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  With the League One season drawing to a close this Saturday, FootballFanCast’s Aidan McCartney chooses his unsung XI- the players who have looked the part over the last season but were not recognised at the Official Football League awards. When the League One PFA Team of the Year was announced in April there was some surprise [...]

When Scunthorpe snapped up young Accrington Stanley forward Robert Grant in June 2010 there was much talk about him being the next off the remarkable production line at Glanford Park. The likes of Sharp, Paterson, and Hooper had or were set to move onto bigger and better things so fittingly hopes were high that the youngster [...]

Former Burnley manager Brian Laws believes that the spirit developed from the Mumaba situation will help keep Bolton in the Premier League for another season. Victories by relegation rivals Wigan and QPR last night has left the Trotters two points from safety but they still have a game in hand on the teams above them and [...]

Former Sheffield Wednesday manager Brian Laws believes that his old side will triumph ahead of their Steel City rivals in the fierce battle for promotion to the Championship With five games remaining, only two points separate Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday in the fight for the second automatic promotion place behind Champions-elect Charlton and the 51-year-old [...]

The relationship of every football fan to their club has its ups and downs – but it’s fair to say being a Sheffield Wednesday fan over the last 15 years has been a pretty relentless, depressing slog. Relegation from the premier league, two drops from the second tier, almost going bust, performances of such staggering ineptitude as to [...]

Last Tuesday saw Sheffield United return to the recognizable position of second place in League One, with a 4-1 victory over struggling Chesterfield under the floodlights at Bramall Lane. The Blades came into the game fresh from having the weekend off, while Chesterfield secured victory in the glorious sunshine at Wembley against League Two high flyers [...]

After last week’s JPT final defeat at Wembley, Swindon were back in league action yesterday looking to increase the gap at the top of League Two. However in a dire affair at the County Ground they had to share the spoils with Bristol Rovers after failing to find the cutting edge. The best chance of the [...]

Oldham Athletic will be aiming to secure their third successive victory when they host Leyton Orient tonight at Boundary Park. Should Athletic secure three points they will find themselves in the top 12, a feat that appeared almost impossible only last week. After a terrible run of four losses against struggling opposition, Paul Dickov’s men headed [...]

Swindon Town suffered their 4 th defeat this year in a final that didn’t live up to the much expected anticipation. This was Swindon’s 2 nd visit to Wembley in 2 years and once again they lost to a side that was more determined and ‘wanted’ the victory more. Here is how the weekend progressed for me: Ticket Disaster Avoided Just… [...]

A week has passed since the departure of Gary Simpson and Macclesfield’s change of management has yet to see any change in fortunes. Just one point from two games, combined with another two injuries, is not the start Brian Horton would have wanted. With his side now dropping into the bottom two he faces a massive [...]

Sheffield United were given the weekend off due to Chesterfield taking on Swindon at Wembley in the final of the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy. United fans are hoping that playing 90 minutes at Wembley will make for tired legs on Wednesday night, when the Spirites travel to Bramall Lane, in what is to be considered a friendly [...]

I felt that this game had wrongly been billed as a ‘relegation six pointer’ before the match. Yes, both teams are struggling at the wrong end of the table but Northampton had won five in six to practically eliminate any fears of relegation whilst Argyle were continuing to keep themselves outside the relegation zone as we [...]

As you read this, the north Derbyshire town of Chesterfield is gripped with ‘Cup fever.’ I know this because it says so on the official club website. I also know this because I’ve seen grown men (many of whom should know better), buying (and wearing) blue and white jester hats. And I know this because just [...]

A dominant performance from Swindon Town on Tuesday and their 12 th straight home league victory has extended their lead at the top of League Two to 7 Points. With 59% possession Swindon converted just 2 of the 16 attempts on goal with headers from Connell and Risser either side of half time. Swindon’s goalkeeper Wes Foderingham was [...]

Well a week ago I stated this was a make or break week for Charlton, and Seven days later I sit here rather happy. Charlton have picked up 4 crucial points after following a 1-1 draw with Scunthorpe up with a comprehensive 3-0 victory over Yeovil Town as they head in to a crunch top of [...]

Morecambe away and Port Vale at home, these next two games are going to be the biggest two games of the season without a doubt; six points and we will get promoted. Quite a bold statement to make I’m aware and yes every game at the moment seems to be the biggest game of our season, [...]

In the last 4 games Preston have accumulated a total of five points with 1 win, 2 draws and a defeat. Lows of a poor defeat at Tranmere and a home draw against Scunthorpe United have been counterbalanced with a deserved win at Exeter and an encouraging draw away at play-off chasing Carlisle who are unbeaten [...]

It certainly wasn’t pretty, the win over Bradford coming just three days after the proud victory over runaway league leaders Swindon Town, but behind all the tension and the nerves shredded by the mild night under the floodlights at Gresty Road, it was 3 points. Crewe needed nothing else but Steve Davis’ eleventh win from his [...]

Oxford United turned on the style at the weekend to defeat Rotherham, the team who beat us on the opening day of this season. A lot of things have changed since that match at the Don Valley stadium, most noticeably the performance of United. The curtain raiser was filled with hope and anticipation for the season [...]

Saturday saw the Silkmen slump to defeat against the league’s bottom side. It proved a costly result for Gary Simpson, who was asked to step down on Sunday. With one win in the past twenty-two league games leaving Macc sitting outside the drop zone only by virtue of goal difference, the board’s decision came as no [...]