Shrewsbury continue to fly high as Northampton sink to desperate new low
Shrewsbury – whichever way you pronounce it – are arguably the story of the football league this season as their completely out of the blue unbeaten run continued this weekend.…
Team of the Weekend: Home Nations Special
The penultimate International break of the year has very nearly reached an end. Teams around the globe are clinching qualification for the 2018 finals but excitement levels around England are…
The flower of Scotland has been trampled on once again then?
Tottenham Hotspur fans will be hoping that is the only last-minute winner Harry Kane needs to score at Wembley on a Thursday night this season. Tottenham might have made a…
The Mega Powers Explode
Last week, we got tactics and anger. It’s all building up to reach a boiling point in Big Ron Manager. We begin this week in the boardroom. Basil and the suits…
Well, That Was The Week That Was: Burnley’s Improvement & Qualifiers
Into October now and we are really beginning to separate the good and bad in the league this season (if it wasn’t obvious enough already). The highs and lows of…
The Real Football Man: Start Up The Bandwagon
We’ve done it. I say we and I, of course, mean England (apologies to any international readers for my unashamed patriotic bias) and when I say we’ve done it, I…
Give Me a(n International) Break: How Hard Can It Be?
I can’t be sure, but I don’t imagine many people get a warm tingly sensation at the prospect of an international break. Just the thought of yet another round of…
Marinho Muses: A (very) Early Season (sort of) Review
Seven games in might not seem like the ideal time to write a review of the current Premier League season, but it’s what I’ve decided to do. I would have…
The Best of the Rest (of the World): Togo
The Togolese national football will be most notably remembered for the terrorist attack on their team bus in 2010. Three people were killed and several players were seriously injured. The…
Curbing Your Enthusiasm: Podcasts, Piggybacks and a Pilonidal Sinus
A former Premier League manager approached us here at Tales and asked that we publish his diaries, so he could show the public what life is like out of the…