Connect with us

The League Paper

Culture of greed has infected our football

Chris Dunlavy

a fresh take on football

FEELING GLUM: A lone Bury supporter takes in the news of their EFL expulsion
PICTURE: PA Images

ASKING why Bury FC collapsed is like asking why 96 people died at Hillsborough on that dreadful afternoon in 1989.
There are short answers. Inept policing. Stadium defects. Delays in emergency response. All contributed in turning a football match into a disaster zone.
But none would have mattered without the hooligan culture of the seventies, its exaggeration in the media, and the subsequent prejudice of the Thatcher government and its police force tow...

Continue reading...

Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day!

Already a subscriber to our website? Login

Tackle the News

- Sign Up for our weekly Football League Newsletter Today!
Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
Your subscription has been successful.

Best Betting Sites at Betinireland.ienew-UK-football-betting-sites-banner

More in The League Paper

  • MILLERS AND POSH PROMISE A SUMMER OF TRANSFORMATION

    By Graeme Allen ROTHERHAM manager Matt Hamshaw is preparing for a busy summer after his side came from behind to see off Peterborough United. Hamshaw will lead the Millers next season following the dismissal of Steve Evans in March and his side finished the season with reason for optimism. Goals...

  • Hunt wants urgent talks with Royals’ new owners

    By Graham Ballinger STAR MAN DAVIS KEILLOR-DUNN Barnsley READING 2 Wing 67, Bodin 90+4 READING: Pereira 6, Rushesha 6 (Yiadom 57, 6), Mbengue 6, Bindon 6, Garcia 6 (Dorsett 83, 6), Knibbs 6, Wing 8, Savage 6 (Carroll 90), Campbell 6 (Camara 82, 6), Wareham 7, Ehibhatiomhan 6 (Bodin 57,...

  • ‘Staying up even feels better than promotion!’

    By John Lomas MANSFIELD T 3 McLaughlin 25, Dwyer 38, Waine 82 MANSFIELD: Flinders 7, McLaughlin 8, Cargill 7, Flint 7, Bowery 6, Reed 8 (Kokkinos 89), Quinn 6 (Boateng 62, 6), Baccus 7, Maris 6 (Waine 69, 6), Vickers 8 (Anderson 89), Dwyer 7 (Rhodes 68, 6). Subs not...

  • MATT GIVES ADDICKS A TOP FINISH

    LEAGUE ONE By Ethan George ALL-SQUARE: Matty Godden scores his first goal of the afternoon NATHAN Jones has insisted Charlton’s results against Wycombe this season count for nothing ahead of their play-off showdown. The Addicks finished fourth in the table after victory over Burton. The SE7 outfit leapfrogged Wycombe, who...