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CHRIS DUNLAVY: New Urchins boss Morison bucks the trend

18 June 2023 0 comments

Being snobby is an accusation that could never be levelled at Steve Morison, who accepted an offer to manage Isthmian Premier Division side Hornchurch less than a year after guiding Cardiff City to Championship safety.

CHRIS DUNLAVY: A team that time forgot

11 June 2023 0 comments

Relegation from League Two is usually the result of long-term neglect or financial mismanagement, and frequently both.

CHRIS DUNLAVY: Learn respect, like Cloughie!

4 June 2023 0 comments

Just imagine what Brian Clough would have made of Roma and Jose Mourinho, whose shameful antics in Wednesday’s Europa League final defeat to Sevilla made Don Revie’s Leeds look like Corinthians.

CHRIS DUNLAVY: Money is the 3-up charter

21 May 2023 0 comments

Paul Cook was right when he called Notts County’s failure to win automatic promotion a ‘sporting disgrace’.

CHRIS DUNLAVY: Play-offs at their finest!

14 May 2023 0 comments

Manchester City’s 1-1 draw with Real Madrid at the Bernabeu was intriguing, but never exciting. First legs rarely are. Like the opening round of a boxing match, there are jabs and feints and the odd stiff right to raise a cheer.

CHRIS DUNLAVY: The big money is filtering down!

24 July 2022 0 comments

David Sharpe always dreamed of running a professional football club. Until, that is, he discovered how much it cost.

Chris Dunlavy: How do you pick a boss?

19 June 2022 0 comments

When Rob Edwards walked out on Forest Green Rovers mere days after clinching promotion to League One, there was no panic at The New Lawn.

COOKING ON OWN TERMS

5 June 2022 0 comments

Chris DUNLAVY BUT HE MUST LEAD SPIREITES WITH A SMILE A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL STRUGGLED: Paul Cook has often […]

It’s our duty to give Chris Barker the send-off he deserves

22 May 2022 0 comments

Like anybody in that situation, I’ve been tormented by the thought of ‘Should I have seen something? Should I have done more? Should I have asked what was wrong?’.

Chris Dunlavy: Beware, it’s a slipper slope

15 May 2022 0 comments

Chris DUNLAVY A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL MAKING A STAND: Oldham Athletic fans invade the pitch at Boundary Park in […]

Chris Dunlavy: This is Phil Parkinson’s big chance

25 July 2021 0 comments

When Parky was appointed by Sunderland in October 2019, he was widely seen as the steadiest pair of hands in League One.

Chris Dunlavy: Penalties…it’s art, not luck!

27 June 2021 0 comments

Such equanimity will offer cold comfort to Gary Johnson and his Torquay United players following last weekend’s painful shoot-out defeat to Hartlepool in the National League play-off final. Nor is it likely to prevent Pools supporters toasting a dramatic return to the EFL.

Chris Dunlavy: At last, we’ve found a voice

13 June 2021 0 comments

Both parties will be cheered and jeered, pilloried on social media and discussed in comment pieces. They will be tagged as traitors, as heroes, as woke virtue signallers or knuckle-dragging neanderthals.

Franny Tierney was the golden boy for Doncaster Rovers play-off heroes

6 June 2021 0 comments

On May 10, 2003, at Stoke City’s Britannia Stadium, the winger scored an injury-time winner to settle the inaugural Conference play-off final. In doing so, he made Doncaster Rovers the only team in UK history ever to be promoted thanks to a Golden Goal.

Chris Dunlavy

CHRIS DUNLAVY: New Urchins boss Morison bucks the trend

CHRIS DUNLAVY: A team that time forgot

CHRIS DUNLAVY: Learn respect, like Cloughie!

CHRIS DUNLAVY: Money is the 3-up charter

CHRIS DUNLAVY: Play-offs at their finest!

CHRIS DUNLAVY: The big money is filtering down!

Chris Dunlavy: How do you pick a boss?

COOKING ON OWN TERMS

It’s our duty to give Chris Barker the send-off he deserves

Chris Dunlavy: Beware, it’s a slipper slope

Chris Dunlavy: This is Phil Parkinson’s big chance

Chris Dunlavy: Penalties…it’s art, not luck!

Chris Dunlavy: At last, we’ve found a voice

Franny Tierney was the golden boy for Doncaster Rovers play-off heroes

Chris Dunlavy: Shrimpers living life on the edge

HINDSIGHT’S SUCH A WONDERFUL THING!

IT’S ONLY RIGHT TO REVISE THE TEST

FAST START VITAL FOR MAC’S YORK

NO BAN ON FOXES AFTER APPEAL WIN

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