Blue Army
I am proud and pleased to announce the publication of my first book, Blue Army. The book covers the history of Chelsea as told through the stories...
THE FIRST MANAGER
BY Vince Cooper Only Sir Alex Ferguson has won more English league titles than George Ramsay. Only Arsene Wenger has won more FA Cups than George...
THE BRITISH TRANSFER RECORD BREAKERS – GERRY HITCHENS
BY Vince Cooper AFTER first Eddie Firmani and then John Charles had set the trend for transfer record-breakers by moving to Italy there was a third...
THE PASS MASTER
THE JACK GREENWELL STORY BY Vince Cooper BARCELONA have become known as the epitome of the ‘pass and move’ team. The fluidity of their style has...
THE BRITISH TRANSFER RECORD BREAKERS – EDDIE FIRMANI
BY Vince Cooper THE British transfer record set when Jackie Sewell moved to Sheffield Wednesday would stand for over four years. When it was finally...
GONE GROUNDS – NINIAN PARK PART TWO
SO, we left Cardiff City in part one going in to 1952-53 and having just regained their 1st Division status. Fans celebrate promotion in 1952 The...
GONE GROUNDS – MUIRTON PARK – PART ONE
AS was the case with a number of other clubs, St Johnstone FC came about when members of a cricket club decided they needed something to keep them...
THE MAJOR
BY Vince Cooper OF the many great managers to have graced the beautiful game over the years, there have undoubtedly been a number who have...
RENTON F.C. CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD
BY Vince Cooper A team from a small village in West Dumbartonshire became the first World Champions, competed in the first Scottish Cup, won the...
THE BRITISH TRANSFER RECORD BREAKERS – JACKIE SEWELL
THE BRITISH TRANSFER RECORD BREAKERS – JACKIE SEWELL Trevor Ford’s reign as Britain’s most expensive player stood for almost six months. Then,...
GONE GROUNDS – DOUGLAS PARK – PART ONE
GONE GROUNDS – DOUGLAS PARK In 1874, James Blacklock, the rector of the Hamilton Academy school in the South Lanarkshire town 12 miles south...
THE BRITISH TRANSFER RECORD BREAKERS – TREVOR FORD
Swansea-born TREVOR FORD was a late starter in professional football due to wartime hostilities. Ford was born in 1922 and as a youngster he had...
THE BRITISH TRANSFER RECORD BREAKERS – EDDIE QUIGLEY
THE BRITISH TRANSFER RECORD BREAKERS – EDDIE QUIGLEY Johnny Morris’s British record would last almost until the end of 1949. Then in December...
HONVED – THE TEAM LEFT OUT ON THE COLD
BY Vince Cooper WHEN Wolverhampton Wanderers took on the Hungarian team Kispest Honved at Molineux in 1954, the game was billed (mostly in the...
DID YOU KNOW 20
3PM ON SATURDAY – WHY? The 19th century Factories Act included a Law that factory work should stop a 2pm on Saturdays. This encouraged...
GONE GROUNDS – ELM PARK – Part One 1871-1971
BY Vince Cooper READING FC were formed on Christmas Day 1871 at the Bridge Street Rooms with Joseph Edward Sydenham as the club’s driving force....