Pete Spencer

 As of 19 May 2013 13:03 GMT
Picture
Favourite Club : Liverpool
About the Author : Avid Liverpool fan, been following the game since 1976. Keen to write about football as I always seem to have an opinion. I also play, and write about, Football Manager, a lot.

Average Rating:
          
7.9/10 (224 votes)
Score: 33700
Total Page Views : 159320 views (94 Articles)
Avg Page Views : 1694 per article
Follow Me on Twitter   Follow Me on Facebook   Follow My Blog
Articles by this Author

Championship Stakes - The Race for Survival

16 May 2013
by Pete Spencer
One of the improvements to League football I love is the final day bash where all teams from the same division kick-off at the same time.  I... [More]

David and Goliath

10 May 2013
by Pete Spencer
Is David Moyes ready for Manchester United? More to the point, are United ready for Moyes?
[More]

Loic Remy - Oui or Non?

02 May 2013
by Pete Spencer
  After QPR confirmed their participation in next season’s Championship, speculation has been rife about the how many of their current... [More]

Memories of Underhill

01 May 2013
by Pete Spencer
  20th April 2013 and Barnet Football Club played their last ever game at Underhill.  Next season they move to a new ground called The ... [More]

Eats, Shoots & Leaves

25 Apr 2013
by Pete Spencer
  The title is all about the misunderstanding of a phrase when simply adding the comma changes the meaning completely.  It seems to fi... [More]

FA Cup Final Makes Way for Football

19 Apr 2013
by Pete Spencer
Like many people I grew up with the FA Cup Final.  It was the highlight of the football calendar.  Those were days when you had just tw... [More]

The Finest Exhibition of Football

15 Apr 2013
by Pete Spencer
  13th April 2013 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of one of the greatest performances from a club in the English league.It came on a Wedn... [More]

The First World Cup

27 Mar 2013
by Pete Spencer
When was the First World Cup played?  1930?  No, 1909. Who were the first winners of the World Cup?Uruguay?  No.  Brazil? No.... [More]

England v San Marino - An Infamous History

22 Mar 2013
by Pete Spencer
On Friday England meet San Marino in a World Cup Qualifier.  It will be only the third meeting between the two nations.  The previous t... [More]

Are Owners Ruining Clubs?

21 Jan 2013
by Pete Spencer
When Nigel Adkins took over as Southampton manager, they were 18th place in League One.  The previous season they had finished one position ... [More]

A Moment in Time - When Manchester United Were Relegated

13 Jan 2013
by Pete Spencer
The season is 1973-74 and Manchester United had been in steady decline since they became the first English club to lift the European Cup in 1968.... [More]

One Day, Two Remarkable Games

07 Jan 2013
by Pete Spencer
On the final day of 1982-83 season there were two remarkable games which created headlines in their own contrasting way.  They concerned pro... [More]

One Day, Two Remarkable Games

06 Jan 2013
by Pete Spencer
On the final day of 1982-83 season there were two remarkable games which created headlines in their own contrasting way.  They concerned pro... [More]

One Crazy Game - QPR v Newcastle, 1985

04 Jan 2013
by Pete Spencer
800x600 Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 ... [More]

Team of the 80's

04 Jan 2013
by Pete Spencer
Friday 11th May 1979, Crystal Palace beat Burnley 2-0 at Selhurst Park in front of a record crowd of 51,482 fans.  That secured promotion to... [More]

A Moment in Time - Third Division Promotion Race, 1976-77

19 Dec 2012
by Pete Spencer
The focus for this article is on the Third Division (now known as League One) during the 1976-77 season.  We are about to enter the final we... [More]

Is it Time for Centralised Timing?

10 Dec 2012
by Pete Spencer
There have been many innovations in football down the years, some good, and some bad.  Many of them have been brought in purely to improve t... [More]

When The Kop Cheered for Manchester United

09 Dec 2012
by Pete Spencer
Unbelievable as it may seem today, Manchester United scored a goal at Anfield and the home fans cheered and sang.The date was Friday 20th August ... [More]

Benitez is Back - Fact!

23 Nov 2012
by Pete Spencer
He’s back.  The man who exposed the dubious link between The FA and Manchester United.  The man who delivered Liverpool’s 5... [More]

Goals, Goals, Goals

18 Nov 2012
by Pete Spencer
29 goals were scored in the 8 Premier League games today.  Not bad, but nowhere near the record day for goals in England’s top divisio... [More]