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Hot Seat Narratives: Paul Tisdale and Exeter City: A Complicated Relationship

In the summer of 2006, a group of Exeter City fans bumped into a well-known Football League manager and conversation turned towards the managerial vacancy at St James’ Park. The advice was unequivocal....

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Hot Seat Narratives: Looking Beyond the Manager

The stats relating to the duration of managerial spells are, as you might expect, damning. This season, the average length of employment across the Premier and Football League’s 92 clubs is 1.64...

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Book Review: The Club: Living the Dream at the Bottom of English Football

The Club: Living the Dream at the Bottom of English Football by Simon Akam Published by Newsweek Insights 2014, £1.99 Simon Kuper, author of the outstanding Football Against the Enemy and the deeply...

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TTU Go Predicting: A Club-by-Club League 2 Preview 2015-16

Kicking off a week of divisional previews, we focus on the movers and shakers in this season’s League 2: Cambridge, Portsmouth and Luton are each backed for automatic promotion whereas we suggest it...

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Football Cities: Exeter

When football writers talk about provincial footballing sides and cities a few familiar names crop up, such as Nottingham and Derby. These definitely fall into the category of “not London” and smaller...

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Book Review: Living on the Volcano

Living on the Volcano by Michael Calvin Published by Century 2015, £7.99 Michael Calvin stands apart from the main crowd of football journalists in the United Kingdom. His previous book, The Nowhere...

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Eamonn Dolan, 1967-2016

When I first met then Exeter City manager Eamonn Dolan he stopped our interview midway through to give tactical advise to a youth team player. “I knew he was heading off and I wouldn’t get to see him...

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TTU Go Predicting: A Club-by-Club League 2 Preview 2016-17

Accrington Stanley Regardless of whether Accrington went up last year, their team was destined to be broken up, such was their quality. With Matty Crooks and Josh Windass having already signed...

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My Second Team: Sydney FC

Unless you have a lot of time on your hands or a lot of money, it’s almost inevitable that you’ll pick up a second team if you move away from your hometown. But despite moving to London, with a vibrant...

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