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Gary Andrews

Gary Andrews works as a web publicist in London and writes on football and media issues in his spare time. Before that he worked in journalism covering, among other things, non-league football. He is a long-suffering Exeter City and Wales fan.

The strange case of Ashley Stestanovich

The strange case of Ashley Stestanovich

Ashley Stestanovich may have acted as a body double for Thierry Henry but the similarity between the two ends there. Henry has legendary status at Arsenal, would be high on the list of all-time greatest foreigners to grace the Premier League, and currently plies his trade at Barcelona. Stestanovich is currently serving eight years for…

The Real Race For The League

The Real Race For The League

The Blue Square Premier Race may be tighter than it’s been for the past few seasons but, after another unpredictable weekend, few would be against Aldershot Town taking the title and giving the Hampshire town league football for the first time since the old Aldershot side went bust in 1992. Following their narrow 2-1 at…

Game 39 isn’t dead in the water yet

Game 39 isn’t dead in the water yet

The Premier League’s controversial announcement to host an extra round of games overseas hasn’t been halted by the worldwide opposition to the plans, according to notes released from the Football Supporters’ Federation‘s meeting with the league’s chief executive Richard Scudamore. Despite strong opposition from FIFA’s President, Sepp Blatter, and supporters’ groups along with concerns from…

The rise and fall of Oxford United

The rise and fall of Oxford United

Oxford United’s relegation from the football league in 2006 was a boon to pub quiz writers. A disastrous season meant they were now the only English team to win a major domestic honour to be playing non-league football, while simultaneously being replaced in the league by Accrington Stanley, a team they’d replaced in 1962 when…