TRAINING DAYS 3
Denis and Leslie Compton Bobby Charlton leads England Nat Lofthouse and fans Cyrille Regis shoots A Manchester City race gets serious Crystal Palace...
GONE GROUNDS. UPTON PARK (or THE BOLEYN GROUND – PART THREE
WE left part two of our Boleyn history with Ron Greenwood now in charge at the club, finally breaking the Hammers’ tradition of promoting from...
TRAINING DAYS 2
Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in 1922 Fun and games ar Stamford Bridge The Footballers Battalion Bobby Gould at Highbury England legends Liam...
DID YOU KNOW 17
What Might Have Been Jimmy Greaves met up with comedian Eric Morecambe at a ‘Goal Diggers’ charity event. Eric asked Jimmy; ‘What would you have...
TRAINING DAYS 1
Derry City – Quick out of the traps Lev Yashin at Ayresome Park in 1966 Tottenham Hotspur boss Bill Nicholson leads the way Millwall stretch...
LOVE STREET AND THE HISTORY OF ST MIRREN
By Vince Cooper ST Mirren Gentleman’s Club was formed in 1876, but as a rugby and cricket rather than football club. The name originates from Saint...
GONE GROUNDS – BURNDEN PARK
IN 1874 the Reverend Thomas Ogden, the schoolmaster at Christ Church decided to form a football team which he named Christ Church F.C. Three years...
IMMORTALISED
SOME OF FOOTBALLS GREATS HAVE BEEN IMMORTALISED. HERE’S OUR FIRST SELECTION OF SOME OF BRITISH FOOTBALL’S GREATS IN STATUE FORM (MORE TO COME) Note:...
DID YOU KNOW 16
“THIS week, next week, every week, some team boss is liable to get fired – and there will immediately be almost a pitch-sized queue of...
GONE GROUNDS – LEEDS ROAD
In 1906 a meeting was held at the Imperial Hotel Huddersfield, where the Huddersfield & District FA and other interested parties discussed the...
DID YOU KNOW 15
“When we have the ball we’re all attackers, when we lose it we’re all defenders.” Assistant-manager Jimmy Murphy explains Manchester United’s simple...
MORE LEAGUE LADDERS!
SOME MORE LADDERS FOR YOU TO ENJOY. STARTING WITH THE OLDEST, AND THE BEST WE’VE SEEN From 1925. OK, so you need pins and it’s points rather than...
THE HOTSPUR HANDY BOOK OF FOOTBALL CLUB COLOURS
THIS cool little booklet, issued in 1969, was a really great reason to buy (or persuade your Mum to buy you) a comic you might not normally have...
SUBBUTEO STADIUMS – 12 MORE
Well, you obviously liked the last batch of Subbuteo Stadium we posted, so we decided it was time to find some more. Enjoy these...
DID YOU KNOW – 14
“Celtic deserved to win. We lost but the match was a victory for football” Inter Coach Helenio Herrera after the 1967 European Cup Final Everyone...
SUBBUTEO STADIA – 12 OF THE BEST
SOME PEOPLE TAKE BUILDING A SUBBUTEO STADIUM SERIOUSLY… ….AND THEN THERE ARE THESE …AND FINALLY ...