The only news of note is that we now know who we’ll be playing on the opening day of the season: unfortunately we’re not off to the seaside

Why Blue? As a newcomer to MCIVTA I have played it cool, assessing the articles, biding my time to contribute to this excellent way of keeping the best

Well, the World Cup has kicked off and that means the entire world and its cousin are focused on France; unsurprisingly, there is no news of the Blues!

Why Blue? As a new recruit to MCIVTA I would just like to say, as first impressions go the newsletter’s brilliant – keep up the good work and

All quiet once again, though more players have been released and Brian McGlinchey has gone to Port Vale, reportedly without a fee. Chris Cobb has set the ball

Why Blue? “I wanna tell you my tale…” so goes the line in “History,” the Verve classic. But first, I have to pay my respect to all the

A small issue but with news of some transfers (one definite out, several frees and one potential in). The pre-season friendlies have now been announced, and as we’re

First of all, many thanks to both John and Jeremy for helping out over the last 3 weeks; my sanity has been maintained whilst juggling work commitments, best

Right, I’m out of here and into training for the World Cup; groove already prepared à la Homer Simpson on the sofa, beer runs already planned, phone off

A slightly sluggish weekend for articles; preparation perhaps for the forthcoming couch potato fest otherwise known as the World Cup; for the younger of our subscribers (I currently