Our latest book review comes from Tom Bodell, editor of Vital Watford. Tom can be followed on Twitter at @TBBodell and here casts his eye on the autobiography of Richard Lee, one time Hornet and now a Bee. Graduation: Life Lessons of a Professional Footballer By Richard Lee Published by Bennion Kearny August 2010, £9.

Saturday brought the shattering news of the death of Nigel Doughty, owner of Nottingham Forest. In our latest conversation piece, we talk to Steve Wright of the website Mist Rolling in from the Trent about the past few years at the City Ground and the atmosphere of turmoil that has enveloped the club.

By Chris Wright

Early on Saturday morning Nottingham Forest owner and former chairman Nigel Doughty was found dead, aged 54, in the gym at his home in Lincolnshire.

A Forest fan from birth, Doughty saved the club and I don't use that term flippantly from being reduced to it's component parts and being flogged off to the highest bidders when he bought his football team using nigh-on £11 million of his own personal wealth back in 1999.

My friends and I often indulge in extended debate on the club vs. country issue and how so far, it's ‘OK' to support England. We eschew the jingoism, the hooliganism, the sheer repugnance of many of those called on to sport the jersey, the overreaction to defeat and over-anticipation of victory, the arrogance and the aggression, but still wish for a team we can support.

Forgive me for any emotion, but I love Nottingham Forest. And Nigel Doughty saved my club. After buying the club for £11 million in 1999 after the club had entered administration, Doughty ploughed £100 million of his own money into the club, allowing Forest to mount a series of playoff campaigns in an effort to [.

After a two month hiatus, our Great Teams series is up and running again with this account of Blackburn Rovers' return to the top echelon in 2001, a third Lancastrian study in a row after Fiona Martin and myself considered matters Blackpool and Bolton in turn. You can follow Phil on twitter here - and look out for further entries in the series throughout February.

By Chris Wright

I've been waiting for a video of this to surface since Tuesday night, in so far as it was the only slight sliver of a shred of commiseration we Forest fans were able to take from the night. Burnley won 2-0. Rodriguez scored them both.

Anyway, with the score at 1-0, the man they call 'Jay Rod' up around Turf Moor way stepped up and performed a timely homage to John Terry's infamously spunked Moscow spot-kick which proved to be the only highlight of the game from a Forest perspective.

Oh God Jay Rod It isn't much fun being a Nottingham Forest fan at the moment, this much I can vouch for. Second bottom of the Championship despite being tipped for promotion during preseason, fans have not seen the club score at home since November, and third manager of the season Steve Cotterill looks seemingly [.

Signing of the season?

So one of the most exciting days of the season is over, and Jim White's excitable gossip-hungry clone can go back into suspended animation until next year. Yet spending is down nearly 70% versus last year's January deadline, where Torres and Carroll dominated the headlines.

Being forced to sell his captain during the January and consequently losing matches heavily did for Simon Grayson. While OTP feels slightly sorry for the recently sacked Grayson, we won't be dwelling on his departure for too long because there are some exciting prospects in contention to be the new boss at Elland [.

By Chris Wright

After three years in charge, a promotion from League One and decent finish in the Championship last year, Leeds United have seen fit in their infinite wisdom to sack manager Simon Grayson with the club 'languishing' in tenth position after losing 4-1 at home to Birmingham last night.

Our latest guest post sees us welcome Tom Victor. Tom is the Major League Soccer Correspondent for Footy Matters and you can read a selection of his missives here. He's also a proud Hammer and here brings his attention to the extraordinary development of family tradition at that storied east London club.

Okay, you can all relax now. Turns out that our hero, Arsenal captain Robin van Persie, will NOT be sanctioned for allegedly throwing an elbow in the face of defender Carlos Cuéllar, after all. Had the Football Association chosen to sanction him, and there certainly seemed to be justification for doing so, the punishment to both Robin as an individual and Arsenal as a cohesive whole would have been severe enough, considering the awful timing, to virtually end the team's season on quite a sour note.

Okay, you can all relax now. Turns out that our hero, Arsenal captain Robin van Persie, will NOT be sanctioned for allegedly throwing an elbow in the face of defender Carlos Cuéllar, after all. Had the Football Association chosen to sanction him, and there certainly seemed to be justification for doing so, the punishment to both Robin as an individual and Arsenal as a cohesive whole would have been severe enough, considering the awful timing, to virtually end the team's season on quite a sour note.

