THE CLOWN PRINCE OF SOCCER

LOOKING BACK Heyday: Len Shackleton in action for Sunderland WHILST Paul Gascoigne may lay claim to being the crankiest footballer to...

PELE, O REY (PELE, THE KING)

STUART BOLTON recalls when a young Brazilian turned in a virtuoso display… STUART BOLTON Unstoppable: Pele celebrates scoring for Brazil in...

MEMORY LANE: JUNE 1996

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ALEX JACKSON: WEMBLEY’S FIRST HAT-TRICK HERO

DAVID DOCHERTY takes a look back at the career of a legendary player who shone for club and country… DAVID DOCHERTY...

INDOOR FOOTBALL

SIMON SHELDON recalls when five and six-a-side competitions made a big impression… SIMON SHELDON WE HAVE all played a game of...

GARETH BARRY: FOOTBALL’S MARATHON MAN

Experienced journalist JOHN WRAGG recalls meeting a teenage footballer who has gone on to carve out an incredible career… JOHN WRAGG...

WHEN GOALKEEPERS HAD PERSONALITY

IAN McFARLANE says the shot-stoppers of today aren’t a patch on those from yesteryear… IAN McFARLANE Bernard Lama GOALKEEPERS are often...

MEMORY LANE: OCT 2002

EVERTON 2 ARSENAL 1 FOR NEARLY ALL OF THIS MATCH ARSENAL’S LONG UNBEATEN RUN LOOKED ENTIRELY SAFE. To see more of...

THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES, WAYNE

SIMON ASHURST reflects on Wayne Rooney’s success-laden years with Manchester United… SIMON ASHURST Magic moment: Wayne Rooney scores his wonder goal...

MEMORY LANE: SEP 1973

SPURS 0 LEEDS 3 ROGER KIRKPATRICK WAS THE REFEREE AT WHITE HART LANE ON SATURDAY, HE WAS HIGHLY VISIBLE, AS USUAL....

MISSING YOU, MARIO…

SIMON ASHURST on the enigma that is Mario Balotelli… SIMON ASHURST Nice one: Mario is in France now BALOTELLI, WHY ALWAYS...

CAGLIARI LEGENDS

JAMES RICHARDS recalls when an island team shocked Italy’s footballing aristocracry… JAMES RICHARDS LOOKING at the Serie A table, it seems...

TURN OFF THE PROGRAMME

BEN ROBINSON suggests it’s time to give football programmes a swerve and move with the times… BEN ROBINSON WITH the cost...

ENGLAND’S GLORY-WELL, SORT OF…

COLIN ALLAN recalls when the Three Lions won a tournament but with little fanfare… COLIN ALLAN ONLY the previous year, England...

THE CLOUGHS: FATHER AND SON

JOHN WRAGG reflects on the relationship between Brian Clough and the boy he called The Bairn or The No9… JOHN WRAGG...

DIXIE DEAN: GOAL MACHINE

KEVIN HALLS looks back at the incredible career of an Everton hot-shot KEVIN HALLS ROMELU Lukaku is on fire this season...

WHITHAM WISDOM

ROB BRADLEY catches up with the Sheffield Wednesday striker who shocked Manchester United’s European Cup winners – and also had another...

DRUGS,AND ESCOBAR COLOMBIAN FOOTBALL

ADAM ELLIS recalls the story of Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar – and how it affected the country’s football  BEFORE the time...

HUNGARY 1  ENGLAND 3

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RADIO TIMES

PETER O’BRIEN explains how his Dad winning a crisps competition opened up a whole new world… ON HEARING of the recent...

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GREECE LIGHTNING

CRAIG MUNCEY looks back to when the unfancied Greeks shocked the football world… LET me take you back to the summer...

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THE FAN-TASTIC SIXTIES

KEVIN HALLS takes a look back to his days as a young football fan – a time of autographs, badges, rosettes...

FANTASY FOOTBALL FATIGUE…

JULIAN NASH on why he’s taken the brave decision to quit the game that’s become an addiction for so many football...

ADIOS, VICENTE…

 JAMIE DAVIES looks at the fall from grace of Spain – and their manager Vicente del Bosque S PAIN bowed out...

ITALIA 90-WORLD CLASS

It’s more than a quarter of a century ago, but GED BARNES still cherishes the memory of his first World Cup...

ENGLAND’S NEARLY MEN

Ask anyone about England’s World Cup winning side of ’66 and the names will trip off the tongue. But the rest...

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WHEN SCHMEICHEL SHOOK UP THE SHAKERS

He might be a Premier League winner with Leicester City now, but TOM GEORGE remembers when Kasper Schmeichel shone at the...