FROM THE RAMBLERS TO THE BRITANNIA BY Vince Cooper HAVING first opened for business in 1878, The Victoria Ground lasted as the home of Stoke City...

THE FIRST SKIPPER BY Vince Cooper ON Saturday 5 March 1870 England met Scotland in an unofficial international at Kennington Oval. The game had...

Last year I was asked to contribute to Tales From The Shed, an anthology of 34 Chelsea-related stories which was being published to raise money for...

THE FIRST MAVERICK BY Vince Cooper IN the 1960s and 70s the term ‘maverick’ has come to describe those footballers who defied convention, were seen...

GORDON BANKS BY Vince Cooper IT is often said that the strength of any great football team starts right at the back. A great goalkeeper not only...

1871-72 F. A. Cup. Charles Alcock creates, then wins, The Little Tin Idol BY Vince Cooper EVERY major sporting tournament in the world owes a debt...

TRAVELLIN’ MAN – The Peter Withe story (part one) BY Vince Cooper IT was a long and often winding road to the top for Peter Withe, but when he...

THE people at Pitch Publishing (www.pitchpublishing.co.uk) continue to put out great books on a wide range of football (and other sporting)...

BLUE ARMY BY Vince Cooper John Bumstead Chelsea have had their share of ‘unsung heroes’ over the years. Peter Houseman, a hugely influential member...

By Jason Grant Shela MBE FRSA MA The Busby Babes February 6th 1958 is a day that is forever etched with sadness and sorrow in the hearts and minds...

BY Vince Cooper IT is often written that football stopped during World War Two and while it’s true that ‘official matches’  like the Football League...