Leeds United is arguably one of the biggest club in English football. Currently playing in the Championship, mismanagement has taken the formally top-flight team as low as League 1 in recent years. As a one club city, Elland Road still pulls in a respectable attendance and Leeds are often cited a one the EFL’s greatest sleeping giants. Unlike a lot … Read More
Hammered into Shape
West Ham United are a football club in East London who can trace their routes back to the city’s shipbuilding industry, when they were founded as Thames Ironworks F.C.. The club has the nicknames; ‘the hammers’ in reference to the riveting hammers used in shipbuilding and which appear on the badge, and ‘the irons’ for equally obvious reasons. Since a … Read More
A Round for the Fans
Queens Park Rangers or QPR as they are commonly known are a West London based football club who play their home games at Loftus Road. As the stadium is approximately 800 metres down the road from me I can’t really ignore this one. QPR were founding members of the Premier League, but following relegation fell as far as the third … Read More
Proud History Unprepared for the Future
Aston Villa is one of the oldest most decorated clubs in England. Based in the Aston area of Birmingham they have played their home games at Villa Park since 1987. They were the founding member of the Football League and one of the original teams in the Premier League. This year has been the culmination of a several year decline … Read More