From Inter-Cities to Europa League The story of The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup BY Vince Cooper Part One. 1955 to 1962 The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup ran...
GONE GROUNDS – THE DEN (part two)
BY Vince Cooper Part one of our article saw the growth of the club as they changed from Rovers to Athletic to just plain Millwall. It also saw them...
GONE GROUNDS – THE DEN – AND MILLWALL’S OTHER EARLY HOMES (PART ONE)
THE DEN – AND MILLWALL’S OTHER EARLY HOMES In 1885, tinsmiths at JT Morton’s factory on London’s Isle of Dogs decided to form a football team....
FATHER AND SON
BY Vince Cooper NOT only were Alec and David Herd part of that rare breed of a father and son who both won the FA Cup. They had their biggest...
THE CHESTERFIELD TOUGH
George Hunt – The Chesterfield Tough BY Vince Cooper IN the days before the Smithies, Mooreos and Parksys footballers often had nicknames that...
THE SHARPEST SHOOTER
THE JIMMY GREAVES STORY BY Vince Cooper HE was left out of the 1966 World Cup final line-up when quite possibly still at his peak but there is no...
THE JEFF HALL STORY
Jeff Hall – A tragic loss with a positive effect BY Vince Cooper Jeff Hall was an England international footballer and, in the eyes of many,...
TEN YEARS AHEAD OF HIS TIME
BY Vince Cooper In 1968 England manager Sir Alf Ramsey claimed that Martin Peters was ‘Ten years ahead of his time’. Although the comment confused...
THE TEXACO / ANGLO-SCOTTISH CUP
In 1970-71 the Football Leagues of England, Scotland and Ireland decided to start a competition for those clubs that had just missed out on European...
BENJAMIN HOWARD BAKER – LAST OF THE CORINTHIANS
BENJAMIN HOWARD BAKER – LAST OF THE CORINTHIANS BY Vince Cooper There are other sporting polymaths featured on our website with ‘Corinthian’...
THE DOOG – Part One
THE DOOG – The Derek Dougan story. Part One BY Vince Cooper NORTHERN Irish football has always seemed to punch above its weight. That a...
THE WONDERFUL WATNEY CUP
BY Vince Cooper CONTESTED between 1970 and 1973, the Watney Cup (full title Watney Mann Invitation Cup) is fondly remembered as a contest where...
BIG SWIFTY
THE FRANK SWIFT STORY BY Vince Cooper THERE is no doubt that the Munich air disaster of 1958 will forever be remembered as ‘The Day A Team Died’ (to...
DAVE MACKAY – A WINNER WITH A BIG HEART
BY Vince Cooper THROUGHOUT his playing career – and then when he went into management – one word defined Dave Mackay – winner....
‘IF ONLY’. THE TOMMY LAWTON STORY
IF ONLY. THE TOMMY LAWTON STORY BY Vince Cooper The history of football is littered with ‘if onlys’. ‘What if the Manchester United side hadn’t been...
WEBBY
BY Vince Cooper ‘PETER Osgood and Charlie Cooke have more football in their little fingers than I have in my whole body!’ So said David Webb during...