Bloated Premier League squads need ballast and amid the burnt ends of Match of the Day episodes, the fleeting few minutes of highlights from the KC, Molineux or DW Stadiums have been notable for their late cameos from players unfamiliar – your Henrik Pedersens, Okelsandr Yevtushoks and Itzhak Zohars – the men you feel yourself reaching for the Rothman's successor volume to run the rule over, or, laptop on knees, Wikipedia.

Stage 3 of our examination of the financial architecture of the Football League's clubs sees us head to Coventry. Ian Palmer is a friend and associate of Neil Allison, custodian of the Sky Blues Blog and here provides his thoughts on the slough of despond facing the Sky Blues, a situation that has been allowed to develop both on and off the pitch.

Newcastle could find themselves in an unlikely bidding war with the son of Watford manager Sean Dyche. That's if the Hornets boss' tongue-in-cheek comments about the Magpies' bid for defender Adrian Mariappa. Dyche has rejected a bid of £750,000 and an improved bid of £2m for the 25-year-old. He said: "A bid has been made [.

Arsene Wenger keeps going on about he will only ever spend money in the transfer window if he can find "super-quality" players or "better than we already have". Well I personally think that it would be VERY easy to find players that are better than most of our current squad! So I found this excellent [.

By Chris Wright

Like a deleted scene from the airport bit in Love Actually, Leicester City pair Sean St. Ledger and Kasper Schmeichel touch nipples to celebrate their 2-0 win over Southampton last night...

Beautiful.

With love blossoming all around at St.

This week, we shall be running a series of five posts examining the fortunes of 5 clubs that have experienced significant financial and/or organisational turmoil in recent times. Unfortunately, this cross section is but the very precarious tip of a very grubby iceberg indeed - and if you think the problems we shall detail are unique to this quintet alone or indeed the 72 clubs in the Football League, then think again.

Southampton vs Leicester 0-2 Highlights 2012 David Nugent Matt Mills Goals Video is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Southampton vs Leicester 0-2 Highlights 2012 David Nugent Matt Mills Goals Video is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Southampton vs Leicester 2012 ( Saints v Leicester video Below) Final score and result:- Southampton vs Leicester 0-2 ( David Nugent, Matt Mills) St.

Coventry City's Alex Nimely celebrates scoring their second goal of their terrific win against Middlesborough

Every week, my brother places an accumulator on various Football League results, only a few quid, but enough to make it fairly interesting. To this date, he has never won.

Nottingham Forest fans read on, for we are very pleased to welcome back Glen Wilson, steward of Doncaster Rovers' Popular STAND Fanzine and late of award winning blog, Viva Rovers. Here Glen provides us with an insight into Sean O'Driscoll, recently installed in a supporting role to Steve Cotterill at the City Ground.

If one remembers the instant relegation Brighton and Hove Albion suffered on the last occasion they ascended to English football's second level, it's been a heartening first half of the season for the Seagulls. Many expected them to do well given the verve they showed in cantering to the League 1 title in May and a position just four points off the play off zone constitutes real progress.

If one remembers the instant relegation Brighton and Hove Albion suffered on the last occasion they ascended to English football's second level, it's been a heartening first half of the season for the Seagulls. Many expected them to do well given the verve they showed in cantering to the League 1 title in May and a position just four points off the play off zone constitutes real progress.

We like it when the internet throws up a slightly unexpected video. For example, when we got up this morning we didn't know we would be writing about Portsmouth cult hero Linvoy Primus. And we definitely didn't think we would be featuring him bowling. Big Linvoy doesn't even have to watch the ball as it [.

By Chris Wright

"Here love, put down the ironing for a minute, my car bonnet needs a good waxing..."

Ipswich lost again last night; 2-1 to Birmingham, Nikola Zigic nabbing the winner in stoppage time, their 11th defeat in 14 matches.

Manager Paul Jewell was also left fuming over an incident in which Ipswich winger Lee Martin was fouled in the box by Brum's Stephen Caldwell and no penalty was given on the insistence of the referee's assistant a lady human with a vulva and everything by the name of Amy Fearn.

