Africa Outreach Project

FA CUP 1963-64.

Jul 8, 2023 | The Big Feature

HAMMERS WIN BATTLE OF THE YOUNG UNS BY Vince Cooper WHILST it was two of the country’s most durable Cup battlers who took to the field at Wembley on...

THE BEES. THE HISTORY OF BRENTFORD – Part One

Jul 4, 2023 | If You Know Your History

THE BEES The History of Brentford F.C. By Vince Cooper Part One 1889-1914 AFTER 74 years out of the top flight, Brentford made it back to the big...

FROM FOSSILS TO FOXES

Jul 4, 2023 | The Big Feature

THE HISTORY OF LEICESTER CITY BY Vince Cooper PART ONE 1884-1939 Leicester City weren’t always Leicester City. They started life as Leicester Fosse...

FROM THE RAMBLERS TO THE BRITANNIA

Jul 3, 2023 | The Big Feature

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

Jul 1, 2023 | The Big Feature

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

TALES FROM THE SHED – THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT

Jun 25, 2023 | The Big Feature

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

Jun 17, 2023 | The Big Feature

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...