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...
‘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...
THE BUSBY BABES AT THEIR BEST
ARSENAL 4 MANCHESTER UNITED 5 BY Vince Cooper ON February 1 1958, Manchester United travelled to North London to take on Arsenal in a First Division...
DANCIN’ NOBBY
THE NOBBY STILES STORY BY Vince Cooper TO win a World Cup – so they say – you need a minimum of four world-class players. In 1966...
THE TIGERS TALE – THE HISTORY OF HULL CITY
BY Vince Cooper ATTEMPTS were made to start a football club in Hull for some time before Hull City were formed in 1904. The main delays were caused...
THE ROAR OF THUNDER
THE LUIGI RIVA STORY BY Vince Cooper RARELY has one man had such a huge effect on one team as Luigi Riva, who passed away recently, had on Cagliari....
Lev Yashin. The Shining Light
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...
THE 1967-68 EUROPEAN CUP
REDEMPTION – TEN YEARS LATER BY Vince Cooper THE 1965-66 season represented eight years since the disaster of Munich, when Manchester United...