FROM MATTHEWS TO BEST
THE FIRST TWENTY YEARS OF THE FWA FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR IN September 1947 Charles Buchan and three other journalists were returning by boat having...
GONE GROUNDS – EASTVILLE
BRISTOL Rovers Football Club was formed in 1883 at a meeting organised by Bill Somerton, a local school teacher, in a restaurant called The...
TRAINING DAYS 3
Denis and Leslie Compton Bobby Charlton leads England Nat Lofthouse and fans Cyrille Regis shoots A Manchester City race gets serious Crystal Palace...
GONE GROUNDS. UPTON PARK (or THE BOLEYN GROUND – PART THREE
WE left part two of our Boleyn history with Ron Greenwood now in charge at the club, finally breaking the Hammers’ tradition of promoting from...
THE FOURTH MAN
ONLY four managers in history have won the league title with two separate clubs. Three of them are Herbert Chapman, Brian Clough and Kenny Dalglish....
TRAINING DAYS 2
Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in 1922 Fun and games ar Stamford Bridge The Footballers Battalion Bobby Gould at Highbury England legends Liam...
DID YOU KNOW 17
What Might Have Been Jimmy Greaves met up with comedian Eric Morecambe at a ‘Goal Diggers’ charity event. Eric asked Jimmy; ‘What would you have...
TRAINING DAYS 1
Derry City – Quick out of the traps Lev Yashin at Ayresome Park in 1966 Tottenham Hotspur boss Bill Nicholson leads the way Millwall stretch...
DUNCAN – IN OTHER PEOPLE’S WORDS
MANY words have been written, and by people with far more knowledge about him than us – about the late, great Duncan Edwards. So rather than...
LOVE STREET AND THE HISTORY OF ST MIRREN
By Vince Cooper ST Mirren Gentleman’s Club was formed in 1876, but as a rugby and cricket rather than football club. The name originates from Saint...
Fond Memories – Muddy Pitches
GONE GROUNDS: THE BOLEYN, UPTON PARK – PART 2
WE left part one of our Upton Park story with the tragic passing of Syd King, a man who had been associated with the club since the Thames Ironworks...
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