Midweek Muse

Spurs fans may be excited, but not all stadium moves end happily, reveals Tom Simmonds in the Midweek Muse

January 17, 2018

The news that the completion of Spurs’ new stadium is on schedule hit the news last week with the announcement that an NFL fixture between the Oakland Raiders and Seattle [...]

Midweek Muse: Goalscoring keepers in the Premier League

December 6, 2017

Serie A minnows Benevento earned their first-ever point in Serie A on Sunday in an extremely newsworthy fashion, as their goalkeeper Alberto Brignoli planted a diving header [...]

Manchester City’s points greediness has them on course to join The Ton Club, says Tom Simmonds in the Midweek Muse

November 22, 2017

Manchester City’s jet-propelled start to the domestic season, comprising of eleven wins and a single draw, leaves them on 34 points and on course to achieve a milestone yet [...]

Revisiting Gillingham’s League Survival Fight of 1993, with Tom Simmond’s Midweek Muse

November 8, 2017

Gillingham went on a breakneck journey in the late 1990s and early 2000s, culminating in three upper mid-table finishes in what is now the Championship, from 2000-2003. [...]

Blackpool’s Gary Bowyer continues to prove himself as a crisis manager, says Tom Simmonds in the Midweek Muse

October 25, 2017

There is a story of quiet achievement going on in League One right now, and Tom Simmonds has come to praise the achiever Gary Bowyer, a quiet man who has proved himself to be [...]

Midweek Muse: 1998-99 in Second Division – Man City stay in contention for another promotion

October 11, 2017

The 1998-99 season in the Second Division (now League One) was one in which was supposed to be one in which the big names and big spenders were supposed to lay waste to the [...]

Midweek Muse: Norwich City’s victories over Bayern Munich in the first Premier League season and the bright Canaries’ of 1985-1993

August 3, 2017

Norwich City’s two wins over Bayern Munich in the 1993-94 UEFA Cup, along with their League Cup victory in 1985, will forever be held up by Canaries fans who can remember [...]