Three Berkshire sides have been drawn out in the FA Trophy Second Round Proper draw – Bracknell Town, Maidenhead United and Slough Town. Bracknell and Maidenhead have a trip each to famous Spa towns while Slough Town will host Southern League Premier Division South Gloucester City at Arbour Park. After beating Banbury United 1-0 courtesy […]
Crystal Palace’s progress to the EFL Cup quarter-finals creates a scheduling headache in mid-December. The last eight of that competition is due to be contested in the week beginning December 15. Palace have been drawn to play Arsenal in the quarter-finals. LACK OF FREE MIDWEEKS But Palace’s schedule is already pretty packed, thanks to their […]
Brendan Rodgers has ended his second spell as Celtic boss after just over two and a half years where he won two Scottish Premier League titles, a Scottish Cup and League Cup. As a manager, Rodgers has made his mark north of the border as well as at Leicester City where he won the FA […]
In the Suspension Tightrope, we look at the players close to a ban, already suspended or returning from the naughty step in Gameweek 10. WHEN ARE THE CUT-OFF POINTS FOR SUSPENSIONS? The table above is taken from the Football Association website. It details the cut-off points for the various yellow card thresholds. The one we’re concerned […]
Having an emergency Dave Tarpey is not a bad situation to be in. The former Maidenhead United striker, scorer of 44 Magpies goals and National League South winner, is the Cityzens Assistant Manager having hung up his boots in the summer. That was until manager Simon Johnson broke the glass on the emergency Tarpey alarm […]
Usually on the receiving end of late winners this season, Newcastle United finally got one of their own in a late 2-1 victory over Fulham. For the injury-hit Cottagers, it was a fourth straight defeat. Here are our Scout Notes from St James’ Park. WOLTEMADE + GORDON CLOSE Anthony Gordon (£7.5m) and, especially, Nick Woltemade […]
Combined Counties League Premier Division North side Virginia Water have appointed a new management team after Dan Bailey stepped down on Thursday. The Waters have appointed Paul McCarthy as the clubs First Team manager with former Windsor & Eton and Bracknell Town full-back Ryan Parsons joining the coaching staff. McCarthy was most recently Assistant Manager […]
Five-time top 1k finisher Tom Freeman is here to help with your pre-deadline dilemmas for the next hour. Whether it’s questions on team selection, transfers, chip strategy or anything in between, Scout’s Deputy Editor will tackle whatever’s thrown at him. He’ll be on hand to first reply to requests from Premium Members in the Hot Topic below the line […]
Bracknell Town’s under 18s are into the FA Youth Cup First Round Proper and will face a Berkshire derby against Reading FC. The match is being staged at the Select Car Leasing Stadium, the home of the EFL League One side on Monday 27th October with kick-off at 7pm. Speaking to Football in Berkshire, manager […]
In ‘The Great and the Good’, Fantasy Football Scout community writer Greyhead analyses the transfers and strategies of some well-known Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers. The Great and The Good this season are the FPL Godfather Mark Sutherns, BlackBox pair Az and Andy North, Scouts FPL General, Joe and Tom, the FPL Wire trio of Pras, Lateriser and Zophar, FPL celebrities FPL Harry, Martin Baker, Pingreen, FPL Frasier and Luke Williams, Hall […]
