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...
DUNCAN – IN OTHER PEOPLE’S WORDS
MANY words have been written, and by people with far more knowledge about him than us – about the late, great Duncan Edwards. So rather than...
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...
Fond Memories – Muddy Pitches
During interactions with our many wonderful followers on Twitter (what do you mean you don’t follow @theleaguemag ? You’re missing...
GONE GROUNDS: THE BOLEYN, UPTON PARK – PART 2
WE left part one of our Upton Park story with the tragic passing of Syd King, a man who had been associated with the club since the Thames Ironworks...
MAN OF STEEL – THE DEREK DOOLEY STORY
SHEFFIELD-BORN Derek Dooley looked all set to go to the very top on the pitch. Tragedy struck but he still forged a career that sees him remembered...
ROUTE ONE AND ALL THAT – THE QUIZ BALL STORY
Sporting quiz games on TV have for many years been dominated by three major shows. On the BBC, A Question Of Sport has been going strong for an...
THE PASSIONATE PURITAN – THE STAN CULLIS STORY
THE STAN CULLIS STORY BY Vince Cooper LITTLE could Stan Cullis or Joe Mercer know when they attended Ellesmere Port’s Cambridge Road school together...
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...
GONE GROUNDS – UPTON PARK (PART ONE)
IS it Upton Park or is it the Boleyn Ground? We’ll leave that question for part three. First we’ll start way back when West Ham United were Thames...
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:...
THE 1938 WORLD CUP. LEÔNIDAS AND BRAZIL’S BIGGEST FOLLY
Before Neymar, before Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Ronaldinho, before Pele, Jairzinho. Rivellino and Carlos Alberto. Even before Vava and Garrincha, there...
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...
THEY ALL MADE IT – THE 1958 WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS
THE sterling efforts of Northern Ireland and Wales at the 2016 European Championships gave some hope for the future of national football across the...
HOW ENGLAND (AND SCOTLAND) MESSED UP IN 1950
England – Ready to fly The home nations finally decided to join World football’s showpiece in 1950. And it didn’t go well with Scotland...
ALBERT STUBBINS – THE SERGEANT PEPPER MAN
THE cover of The Beatles’ Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album gave lots of fun for those looking to spot which famous personalities had...