Donny Whites: Why Doncaster Rovers want to beat Leeds United
It’s Donny against the Whites tonight – and Glen Wilson has it in for the Donny Whites… Doncaster Rovers versus Leeds United is not a proper derby game. It’s probably not de rigueur to downplay the...
View ArticleThe 25 Best Players in the Championship – as voted for by you: Part 17 of 25
These are turbulent times at Doncaster Rovers as the whole club continues to become accustomed to a new approach that could be described as innovative at best and hazardous at worst. Through the shift...
View ArticleAn alternative Championship league table – Middlesbrough leapfrog Cardiff City
Middlesbrough’s victory over Cardiff City at the weekend didn’t just take Boro three points clear of the Welsh side in the current Championship table. It also took them to the head of 2011’s...
View ArticleRevisiting our predicted Championship table
Back in the summer, a series of posts from a variety of guest writers brought about a predicted Championship table. The final entry in the series was written by Blackpool blogger Chris Walker and you...
View ArticleThe Championship: some not-so-vital statistics
The Seventy Two deals primarily with opinions rather than facts. So here’s one statistic or record for each current Championship club. If you know of any better ones, leave them in the comments....
View ArticleSean O’Driscoll on board at the City Ground: What all Nottingham Forest fans...
The news that Sean O’Driscoll is joining Steve Cotterill’s coaching staff at Nottingham Forest has come out of the blue. Something had to change, it seemed. It’s just that this wasn’t envisaged by...
View ArticleA journey through projects of the Football League
“Project” is generally perceived as a dirty word in English football, particularly in the lower leagues. It is usually employed as justification for short-term failure or overly extravagant...
View ArticleRelegation Week: Will the big Doncaster Rovers U-turn pay off?
Doncaster Rovers began the season with Sean O’Driscoll and will end it with Dean Saunders. They changed their entire footballing philosophy early in the campaign. So will this transformation pay off?...
View ArticleWhat I want from my football club – Part 4: Basement boys
The Seventy Two has canvassed the opinion of several Football League writers from a variety of different clubs to ask one simple question: what do you want from your football club? Given around 300...
View ArticleSix reasons why this Championship season has been worse than last year
The overall impression from many seasoned Championship watchers is that this has not been a vintage year for the second tier. Reading are worthy champions and their extraordinary run has been something...
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