Is Football League Expansion Coming? Dave Bowler's Team Talk / By firsttouchonline The Football League has seen few changes in nearly 130 years since it was set up with just 12 teams in 1888. A Second Division wasn’t long in coming.
The World The EPL Has Become Dave Bowler's Team Talk / By firsttouchonline Every now and then an EPL club will overachieve, beyond even the ludicrous expectations that we supporters have of our squad of journeymen.
FA Cup Replays On The Chopping Block? Dave Bowler's Team Talk / By firsttouchonline The Football Association and the Premier League are looking at the idea of doing away with FA Cup replays and, worse yet, moving the competition to midweek.
The Rise Of Chinese Football Classic Articles / By firsttouchonline A few disturbing seeds were sown in the minds of those at Premier League HQ, for Chinese football appears to be on the march.
A Tale Of Two City Managers Dave Bowler's Team Talk / By firsttouchonline And so the inevitable happened and Pep Guardiola was finally unveiled as the manager of Manchester City from 2016/17 onwards.
Cunningham Regis and Batson – The Holy Trinity Classic Articles / By firsttouchonline The 1978/79 season was saw the emergence of black footballers, embodied in Albion’s own Holy Trinity of Cunningham Regis and Batson.