A case for Oxford United

As far as picks for promotion to League One go, this is a pretty bold one: Oxford United. I have always had something of a soft spot for the Foxes as result of some of my family living there and owning season tickets. Just keeping an eye out for whether or not they win at the weekend and checking their league position (maybe watch their highlights on the Football League Show), that kind of thing.

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The only ‘favourite’ player I can ever have (Video)

People often ask me ‘Whose you favourite Arsenal player Tom?’, to which I go to answer and then stop.  Who is my favourite player?  I sort of liked RVP and I sort of liked Nasri, but they were never my favourite player, head and shoulders above the rest.

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The thrill of the derby

This past weekend saw a number of derby's across the Leagues : Arsenal vs Chelsea, Villa vs West Brom, QPR vs West Ham and the battle of Brian Clough, Notts Forest vs Derby County. 

So what is it about the derby that pulls us in? The history? The bragging rights? The pride that you get when you stroll around your workplace knowing that your team defeated theirs? 

It's all of these things and more and that's why we love them.

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Transfer sagas exist in the lower reaches

Oxford United striker James Constable appears to be a man in demand, with Swindon Town fighting to gain his signature.

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Footballers and twitter

When former Oxford United striker Lee Steele took to Twitter to give his views on former Wales rugby international and current Celebrity Big Brother contestant Gareth Thomas he had unintentionally sparked the debate which divides player and manager alike.

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Pull the other one

Delving deep into a list of footballing talking points, we uncover that a number of un-truths have unfortunately crept in.

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Diary of a Sky Sports Soccer Saturday Reporter

No reports for me on Soccer Saturday as the timing of the two goals coincided with more important goals going in elsewhere.

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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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League One 2011/12 Season Preview

After Wednesday were relegated, Sheffield United couldn’t bare another season without the Steel City Derby, so got themselves relegated.

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Diary of a (Relieved) Sky Sports Reporter

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.

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Who loves international weekends? Not me

And we’re back to an international weekend of football, qualifiers and friendly’s being played all round. Some good action on display, some good sides and some good players. Okay we’re five minutes into the first game; can we go back to normal football please?

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