No Tractor Girls allowed Ipswich Town boss Paul Jewell is at the centre of a sexism row after post-match comments about a female assistant referee. The Tractor Boys' gaffer was infuriated after his side were refused a late penalty at Birmingham only for the home side to grab a winner. He was in no doubt [.

One of this website's latest followers on Twitter, Simeon F. W. Pickup states his interests as ‘Reading FC, Atheism, Labour. In that order.' Although Ed Miliband's negligible impact on the polls may have something to do with his party being relegated behind Brian McDermott and Richard Dawkins in Simeon's thinking, I did read this as tongue in cheek.

Wycombe v Huddersfield 0-6 Highlights 2012- Jordan Rhodes Five Goals vs Wycombe Video is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Wycombe v Huddersfield 0-6 Highlights 2012- Jordan Rhodes Five Goals vs Wycombe Video is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Wycombe v Huddersfield 2012 ( Wycombe Wanderers v Huddersfield Town video below) Final score and result:- Wycombe vs Huddersfield 0-6 ( Oscar Gobern, Jordan Rhodes*5) Adams Park, 6 January, 2012- Friday- [.

[F]or our first proper post following the big redesign, we are very pleased to welcome back John McGee. Bring Me the Head of Keith Mincher is John's blog devoted to Carlisle United and he likes nothing better than to rail against anyone who disagrees with him on Twitter under the nom de plume of @epouvantail - he's a little smug at the moment given the club's continued robust play-off push.

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Este 2011 nos dejo buenos recuerdos, en especial las jugadas en su máximo esplendor, la mayoría jugadores jóvenes que no les importa mas que lucirse y divertirse en el campo de juego,desde la serie B hasta la Champions League, desde Mario Baloteli hasta Lionel Messi y muchos otros futbolistas que no son tan conocidos nos muestran sus habilidades con los pies, puro talento.

By Chris Wright

Over-stuffed Crystal Palace shirt? Check. Forearm full of Navy tattoos? Check. Leather gauntlet? Check. Massive North American Golden Eagle? Check. Yep, pretty sure this guy's legit....WAIT A GODDAMN MINUTE, THAT'S A FAKE BEARD!

It has been a while since we previewed a Championship game, instead focusing on the no less riveting events further down the ladder. But which to choose? Two of last year's big-hitters, Leeds and Reading, meet at Elland Road this weekend, but neither have done much to grab the attention so far this term.

[I]t has been a while since we previewed a Championship game, instead focusing on the no less riveting events further down the ladder. But which to choose? Two of last year's big-hitters, Leeds and Reading, meet at Elland Road this weekend, but neither have done much to grab the attention so far this term.

It has been a while since we previewed a Championship game, instead focusing on the no less riveting events further down the ladder. But which to choose? Two of last year's big-hitters, Leeds and Reading, meet at Elland Road this weekend, but neither have done much to grab the attention so far this term.

One of the more bizarre incidents of the weekend's action came from the clash between Reading and West Ham. The Royals' Jimmy Kebe decided to rub salt into the Hammers' wounds with a bit of sock-related showboating. The Mali international chose to highlight the amount of time he was getting on the ball by pulling [.

Following our assessment of the Premier League potential of the current Southampton squad back in October, the Saints have opened a three point gap at the top of the Championship table. Just behind them sit the club many tipped to enact a rapid response to relegation in May. West Ham have yo-yoed somewhat over the past decade and it would certainly be no surprise to see them occupy one of the top two slots come the end of the season, especially with a manager as experienced as Sam Allardyce at the helm, as well as a defensive coach of no mean reputation.

Following our assessment of the Premier League potential of the current Southampton squad back in October, the Saints have opened a three point gap at the top of the Championship table. Just behind them sit the club many tipped to enact a rapid response to relegation in May. West Ham have yo-yoed somewhat over the past decade and it would certainly be no surprise to see them occupy one of the top

[F]ollowing our assessment of the Premier League potential of the current Southampton squadback in October, the Saints have opened a three point gap at the top of the Championship table. Just behind them sit the club many tipped to enact a rapid response to relegation in May. West Ham have yo-yoed somewhat over the past decade and it would certainly be no surprise to see them occupy one of the top two slots come the end of the season, especially with a manager as experienced as Sam Allardyce at the helm, as well as a defensive coach of no mean reputation in.