Tag: lisbon

The Lisbon Lions: Celtic’s most worthy heroes

IT’S 28 SEPTEMBER 1966 and a crowd of over 47,000 have filled Celtic Park to watch the Bhoys in the first leg of the First Round of the European Cup. Celtic are…

The Sporting CP Academy Way

This feature is part of The Academy Way THERE ARE FEW ACADEMIES IN WORLD FOOTBALL that can boast a history brimming with illustrious names quite like Sporting CP’s. The Academia Sporting, located…

A Tale of One City: Lisbon

This feature is part of A Tale of One City John O’Shea’s grimace said it all. As a wisp of bleached hair flicked past his sweat-lined brow, it was all he could do to manhandle…

Sporting CP’s legendary Cinco Violinos

We are fortunate to live in an age where the heroic talents who grace the many lands that pay homage to football will be – and have been – preserved by the pioneering…