RETURN TO SHEPPEY 3 February 2025 0 comments MICHAEL GRIMES TAKES A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE… THE Isle of Sheppey is off the Kent coast in the Thames […]
WHEN DANNY BOY WAS SMILING 3 February 2025 0 comments COLIN ALLAN RECALLS A FAMOUS NORTHERN IRELAND VICTORY AGAINST ENGLAND AT WEMBLEY ALMOST 70 YEARS AGO… Breathing space: Northern Ireland’s […]
SLOT MACHINE 3 February 2025 0 comments ROBERT J WILSON LOOKS AT THE IMPACT OF NEW BOSS ARNE SLOT AT LIVERPOOL AND THE CHALLENGES THAT LIE AHEAD… […]
MINNOWS FLEX THEIR MUSCLES 3 February 2025 0 comments TOM WINCH LOOKS AT THOSE COUNTRIES ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES ON THE INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL MAP… Flying: San […]
FEARS FOR OUR GAME 3 February 2025 0 comments States of Play –How Sportswashing Took Over Football, by Miguel Delaney, published by Seven Dials, Price: £22 THE Independent’s chief […]
HEAVEN’S XI 3 February 2025 0 comments PHILIP O’ROURKE PICKS HIS TOP SIDE FROM THE PLAYERS WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE US Icon: Franz Beckenbauer playing for Bayern […]
A DECADE TO REMEMBER 3 February 2025 0 comments Don’t Cry For Me, Next Door Neighbour, by Michael Fahey, published by Legends Publishing, Price: 12.99 IN Don’t Cry For […]
ALL HAIL THE KING 3 February 2025 0 comments ROBERT J WILSON LOOKS BACK AT THE LIFE OF THE LATE, GREAT DENIS LAW Party time: Denis Law, centre, and […]
THE MEETING 3 February 2025 0 comments CHARLTON ATHLETIC HEATHER MCKINLAY ON LOVE, FAMILY AND CHARLTON ATHLETIC Home comforts: Colin Walsh celebrates scoring the only goal in […]
COOK’S AMBITIOUS RECIPE 3 February 2025 0 comments SAM SHEPPEY LOOKS AT THE ROLE OF GARRY COOK IN THE RISE OF MAN CITY AND HIS NEXT STEPS Done […]
THE MAGIC OF SCHILLACI AND MILLA 3 February 2025 0 comments MICHAEL STEWART TAKES A LOOK BACK TO THE MEMORABLE ITALIA 90 WORLD CUP… Feel the passion: Italy’s Salvatore ‘Toto’ Schillaci […]
FINDING THE FAR CORNER AGAIN 3 February 2025 0 comments JONNY BRICK PLUCKS ANOTHER BOOK FROM THE SHELVES OF THE FOOTBALL LITERARY SOCIETY, THIS ONE A CULT CLASSIC PUBLISHED IN […]
MEMORY LANE – FEBRUARY 1971, BY BOB BOND 3 February 2025 0 comments … Continue reading… Access all our premium content for less than 50p per week! SUBSCRIBE Already a subscriber to our […]
ENDING THE BACKPASS FARCE 3 February 2025 0 comments BRIAN CORRY ON A FOOTBALL LAW CHANGE THAT BREATHED NEW LIFE INTO THE GAME It’s mine: Denmark’s Peter Schmeichel claims […]
WHAT THE GULLS DID NEXT 3 February 2025 0 comments AUTHOR STEVE HARRIS ON HOW TORQUAY UNITED MADE THE MOST OF THEIR BIZARRE RELEGATION ESCAPE IN THE 1980S What a […]
SEASIDE ADVENTURE 3 February 2025 0 comments POET AND WRITER CHRIS TOWERS HEADED TO WESTON-SUPER-MARE TO SEE THEM TAKE ON ENFIELD TOWN IN NATIONAL LEAGUE SOUTH EVER […]
WELCOME TO LATE TACKLE 3 February 2025 0 comments WHEN Jurgen Klopp announced just over a year ago that he would leave Liverpool at the end of the 202324 […]
UNEXPECTED EUROPEAN HOSTS 3 February 2025 0 comments SAM TODD LOOKS AT THE SELECT GROUP OF ENGLISH GROUNDS WHICH HAVE BEEN HOME TO EUROPEAN FOOTBALL BUT NOT A […]
THE FUTURE OF FOOTBALL PROGRAMMES 3 February 2025 0 comments DAVID OHL GIVES HIS IDEAS ON HOW TO PROTECT A MUCH-LOVED INSTITUTION THAT HAS COME UNDER INCREASING PRESSURE… BUYING a […]
CAREER REVIEW: Peter Higham 2 December 2024 0 comments Fratton Park, February 1950. Defending First Division champions Portsmouth had an injury crisis. Enter 19-year-old Marine Peter Higham.
REVIEW: Benno, My Life in Football by Dave Bennett 2 December 2024 0 comments Benno: My Life in Football – Dave Bennett with Rich Chamberlain, published by Pitch Publishing, price: £25.
CARTOON: Preston North End 3-3 Wolverhampton, 1954 2 December 2024 0 comments A cartoon illustrating the 3-3 draw between Preston North End and Wolverhampton Wanderers at Deepdale on 13 November 1954.
REVIEW: Panini Legends by Greg Lansdowne 2 December 2024 0 comments Panini Legends: A Celebration of the World’s Greatest Football Stickers – Greg Lansdowne, published by Bloomsbury Sport, price: £16.99.
Johan Neeskens: A tribute to the Dutch legend 2 December 2024 0 comments The football coming out of the Netherlands in the 1960s and 1970s was joyous and different. No one had seen anything like Total Football.
REVIEW: Head for the Floodlights, by Giles Goford 2 December 2024 0 comments Head for the Floodlights: Around the 92 in the 1980s – Giles Goford, published by Conker Editions, price: £16.
PREVIEW: Go To War, by Jon Spurling 2 December 2024 0 comments My new book is about 1980s football, in particular its prime movers and shakers at clubs like Liverpool, Everton, Aston Villa, and Arsenal.
The rise of SE Dons – One of the most popular YouTube football teams 2 December 2024 0 comments CAM HOWE REPORTS ON THE SUNDAY LEAGUE YOUTUBERS NOW ATTEMPTING TO TAKE NON. LEAGUE FOOTBALL BY STORM Ten years ago, […]
Joe McGinniss: Recalling ‘The Miracle of Castel di Sangro’ 2 December 2024 0 comments If the study of football was on the national curriculum, then Joe McGinniss’ The Miracle of Castel di Sangro would be on the GCSE syllabus.
TRIVIA: 20 unusual but totally true football facts 2 December 2024 0 comments We all have something that fascinates us about football. That magic that keeps us coming back for more and more.
An ode to the fractious border between home and away fans 2 December 2024 0 comments Here follows a passionate footballing ode to that small strip of seats, that unstable gap, which separates away fans from home fans.