The Day it Rained Goals
1967: WHEN SCOTLAND RULED THE WORLD – PART TWO
1967: Scotland’s Year – The Club Scene By Vince Cooper Whilst the Scottish National team were overcoming World champs England at Wembley,...
WHEN SCOTLAND RULED THE WORLD
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
BY Vince Cooper A look back to the first-ever World Cup Finals 88 years ago and a final that featured bitter rivals – and a one-armed man....
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...
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...
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...
GONE GROUNDS – SHAWFIELD
CLYDE FC, the ‘Bully Wee’ were founded in 1877 and started play at Barrowfield Park, on the banks of the River Clyde. The club had formerly gone...
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