
FIRST MAN IN THE BRIDGE HOT SEAT
JOHN TAIT ‘JACKY’ ROBERTSON BY Vince Cooper CHELSEA’S managerial hot-seat has become known for being notoriously difficult to fill. Whether because...

FA CUP 74-75. HAMMERS TAKE THE TROPHY AS BOBBY BIDS WEMBLEY FAREWELL
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...

THE BRITISH TRANSFER RECORD BREAKERS – PART ONE
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...

THE LAW MAN
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...

THE BRITISH TRANSFER RECORD BREAKERS – GERRY HITCHENS
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 CHANGING MAN THE LIFE AND CAREER OF RAY KENNEDY 1951-2021 BY Vince Cooper IN 2021 former Arsenal, Liverpool, Swansea and England star Ray...

RAMON
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 DARLING OF BLACKPOOL
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...

GENTLEMAN JOE
THE JOE MERCER STORY By Vince Cooper FOR many, the mark of a true football great is one who reached the top both on and off the pitch. To have made...

DANNY BOY
The Danny Blanchflower Story BY Vince Cooper A supremely gifted player and a superb captain, Northern Ireland’s Danny Blanchflower undoubtedly...

THE LITTLE BIRD
THE GARRINCHA STORY BY Vince Cooper For years the debate raged about who the title ‘Greatest Player in the World’ belonged to. Pele was generally...

BOBBY BUCKLE AND THE EARLY YEARS OF TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
BOBBY BUCKLE AND THE EARLY YEARS OF TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR BY Vince Cooper WHITE Cottage is where it all started. From this came Hotspur FC (the prefix...
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