As we prepare for this year’s staging here’s a look back to the first-ever World Cup Finals which took place 88 years ago and a final match that...

BOOK REVIEWS Being Fulham By Roland Jaquarello Self-published £7.99 As Fulham push for promotion to the Premier League, Roland Jaquarello’s book...

Norwich City Football Club Ground, (1908-1935) Sources I have managed to uncover a variety of sources, some of which are primary, such as the...

AIRDRIEONIANS began life as Excelsior Football Club in 1878 spending three years with that name before changing to identify themselves closer with...

EDRIS Hapgood was born in Bristol in 1908, the ninth of ten children. His first job after leaving school was as a milkman – working for his...

THE exploits of the great Bill Shankly need little repeating. An outstanding player with Preston North End and Scotland, ‘Shanks’ really found his...

MANY of the stars of football during the middle of the 20th century came from a footballing background at a time when ‘following in father’s...

AFTER resigning from FIFA in 1919 in protest at Germany, Austria and Hungary being allowed to join, the Home Nations steadfastly refused to take...

ONE look at scoring records in the bygone age shows that it was clearly easier to score ‘back in the day’. Whether due to a more lenient approach...

THE DEN – AND MILLWALL’S OTHER EARLY HOMES In 1885, tinsmiths at JT Morton’s factory decided to form a football team. Scotsman John Thomas...

ATTEMPTS were made to start a football club in Hull for some time before Hull City were formed in 1904. The main delays were caused by the city’s...

THE ORIGINAL The original Cathkin Park was opened in 1872 when members of the Third Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers (the club’s original name) started...