Connect with us

Features

THE ANGELS OF THE PITCH

But GILES METCALFE reveals that Bobby Charlton WAS booked during the 1966 World Cup Finals

There are a number of notable players who never got booked or sent off in their careers, including Tommy Lawton, Sir Stanley Matthews, Sir Tom Finney, Billy Wright and Jimmy Dickinson and they played in the days when football was a full-on contact sport and challenges that would see them sent for an early bath these days were entirely within the rules.
Alongside them there were players who were gentlemen off the field but hard men on it. They took it from the cloggers of the day, but could dish i...

Continue reading...

Access all our premium content for less than 50p per week!

SUBSCRIBE

Already a subscriber to our website? Login

Related Topics
 

Tackle the News

- Sign Up to our Football Fanzine Newsletter

Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
Your subscription has been successful.
free bets

More in Features

  •

    A COMPELLING TALE

    HH: Helenio Herrera, Football’s Original Master of the Dark Arts, by Richard Fitzpatrick, published...

  •

    ROLLS ROYCE MOTORS ON

    Mexico 86, by PJ Laverty, published by Roadhouse Media, Price: 12.99 WITH the World...

  •

    RUMBELOWS REWIND

    Get Ready For This – The Remarkable Rumbelows League Cup Era, by Stuart Steelyard,...

  •

    GREAT SCOTS ROAR BACK

    A Long Time Coming – The Inside Story of Scotland’s Journey Through the 2026...