by Chris Harris Football fans are fickle. We all know that. But there’s a special kind of flick-of-the-switch fickleness that creeps into a club when it’s been comfortable for just a bit too long — and you can see it now all over the Crystal Palace forum. The same posters who have spent the last … Continue reading Crystal Palace’s Thin Squad, AFCON, Injuries and Fixture Pile-Up: How the Glasner Backlash Was Inevitable and Patience Required
Category: General Sport
Why Do Footballers Spit And Why Don’t Other Sportspersons?
by Chris Harris Watch a football match and, along with the passes, the saves, shots of the crowds, you see players gobbling onto the pitch. It is just an accepted and disgusting part of football. Yet, once you start noticing it, it becomes impossible to ignore, it is just rank. It’s down to the amount … Continue reading Why Do Footballers Spit And Why Don’t Other Sportspersons?
Non League National League: A Shifting View Part 2: Protecting the Brand of the Football League
By Chris Harris The second part turns the spotlight on the top end of the pyramid. Here the focus is on the EFL, why the Football League has resisted branding a formal Division Five, how its clubs protect their own status, and why the National League has become a fifth division in everything but name. … Continue reading Non League National League: A Shifting View Part 2: Protecting the Brand of the Football League
The Rights of Fans. 