‘SIR’ ROGER
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...
ROKER PARK AND THE HISTORY OF SUNDERLAND F. C.
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...
McCRAE’S BATTALION
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 GENTLE GIANT
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...
JACK OF ALL TRADES
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...
THE HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON F. C.
THE HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON F. C. BY Vince Cooper One of the quirkier and more memorable football grounds, The Dell was home to Southampton for over...
FROM INTER-CITIES TO UEFA CUP – Part One
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’...