Cry Wolves (Ooh-ooh-woooh!): The Football League and Beyond, 2013-14

think i may have underestimated blackpool

Found myself standing next to a pair of (respectfully quiet) Gas in our end; turned out that observing their pain as the minutes dragged away substantially enhanced my enjoyment of a deserved but narrow victory.

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#SWFC boss Dave Jones' post-match rant lasted 17 minutes. He is livid.

ah shit Murphy scored the winner for Leeds? TV was all over the place tbh, the teleprinter was knackered

Oh wonderful, Joey has an alice band.

Imagining an alternate reality where Chris Kirkland managed to stay in one piece in his 20s. He looks to have played a blinder if these highlights are anything to go on.

manish taking advantage of first dibs at the bbc wardrobe i see

Nice biz from Kermorgant there.

charlton defence glued to the floor for both grabban goals

wonder what pratley's fave tv show is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t58gN2Sdlck

"very big power in the market" says mngmnt dychhhhe of bolton

Dougie Freedman - what's his hing?

EARLY SHIRT ASSESSMENTS: Birmingham's semi-classy, Millwall's awful, not entirely sure what's going on with Boro.

mcdermott looking delighted as usual

ours are the best shirts we've had for... 17 years? (make of that what you will)

clem, dyche and mcdermott make me think i'm still watching midweek reeves & mortimer repeats

ASSOMBALONGA, say it loud say it proud

if this season is to be stultifying mediocrity punctured by incredible feats of chutzpah from a misunderstood French beastman, then so be it. goal of the day is ours, the rest as they say is the dull part

http://i.minus.com/iqOZ4xfwFuPhT.gif

when ibrahimovic did this against france everyone fucking discharged in their pants

Doug Loft. That's a name for a footballer, that is. (Or a feller who plays keyboards with Rush)

dean leacock's hair.

Oh, is that the Roland Gift-looking dude for Notts County?

Orient's shirt has a gradient!

My highlight of the opening day so far has been the Soccer Saturday reporter who described Wade Elliott as having Shoreditch trustafarian hair.

Davie Weir appears to be mutating into Peter Capaldi. Hopefully he'll embrace this and start doing post-match interviews in the manner of Malcolm Tucker.

Fffffffucking hell that Newport throw-in.

http://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/cms_images/celebration-2-gallery-sheffield-united-640x48080-964871_478x359.jpg

leacock sort of visible here. i was thinking slick-era gabrielle w/o the eye patch

bugger i missed the throw in, was it challinorial

It was positively Delapesque.

It was near-enough on the far post. Frightening. Possibly not as remarkable as that Mansfield penalty miss, though.

I bought a book about Rochdale today, quite excited. (Also stopped from getting on a bus for having food by a driver who looked remarkably like Micky Adams)

Also, look at that picket-fencing on their far stand. Marvellous.

Leroy dropping "my assistant manager at Gloucester City" into the conversation like it ain't no thang.

is it me or is everyone on the field for cheltenham burton massively overweight

Ooh, that away stand at Exeter is the stuff of dreams. All standing, barely any tiering, L-shaping around the corner. Magic.

This may possible be the shirts, Burton's discount polo effect vs whatever Cheltenham's thing is meant to be.

league two highlights are the best highlights

Yellow and white stripes for Torquay. I think I like it.

Red shirt, white sleeves, blue shorts - Sensible Soccer-tastic stuff from York.

And Marvin Gaye over the end credits? Yes please.

My highlight of the opening day so far has been the Soccer Saturday reporter who described Wade Elliott as having Shoreditch trustafarian hair.

nearly liveblogged this but cdn't stop laughing

Getting a bit fed up with Sky continually referencing how long clubs have been around for "Preston v Blackpool, that's a historic game" etc, also this Sky rebranding of everyone not in the Prem as FL72 is fucking ridiculous.

it's nice when they occasionally acknowledge that football didn't start in 1992 tbh

Yeah, but they're going completely overboard with it. I expect this will finish as soon as The Best League In The World gets back off its holiday.

you bet

Oh duh, thanks, I've just realised they're doing it because most of TBLITW is going to BT and they're sponsoring all the non-Prem teams. Sorry, bit slow on the uptake, despite them referring it to the Skybet League a gazillion times an hour.

http://i.imgur.com/dUf5SGP.jpg

Leigh Griffiths signs a 2 year deal. Bah.

Newport killing it

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Morecambe 1 - 0 Wolves

Jackett otm. Normally takes the Big Clubs a couple of seasons stranded in League One before they abandon those distracting cup runs.

You can still get 33/1 on Newport for L2.

Also, Rory Delap plays for Burton Albion now?

For some reason I thought he was younger than 37.

I bet Mowbray has been having a lot of dreams about dying recently.

Teams Boro have beaten in 2013: Hastings Utd, Aldershot, Leeds, Cardiff, Notts Forest.