Football Diary
by Patrick O’Connor
OVER the next few days all attention will be on the transfer window which closes on Wednesday.
Speculation will be rife over who is going to be transferred and for how much but it has been managers who have been mainly in the news in the last week.
IN what appears to be a very brave piece of marketing spiel, a Championship club is offering supporters a ‘money back guarantee’ on their season tickets if they are not happy with the summer transfer activity.
Derby County are owned by a Stateside company and their American chief executive Tom Glick told the club’s website that they are committed to investing in the first team squad in the close season to mount a challenge for a top six place next season.
STRUGGLING Championship club Preston North End learnt a harsh lesson this week – don’t mess with the football institution that is the Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
Ferguson is one of the most revered men in the game, a manager with an almost unmatched honours list and a tough, powerful Scot with a demeanour that at times can be fearsome.
THE FA Cup always produces heroes so step forward 24 year old goalkeeper Sam Ashton.
The former Bolton Wanderers player now plies his trade with non-league outfit FC United of Manchester, a semi-professional club.
THERE is a well known footballing phrase – ‘it’s a game of two halves.’
Well, my footballing experiences recently fell into the category of ‘it’s a game of second halves.’