The Game
Showing The Way Forward
Far from the contrived excitement of this weekend’s international round of international matches (and, let’s be honest, it’s pretty difficult to get too worked up about England vs Kazakhstan), the FA Cup reaches its Third Qualifying Round. The prizes involved are starting to get substantial. The winners of matches being played on Saturday will be […]
The Game
It Doesn’t Grow On Trees
The week before a round of international matches is usually a slow one for the press, but this week both UEFA and the FA have given them serious food for thought. Lord Triesman, the chairman of the Football Association, has been unusually outspoken in his criticism of Premier League clubs’ current levels of indebtedness. The […]
The Game
Review: “Wick To Wembley”, by Andy Ollerenshaw
Of all the years that Andy Ollerenshaw could have chosen to follow the FA Cup from the Extra Preliminary Round to the Final, this was the best that he could have chosen. Last season was the season in which the FA Cup re-entered the fabric of many people’s lives, as story after story unfolded in […]
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About Twohundredpercent
Twohundredpercent opened for business in May 2006. It's a football blog that tries to cover the stories about football - in particular English football - that don't get covered elsewhere. We try not to get too caught up in the hubris and the over-excitement of the modern game, and give as much attention to the smaller clubs as we do to the very biggest. All creatures great and small, you know?
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non-league
Far from the contrived excitement of this weekend's international round of international matches (and, let's be honest, it's pretty difficult ...
Anybody that has ever worked in an office will be able to tell you that the humble fax machine is ...
Another week, and another batch of rumours concerning the financial well-being of clubs in the Blue Square Premier. Fortunately, at ...
As September starts to roll into October, the evenings start to get shorter and the autumn leaves crispen and fall ...
An interesting article by David Conn in The Guardian yesterday highlighted steps being taken by the Football Conference to limit ...
On the day that the England team are due to get a pasting in a World Cup qualifier, it feels ...
The Football League
Match Of The Week: Coventry City 4-1 SouthamptonCoventry City and Southampton are, in many respects, two sides of the same coin. They are clubs that became regular components of the top division of English football for many years, arguably punching against their weight. For both of them relegation brought about the end of an era for both clubs from which they haven’t […]
Premier league
It Doesn’t Grow On TreesThe week before a round of international matches is usually a slow one for the press, but this week both UEFA and the FA have given them serious food for thought. Lord Triesman, the chairman of the Football Association, has been unusually outspoken in his criticism of Premier League clubs’ current levels of indebtedness. The […]
fa cup
Showing The Way ForwardFar from the contrived excitement of this weekend’s international round of international matches (and, let’s be honest, it’s pretty difficult to get too worked up about England vs Kazakhstan), the FA Cup reaches its Third Qualifying Round. The prizes involved are starting to get substantial. The winners of matches being played on Saturday will be […]
clubs in crisis
Hang On A Minute - Joe… WHO?Newcastle United supporters have spent much of the last couple of weeks being chippy about the rest of the world laughing at their football club. Far enough, in some respects. There has been a nasty undercurrent to much of the criticism of Newcastle’s supporters over the last few weeks, though my personal reaction to such […]
