1967: WHEN SCOTLAND RULED THE WORLD (PART ONE)
By Vince Cooper After England’s success in the 1966 World Cup it was felt in many quarters that Sir Alf Ramsey’s men would remain at the pinnacle of...
1966. WHEN FOOTBALL DANCED TO A MERSEY BEAT
By Vince Cooper In 1966 football belonged to England. And English football belonged to Merseyside. The country hosted the World Cup for the first...
Did You Know 18
CLARIFYING THE CONFUSION Our Twitter followers are a knowledgeable bunch. But some do occasionally get a little confused. Here’s some hopefully...
The 1930 World Cup. The Story of the One-Armed Man
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...
New Books
BOOK REVIEWS Being Fulham By Roland Jaquarello Self-published £7.99 As Fulham push for promotion to the Premier League, Roland Jaquarello’s book...
GONE GROUNDS – THE NEST
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...
GONE GROUNDS – BROOMFIELD PARK
AIRDRIEONIANS began life as Excelsior Football Club in 1878 spending three years with that name before changing to identify themselves closer with...
A BORN CAPTAIN. THE EDDIE HAPGOOD STORY
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 OTHER SHANKLY MANAGER
THE exploits of the great Bill Shankly need little repeating. An outstanding player with Preston North End and Scotland, ‘Shanks’ really found his...
THE GREAT HORATIO
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...
THE BATTLE OF HIGHBURY
AFTER resigning from FIFA in 1919 in protest at Germany, Austria and Hungary being allowed to join, the Home Nations steadfastly refused to take...
THE DESTROYING ANGEL
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...
GONE GROUNDS – THE DEN – AND MILLWALL’S OTHER EARLY HOMES (PART ONE)
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...
GONE GROUNDS – ANLABY ROAD & BOOTHFERRY PARK
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...
GONE GROUNDS – CATHKIN AND NEW CATHKIN PARK
THE ORIGINAL The original Cathkin Park was opened in 1872 when members of the Third Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers (the club’s original name) started...
THE FOOTBALL MONTHLY MAN
MANY associate the name Charles Buchan with the monthly football magazine which ran from the early 1950s until 1974, and was accompanied by a yearly...