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Today’s Guardian has a peice which gives the Football League every excuse to finally investigate the real owners of the club. Given all the stuff over Notts County it would seen unwise of them not to ask some questions. The real meat in below lies in the fact that the club and Bates seem to [...]

This is Clarkeonenil’s regular comment column, cutting through the various passing issues of football and getting to the core principle in the shortest time.
What free country?
My eye was caught by this incidental story in today’s BBC “gossip column”: Burnley fan Jason Taylor is being forced to travel 50 miles to watch his team play Blackburn [...]

A retrospective look at the full range of professional footballers that passed through Elland Road in the last 10 seasons (1999-2009).
The problem with this series is that for the vast majority of the time you are writing about a player who was either rubbish, didn’t stay very long or left under a cloud, something that [...]

If the victory at StaduimMK from 26/09/09 is going to have any long term significance for either football club it probably stems from a feeling that there is unfinished business to resolve. The 3 points Leeds gained was a half done job in a half done stadium in a season not even a quarter through. [...]

One of the most popular features on Clarkeonenil is They Also Served: “A retrospective look at the full range of professional footballers that passed through Elland Road in the last 10 seasons (1999-2009)”. Obviously given the turn over the range of choice is mind-boggling! The best part of 200 players could make the series some [...]