Injury-hit Blues need to dig deep to end slide

NEWS & STAR COLUMN 27.10.22 The Blues will need to dig deep on Saturday when they travel to Tranmere hoping to prevent a run of three successive league defeats. After climbing into the play-off places, they must feel the world has suddenly turned against them as a sequence of one defeat in 13 games came […]

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Fans divided on whether TV ‘blackout’ should stay

NEWS & STAR COLUMN 20.10.22 The English Football League’s decision to consider ending the traditional 3pm TV blackout for Saturday games has led to fierce debate among fans. CUOSC decided to sound out the views of our own supporters by running a snap poll on Twitter. Nearly 500 people voted and the result perhaps summed […]

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Blues in ‘seventh heaven’ as fans back Simpson

NEWS & STAR COLUMN 15.10.22 The Blues could be in seventh heaven today. United entertain Doncaster at Brunton Park and will be hoping to attract another 5000-plus home crowd. If they can do that it will be the first time in over 10 years that they have had over 5000 for all of their opening […]

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Brunton pasty was the highlight in Blues bore-draw

NEWS & STAR column 06.10.22 Most fans will have found it difficult to pick a highlight from Saturday’s bore-draw with Crewe. I was one of the lucky ones, I had no problem – it was the Brunton pasty! Normally, my match-day experience is entirely based on whether we win or not. But on Saturday as […]

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