Nostalgia

ARSENAL AWAY 1988-91 In the late 1980's, George Graham's Arsenal emerged as the club that would break the dominance of...

The 2013 Football Blogging Awards' Best Female Football Blogger ANNA-LOUISE ADAMS looks at a local rivalry that rarely gets the...

In part two of our celebration of football's Mavericks, PETE SPENCER focuses on some of the characters who rightly earned...

CHELSEA HOME 1981-83 This lovely pin-striped number was worn by Chelsea during one of their darkest periods - 20 years...

In a two-part series, PETE SPENCER celebrates those special talents of yesteryear – the ones we paid our admission fee...

STEPHEN BRANDT looks at the history of football in the north east corner of the USA and its enduring appeal,...

BY MARK CARRUTHERS Who could possibly forget it? A day when the World Cup was finally won by England, writing...

MANCHESTER UNITED AWAY 1990-92 Having spent several years without a trophy, Alex Ferguson finally got off the mark in the...

CHRISTOPH WAGNER remembers his modest playing days in Germany and wonders whether or not ‘incentives’ to referees can help swing...

BY MARK CARRUTHERS Just for a moment picture this scenario. You’re a manager at a big club in the Premier...

December 16th, Nyon, Switzerland – UEFA Headquarters. The little plastic balls containing the names of all four of England’s Champions...

A new year, a brand new feature. The Football Pink looks back at some of its favourite kits through the...

BY GILES METCALFE Rudolf "Rudi" Glöckner’s name has largely been forgotten, but to Welsh fans over 50, his name will...

BY GILES METCALFE Rudolf "Rudi" Glöckner’s name has largely been forgotten, but to Welsh fans over 50, his name will...

BY MARK GODFREY Having reached the grand old age of 37, I realised that had I been a professional footballer,...

Taken from THE FOOTBALL PINK ISSUE 2, LAYTH YOUSIF eulogises about the stylish but unconventional German football legend whose individuality...

BY STEPHEN BRANDT It’s pretty funny to think about the old North American Soccer League and what it influenced in...

With match-fixing very much in the news in recent months, MARK GODFREY looks back at English football’s most famous betting...

BY GILES METCALFE Antonín Panenka (born on the 2nd of December, 1948, in Prague) is a former Czech International footballer,...

BY GILES METCALFE The one-cap wonders: the club of notable and infamous players who made a solitary full international appearance...

BY MARK GODFREY The great and the good assembled on an otherwise unremarkable Sunday afternoon, the season barely over and...

BY MARK GODFREY It's that time of the year again when the first "Friendly Derby" (as the media likes to...

BY JAMIE WHITEHEAD Saturday's announcement from BT Sport that exclusive coverage of the Champions League and Europa League had been...

BY PETE SPENCER Now that England have secured qualification for the World Cup in Brazil next summer there will obviously...

BY MARK GODFREY The Football Pink brings you an interview with former Manchester United and Aston Villa full back, John...

BY STEPHEN BRANDT It’s 1977, and New York City is a scary, weird place. Son of Sam is on the...

BY MARK GODFREY “Da se ponovno rodim, vjerojatno bih opet bio igrač Hajduka”-“If I were born again, I would probably...

BY MARK GODFREY This article was originally published in issue 1 of The Football Pink magazine http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00ED1WO1A The deserted, well-lit...

BY WILLIAM HEANEY Despite more than a century of competitive football, there have been only 18 occasions when Scotland’s league...

BY CHRIS LASH My first memories of football stretch back to the 1986 World Cup. I recall having a lovely...

BY PETE SPENCER In 1958 Northern Ireland became the smallest country to qualify for the World Cup when they reached...

BY ALEX STEWART In one of those articles that academics love to write about a minute, previously unnoticed literary discovery,...

BY: BRIAN STRAHAN 1988 - At ten years of age you might not have had any real identity. Not that...

Two days after his appointment as the manager of struggling giants Manchester United, the relatively young and highly regarded Aberdeen...

At the end of a reflective week at Goodison, Everton approach next Sunday's Anfield derby three points off a European...

The League Cup has taken many names over its 53 year history and in the 1990-91 season the electrical retailer...

Brazilian footballers get everywhere these days. Look at any top league around the world and the proliferation of stars from...

At the height of the last great Miner’s Strike in 1984, Wearside was one of the great epicentres of defiance...

Earlier this season we saw the fractious FA Cup clash between AFC Wimbledon and Milton Keynes Dons, two estranged descendants...

Way back in the annals of football history, before the internet and Sky, when Match Of The Day or The...

Back when men were men, even if they did have ladies haircuts, the FA Cup really was considered by fans...

September 1989 in Manchester was an exciting time. The city’s vibrant music scene headed by the likes of The Stone...

The 1987 FA Cup Final was meant to be the glorious finale to a season where Tottenham Hotspur had for...

In the early 1980’s there was probably no more high profile English footballer than Kevin Keegan. Multiple trophy winner with...

As the 1982-83 season came to a close everyone knew this would be the end of the most decorated managerial...

January 18th 1984 may not be a date that jumps out at most football fans, indeed it may not strike...

25 years on from possibly the greatest World Cup ever, here are five of my favourite moments of Italia '90....

For Evertonians the 1990’s were a rollercoaster ride of very occasional ups and far too many downs. The club had...