PANTERA NEGRA – THE EUSEBIO STORY BY Vince Cooper Just how important was Eusebio to world football? Well, he was the first great African...

BY Vince Cooper As we all know, loyalty is a rare commodity in football these days. Nobody can criticise players for making the most of what is a...

By Vince Cooper The long and storied history of football is littered with ‘bad boys’. Most earned their reputations on the pitch with tough-tackling...

By Vince Cooper Football in the 1960s and especially 1970s is often fondly remembered as the ‘maverick’ era, filled as it was with players who had...

JOHN TAIT ‘JACKY’ ROBERTSON BY Vince Cooper CHELSEA’S managerial hot-seat has become known for being notoriously difficult to fill. Whether because...

By Vince Cooper The 1974-75 season saw a tight and exciting tussle for the First Division title. At the end of the campaign five points covered the...

BY Vince Cooper (Main photo. Alf Common) The current British transfer record (the biggest amount involving a club from the UK) is said in some...

BY Vince Cooper DENIS Law was one of those players that, as a fan, it was hard to dislike, even if he wasn’t on your team. As an opponent it might...

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...

THE CHANGING MAN THE LIFE AND CAREER OF RAY KENNEDY 1951-2021 BY Vince Cooper IN 2021 former Arsenal, Liverpool, Swansea and England star Ray...

THE RAY WILSON STORY By Vince Cooper WHILST Ray Wilson wasn’t one of the bigger characters in the 1966 World Cup winning team, and also wasn’t one...

THE JIMMY HAMPSON STORY BY Vince Cooper Whilst followers of Blackpool have a number of heroes to look back on in the club’s almost 140-year history...