BLUE ARMY BY Vince Cooper John Bumstead Chelsea have had their share of ‘unsung heroes’ over the years. Peter Houseman, a hugely influential member...

By Jason Grant Shela MBE FRSA MA The Busby Babes February 6th 1958 is a day that is forever etched with sadness and sorrow in the hearts and minds...

BY Vince Cooper IT is often written that football stopped during World War Two and while it’s true that ‘official matches’  like the Football League...

By Vince Cooper ON a bleak January day in 1922 a select group convened near the top of a hill in Middlesex. After a few preliminaries H.R.H. The...

The people at Pitch Publishing, one of the foremost publishers of sports books, have certainly been busy and here are six of their new titles with,...

Just over 30 years ago, an Englishman – and avid Chelsea fan – working in Kuwait as a catering manager was arrested in Iraq for...

IT’S the middle of summer so live football – aside from the Women’s Euros – is at a premium. Whilst waiting for the new campaign to...

FOR BETTER OR WORSE LIFE, LOVE AND SUPPORTING CHELSEA IN THE 1990s By Jason Gibbins Published by Gate17 Books Reviewed by Dave Cooper Chelsea fans...

BY Vince Cooper Was there anything C. B. Fry couldn’t do? The man writer Geoffrey Green described as; “A mortal who came from Olympus”, played...

Peel Park and the History of Accrington Stanley. When Accrington F.C. were operating as one of the Football League’s original 12 clubs another team...

The Owd Reds – The Brief History of Accrington F.C. The list of the original twelve members of the Football League contains 11 teams many of...