The last two rounds of Championship forecasts featured images of English football titans: Brian Clough and Peter Taylor. This round we feature another, Chairman of Norwich City Ed Balls. His…Read More >
Month: October 2018
Lower Leagues, R12 (Oct 5)
A mid-autumn’s afternoon in the lower leagues; the shadows are getting longer, and before long the clocks will change and Saturday games will end shrouded in actual darkness, rather than…Read More >
The Model takes on young children
The Model has been struggling for confidence in recent weeks: beaten by Ronnie d’Arch Smith, only matching Andrew Brown, and being overtaken by Paul Merson. Therefore, the Model wanted a…Read More >
Premiership, R8 (5-7 Oct)
The Cottage must be the most romantic football ground in Britain. If you have the good fortune to be going there this weekend, The Model forecasts you will witness a…Read More >
Champions League, Gameweek 2 (Oct 2-3)
Although we are certified Football League fans, it is hard to avoid the Champions League. And it’s good fun to make forecasts, even if we get walloped by Lawrenson and…Read More >
Lower Leagues, R11 (October 2-3)
Just as the Championship provides that grittier, more real sense of football compared to the shiny glistening Champions League, so the English Football League’s lower divisions provide that in yet…Read More >
Championship, R11 (2-3 Oct, 2018)
Whenever there are midweek Champions League games which clash with the English Championship, it reminds me of times before I was born. It must be tough for fans of Aston…Read More >