Football League Talking Points From This Weekend


Here are five talking points from this weekend's Football League.











Here are five talking points from this weekend's Football League.
Accrington Stanley are the bookmakers favourite to face a drop into non-league this season, but at 9/2 with Ladbrokes and 4/1 among many others in the market, does this show the old Division 3 to be unpredictable – possibly even something worth keeping an eye on over the next nine months?
Bryan HughesBryan Hughes is a skillful midfield player with a wealth of experience, he has enjoyed a long and successful career but still has something to offer.
It would have been sometime around 1995 or 1996 when I first watched a game of football. It was the season of Newcastle's collapse, of "I'd Love It!"
Arsene Wenger, Sir Alex Ferguson, John Coleman. The latter may not be a household name like the first two, but he shares common ground with them in being the only managers in England to have been at the helm of the same club for over a decade.
So as the season comes to an end it’s time to look back at what could be described as a defining season in Southend’s recent history.
It's the penultimate Saturday of the season in the Football League and Sky had given me one of the crunch games in League 2 - promotion chasing Accrington's home game with relegation threatened Barnet. I'm really looking forward to it, until a phone call comes through from Sky Sports News on the Friday, which changed my mood for the next 24 hours.