Trouble & Squeak

Category: Football

  • Hendy Crush Porth Tywyn

    On a damp, grey day Porth Tywyn travelled to Hendy hoping to get revenge for the loss inflicted a few weeks before. Both sides had won only one of their last five, and Porth Tywyn had a nightmare start finding themselves a goal down after just three minutes. A brilliantly executed volley just outside the…

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  • How The Analysis of Chess Highlights Key Concepts Within Football – Part Two

    Following on from part one, which can be found here, I will continue to look at the key footballing concepts that became apparent to me whilst I was reading Adam Wells’ Football and Chess. In part one I have already looked at Connectivity, The Battle for the Midfield, Mobility, Space and Overloading and Stretching. Let’s…

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  • How The Analysis of Chess Highlights Key Concepts Within Football – Part One

    At Christmas I received a wonderful book entitled Football and Chess. It is written by Adam Wells and looks to analyse and compare the two games. It may seem like a bit of a mismatch, but in all honesty Wells couldn’t be more correct in what he says. The book is very well written and each…

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  • The Gradual and Inevitable Rise of The 3-3-1-3

    Ever since I first read Inverting The Pyramid I was convinced that Jonathan Wilson had correctly predicted the future of football tactics. For those that haven’t read it, and I advise that you do, here is a brief synopsis. Wilson traces the tactics of football back through history, starting in the very early years whereby teams…

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