DIRTY FRANK 12 December 2019 0 comments LOOKING BACK KEVIN!HALLS LOOKS!BACK!AT THE CAREER!OF FRANK BARSON, THE!ORIGINAL FOOTBALL HARDMAN On the charge: Frank Barson in control and also […]
ENGLAND!ON THEIR!TRAVELS 12 December 2019 0 comments LOOKING BACK COLIN ALLAN RECALLS THE 1959 TRIP TO THE AMERICAS… Bobby Charlton Jimmy Armfi eld ENGLAND’S tour of 1959 […]
KEN FOGARTY’S BEST DAYS 7 November 2019 0 comments LOOKING BACK STUART BOLTON CATCHES UP WITH THE STOCKPORT STALWART WHO PLAYED ALONGSIDE GEORGE BEST ON BOTH SIDES OF THE […]
ENGLAND’S EURO ‘BRONZE’ OF ’68 7 November 2019 0 comments LOOKING BACK COLIN ALLAN RECALLS WHEN THE THREE LIONS’ BID TO BUILD ON THEIR WORLD CUP SUCCESS FELL ON STONY […]
THE CLUBS WHO MISSED OUT ON EUROPE 7 November 2019 0 comments LOOKING BACK STUART STEELYARD LOOKS AT THE IMPACT OF THE BAN ON ENGLISH CLUBS AFTER THE HEYSEL STADIUM DISASTER Thirst […]
THE GOOD OLD DAYS… 7 November 2019 0 comments LOOKING BACK NEIL SAMBROOK REFLECTS ON HOW FOOTBALL HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS… Marksman: Tottenham’s Jimmy Greaves shoots against Aston […]
BEST OF BRITISH 23 May 2019 0 comments LOOKING BACK SIMON SHELDON TAKES A LOOK BACK AT THE LONG SINCE GONE BRITISH HOME CHAMPIONSHIP… Smart finish: England’s Kevin […]
STU’S WEMBLEY WONDERLAND 23 May 2019 0 comments LOOKING BACK ASTON VILLA FAN STUART STEELYARD RECALLS WATCHING HIS BOYHOOD FAVOURITES BEAT MANCHESTER UNITED IN THE LEAGUE CUP FINAL […]
The odd couple: George Best and Stockport County 23 May 2019 0 comments LOOKING BACK Stuart Bolton recalls when the former Manchester United star sparkled briefly for the unheralded Hatters… GEORGE Best’s very […]
NEIL FRANKLIN’S COLOMBIAN MISADVENTURE 23 May 2019 0 comments LOOKING BACK DAVID DOCHERTY EXAMINES AN ENGLAND DEFENDER’S ILL-ADVISED DECISION Before he left: Neil Franklin at Stoke City IN 1950 […]
THE DEMISE OF THE PL AYER-MANAGER 28 February 2019 0 comments LOOKING BACK SIMON SHELDON RECALLS THE DAYS WHEN THE DUAL ROLE WAS ALL THE RAGE – AND EXPLAINS WHY IT’S […]
THE CHANGING GAME? 28 February 2019 0 comments LOOKING BACK KEITH DIXON STEPS BACK IN TIME TO LOOK AT THE ISSUES AFFECTING FOOTBALL IN THE PAST… Glory boys: […]
THE CLOWN PRINCE OF SOCCER 17 January 2019 0 comments LOOKING BACK Heyday: Len Shackleton in action for Sunderland WHILST Paul Gascoigne may lay claim to being the crankiest footballer […]
PELE, O REY (PELE, THE KING) 5 October 2017 0 comments STUART BOLTON recalls when a young Brazilian turned in a virtuoso display… STUART BOLTON Unstoppable: Pele celebrates scoring for Brazil […]
MEMORY LANE: JUNE 1996 5 October 2017 0 comments ENGLAND 4 HOLLAND 1 To see more of Bob Bond’s retro cartoons and caricatures, visit www.footballershappen.com … Continue reading… Access […]
ALEX JACKSON: WEMBLEY’S FIRST HAT-TRICK HERO 5 October 2017 0 comments DAVID DOCHERTY takes a look back at the career of a legendary player who shone for club and country… DAVID […]
INDOOR FOOTBALL 5 October 2017 0 comments SIMON SHELDON recalls when five and six-a-side competitions made a big impression… SIMON SHELDON WE HAVE all played a game […]
GARETH BARRY: FOOTBALL’S MARATHON MAN 5 October 2017 0 comments Experienced journalist JOHN WRAGG recalls meeting a teenage footballer who has gone on to carve out an incredible career… JOHN […]
WHEN GOALKEEPERS HAD PERSONALITY 5 October 2017 0 comments IAN McFARLANE says the shot-stoppers of today aren’t a patch on those from yesteryear… IAN McFARLANE Bernard Lama GOALKEEPERS are […]
THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES, WAYNE 24 August 2017 0 comments SIMON ASHURST reflects on Wayne Rooney’s success-laden years with Manchester United… SIMON ASHURST Magic moment: Wayne Rooney scores his wonder […]
MEMORY LANE: OCT 2002 24 August 2017 0 comments EVERTON 2 ARSENAL 1 FOR NEARLY ALL OF THIS MATCH ARSENAL’S LONG UNBEATEN RUN LOOKED ENTIRELY SAFE. To see more […]
MEMORY LANE: SEP 1973 13 July 2017 0 comments SPURS 0 LEEDS 3 ROGER KIRKPATRICK WAS THE REFEREE AT WHITE HART LANE ON SATURDAY, HE WAS HIGHLY VISIBLE, AS […]
MISSING YOU, MARIO… 13 July 2017 0 comments SIMON ASHURST on the enigma that is Mario Balotelli… SIMON ASHURST Nice one: Mario is in France now BALOTELLI, WHY […]
CAGLIARI LEGENDS 1 June 2017 0 comments JAMES RICHARDS recalls when an island team shocked Italy’s footballing aristocracry… JAMES RICHARDS LOOKING at the Serie A table, it […]
DIXIE DEAN: GOAL MACHINE 2 March 2017 0 comments KEVIN HALLS looks back at the incredible career of an Everton hot-shot KEVIN HALLS ROMELU Lukaku is on fire this […]
WHITHAM WISDOM 2 March 2017 0 comments ROB BRADLEY catches up with the Sheffield Wednesday striker who shocked Manchester United’s European Cup winners – and also had […]
TURN OFF THE PROGRAMME 2 March 2017 0 comments BEN ROBINSON suggests it’s time to give football programmes a swerve and move with the times… BEN ROBINSON WITH the […]
ENGLAND’S GLORY-WELL, SORT OF… 2 March 2017 0 comments COLIN ALLAN recalls when the Three Lions won a tournament but with little fanfare… COLIN ALLAN ONLY the previous year, […]
THE CLOUGHS: FATHER AND SON 2 March 2017 0 comments JOHN WRAGG reflects on the relationship between Brian Clough and the boy he called The Bairn or The No9… JOHN […]
DRUGS,AND ESCOBAR COLOMBIAN FOOTBALL 1 December 2016 0 comments ADAM ELLIS recalls the story of Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar – and how it affected the country’s football BEFORE the […]