A MAN OF MANY CLUBS
THIRTY years ago football lost one of it’s finest ‘journeymen’ when Keighley-born Trevor Hockey passed away suddenly from a heart attack at the age...
A TRUE CORINTHIAN
BY Vince Cooper If you look up thw word ‘Corinthian’ in a dictionary you’ll find two definition. One relates to natives of the ancient region of...
THE STORY OF THE SWANS – Part One
By Vince Cooper SWANSEA Town Football Club we’re initially formed in 1906 and, without a permanent ground, played matches at various locations...
THE CHANGING MAN
THE CHANGING MAN THE LIFE AND CAREER OF RAY KENNEDY 1951-2021 BY Vince Cooper IN 2021 former Arsenal, Liverpool, Swansea and England star Ray...
FA CUP 1963-64.
HAMMERS WIN BATTLE OF THE YOUNG UNS BY Vince Cooper WHILST it was two of the country’s most durable Cup battlers who took to the field at Wembley on...
YOU NEED HANDS – Part One
YOU NEED HANDS – THE PAT JENNINGS STORY (Part One) BY Vince Cooper FEW players earn the accolades and affection of two sets of fans so much...
THE BEES. THE HISTORY OF BRENTFORD – Part One
THE BEES The History of Brentford F.C. By Vince Cooper Part One 1889-1914 AFTER 74 years out of the top flight, Brentford made it back to the big...
FROM FOSSILS TO FOXES
FROM FOSSILS TO FOXES THE HISTORY OF LEICESTER CITY BY Vince Cooper PART ONE 1884-1939 Leicester City weren’t always Leicester City. They started...
FROM THE RAMBLERS TO THE BRITANNIA
FROM THE RAMBLERS TO THE BRITANNIA BY Vince Cooper HAVING first opened for business in 1878, The Victoria Ground lasted as the home of Stoke City...
FROM INTER-CITIES TO UEFA CUP
From Inter-Cities to Europa League The story of The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup BY Vince Cooper Part One. 1955 to 1962 The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup ran...
THE FIRST SKIPPER
THE FIRST SKIPPER BY Vince Cooper ON Saturday 5 March 1870 England met Scotland in an unofficial international at Kennington Oval. The game had...
TALES FROM THE SHED – THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT
Last year I was asked to contribute to Tales From The She’d, an anthology of 34 Chelsea-related stories which was being published to raise money for...
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