Entries from October 2009
Adam Pearson steps down at Derby County
John Williams - Thursday 29.10.09, 12:22pm
Derby County chairman Adam Pearson has left the Championship club ‘by mutual consent’ and is free to ‘pursue new challenges’ says a statement from the club, who are currently in 19th place in the division. Pearson will be replace by Tom Glick at County.
Despite the club being relegated during Pearson’s first year as chairman [...]
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Gordon Strachan unveiled as Middlesbrough manager
John Williams - Monday 26.10.09, 15:39pm
No surprise, but Gordon Strachan has been appointed by Middlesbrough to takeover from the departed Gareth Southgate as manger of the club. The former Celtic, Coventry and Southampton manager was unveiled at the Riverside this afternoon.
Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson believes that the terrier like qualities of Strachan will be better suited to getting the club [...]
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Over five thousand join Football League’s ‘Enjoy The Match’ campaign
John Williams - Sunday 25.10.09, 18:51pm
Over 5,000 football fans across the country have joined up with Alan Shearer and Gary Lineker to the The Football League’s Enjoy The Match campaign, aimed at making family enclosures in all of the 72 league club grounds, family friendly.
That of course means tackling the problems of bad language and anti social behaviour that have [...]
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Middlesbrough sack Gareth Southgate
John Williams - Wednesday 21.10.09, 11:14am
Gareth Southgate was sacked by Middlesbrough this morning despite leading the club to their 2-0 home win over Derby County last night.
Middlesbrough are currently fourth in the Championship table and are generally considered to be among the favourites for promotion or a play off place, come the end of the season.
It does seem a rather [...]
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Football League blog launch
John Williams - Wednesday 21.10.09, 07:22am
The Football League have launched a brand new section on their website that introduces three footballing personalities who will each be giving their expert opinions in their own weekly blogs.
Matt Holland will be casting his eye on the Coca-Cola Championship and this week he reflects on the current situation his former club Ipswich Town find [...]
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