Both starting out in the famed academy of West Ham, it would prove to be two very different career paths for Rio and Anton Ferdinand
Growing up in the shadow of Ian Wright, Shaun and Bradley Wright-Phillips would experience a series of peaks and troughs across their careers
Despite never playing club football together, Danny and Jackie Blanchflower’s storied careers would make a lasting impression in Britain
This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE Football fans know the even years provide an international tournament to fill the gap between domestic seasons. But the game was no longer a pleasant…
This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE Playing full-back for Grimsby Town in the Third Division is a long way from managing England in the European Championship, but that was exactly the…
This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE The football gods smiled benignly on Dieter Kaster when his stepfather legally adopted him. Already a schoolboy international. he took the name Müller. To be…
This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE It had been 12 long years since England’s last appearance at the European Championship. The intervening period saw the end of Alf Ramsey’s tenure and Don…
From the frequency of one-cap wonders in early decades to its decline and rebirth recently, playing just once for England is a unique and proud moment
Hammering Poland’s goal in one of the most one-sided games ever wouldn’t be enough for a gifted England outfit as they missed out on the 1974 World Cup
As another member of England’s 1966 World Cup team sadly passed away, football remembers Martin Peters, one of the great midfield visionaries
That Escape to Victory still stands out as a football film really sums it up: it’s about time the filmmakers cashed in and made a great football movie
In 1971, London clubs held the league, FA Cup, League Cup and Cup Winners’ Cup. One other London club avoided relegation by the skin of its teeth: West Ham
There was a time when England, still one of the world’s best, would invite various Select XIs to descend upon Wembley and wow the crowds
It seems unlikely – at least today – that West Ham will ever recapture the joy of that night at Wembley in 1965, a legend that grows with every passing year