by ReadTheLeague | Mar 17, 2024 | The Big Feature
‘Saturday Afternoon’ by Fred Yates 1953. To see more of the artist’s work visit https://fredyates.wordpress.com Brighton & Hove Albion were...
by ReadTheLeague | Mar 16, 2024 | The Big Feature
BY Vince Cooper AFTER back-to-back Southern League title wins in the late 1960s Cambridge United applied once again for election to the Football...
by ReadTheLeague | Mar 13, 2024 | The Big Feature
By Vince Cooper It’s very rare for a player to be chosen as ‘the best ever’ by two different teams. Charlie Hurley was that man. Big in both size...
by ReadTheLeague | Mar 9, 2024 | The Big Feature
By Vince Cooper Every FA Cup provides a few great stories. Fine individual performances, famous giant-killings, the arrival onto the scene of new...
by ReadTheLeague | Feb 21, 2024 | The Big Feature
BY Vince Cooper If you look up the word ‘Corinthian’ in a dictionary you’ll find two definitions. One relates to natives of the ancient region of...
by ReadTheLeague | Feb 18, 2024 | The Big Feature
There was a time when the FA Cup final warranted at least a four-page pullout in the national papers, and sometimes a whole special edition. The...
by ReadTheLeague | Jan 28, 2024 | The Big Feature
THE HUGHIE FERGUSON STORY Hughie Ferguson was a goalscoring hero in Scotland. In 1927 He became one in Wales when he scored the goal that won the...
by ReadTheLeague | Jan 25, 2024 | The Big Feature
LOCAL HERO The Jimmy Dimmock story BY Vince Cooper WHILST it is nice when your club makes those big-name, big-money signings there are few better...
by ReadTheLeague | Jan 23, 2024 | The Big Feature
THE JOHNNY HAYNES STORY BY Vince Cooper OFTEN we look back at a footballer’s career and wonder ‘what might have been’. One move, one new teammate,...
by ReadTheLeague | Aug 7, 2023 | The Big Feature
JOHN CAMERON; A GREAT SPUR BY Vince Cooper Given that the history of Spurs is sprinkled with great Scots (think Dave Mackay, Alan Gilzean, John...
by ReadTheLeague | May 29, 2023 | The Big Feature
THE people at Pitch Publishing (www.pitchpublishing.co.uk) continue to put out great books on a wide range of football (and other sporting)...
by ReadTheLeague | May 3, 2023 | The Big Feature
The people at Pitch Publishing, one of the foremost publishers of sports books, have certainly been busy and here are six of their new titles with,...
by ReadTheLeague | Jul 3, 2022 | The Big Feature
IT’S the middle of summer so live football – aside from the Women’s Euros – is at a premium. Whilst waiting for the new campaign to...
by ReadTheLeague | May 21, 2022 | The Big Feature
FOR BETTER OR WORSE LIFE, LOVE AND SUPPORTING CHELSEA IN THE 1990s By Jason Gibbins Published by Gate17 Books Reviewed by Dave Cooper Chelsea fans...
by ReadTheLeague | Jun 18, 2021 | The Big Feature
The Owd Reds – The Brief History of Accrington F.C. The list of the original twelve members of the Football League contains 11 teams many of...
by ReadTheLeague | Jun 10, 2021 | The Big Feature
1920-21 FA CUP BY Vince Cooper The 1921 FA Cup final was held at Stamford Bridge the second year that the West London ground had the honour of...