by ReadTheLeague | Mar 22, 2020 | The Big Feature
BY Vince Cooper Prior to the 2nd World War, football fans in Stirling were served by the Kings Park club who played their home games at Forthbank...
by ReadTheLeague | Mar 22, 2020 | The Big Feature
When Chelsea were first admitted into the Football League the marquee signing was, of course, the £50 purchase of Willie Foulke from Sheffield...
by ReadTheLeague | Mar 19, 2020 | The Big Feature
One of the first great footballers never wore boots when playing, preferring to ply his trade in his daily footwear. When league football started in...
by ReadTheLeague | Mar 14, 2020 | The Big Feature
There was a time when one of the country’s leading centre-forwards was just as big a star treading the music hall boards and also turned his hand to...
by ReadTheLeague | Nov 15, 2019 | The Big Feature
Liquidator by Mark Worrall With the large number of football books now on the market it is increasingly difficult to find one that looks at the game...
by ReadTheLeague | Nov 4, 2019 | The Big Feature
I am proud and pleased to announce the publication of my first book, Blue Army. The book covers the history of Chelsea as told through the stories...
by ReadTheLeague | Nov 2, 2019 | The Big Feature
BY Vince Cooper THE next person to break the British transfer record went, like his three immediate predecessors, to Italy. Then he broke it again,...
by ReadTheLeague | Oct 13, 2019 | The Big Feature
BY Vince Cooper Only Sir Alex Ferguson has won more English league titles than George Ramsay. Only Arsene Wenger has won more FA Cups than George...
by ReadTheLeague | Oct 8, 2019 | The Big Feature
BY Vince Cooper AFTER first Eddie Firmani and then John Charles had set the trend for transfer record-breakers by moving to Italy there was a third...
by ReadTheLeague | Jul 17, 2019 | The Big Feature
BY Vince Cooper BARCELONA have become known as the epitome of the ‘pass and move’ team. The fluidity of their style has become a key component of...
by ReadTheLeague | Jul 14, 2019 | The Big Feature
BY Vince Cooper THE British transfer record set when Eddie Firmani moved from Charlton Athletic to Sampdoria was broken two years later. In fact it...
by ReadTheLeague | Jun 24, 2019 | The Big Feature
BY Vince Cooper THE British transfer record set when Jackie Sewell moved to Sheffield Wednesday would stand for over four years. When it was finally...
by ReadTheLeague | Jun 22, 2019 | The Big Feature
SO, we left Cardiff City in part one going in to 1952-53 and having just regained their 1st Division status. Fans celebrate promotion in 1952 The...
by ReadTheLeague | Mar 14, 2019 | The Big Feature
AS was the case with a number of other clubs, St Johnstone FC came about when members of a cricket club decided they needed something to keep them...
by ReadTheLeague | Mar 4, 2019 | The Big Feature
BY Vince Cooper OF the many great managers to have graced the beautiful game over the years, there have undoubtedly been a number who have...
by ReadTheLeague | Mar 2, 2019 | The Big Feature
BY Vince Cooper A team from a small village in West Dumbartonshire became the first World Champions, competed in the first Scottish Cup, won the...