tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71016683895724318322023-06-20T05:44:25.294-07:00FOOTBALLJGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101668389572431832.post-75479472788972466632011-03-31T05:11:00.000-07:002020-05-24T05:12:17.464-07:00ROCHDALE<br />
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<st1:place>Rochdale</st1:place> is one of those football
clubs up north you can’t imagine supporting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You envisage a real life Barnstoneworth United.</div>
<br />JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101668389572431832.post-29453784426671087892011-02-16T22:04:00.000-08:002020-04-13T22:06:13.956-07:00AFC WIMBLEDON<br />
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For many years <st1:place>Wimbledon</st1:place> were the
ultimate <a href="http://jgramfootball.blogspot.com/">football</a>
underdogs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the club died and was
sold to <a href="http://jgramfootball.blogspot.com/2009/03/mk-dons.html">Milton
Keynes</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With this they proceeded to
rip it up and start again.</div>
<br />JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101668389572431832.post-622293519029969232011-02-06T01:43:00.000-08:002020-04-11T01:43:49.275-07:00LUTON TOWN<br />
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Danny Baker once said “it’s never too late to hate <st1:place>Luton</st1:place>”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This pretty much sums the club up following
their dubious years of plastic pitch playing and banning away supporters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eventually they plummeted through the
football league and ended up in the non-league.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They came back but nobody wanted them.</div>
<br />JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101668389572431832.post-10512180054869284422011-01-30T13:26:00.000-08:002014-03-17T13:27:45.677-07:00NOTTS COUNTY<br />
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<st1:place><st1:placename>Notts</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>County</st1:placetype></st1:place>
come with the claim of being the oldest <a href="http://jgramfootball.blogspot.co.uk/">football</a> club in the
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They play in black and white
stripes and come with the nickname The Magpies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are the more likeable club in <a href="http://jgramnotes.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/nottingham.html">Nottingham</a>.</div>
JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101668389572431832.post-38892247172225131552011-01-11T02:47:00.000-08:002014-02-23T02:48:17.888-08:00DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE FC<br />
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Dagenham & Redbridge is relatively young <a href="http://jgramfootball.blogspot.co.uk/">football</a> club on the <a href="http://jgramlondon.blogspot.co.uk/">London</a>/<a href="http://jgramnotes.blogspot.co.uk/2009/03/essex.html">Essex</a> border</div>
JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101668389572431832.post-3916449335934895332010-12-31T03:37:00.000-08:002014-02-16T03:37:35.677-08:00AFC BOURNEMOUTH<br />
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In many ways AFC Bournemouth is responsible for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Redknapp">Harry Redknapp</a>.</div>
JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101668389572431832.post-81516231876552115292010-11-28T04:31:00.000-08:002014-01-05T04:32:21.839-08:00STEVENAGE FC<br />
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<st1:place>Stevenage</st1:place> is a very new, fresh
football club founded in 1976.</div>
JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101668389572431832.post-62591651020874469412010-11-13T02:59:00.000-08:002013-11-19T03:00:00.281-08:00SHEFFIELD UNITED<br />
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The Blades are the ugly kid brother of <a href="http://jgramfootball.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/sheffield-wednesday.html">Sheffield
Wednesday</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They possess a reputation
of being scrappers and have from time to time over the years proved quite the
obstacle and competition.</div>
JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101668389572431832.post-45481074649657558282010-11-06T04:00:00.000-07:002013-09-02T04:00:21.055-07:00DONCASTER ROVERS<br />
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Doncaster Rovers is a mysterious football club from up
north.</div>
JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101668389572431832.post-12705338453856840142010-10-31T10:34:00.000-07:002013-08-13T10:35:33.919-07:00BARNSLEY FC<br />
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Barnsley is another Yorkshire club.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’ve never really amounted to much more
than a nuisance in the grand scheme of things.</div>
JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101668389572431832.post-34080101379169623722010-09-11T15:37:00.000-07:002013-02-24T15:38:04.822-08:00NOTTINGHAM FOREST<br />
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<st1:place><st1:placename>Nottingham</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>Forest</st1:placetype></st1:place>
is one of those clubs that once had a bit of life, a bit of gusto.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their most famous moments came at the hands
