SIR BOBBY
BY Vince Cooper Bobby Charlton had a glittering football career although his own self-effacing attitude and the talents of those around him, often...
YOU NEED HANDS – Part One
YOU NEED HANDS – THE PAT JENNINGS STORY (Part One) BY Vince Cooper FEW players earn the accolades and affection of two sets of fans so much...
THE DUKE
BY Vince Cooper FOOTBALLERS from the Channel Islands making it to the top of the game have been few and far between. Amazingly, Guernsey’s Matt Le...
THE BATTLE OF HIGHBURY
BY Vince Cooper AFTER resigning from FIFA in 1919 in protest at Germany, Austria and Hungary being allowed to join, the Home Nations steadfastly...
THE PRINCE OF GOALKEEPERS
BY Vince Cooper ‘They never die who live in the hearts they leave behind’ The inscription on John Thomson’s gravestone. Whilst a sunny May 25th 1967...
A LABOUR OF LOVE
By Vince Cooper THIS is the heartbreaking and inspirational story of Jean-Pierre and Bernadette Adams. It is a story of love and devotion in the...
NOBBY
THE Chelsea team of the late 1960s and early 1970s was full of great – and big – characters. Peter Osgood bestrode the Kings Road as...
THE PIONEER – PART THREE
THE PIONEER. THE LAURIE CUNNINGHAM STORY. PART THREE BY Vince Cooper AFTER the disasters, both personal and professional, of the 1981-82 season,...
THE PIONEER – PART TWO
THE PIONEER. THE LAURIE CUNNINGHAM STORY. PART TWO BY Vince Cooper BY 1979 Laurie Cunningham’s sparkling form at West Bromwich Albion had played a...
THE PIONEER – PART ONE
THE PIONEER: THE LAURIE CUNNINGHAM STORY. PART 1 BY Vince Cooper IN 1955 19-year-old Mavis Trout left her home in Kingston, Jamaica, leaving her...
A BORN CAPTAIN. THE EDDIE HAPGOOD STORY
A BORN CAPTAIN By Vince Cooper ARSENAL have been blessed with a number of great captains through the years. One of the first, and still regarded a...
THE ANGLO-ITALIAN CUPS
BY Vince Cooper THERE have been a number of different Anglo-Italian Cup competitions including, a little confusingly, two at the same time for a...
OLD SCHOOL ANDY
OLD SCHOOL ANDY; THE ANDY LOCHHEAD STORY BY Vince Cooper It is a well-worn cliche but has to be said. If you needed a photograph to illustrate the...
A MAN OF MANY CLUBS
THIRTY years ago football lost one of it’s finest ‘journeymen’ when Keighley-born Trevor Hockey passed away suddenly from a heart attack at the age...
THE STORY OF THE SWANS – Part One
By Vince Cooper SWANSEA Town Football Club we’re initially formed in 1906 and, without a permanent ground, played matches at various locations...
THE CHANGING MAN
THE CHANGING MAN THE LIFE AND CAREER OF RAY KENNEDY 1951-2021 BY Vince Cooper IN 2021 former Arsenal, Liverpool, Swansea and England star Ray...