THE LAW MAN
BY Vince Cooper DENIS Law was one of those players that, as a fan, it was hard to dislike, even if he wasn’t on your team. As an opponent it might...
RAMON
THE RAY WILSON STORY By Vince Cooper WHILST Ray Wilson wasn’t one of the bigger characters in the 1966 World Cup winning team, and also wasn’t one...
THE DARLING OF BLACKPOOL
THE JIMMY HAMPSON STORY BY Vince Cooper Whilst followers of Blackpool have a number of heroes to look back on in the club’s almost 140-year history...
GENTLEMAN JOE
THE JOE MERCER STORY By Vince Cooper FOR many, the mark of a true football great is one who reached the top both on and off the pitch. To have made...
DANNY BOY
The Danny Blanchflower Story BY Vince Cooper A supremely gifted player and a superb captain, Northern Ireland’s Danny Blanchflower undoubtedly...
THE LITTLE BIRD
THE GARRINCHA STORY BY Vince Cooper For years the debate raged about who the title ‘Greatest Player in the World’ belonged to. Pele was generally...
BOBBY BUCKLE AND THE EARLY YEARS OF TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
BOBBY BUCKLE AND THE EARLY YEARS OF TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR BY Vince Cooper WHITE Cottage is where it all started. From this came Hotspur FC (the prefix...
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
The John Mitchell Story By Jason Grant Shela MBE Every young boy dreams of one day playing professional football, scoring memorable goals and...
FOOTBALL OR CRICKET? BOTH
JIM CUMBES AND CHRIS BALDERSTONE BY Vince Cooper Above: Jim Cumbes with the League Cup and County Championship trophies THERE was a time when it...
A WINNER WITH A BIG HEART
THE DAVE MACKAY STORY BY Vince Cooper THROUGHOUT his playing career – and then when he went into management – one word defined Dave...
THE MAESTRO
THE JOHNNY HAYNES STORY BY Vince Cooper OFTEN we look back at a footballer’s career and wonder ‘what might have been’. One move, one new teammate,...
MATT’S MEN CONQUER EUROPE AT LAST
THE 1967-68 EUROPEAN CUP BY Vince Cooper AS Manchester United and their manager Matt Busby rebuilt after the tragedy of Munich they slowly created a...
THE QUIET MAN
THE GEORGE COHEN STORY BY Vince Cooper AN end-of-season friendly in 1964 saw England, with Bobby Moore, skippering the team for the first time at...
THE PRINCE OF WINGERS
THE BILLY MEREDITH STORY BY Vince Cooper WHEN Billy Meredith made his final appearance it was in an FA Cup semi-final when he was less than four...
THE DESTROYING ANGEL
THE STEVE BLOOMER STORY BY Vince Cooper A look at scoring records in the bygone age shows that it was clearly easier to score ‘back in the day’....
RENAISSANCE MAN
By Vince Cooper There are many tales of sporting polymaths (a person skilled in many subjects) who graced the football pitch. The likes of C.B. Fry,...