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THE 1967-68 EUROPEAN CUP BY Vince Cooper AS Manchester United and their manager Matt Busby rebuilt after the tragedy of Munich they slowly created a...

THE GEORGE COHEN STORY BY Vince Cooper AN end-of-season friendly in 1964 saw England, with Bobby Moore, skippering the team for the first time at...

THE BILLY MEREDITH STORY BY Vince Cooper WHEN Billy Meredith made his final appearance it was in an FA Cup semi-final when he was less than four...

THE STEVE BLOOMER STORY BY Vince Cooper A look at scoring records in the bygone age shows that it was clearly easier to score ‘back in the day’....

By Vince Cooper There are many tales of sporting polymaths (a person skilled in many subjects) who graced the football pitch. The likes of C.B. Fry,...

THE BOBBY COLLINS STORY BY Vince Cooper In Glasgow-speak a ‘Wee Barra’ is a term used to refer to a small person who people like, Bobby Collins...

THE ROGER HUNT STORY BY Vince Cooper THE World Cup winning team of 1966 are all rightly lauded as greats of the English game although some have...

THE HISTORY OF SUNDERLAND F. C. BY Vince Cooper THERE is no doubt that Roker Park, home of Sunderland for just under 100 years, was one of the...

THE RAICH CARTER STORY BY Vince Cooper MANY of the stars of football during the middle of the 20th century came from a footballing background at a...

McCRAE’S BATTALION By Vince Cooper Come pack up your footballs and scarves of maroon Leave all your sweethearts in Auld Reekie toon Fall in wi’ the...

THE JOHN CHARLES STORY BY Vince Cooper THE question: ‘Who was the greatest footballer of all time?’ is pretty much impossible to answer. As you...

THE JACK COCK STORY By Vince Cooper There was a time when one of the country’s leading centre-forwards was just as big a star treading the music...