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...

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...

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...

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 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 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 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 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 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 Vince Cooper THE British transfer record set when Jackie Sewell moved to Sheffield Wednesday would stand for over four years. When it was finally...

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...

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...