Keith Dixon looks back at how two World Cup winners flattered to deceive at Birmingham City… TESTING TRANSITION IT’S been […]

JOHN LYONS TAKES A LOOK AT HOW THE THREE LIONS CAN SHOCK THE FOOTBALL WORLD IN RUSSIA A NATION HOPES… […]

SIMON SHELDON REFLECTS ON SOME OF THE MORE CONTROVERSIAL EPISODES IN WORLD CUP HISTORY TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED SINCE the […]

JOHN LYONS TAKES A LOOK AT A NEW VERSION OF A POPULAR GAME FOOTBALL LEGENDS THOSE with long enough memories […]

JOHN LYONS TALKS TO DIARMUID LINEHAN ABOUT WHAT IT’S LIKE TO PLAY FOOTBALL IN THE FAR EAST… WORLD SCENE GARY […]

SIMON SHELDON COMES UP WITH SOME USEFUL, OR USELESS, BITS OF WORLD CUP HISTORY (DEPENDING ON YOUR POINT OF VIEW) […]

Ian McFarlane reckons there are a handful of genuine contenders for the biggest prize in football … RIVALS FOR THE […]

Colin Allan recalls when the Scots turned down the chance to play in the 1950 finals… LOOKING BACK Crucial goal: […]

CHRIS DUNLAVY EXPLAINS WHY THE LEICESTER SPEEDSTER COULD HAVE A CRUCIAL ROLE TO PLAY IN!RUSSIA TACTICAL MATTERS Shooting stars: Leicester […]

STEVE KENNEDY LOOKS AT THE AMAZING CAREER OF THE VETERAN EGYPT GOALKEEPER… KING OF THE PHARAOHS EGYPT are unlikely to […]

MAT GUY TAKES AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT SOME OF THE MORE UNUSUAL STORIES FROM FOOTBALL’S SHOWPIECE EVENT STRANGE TALES THE […]

MATT BELL REFLECTS ON THE IMPACT OF THE MUNICH AIR DISASTER ON THE NATIONAL TEAM… ENGLAND’S LOST STARS THE 1958 […]

JOHN LYONS TALKS TO GABRIEL CLARKE ABOUT HIS NEW FILM ON THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AN ENGLISH FOOTBALL GREAT… […]

World in Motion – The Inside Story of Italia ’90, The Tournament That Changed Football, by Simon Hart. Published by […]

Robert J Wilson says nothing can beat the magic of football’s showpiece event… WORLD OF ITS OWN FOR me, there […]

Kevin Halls looks back to when England took on ‘The Rest of the World’ in a prestigious 1963 ‘friendly’… SPECIAL […]

JOHN LYONS SAYS THE WORLD CUP JUST WOULDN’T BE THE SAME WITHOUT THE FAMOUS STICKER ALBUMS FOOTBALL TRADITION WHEN Giuseppe […]

EXPERIENCED JOURNALIST JOHN!WRAGG RECALLS WHAT IT WAS LIKE COVERING ENGLAND AT THE 1990 WORLD CUP THREE LIONS ON TOUR THE […]

JOHN LYONS PREVIEWS A TOURNAMENT THAT GIVES FOOTBALLS OUTCASTS A CHANCE TO SOWCASE THEIR SKILLS. STAGE TO SHINE CAN’T get […]

CHRIS DUNLAVY EXPLAINS WHY LITTLE IS EXPECTED OF THE WORLD CUP HOSTS… HOSTING THE PARTY IT’S no wonder Russian fans […]

THE domestic season is over, the European trophies have been dished out…. so bring on the World Cup! Yes, it’s […]

Peter Jones recalls when an unheralded striker caught the world’s attention… SEIZING THE SPOTLIGHT THERE’S no doubt who the surprise […]

JOHN WRAGG TAKES A LOOK AT HOW THE SKY BLUES HAVE BECOME OUTSIDERS IN THEIR OWN HOME JOHN WRAGG SKY […]

ROBERT J WILSON pays tribute to the late, great Ray Wilkins… ROBERT J WILSON MIDFIELD MAESTRO BORN in Hillingdon, west […]

STEVE KENNEDY LOOKS AT HOW A TEENAGE PRODIGY HAS FOUND IT TOUGH TO FULFIL HIS TALENT!… STEVE KENNEDY FADED DREAMS […]

COLIN ALLAN recalls when an England winger repeatedly tormented the Auld Enemy… AN ABIDING stereotype claims Scots are tight-fisted. Yet […]

ROBERT J WILSON SAYS WHAT ARSENAL MANAGER ARSENE WENGER HAS ACHIEVED WITH THE GUNNERS SHOULDN’T BE FORGOTTEN EVEN IF THE […]

SAM RADCLIFFE explains why fans of the big clubs have no need to whinge about their problems NON-LEAGUE West Ham’s […]

Spencer Buchan takes a look at how the game has changed – and is changing now… PATH TO THE FUTURE […]

Irish Soccer Migrants – A Social and Cultural History, by Conor Curran, published by Cork University Press, price: £24 (hardback), […]