The Game
A Tale Of Three Cities
It is a grim irony that the newspaper headlines have been consumed with the travails of three clubs who, at various points over the last two years or so, have been heralding brave new worlds of cash, star players and success. One of these clubs is just about to set out on a second odyssey, […]
The Game
In Praise Of… Barry Davies
This piece has been written with due deference to an article in the Guardian Sport Blog this morning, reappraising the career of the BBC football commentator Barry Davies. I felt that this was an appropriate time to add my thoughts on a legend of British sports broadcasting.
There has long been a strand of anti-intellectualism […]
The Game
Match Of The (Mid)Week: Leeds United 2-1 Bradford City
Spare your sympathy for the League Cup. It has a massive live match on Sky Sports and a place in UEFA Cup as a reward for the winners. There are no such rewards for the Johnstones Paint Trophy, the first round of which was played last night. Started by the Football League as the Football […]
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About Twohundredpercent
Twohundredpercent opened for business in May 2006. It's a football blog that tries to cover the stories about football - in particular English football - that don't get covered elsewhere. We try not to get too caught up in the hubris and the over-excitement of the modern game, and give as much attention to the smaller clubs as we do to the very biggest. All creatures great and small, you know?
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Premier league
It is a grim irony that the newspaper headlines have been consumed with the travails of three clubs who, at ...
People always misjudged the anti-Glazer protests at Manchester United. It was always a more nuanced argument than being against foreign ...
At the precise time of writing, it's too early to say for sure whether Dimitar Berbatov has gone to Manchester ...
Manchester City may be at the beginning of embarking upon a financial crisis that has never before been seen in ...
Plus ca change. In June 2007, we expressed our concerns over the new ownership taking over at Manchester City. "The ...
Before the realpolitik of the new season starts to properly bite, August gives us all a chance to suspend our ...
non-league
Match Of The Week - Shoreham 1-3 KingstonianMiddle Road, Shoreham, was not the scene of one of our greatest triumphs last season. We turned up there at the start of last season for Shoreham’s FA Cup match against Horley Town and, at the end of the half-time break, whilst waiting for a drink at the bar, my eyes were drawn towards a […]
clubs in crisis
Geordie Messiah In “Not Geordie Messiah” ShockPeople always misjudged the anti-Glazer protests at Manchester United. It was always a more nuanced argument than being against foreign ownership in football. There is nothing wrong with foreign ownership of English football clubs, as long as they are well run. Randy Lerner’s time in charge at Aston Villa is proof of this, as if […]
football culture
In Praise Of… Barry DaviesThis piece has been written with due deference to an article in the Guardian Sport Blog this morning, reappraising the career of the BBC football commentator Barry Davies. I felt that this was an appropriate time to add my thoughts on a legend of British sports broadcasting.
There has long been a strand of anti-intellectualism […]
football history
In Praise Of… Matthew Le TissierAs I pondered the smoking ruins of England’s match against the Czech Republic last week, my mind turned back to Matthew Le Tissier. Matthew (and it seems somewhat wrong to reduce his first name to the monosyllable of merely “Matt”) was the great lost English talent of the last thirty years in some respects, but […]
