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THREE THINGS you learnt from the Championship this weekend?

by stresster on August 11th, 2008 | 243 words | 3 comments

One game down, forty-five to go as far as the 24 teams in the Championship is concerned, but what did the opening weekend of fixtures tell us? Many regard Doncaster’s 1-0 win at Derby as the performance of the weekend, but that’s only working on the assumption that Rovers were playing League One football last […]

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Plymouth set to smash transfer record for QPR midfielder?

by stresster on August 5th, 2008 | 216 words | no comments

It’s clear that the Pilgrims need new reinforcements after Paul Wotton, Lilian Nalis and Peter Halmosi all left the club this summer. Many fans expect next season to be a tough one at Home Park, especially with Ebanks-Blake no longer around to bang in the goals, as he did during the first part of last […]

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Hull and Sheffield United in player tug-of-war

by jakepjohnson on June 23rd, 2008 | 171 words | 1 comment

Plymouth Argyle winger Peter Halmosi has been a long-term target of Premier League new boys Hull City, with Tigers manager Phil Brown admitting his interest publically last week.
Brown was met with semi-positive responses from Pilgrims manager Paul Sturrock:
We’re trying to keep our best players, but like everything they’ve all got prices and at the end […]

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What was the biggest FA Cup shock of the day?

by Dexter on January 5th, 2008 | 147 words | 26 comments

Upsets left right and centre in today’s FA Cup action. But what was the biggest shock?Coventry somehow managed to obliterate Blackburn 4-1, whilst League One Huddersfield beat Birmingham 2-1. Special mention should also go to Sheffield United who booted out Bolton with a 1-0 win lowly and injury ravaged Oldham, who beat Everton 1-0 at […]

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Sturrock To Return To Plymouth Argyle

by Josh on November 26th, 2007 | 188 words | 2 comments

The king is dead, long live the King. So said the French in the 15th century (the wonders of Wikipedia know no bounds) as they discussed the replacement of Ian Holloway with Paul Sturrock at Plymouth Argyle.
Paul Sturrock? ‘Didn’t he used to be the manager of Plymouth, the most successful in their history?’ we hear […]

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Ollie swaps Plymouth for Leicester

by Josh on November 21st, 2007 | 234 words | 4 comments

Any regular reader of Caught Offside will know that the writers are often accused of supporting, and (more importantly) hating, whatever team is convenient for to slag them off. Usually this is about as accurate as a James McFadden finish, it happens that this writer couldn’t give a jot about who wins what in the […]

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Leicester want Plymouth’s Holloway

by Josh on November 20th, 2007 | 155 words | 1 comment

Rumour is rife in the Championship and top of the list is the ‘news’ that Ian Holloway could be Leicester bound. The man who seems so perfect for his current club Plymouth, going to work for Milan Mandaric? Surely not? Well, the Croatian seems confident. Or at least his representative does:
“Ian Holloway would be Milan […]

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From Barnsley to West Brom, via Hull City: BBC to broacast Football League matches

by Josh on November 6th, 2007 | 181 words | 3 comments

It’s not been a great year for Auntie, what with losing a load of funding, being found out to be dirty rotten cheats ripping of quiz contestants and Gary Lineker still smirking at the camera. So it with a smile on our face that we bring you better news from White City, the Beeb will […]

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Plymouth’s Ian Holloway hasn’t got much time for overpaid footballers

by Josh on November 3rd, 2007 | 195 words | 1 comment

Ian Holloway is a genius and should be knighted. That’s one opinion. Here’s another - Ian Holloway is a village idiot performing like a monkey for media cash. To decide which group you fall into - let’s help you with Ollie’s views of footballer’s burn-out:
Ha ha ha! I wish they were playing too much football […]

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Who is the best player outside the Premiership?

by Josh on November 2nd, 2007 | 149 words | 18 comments

For a while it was Kevin Phillips, for ages it was Jason Koumas, there was even some rubbish talked about Robert Earnshaw at some point. But who is currently the best player outside the Premiership? Well, here are some options, but feel free to pick your own?
Kevin Phillips (West Brom) - Is he past it? […]

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