by Vince Cooper | Nov 19, 2018 | The Big Feature
BY Vince Cooper JUST how important was Eusebio to world football? He was the first great African import to the European game and was a real pioneer,...
by Vince Cooper | Nov 17, 2018 | The Big Feature
BY Vince Cooper JUST after the start of the 20th century, goalkeeper Billy Scott joined Everton from Irish team Linfield. He quickly became a...
by Vince Cooper | Nov 9, 2018 | The Big Feature
By Vince Cooper Gerry and Joe Baker were sons of a sailor. Which goes some way towards explaining their convoluted international history. The...
by Vince Cooper | Oct 24, 2018 | The Big Feature
By Vince Cooper SWANSEA Town were formed after a meeting at the Royal Hotel Swansea in 1912. In a traditional rugby stronghold it took a while for...
by Vince Cooper | Oct 22, 2018 | The Big Feature
In 1967 3rd Division Queen’s Park Rangers shocked football when beating top-tier West Bromwich Albion to take the League Cup. But what should have...
by Vince Cooper | Oct 17, 2018 | The Big Feature
Lev Yashin never wanted to be a goalkeeper. In fact he never even wanted to be a footballer. But the young man who first tried boxing and then went...
by Vince Cooper | Oct 16, 2018 | The Big Feature
By Vince Cooper When professional football resumed in 1919-20 after the First World War the Football League expanded from 40 to 44 teams but...
by Vince Cooper | Oct 15, 2018 | The Big Feature
By Vince Cooper At the arrival of the 19th century there were three good-class football teams competing in the Levenmouth area in Fife on the East...
by Vince Cooper | Oct 11, 2018 | If You Know Your History
By VINCE COOPER IT has always been said that Goalkeepers are the real characters of football. Stories of eccentricity abound among custodians...
by Vince Cooper | Oct 6, 2018 | The Big Feature
‘WEE’ Hughie Gallacher was idolised by fans everywhere, including those of opposing teams. But, as Vince Cooper writes, his life ended...
by Vince Cooper | Oct 2, 2018 | If You Know Your History
Boxing Day 1963. The Day it Rained Goals We all like a ‘goal-fest’. Lets face it, what’s not to love about a thrilling 3-3 draw? Even if it...
by Vince Cooper | Oct 2, 2018 | The Big Feature
1967: Scotland’s Year – The Club Scene By Vince Cooper Whilst the Scottish National team were overcoming World champs England at Wembley,...
by Vince Cooper | Sep 19, 2018 | The Big Feature
By Vince Cooper After England’s success in the 1966 World Cup it was felt in many quarters that Sir Alf Ramsey’s men would remain at the pinnacle of...
by Vince Cooper | Sep 9, 2018 | The Big Feature
By Vince Cooper In 1966 football belonged to England. And English football belonged to Merseyside. The country hosted the World Cup for the first...
by Vince Cooper | Jun 10, 2018 | The Big Feature
A look back to the first-ever World Cup Finals 88 years ago and a final that featured bitter rivals – and a one-armed man. There was no...
by Vince Cooper | Dec 21, 2017 | The Big Feature
AIRDRIEONIANS began life as Excelsior Football Club in 1878 spending three years with that name before changing to identify themselves closer with...