of their most famous personality: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Clough">Brian Clough</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a team that once won the European
Cup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will never happen again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately once the rot set in with
Clough, the club never recovered and eventually slipped down into the lower
leagues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s appropriate though, <a href="http://jgramnotes.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/nottingham.html">Nottingham</a>
is a rotten place.</div>
JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101668389572431832.post-25907975667906155572010-08-29T13:25:00.000-07:002013-01-08T13:25:47.916-08:00BLACKPOOL FC<st1:place>Blackpool</st1:place> is a club that plays in
orange.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fail.<br />
JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101668389572431832.post-8509963606490720002010-08-28T13:13:00.000-07:002013-01-08T13:13:55.415-08:00COVENTRY CITYWhen I first got into football something weird happened: <st1:place><st1:placename>Coventry</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype>City</st1:placetype></st1:place> won the <a href="http://www.thefa.com/thefacup"><span style="color: blue;">FA Cup</span></a> by beating <a href="http://jgramfootball.blogspot.com/2009/03/tottenham-hotspur.html"><span style="color: blue;">Tottenham
Hotspur</span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now this was not a club
that should be achieving such feats and realistically they aren’t likely to
ever do it again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a freak moment
and an exciting one all the same.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
victory even prompted one of my best friends at school to support them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was also around this time that their
goalkeeper <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ogrizovic"><span style="color: blue;">Steve
Ogrizovic</span></a> became the first keeper I had ever heard of to score.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How awesome was this team?<br />
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Away from that, there only other claim to fame is their
association with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Hill"><span style="color: blue;">Jimmy Hill</span></a>.</div>
JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101668389572431832.post-3315784777717473962010-08-14T04:28:00.000-07:002012-11-29T04:28:56.550-08:00HULL CITY<br />
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Hull City is an odd football club.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their nickname is The Tigers and for years they bounced about the
lower leagues much like a harmless little brother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then suddenly they wound up in the top flight and they grew
something of a head.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">At one point <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_M%C3%B8lby">Jan Molby</a> was their
manager.</span>JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101668389572431832.post-53490545983854192142010-08-07T00:35:00.000-07:002013-01-03T00:35:57.403-08:00BRISTOL CITY<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<st1:place><st1:placename>Bristol</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>City</st1:placetype></st1:place> is one of those clubs stuck in the sticks that have a strange rivalry with close neighbours (<a href="http://jgramfootball.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/bristol-rovers.html">Bristol Rovers</a>) that no one else in the country gives a flying fuck about.</div>
JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101668389572431832.post-72825820342185540782010-05-13T10:57:00.000-07:002012-07-16T10:57:39.209-07:00PORT VALE<br />
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Port Vale is a club based in Staffordshire and have a
curious rivalry with <a href="http://jgramfootball.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/stoke-city.html">Stoke City</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I first got into football they had a
Welsh striker called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Jones_(footballer)">Andy Jones</a> that
would seemingly score for fun (like <a href="http://www.bullybully.net/">Steve
Bull</a> without the longevity).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Strangely no one ever seems to remember him.</div>
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Robbie Williams claims to be a supporter.</div>JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101668389572431832.post-14631717888979305302010-05-02T09:42:00.000-07:002012-05-11T09:42:49.230-07:00SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY<br />
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Sheffield Wednesday is a club that oozes tradition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is based in Yorkshire has a unique
rivalry with its neighbours Sheffield United when really you would think they’d
be more concerned with topping <a href="http://jgramfootball.blogspot.co.uk/2009/05/leeds-united.html">Leeds
United</a>.</div>
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For me they are the club that featured in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripping_Yarns">Ripping Yarns</a>.</div>JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101668389572431832.post-32008003306277176042010-05-01T07:02:00.000-07:002012-05-29T07:02:58.836-07:00TRANMERE ROVERS<br />
