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Premier League
/ 5 years agoHAMMER HOUSE OF HORRORS
WEST HAM UNITED MICHAEL LEE REFLECTS ON WEST HAM’S DISASTROUS 2002-03 SEASON WHICH SAW THEM RELEGATED FROM THE PREMIER LEAGUE… Brawl:...
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Retro
/ 6 years agoENGLAND’S 70S MAVERICKS
LOOKING BACK DAVID DOCHERTY EXAMINES THE FORTUNES OF HALF-A-DOZEN OF OUR MOST TALENTED PLAYERS… Invariably, when books are written about English...
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Retro
/ 6 years agoTHE BIRTH OF THE EUROPEAN CUP
LOOKING BACK MIKE MILES LOOKS BACK TO THE STARTING POINT OF THE FAMOUS COMPETITION - AND ENGLISH FOOTBALL’S LACK OF INTEREST…...
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Retro
/ 6 years agoDIRTY FRANK
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 below...
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/ 6 years agoENGLAND!ON THEIR!TRAVELS
LOOKING BACK COLIN ALLAN RECALLS THE 1959 TRIP TO THE AMERICAS… Bobby Charlton Jimmy Armfi eld ENGLAND’S tour of 1959 encompassed...
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Retro
/ 6 years agoMIKE ELWISS THE THE HIGHS AND LOWS
LOOKING BACK ED SKINGSLEY TALKS TO THE FORMER DONCASTER, PRESTON AND CRYSTAL PALACES STRIKER ABOUT HIS ALL-TOO-SHORT1CAREER Net gain: Mike Elwiss...
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/ 6 years agoTHE CLUBS WHO MISSED OUT ON EUROPE
LOOKING BACK STUART STEELYARD LOOKS AT THE IMPACT OF THE BAN ON ENGLISH CLUBS AFTER THE HEYSEL STADIUM DISASTER Thirst for...
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/ 6 years agoTHE GOOD OLD DAYS…
LOOKING BACK NEIL SAMBROOK REFLECTS ON HOW FOOTBALL HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS… Marksman: Tottenham’s Jimmy Greaves shoots against Aston Villa...
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/ 6 years agoKEN FOGARTY’S BEST DAYS
LOOKING BACK STUART BOLTON CATCHES UP WITH THE STOCKPORT STALWART WHO PLAYED ALONGSIDE GEORGE BEST ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC...
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Retro
/ 6 years agoENGLAND’S EURO ‘BRONZE’ OF ’68
LOOKING BACK COLIN ALLAN RECALLS WHEN THE THREE LIONS’ BID TO BUILD ON THEIR WORLD CUP SUCCESS FELL ON STONY GROUND...
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/ 6 years agoBEST OF BRITISH
LOOKING BACK SIMON SHELDON TAKES A LOOK BACK AT THE LONG SINCE GONE BRITISH HOME CHAMPIONSHIP… Smart finish: England’s Kevin Keegan...
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/ 6 years agoSTU’S WEMBLEY WONDERLAND
LOOKING BACK ASTON VILLA FAN STUART STEELYARD RECALLS WATCHING HIS BOYHOOD FAVOURITES BEAT MANCHESTER UNITED IN THE LEAGUE CUP FINAL 25...
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/ 6 years agoThe odd couple: George Best and Stockport County
LOOKING BACK Stuart Bolton recalls when the former Manchester United star sparkled briefly for the unheralded Hatters… GEORGE Best’s very first...
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/ 6 years agoNEIL FRANKLIN’S COLOMBIAN MISADVENTURE
LOOKING BACK DAVID DOCHERTY EXAMINES AN ENGLAND DEFENDER’S ILL-ADVISED DECISION Before he left: Neil Franklin at Stoke City IN 1950 Neil...
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Retro
/ 7 years agoTHE DEMISE OF THE PL AYER-MANAGER
LOOKING BACK SIMON SHELDON RECALLS THE DAYS WHEN THE DUAL ROLE WAS ALL THE RAGE – AND EXPLAINS WHY IT’S FALLEN...
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Retro
/ 7 years agoTHE CHANGING GAME?
LOOKING BACK KEITH DIXON STEPS BACK IN TIME TO LOOK AT THE ISSUES AFFECTING FOOTBALL IN THE PAST… Glory boys: Manchester...
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Retro
/ 7 years agoTHE CLOWN PRINCE OF SOCCER
LOOKING BACK Heyday: Len Shackleton in action for Sunderland WHILST Paul Gascoigne may lay claim to being the crankiest footballer to...
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/ 8 years agoALEX JACKSON: WEMBLEY’S FIRST HAT-TRICK HERO
DAVID DOCHERTY takes a look back at the career of a legendary player who shone for club and country… DAVID DOCHERTY...
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Retro
/ 8 years agoINDOOR FOOTBALL
SIMON SHELDON recalls when five and six-a-side competitions made a big impression… SIMON SHELDON WE HAVE all played a game of...
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Retro
/ 8 years agoGARETH BARRY: FOOTBALL’S MARATHON MAN
Experienced journalist JOHN WRAGG recalls meeting a teenage footballer who has gone on to carve out an incredible career… JOHN WRAGG...
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Retro
/ 8 years agoWHEN GOALKEEPERS HAD PERSONALITY
IAN McFARLANE says the shot-stoppers of today aren’t a patch on those from yesteryear… IAN McFARLANE Bernard Lama GOALKEEPERS are often...
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Retro
/ 8 years agoPELE, O REY (PELE, THE KING)
STUART BOLTON recalls when a young Brazilian turned in a virtuoso display… STUART BOLTON Unstoppable: Pele celebrates scoring for Brazil in...
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/ 8 years agoMEMORY LANE: JUNE 1996
ENGLAND 4 HOLLAND 1 To see more of Bob Bond’s retro cartoons and caricatures, visit www.footballershappen.com ... Continue reading... Access all...
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/ 8 years agoMEMORY LANE: OCT 2002
EVERTON 2 ARSENAL 1 FOR NEARLY ALL OF THIS MATCH ARSENAL’S LONG UNBEATEN RUN LOOKED ENTIRELY SAFE. To see more of...
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/ 8 years agoTHANKS FOR THE MEMORIES, WAYNE
SIMON ASHURST reflects on Wayne Rooney’s success-laden years with Manchester United… SIMON ASHURST Magic moment: Wayne Rooney scores his wonder goal...
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/ 8 years agoMEMORY LANE: SEP 1973
SPURS 0 LEEDS 3 ROGER KIRKPATRICK WAS THE REFEREE AT WHITE HART LANE ON SATURDAY, HE WAS HIGHLY VISIBLE, AS USUAL....
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/ 8 years agoMISSING YOU, MARIO…
SIMON ASHURST on the enigma that is Mario Balotelli… SIMON ASHURST Nice one: Mario is in France now BALOTELLI, WHY ALWAYS...
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/ 8 years agoCAGLIARI LEGENDS
JAMES RICHARDS recalls when an island team shocked Italy’s footballing aristocracry… JAMES RICHARDS LOOKING at the Serie A table, it seems...
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/ 9 years agoDIXIE DEAN: GOAL MACHINE
KEVIN HALLS looks back at the incredible career of an Everton hot-shot KEVIN HALLS ROMELU Lukaku is on fire this season...
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/ 9 years agoWHITHAM WISDOM
ROB BRADLEY catches up with the Sheffield Wednesday striker who shocked Manchester United’s European Cup winners – and also had another...
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