Ben McAleer 
There were celebrations in the City of Portsmouth yesterday as the club finally exited administration for the first time since February 2012, they have repeatedly faced the threat of liquidisation in the past 14 months but they have survived at times by the slimmest of margins.
A top-half finish was the one modest objective riding on Cambridge United’s game at Macclesfield on Saturday, but even that proved elusive as the curtain finally descended on an eminently forgettable season.
Big Sam has guided West Ham to safety with four games to spare, eleven points above the drop zone, West Ham are clear of any distant relegation fears.
In recent years, we have seen the 4-2-3-1 formation used more and more alongside the breakthrough of a number of ‘modern’ full backs who provide great width in the attacking third in order to stretch defences and allow creative midfielders more space to work in. Bayern Munich are one of many teams suited to this formation and their full backs have proven to be fantastic exponents of this type of play.
Cambridge United’s Centenary season has been a bit of an anti-climax. With one game to go and a top-half finish the only thing at stake, the well-worn phrase ‘there’s always next year’ has been echoing around the Abbey Stadium for a while now.
At 37 and 38 years of age respectively, Andrea Stramaccioni and Vincenzo Montella not only possess the striking features that have young females the world over dreaming of Italian hunks, they are among the youngest coaches the Serie A has seen in its 80 plus years of existence.
Football needs to make changes off the field, but let’s hope it doesn’t look to the 1980s for inspiration.
