THE PRINCE OF WINGERS
THE BILLY MEREDITH STORY BY Vince Cooper WHEN Billy Meredith made his final appearance it was in an FA Cup semi-final when he was less than four...
RENAISSANCE MAN
By Vince Cooper There are many tales of sporting polymaths (a person skilled in many subjects) who graced the football pitch. The likes of C.B. Fry,...
HORATIO
THE RAICH CARTER STORY BY Vince Cooper MANY of the stars of football during the middle of the 20th century came from a footballing background at a...
DID YOU KNOW?
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN Dailly Junior School team in Ayrshire featured two future Scottish internationals. Eventual Arsenal and Manchester United...
THE HISTORY OF WIMBLEDON F. C. Part Three. From the Southern League to the Football League
THE HISTORY OF WIMBLEDON F. C. Part Three. From the Southern League to the Football League BY Vince Cooper WIMBLEDON made their debut in the...
THE HISTORY OF WIMBLEDON F. C. Part Two. From the War to Wembley
THE HISTORY OF WIMBLEDON F. C. Part Two. From the War to Wembley By Vince Cooper The return of football after the 2nd World War was gradual and many...
THE HISTORY OF WIMBLEDON F. C. – Part One. From Wimbledon Common to Plough Lane
THE HISTORY OF WIMBLEDON F. C. PART ONE. FROM WIMBLEDON COMMON TO PLOUGH LANE Above: Wimbledon Greyhound and Speedway Stadium with Plough Lane at...
THE SEAGULLS
‘Saturday Afternoon’ by Fred Yates 1953. To see more of the artist’s work visit https://fredyates.wordpress.com Brighton & Hove Albion were...
TREVOR ROBERTS
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...
Charlie, Charlie, Charlie
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...
FA CUP 1932-33. THE NUMBERS GAME
By Vince Cooper Every FA Cup provides a few great stories. Fine individual performances, famous giant-killings, the arrival onto the scene of new...
A TRUE CORINTHIAN
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...
SALLON
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...
FROM HISTORY TO TRAGEDY
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...
LOCAL HERO
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...
THE MAESTRO
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,...