football-club-part-5-promotion-contenders/feed/ 1 http://theseventytwo.com/football-league/championship/2012/04/19/what-i-want-from-my-football-club-part-4-basement-boys/ http://theseventytwo.com/football-league/championship/2012/04/19/what-i-want-from-my-football-club-part-4-basement-boys/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:00:39 +0000 theseventytwo http://theseventytwo.com/?p=4736 The Seventy Two has canvassed the opinion of several Football League writers from a variety of different clubs to ask one simple question: what do you want from your football club? Given around 300 words to play with, there were numerous responses so we will be looking at a cross-section every day this week, continuing [...]]]> http://theseventytwo.com/football-league/championship/2012/04/19/what-i-want-from-my-football-club-part-4-basement-boys/feed/ 0 http://theseventytwo.com/football-league/championship/2012/04/18/reading-deserve-the-glory-but-forget-the-100million-goal/ http://theseventytwo.com/football-league/championship/2012/04/18/reading-deserve-the-glory-but-forget-the-100million-goal/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:20:08 +0000 David Bevan http://theseventytwo.com/?p=4770 Ian Harte’s ball in. Mikele Leigertwood’s side-foot finish. The goal that gave Reading a 1-0 victory over Nottingham Forest last night. A goal that meant thousands of Royals fans ended up on the pitch carrying Leigertwood off it on their shoulders. That goal meant Reading were promoted to the Premier League. But that’s not enough [...]]]> http://theseventytwo.com/football-league/championship/2012/04/18/reading-deserve-the-glory-but-forget-the-100million-goal/feed/ 4 http://theseventytwo.com/football-league/championship/2012/04/18/what-i-want-from-my-football-club-part-3-the-watford-way/ http://theseventytwo.com/football-league/championship/2012/04/18/what-i-want-from-my-football-club-part-3-the-watford-way/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:00:53 +0000 theseventytwo http://theseventytwo.com/?p=4723 The Seventy Two has canvassed the opinion of several Football League writers from a variety of different clubs to ask one simple question: what do you want from your football club? Given around 300 words to play with, there were numerous responses so we will be looking at a cross-section every day this week, continuing [...]]]> http://theseventytwo.com/football-league/championship/2012/04/18/what-i-want-from-my-football-club-part-3-the-watford-way/feed/ 1