My youngest lad Joe enjoyed a dream Football League debut for Swindon Town last weekend as he began his loan spell away from Burnley.
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Graham Westley: Walsall can drive home big advantage
With 21 games of the League Two season remaining, Walsall were 15 points clear of fourth place and seemingly cruising towards automatic promotion.
Graham Westley: Transfer window system is just not for me…
Transfer windows are a football anomaly that I really don’t like – two key elements in sport ought to be skill and equitability.
Fates change for Robins and Rooney
EX-STEVENAGE, PRESTON, PETERBOROUGH AND NEWPORT MANAGER Graham Westley TOUGH TIMES: Wayne Rooney wasn’t able to achieve the results he needed […]
LET’S BE POSITIVE ABOUT OUR CHANGING GAME
Graham Westley EX-STEVENAGE, PRESTON, PETERBOROUGH AND NEWPORT MANAGER AS I stood on the side of the pitch watching my lad […]
Humble Frank Lampard can shine in Coventry City glare
ARECORD of 13 wins (23%) and 32 defeats (57%) in his last 56 games in a dugout is being held up as a reason for Coventry City not to have employed Frank Lampard, evidence that he does not have what it takes.
Exceptional Mark will bounce back
Graham Westley EX-STEVENAGE, PRESTON, PETERBOROUGH AND NEWPORT MANAGER AFTER 154 wins in 387 games at a 39%+ win rate, Mark […]
MATT’S TIPPED FOR SKY BLUES
Coventry call time on boss Robins… By Chris Dunlavy IN DEMAND: Matt Bloomfield celebrates Wycombe’s 5-0 win at Stockport on […]
Quickfire fix? Not in management
Graham Westley EX-STEVENAGE, PRESTON, PETERBOROUGH AND NEWPORT MANAGER THERE is never a shortage of managerial change in the world of […]
Graham Westley: Window shuts but hard work begins
THE closing of a transfer window is a very difficult time at a football club. The comings and goings create all sorts of issues and it is very difficult to get everything right.
The Football League Paper says…
Pressure on Blues grows after spree WOW! The £10m transfer of Jay Stansfield to Birmingham (see story right) really caused […]
Steve richly deserves his nomination
Graham Westley – Ex-Stevenage, Preston, Peterborough and Newport manager You simply have to admire clubs who punch above their weight. […]
Forgotten bosses need more help…
Graham Westley LMA CAN PLAY GREATER ROLE My name was one of eight on a list of candidates to be […]
What’s in The Football League Paper: 07/04/24
As Wycombe and Peterborough gear up for the Bristol Street Motors Trophy Final, you can find a preview of their […]
You need to tell the truth at times
Graham Westley The ex-Stevenage, Preston, Peterborough and Newport manager has sympathy for the axed Deeney There was a sense of […]
What’s in The Football League Paper: 21/01/24
Our guest columnist Graham Westley gives his views on the outspoken Troy Deeney’s Forest Green exit in The Football League […]
What’s in The Football League Paper: 08/10/23
It’s been all change this week on the managerial merry-go-round, and we’ll be looking at the departures of Xisco Munoz, […]
John’s having the last laugh
POMPEY ROOKIE IMPRESSESS By John Lyons It’s an understatement to say there was a fair bit of scepticism when John […]
‘Inspiration’ Steve has shown the way
Graham Westley EX-STEVENAGE, PRESTON, PETERBOROUGH AND NEWPORT MANAGER OVER the course of this summer, I wrote and rewrote my managerial […]
Time-wise, let’s take a leaf out of rugby league book
Graham Westley – EX-STEVENAGE, PRESTON, PETERBOROUGH AND NEWPORT MANAGER I ventured up to Morecambe last weekend to watch Bradford City […]