Martin Penney

City stood tall in ‘Land of the Giants’ but now have a farcical injury list to manage November 26, 2020 - Queen's second album and in my opinion their most progressive and certainly the best, the eponymous Queen II, didn't have a side one and a side two. It had side white and side black instead, possibly for artistic reasons or more likely gimmickry. It was the 1970s after all. I very… ...
STOKE PREVIEW: Pulisball… no Angus… Methuselah… Sir Stanley… & R Williams November 24, 2020 - My most memorable recollection of Stoke City came in 1967 at Upton Park when my uncles Pete and Joe took me to the game for a tenth birthday treat. To be strictly accurate, Pete took me as Joey couldn't drag himself out of the Duke of Edinburgh on the infamous… ...
The tale of two coaches. While one fumed the other was articulate and ice-cool… November 23, 2020 - *We are top of the League, said we are top of the League*. Well, we haven't heard that in a while and of course our loyal band of regular away supporters weren't at the Riverside to sing it, but would have belted it out with gusto had they been allowed… ...
That Was the Footballing Week That Was… the Mayor, MD 20/20, Clarke, Salah, et al November 16, 2020 - On this chilly, miserable November Monday morning, I thought I'd cast my eye back on the events of a week without EFL Championship fixtures to pontificate about in a kind of That Was The Week That Was [TW3] style - and it's not all doom and gloom by any manner of means.… ...
Daniel’s “hunch” pays off handsomely as Mumba and Martin repay their gaffer’s faith November 9, 2020 - One of my favourite film creations back in the day was Cool Hand Luke, immortalised by Paul Newman as the title character in the movie. Well after Saturday I reckon Daniel Farke could play the role - with a slightly different accent of course. What a brave decision, which Daniel… ...
A point for the Bermondsey boys as City draw a blank on a tough night at the Carra November 4, 2020 - I honestly cannot remember the last time I wrote about a 0-0 involving Norwich City and neither can I recall a match in which we had 27 shots without scoring, which must be some kind of record I suppose. But I'm quite prepared to be pragmatic following the events at… ...
MILLWALL PREVIEW: Ex-wives… the fury of Zampa Road… and ‘they can rebuild him’ November 2, 2020 - It's Millwall time again tomorrow as we welcome the Bermondsey-based South London side from Zampa Road to the Carra. We meaning everybody apart from NCFC fans and Lions supporters of course. They're as cacked off about that as we are as MFW readers will discover thanks to the excellent Nick Hart –… ...
Three quality goals for City but three points courtesy of one mighty Dutchman November 2, 2020 - Goals win games. That's what "they" say, isn't it? And we came up with three pretty damn good ones at Ashton Gate at mid-day on Saturday. A classic through-ball to Teemu Pukki from Marco Stiepermann early doors and our Finnish friend did his stuff. It was a privilege to see… ...
Four games unbeaten and 14 points from eight. Not bad for a team running on three October 29, 2020 - If you hadn't seen or listened to the game and looked online yesterday morning to see Brentford 1 [Toney 28], Norwich City 1 [McLean 87] I'm pretty sure you'd have been happy with that. A point away against what appears to be a genuine candidate for the promotion mix ain't… ...
All Hallows Eve… vintage combos… another defensive cock-up… and Idah naivety October 26, 2020 - Many folks are preparing their Hallow'een cauldrons for the weekend. We're not doing it this year cos of Covid and actually refer to it within the family as All Hallows Eve cos we're not fans of premeditated American stuff designed for the supermarkets to make yet more money. But if… ...

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