After the furore of title wins, promotions and relegations subside, all that is left within the football community is uncertainty. Because whether you’re a journeyman footballer at the wrong end of League 2 or a certified Premier League millionaire, no one wants to be unemployed.
It truly has been one of the most astounding Premier League seasons in history. And one of the most astounding things in this most astounding of seasons is that the team that will be most remembered from this campaign aren’t the league winners but the runners-up. This season, was all about Liverpool.
The outcome of the Scottish Premiership title race may have been obvious long before a ball was kicked in anger last August, but the 2013/14 football season still managed to provide drama aplenty along the way.
I love birthdays, I really do. I like the gifts, I like the people telling you that they hope you have a great day and I really like a birthday drink or two. Who doesn’t? Then again, as I strolled into my office on my birthday this year it had never crossed my mind that I was owed something...
Without much fanfare, it has been a week of change for football. They’re small changes, changes that may have slipped under the radar for most, but changes none the less. And not just change for change sake, change for the better. A better word could be progress.