Going up, going down: The end of the of the football season in newspaper front pages

Nobody covers a football club quite like the local newspaper. The highs and the lows, the frustrations and the delights (with the sports desk normally being blamed for the former by readers, but rarely thanked for the latter). So it’s no surprise that when the not-quite-life-and-death matters of promotion and relegation are dealt with, the football normally passes from the back page to the front page.

With the last play off in the bag (well done Crewe), here’s a round-up of how regional papers covered the success, or otherwise, of their teams

Premier League

Champions: Manchester City

Title: Manchester Evening News

Manchester Evening News

Premier League

18th place (relegated): Bolton

Title: Bolton News

Praying for a miracle before the game … The Bolton News

and after…

… and after relegation was confirmed

Premier League

19th place (relegated): Blackburn

Title: Lancashire Telegraph

The Lancashire Telegraph

Premier League

20th place (relegated): Wolves

Titles: Birmingham Mail and the Wolverhampton Express and Star

The Black Country edition of the Birmingham Mail

 

And the Express and Star

FOI Friday: 10 things we’ve learnt this week thanks to the Freedom of Information Act

1. Anti-social behaviour in the library

There was a time when it was the contents of some books which caused most offence in libraries. Apparently that’s not the case now in Lincolnshire, when indecent exposure, public urination

2. Dog attacks

The Southport Visiter reports on the number of dog attacks in Southport – based on figures it got from the local hospital for the last three years. 1000 dog-related injuries in three years seems a worrying trend for an area like Southport.

3. Botched operations

Did you know FOI could be used to find out some details about botched operations? It seems it can – and this story from the Ipswich Star appears to be proof of that. It oroved a story about a testicle operation resulting in a man becoming infertile using FOI. An open door to finding out how many operations go wrong?