Seaside trip will be no picnic for Lions

Blackpool take on Millwall at Bloomfield Road on Saturday afternoon knowing that another win in this fixture could lift them up into the play-off places.

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FootballFriendsonline.com Football Quiz Challenge

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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League Two 2011/12 Season Preview

Only a bobble on the Wembley turf prevented Charlie Austin scoring against Millwall to take Swindon Town one step closer to returning to the Championship.

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Shrimpers News

So sunny Sarfend report back for pre-season training on Friday with only one new signing to the squad so far - ex-Millwall legend Neil Harris.

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Media formats continue to revolutionise football recruitment

Last week, 123 Premier League players joined the many thousands of footballers in the UK, at all levels of the game, seeking a new club for the upcoming season. While the Premier League took the step of releasing a complete list of those top-flight footballers seeking new employment, scouts worldwide will already be hard at work, seeking potential new investments for their clubs. As the summer recruitment drive begins, the methods used by both players and clubs, have broadened in recent years.

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Bored Already

Following on from my piece ' Summertime and the Living Is...Well, Boring', about missing football during the summer, true to my word I am bored already. It's been just over a week since the final whistle blew at the Championship Play-Off Final (well done Swansea) and already I'm kicking around the house, looking for things to do, finding things to do, and then not doing them.

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The Ten Greatest English Coaches (Unheard of in England)

In recent years, there has been a perceived tendency in English managers and coaches to stay on home soil rather than ply their trade overseas. True or no, the migration of Steve McClaren to Twente and then Wolfsburg, with varying degrees of success, has been seen as the exception that proves the rule. Several factors have been put forward to explain this supposed phenomenon, not least of all the fact that English clubs pay their staff very handily - Ian Dowie, for instance, earns £300,000 a year as an assistant at Newcastle.

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Diary of a Sky Sports Football Reporter

 May is the best month of the season as clubs strive for titles, promotions and play-off spots, while some are desperately trying to avoid relegation. And when this goes down to the last day of the campaign it just doesn't get any better for a reporter.

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Diary of a Sky Sports Reporter

Sometimes, just sometimes, things don't go to plan. This weekend was definitely one of those occasions for me. Firstly, I was given the Championship relegation clash between Preston and Sheffield United, then I was switched to another Championship game Coventry versus Millwall, and then after watching the game I was told not to do any interviews. And the reason why... there wasn't a cameraman there for me!

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FC Takoradi – The future of Ghanaian football

FC Takoradi are fast becoming a name in African football after spending the last few years building the foundations for what is destined to be a great club. With a clear focus on seeing the best African talent get the best opportunities to break into the sport, Takoradi has morales and ehtics that are missing a plenty on these shores.

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Why does nobody want to go up?

QPR are flying high, despite a little wobble over Christmas they are still eight points clear of near rivals Swansea

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Where are they now…

Legendary computer games Championship Manager and Football Manager have allowed us to unleash the soccer coach within us. Sadly, some of the heroes of these timeless managerial masterpieces will wish that their careers reflected those that they experienced in the virtual world.

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