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Tranmere Rovers is the other club (the third club) from <a href="http://jgramfootball.blogspot.co.uk/2009/03/liverpool-fc.html">Liverpool</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They really are poor cousins of the big two
but occasionally they do have spurts and flurries of exciting activity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At times they can be an exciting
proposition.</div>JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101668389572431832.post-29739790667763566332010-04-13T03:12:00.000-07:002012-05-11T03:13:02.212-07:00YEOVIL TOWN<br />
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Yeovil Town has only been in the football league since 2003
and prior to that they were best known as being FA Cup giant killers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many believed the secret to their success be
in the sloping pitch of their Huish Park ground.</div>JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101668389572431832.post-39493138247712962372010-04-03T10:36:00.000-07:002012-04-24T10:37:11.070-07:00SWANSEA CITY<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Swansea City is another Welsh football club that plays in the English leagues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Does nobody see anything wrong with that?</span>JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101668389572431832.post-40418549794352797222010-04-02T10:35:00.000-07:002012-04-24T10:35:48.523-07:00CARDIFF CITY<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
Cardiff City is a Welsh <a href="http://www.jgramfootball.blogspot.co.uk/"><span style="color: purple;">football</span></a> club that plays in the English league.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Surely their homeland should have disowned them as turncoats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alas the club is just too successful (in Welsh terms).</div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">They have a notorious football firm named the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_Crew"><span style="color: purple;">Soul Crew</span></a>.</span>JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101668389572431832.post-70742518616331448272010-03-27T19:00:00.000-07:002011-07-02T19:00:51.651-07:00STOCKPORT COUNTY<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Situated in Greater <a href="http://jgramnotes.blogspot.com/2010/01/manchester.html"><span style="color: purple;">Manchester</span></a> (and thus in the shadows of <a href="http://jgramfootball.blogspot.com/2009/03/manchester-united.html"><span style="color: purple;">United</span></a> and <a href="http://jgramfootball.blogspot.com/2009/05/manchester-city.html"><span style="color: purple;">City</span></a>), <place>Stockport</place> have always felt like one of those clubs that is just around making up the numbers.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Best"><span style="color: purple;">George Best</span></a> played for them very briefly.</div>JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101668389572431832.post-35285194516040306522010-03-23T08:27:00.000-07:002011-06-29T08:27:59.350-07:00WATFORD FC<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">It is a sad and sorry state of affairs when your club has a main rival that is <place><placename>Luton</placename> <placetype>Town</placetype></place>, is notorious for having <a href="http://www.eltonjohn.com/"><span style="color: purple;">Elton John</span></a> as a chairman and you are known for being the club that gave birth to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Taylor_(footballer)"><span style="color: purple;">Graham “do I not like that” Taylor</span></a>.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">And yet the club has the nickname The Hornets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They should be better than this.</div>JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101668389572431832.post-40991081300275208752010-03-06T03:17:00.000-08:002011-05-30T03:19:01.627-07:00WALSALL FC<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><place>Walsall</place> are like the lost team of the <place>Midlands</place>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have seen some fine games with them involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have never played in the top flight of <a href="http://jgramfootball.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: purple;">football</span></a>.</div>JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101668389572431832.post-37532709845489373072010-02-14T00:53:00.000-08:002011-05-09T00:54:07.752-07:00BOLTON WANDERERS<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Much like <a href="http://jgramfootball.blogspot.com/2010/01/preston-north-end.html"><span style="color: purple;">Preston North End</span></a>, Bolton are one of the traditional clubs, a team that was great in the golden era of <a href="http://jgramfootball.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: purple;">football</span></a> but at the point I took interest in the game (circa 1986 onwards) they had long since fallen down the leagues.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">In recent years (the Sky era) Bolton have clawed their way back into the top flight, which, while being no mean feat in itself, has hardly seen them set the league on fire.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Personally I can’t imagine supporting a club such as Bolton.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They may have tradition but I suffer to sense the excitement or personality in the club.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the key is in the community aspect.</div>JGRAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05742330396903817609noreply@blogger.com0