Karl Robinson takes time off from Charlton’s League One promotion push to lend LGBT-friendly Charlton Invicta a hand as part of Football v Homophobia’s month of action“Now we’re like the Harlem Globetrotters,” Karl Robinson says, excitedly, only the players smiling back at the Charlton Athletic manager, gradually getting to grips with a passing drill, are not his.Those determined to dazzle are a dozen Charlton Invicta players, who play for the LGBT-friendly team affiliated with the club’s community trust. It is the first time a professional manager has taken a session of this kind. Related: Charlton Invicta show way forward for LGBT footballing community | Nick Miller Continue reading...
League One leaders win 4-0 to puncture euphoria at AFC Wimbledon after club was cleared to return to their spiritual home of Plough LaneEmotions ran high at Kingsmeadow on Saturday, when Wimbledon got their celebrations in first and Wigan Athletic went home with a 4-0 win, emphasising their right to top League One and sending them from 20th to 23rd.Wimbledon’s celebrations were nothing to do with the match but rather the news that, barring a judicial review, for which there is a six-week window, the club have cleared the last hurdle on their way back to Plough Lane, their spiritual home for 100 years. The plan is for a £25m, 11,000-seat ground 250 yards down the road, on the site...
Shropshire’s only league club are the Football League’s only unbeaten side, beating Scunthorpe 2-0 to stay top of League One by four pointsTen years ago, as Shrewsbury moved out of town after 97 years at Gay Meadow, they changed their crest too, losing two of its three loggerheads as well as the inscription “Floreat Salopia”. This season they restored them. Evidently three dunces are better than one. The crest is of a wave and Shrewsbury are flourishing, the Football League’s only unbeaten club and top of League One by four points after beating Scunthorpe United 2-0 at home on Saturday.“It was a big win,” said Paul Hurst, their manager, not because it was their first by more than a goal...
The Cobblers made Justin Edinburgh the first managerial casualty of the season and achieved lift-off of sorts under his replacement, Jimmy Floyd HasselbainkJimmy Floyd Hasselbaink said before his first game in charge of Northampton he wanted his team to “do things with joy”. Scoring after 21 seconds was more like ecstasy. But shortly after his side had sewn up a 1-0 home win over Doncaster to lift themselves off the foot of League One mere joy could be measured in his voice. “It’s a while since I’ve been screaming,” he croaked.Hasselbaink is used to flying starts. In his first managerial appointment in England he carried on Gary Rowett’s good work at Burton, keeping them top of League Two and leaving...
New season, new league and new players but same old defeats for Blackburn as the malaise at Ewood Park under the Venky’s ownership continuesLeague football returned to Ewood Park as if it had never been away. But Blackburn Rovers, Premier League champions of 1995, found themselves in the unusual surroundings of League One on Saturday, losing 3-1 to Doncaster Rovers, who came in by the other door. After two degrees of separation the only familiarity for Blackburn was defeat.Three months ago, in their last five games, at least they were mixing it with Nottingham Forest, Wolves and Aston Villa, beating two and drawing with Wolves in a vain attempt to avoid the drop. Now they continue their struggles in the...