Liverpool's reds and blues supporters plan a joint Football Quarter

Will it be second time lucky for detailed proposals to spread the success of Liverpool and Everton FCs into their needy surroundings? Supporters of Liverpool's rival clubs are having a second go at a joint attempt to create a 'Football Quarter' between their famous stadia at Anfield and Goodison Park.

Confessions of a Football Reporter...another Biggs at Large By Alan Biggs Published by Vertical Editions, August 2011 £12.99 ISBN: 9781904091516 In the second of three book reviews we should be publishing this week, we welcome back Ian Rands of A United View on Football. Ian was lucky enough recently to secure an interview with football journalist Alan Biggs - the BBC's go-to guy for South

A landmark day in the fight for justice when this evening Hillsborough was debated in the house of commons. A truly moving and inspirational opening speech by Steve Rotherham was applauded by the house and families watching in the gallery.
The home secretary has promised to release the files without making any changes to them and handing them over to the panel and the families.

This evening, at the Houses of Parliament, we saw a revelation. After twenty-two and a half long years, the Members of Parliament present decided unanimously and without the need for a vote that the government should release all of its documents relating to the Hillsborough disaster of 1989, bringing, at long last, a chink of light to the ongoing battle of the families of those that died that day after years of struggle.

Hillsborough Debate & Rangers Friendly

A landmark day in the fight for justice when this evening Hillsborough was debated in the house of commons. A truly moving and inspirational opening speech by Steve Rotherham was applauded by the house and families watching in the gallery.

More Paolo action Paolo Di Canio has been scrapping with his players again but this time it was all fun and games. Following his scrap with striker Leon Clarke last week, Di Canio was flattened by Matt Ritchie on Saturday. The Robins managed a 3-2 victory over Rotherham, but it turned out Di Canio [.

More Paolo action Paolo Di Canio has been scrapping with his players again but this time it was all fun and games. Following his scrap with striker Leon Clarke last week, Di Canio was flattened by Matt Ritchie on Saturday. The Robins managed a 3-2 victory over Rotherham, but it turned out Di Canio [.

I don't wish to gloat, I really don't, but the tomfoolery witnessed at the close of Tuesday night's game between Swindon and Southampton was just, well, all too predictable. Back at the beginning of August, I contributed towards a League 2 prediction piece for Two Footed Tackle, and questioned why bookmakers were backing the Robins to do well.

Admittedly I was a bit slow to publish this...so with the added benefit of one performance, here's the League Two preview!

Who's Looking Good?

Crawley Town: Most bookies favourites, Crawley have the biggest budget in the league, momentum to die for, and probably the deadliest striker in the division in Matt Tubbs.

Admittedly I was a bit slow to publish this...so with the added benefit of one performance, here's the League Two preview!

Who's Looking Good?

Crawley Town: Most bookies favourites, Crawley have the biggest budget in the league, momentum to die for, and probably the deadliest striker in the division in Matt Tubbs.

Completing the triangle of opening Saturday fixtures, Stuart McCall's Motherwell host Terry Butcher's Inverness.
The gameTerry Butcher says his team aren't ready. Brutal honesty or bluffing banditry? We'll find out soon enough.
Motherwell lost a Scottish Cup final in their last competitive appearance.

Ipswich Town boss Paul Jewell is desperate to get his hands on a 20-goal-a-season striker to reignite the Blues' Championship promotion hopes for 2011/12. The Suffolk side have toiled in the absence of an out-and-out goalscorer for several seasons and it has left Town hamstrung in the midst of the Championship table for a number of seasons.

In the end, it didn't matter what happened at Broadhall Way yesterday afternoon because Chesterfield secured the League 2 title by beating Gillingham, therefore confirming that the minimum position we would achieve would be 7th. With Torquay also losing in South Yorkshire against Rotherham, Boro's point was enough to earn them 6th position and a playoff tie with Accrington Stanley with the hope of progressing onto Old Trafford and ultimately League 1.

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish is flattered by calls for him to be awarded a knighthood by relatives of victims of the Hillsborough disaster.
Families of the supporters killed in the 1989 tragedy have asked Liverpool Walton MP Steve Rotherham, the city's former Lord Mayor, to put down an Early Day Motion requesting the Queen confer a knighthood on the Scot.

Saturday 9th April - Football League 2
Apparently prescriptions for anti-depressants are at an all time high. Walking through the blossom filled parks of Cheltenham on the way to Whaddon Road you wouldn't credit that the town's football team was responsible for this surge in consumption. That is until you got to the sparsely populated ground.

Derby County have signed Liverpool goalkeeper Brad Jones on loan until the end of the season.
The Rams have brought in the 29-year-old as a replacement for Matt Duke, who has been recalled by his parent club Hull City.
Manager Nigel Clough told the Rams website: "Brad fits the bill perfectly.

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The Football League has announced the final shortlists ahead of The Football League Awards 2011 with the release of the nominations for the npower Player of the Year in each division, The Football League Young Player of the Year and EA SPORTS Outstanding Team Performance awards.

On a cold and wet night at Broadhall Way, Stevenage and Oxford played out a 0-0 draw full of incidents but little goal mouth chances. Boro opted for 4-4-2 and made 4 changes from the team that started against Shrewsbury on Saturday. New signing Taiwo Atieno was left out completely after a quiet debut and replaced by Ben May.

After 5 games without a win you could say it is must win time for Boro as they entertain Oxford United at the Lamex tomorrow evening. After Saturday's 1-0 defeat to Shrewsbury Westley's men must react or the slide down the league could continue. Oxford won't be an easy game as our head to head record shows only one win in the 8 games against the Yellows.

After the excitement of the Newcastle win 3 weeks ago, Boro's latest FA Cup game didn't quite have the same effect despite a good performance in front of a sold out Lamex Stadium. On paper it was always going to be a tough game with Reading having a steady season in the Championship but this was the FA Cup and you always felt anything could happen.

Stevenage 3-0 Rotherham (Winn 44, Harrison 85, Laird 90)
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Winning is beginning to become a habit again after an inconsistent start to life in League 2. Boro have now won their last four home games in all competitions, the latest being a 3-0 demolition job of 3rd place Rotherham.

Rotherham are the visitors this Tuesday night as Boro look to continue where they left off on Saturday. The games are coming thick and fast now as Boro effectively begin their Christmas period after the original fixtures were postponed due to the poor weather at the back end of 2010. This game was initially pencilled in for the 8th January, but our 3rd round tie against Newcastle meant that the game had to be put back.

(Written with considerable assistance from Scarf.)After my team's brief sojourn in the Championship last season, I'm now back to watching The Football League Show as an interested neutral. There are a few things you can guarantee happening every week: Manish Bhasin will begin speaking to the wrong camera; Mark Clemmit will be seen acting out some forced jollity with a bemused manager; Steve