Oldham have another manager. They face Morecambe in the Football League archetypal basement battle – 21st vs 22nd, one win each so far, 7 points vs 6 points. A match…Read More >
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League Two, Round 10 (Sept 21)
League Two forecasts for the coming weekend…
League One, Round 10 (Sept 21)
RED is absorbed by the First Reading Football Economics Workshop, so it’s a brief update for this weekend’s League One matches…
League Two, Round 7 (Sept 7)
No international distractions in League Two; full set of fixtures. Four where RED really disagrees with the bookies: Forest Green at Cambridge. RED fancies them (42%), the bookies less so…Read More >
League Two, Round 4 (August 20)
The beauty of the Football League, compared to its North American counterparts that do without relegation and promotion, is that good management is rewarded, and bad management punished. As economists…Read More >
Towards a team narrative – Oldham
Despite professing otherwise on BBC’s Football Focus last season, RED does have two allegiances, and may soon have more. One of those is Oldham Athletic, in the Football League since…Read More >
League One, Round 4 (20 August)
League One, whose count of “sleeping giants” seems to be as high now as it’s ever been (surely measurable), continues tonight. With Ipswich, Sunderland, Coventry, Portsmouth and Bolton all slumming…Read More >
RED and Bookmakers
As may have been noticed, RED has added bookmaker information to its provision this week (as well as going into Europe). What is behind this? Well, RED is providing detailed…Read More >
League Two, Week 2 (August 10)
Week two in League Two. Another set of tight looking matches, perhaps the tightest at Walsall, who entertain Forest Green (Walsall 36.8% to win, Forest Green 36.7%).
League One, Round 2 (August 10)
Whilst the Premier League begins this weekend, the Football League heads into its second week. Portsmouth look to recovered from a disappointing start at Shrewsbury against Tranmere, who were also…Read More >