Football League Talking Points From This Weekend

Another alluring weekend in the Football League this weekend - here are my five talking points.

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Good To See Harte Back

I like to think every football fan has a soft spot for the youthful Leeds United team of the late 1990s and early 2000s, I certainly do.

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Football's Journeymen : Ian Harte (Video)

What a CV this man has. He's been to the most unlikely of places!

Leeds United, Levante, Sunderland, Blackpool, Carlisle United and most recently and probably lastly, Reading. 

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Carlisle have a new chef

Dinner is served up in Cumbria, well in the form of goals anyway.

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Jim Gannon has a second coming at Stockport

Things haven’t exactly gone according to plan for Stockport County since the festive period of 2008, situated in a play-off place in League One under the guise of former player Jim Gannon who had overseen a dramatic rise from the foot of League Two on a meagre budget since taking over at the turn of 2006.

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Championship Round Up

I have to say, Leon Clarke’s hat-trick for Chesterfield against Carlisle did make me smile. My joy for Clarke had nothing to do with any personal feelings towards the on-loan striker, it was more a case of how it went down with his parent club Swindon Town.

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Pub Quiz – English legend, 70’s Trivia and Rory Delap

What type of quizzer are you? Do you sit drunk and clueless in the corner? Or are you halfway to Nerdsville with a tank top on and a smart-arse smile? Can you admit to watching Eggheads - even if only in a moment of weakness? No matter which category you fall into – try our pub quiz and prove to yourself that the years of watching and talking about footy have not been a complete waste of time. But please try not to cheat, for as my headmaster used to say “You’re only cheating on yourself”, which ironically is not what his wife said to him, when she caught him in congress with his secretary.

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Bright Future at the Emirates?

Luton Town. Swansea City. Doncaster Rovers. Carlisle United. MK Dons. Crawley Town. Birmingham City. Darlington. What do these eight clubs have in common? They have all won a trophy in the past six seasons; something that Arsenal have failed to achieve in that very same time period. This is the team that has invested nigh on £100m in their current squad, and is recognised as the third greatest team in English football history. Has everything gone badly wrong?

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The crazy tales of the Wembley pilgrims

Oh dear… I didn’t think I would be sat here on Tuesday afternoon writing about Wembley quite like this. It’s supposed to be an annual celebration of the Government’s greatest gift to football fans, but instead, it turned out to be the craziest 36 hours I could ever be involved in.   

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UEFA'S NEW FINANCE RULES

Michel Platini is leading the way in controlling footballs out of control finances with UEFA bringing in a set of new rules and regulations that would see clubs living beyond their means banned from European competition.

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