A week without actual football has now passed us by because, as ever, we do not count preseason friendlies as...
It had been an incredible couple of seasons for Swindon. League Cup winners and promoted to the Second Division in...
The 1968-69 season was the best Swindon Town supporters had ever known. Their first ever trip to Wembley saw them...
This is part two of the glory days of Swindon Town. Three extraordinary seasons where they hit heights never seen...
Zinedine Zidane. There can be few names in the modern era which land with such weight on the ears of...
It's been a long time in the making, but we are finally and proudly able to announce the latest issue...
By David McGaw The Albert Bridge and its squat, robust appearance carry three majestic arches spanning the River Lagan heading...
The midfielder of Mauthausen built a legacy to last forever. Whilst fascism reared its ugly head throughout the entirety of...
Football was again mourning the loss of yet another member of that legendary Leeds United side of the sixties and...
It is often commonplace in football that attackers are the ones to grab all of the headlines. As the beautiful...
Look, we don't want to get into a whole debate over who the greatest footballer of all time is -...
For fans over a certain age, mention Wimbledon and the infamous ‘Crazy Gang’ will soon work its way into the...
By David McGaw Ten thousand natives, descendants and friends of the vibrant Italian diaspora within the harbour city blared horns...
While Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland, it is often overlooked as the capital of Scottish football. The fierce city...
A new week began with the tragic news of Gérard Houllier’s death. He made his name in England as Liverpool...
English football mourned the death of another of its favourite sons this weekend. Reports came in of the sad passing...
There are two types of legends at a club, ones who leave their legacy on the pitch, the others who...
Frank Stapleton had been the leading striker at Arsenal for at least three years by the summer of 1981, arguably...
A review of Frank Stapleton's formative years at Arsenal, as he established himself as a leading striker in the First...
In the close season of 1966, Middlesbrough Football Club appointed Jim Headrige to the club’s backroom staff. Such appointments are...
When you think of the term 'journeyman' in football you'll perhaps think of non-league players, the players who spend their...
This weekend football mourned the death of one of its favourite sons. Jack Charlton of Leeds United and England passed...
On 26th May 1989, Anfield prepared itself for one of the most climactic final day showdowns in English football history,...
Florent Malouda was lining up alongside Zinedine Zidane, Patrick Viera and Thierry Henry as France faced Italy in the 2006...
Javier Hernandez could smell a goalscoring opportunity similar to the way a Springer Spaniel flushes out a pheasant. For a...
As the clock wound down at the 1992 European Championships, it appeared Platini’s revolutionary touch had faded away. The national...
Throughout Michel Platini's illustrious playing career, he displayed himself as a believer and as an unequivocal devotee. He explicitly catalysed...
Following on from the passing of Jimmy Armfield, Gordon Banks, Martin Peters and Peter Bonetti in the past 12 months,...
There is a famous quote from Paolo Maldini: “If I have to make a tackle then I have already made...
When contemplating Dutch football, the name Johan Cruyff will never be too many stones’ throws away from the train of...
The football world was saddened this weekend to learn of the death of former Chelsea and England goalkeeper, Peter Bonetti....
This article originally appeared in Issue 21 of The Football Pink fanzineRYAN JONES remembers a young man from Wales who...
BY FERGUS DOWDLisburn – which lies eight miles from Belfast – is the birthplace of the linen Industry in Ireland....
BY DAVE LONGEngland left the pitch after the FIFA World Cup semi-final in Moscow to raucous adulation from their travelling...
BY SAM FRANCEIf you had happened across VfB Stuttgart’s training pitch on an autumn evening in 1948, you may have...
BY CRAIG CAMPBELLThere's two schools of thought on a man like Frank McAvennie. If you're one of those who buys...
This article originally appeared in Issue 13 of The Football PinkGARY THACKER reviews Ken Loach’s 1969 film ‘The Golden Vision’...
BY KEVIN O'NEILLIt has been said that the true character of a man can be judged in times of adversity.So,...
BY GARY THACKERWhenever you start writing an article about a fairly timeless issue, there’s always a chance of a little...
BY GLENN BILLINGHAMBarry Hughes belongs to a very rare British footballing fraternity. Having made a name, and a sound, for...
BY STEVE MITCHELLThe qualifying groups for the 1986 Mexico World Cup had paired Wales and Scotland together once again after...
BY MARK GODFREY“You’ll never win anything with kids†– Alan Hansen, Match of the Day: August 19th 1995By May 1996,...
BY MARK CARRUTHERSJust for a moment picture this scenario. You’re a manager at a big club in the Premier League....
On the night of August 24th, 1963, the great Alfredo Di Stéfano of Real Madrid was kidnapped at gunpoint by...
We're reaching the end of our Sibling Rivalry series with a look back at two brothers with World Cup glory and...
They shared the greatest day in English football history. They even shared a bed whilst growing up. But for Jack...
Competitive both on and off the pitch but nonetheles faithful to each other, Rio and Anton Ferdinand were both siblings and...
MARGARET BRECKNELL recalls the story of two West London-born brothers whose careers bore a striking resemblance to one another's On the...
In part 5 of the 'Sibling Rivalry' series PAUL McPARLAN recalls the incredible story of Cyril and Peter Knowles, two...
Part 4 of our 'Sibling Rivalry' series moves to Scotland, where TOM FLIGHT looks at the brothers whose football careers...
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