Despite being proud Scots and phenomenal footballers, neither Gerry nor Joe Baker would ever represent their nation at international level
The showman and the dynamo: the unique similarities between George Best and Howard Kendall’s careers
Born on the same day is just the start: the life and times of legends George Best and Howard Kendall are fit for a movie on the enigmatic duo
This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE It was not the final that either General Tito or the nation had anticipated when Yugoslavia was chosen to host the finals of the 1976…
This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE After the 1-1 draw two days ago in the Stadio Olimpico, Italy and Yugoslavia faced each other again in a replay to decide who would…
This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE In the Stadio San Paolo, Naples, three days ago, a whole nation had held its collective breath. Italy and the USSR were still goalless after…
An Everton fan for over five decades, Paul Mc Parlan recalls the day an FA Cup tie at Notts County in 1984 changed so much for the despondent Blues
Whether or not it manifested itself in quite the manner he’d planned, a season at Torino transformative Denis Law to become the legend he’s remembered as
Wayne Rooney is the best British footballer of this century yet somehow he still doesn’t receive the recognition or accolades that he deserves
Few places in 1970 were more imposing to visit than Burnley’s Turf Moor. When Chelsea visited in the FA Cup, it would create a lifetime of memories
Barring a miracle, we will never see the likes of Duncan Ferguson again, the powerhouse who made watching Everton in the 1990s worthwhile
Daniel Amokachi was an Everton gamble who never quite hit the jackpot but was certainly well worth the punt for his FA Cup heroics alone
Having gone to the brink of both relegation and oblivion, the 1980s were Borussia Dortmund’s darkest decade. But the 90s offered renewed hope
Three games, three cities, 330 minutes and 205,000 fans: the 1977 League Cup between Everton and Aston Villa broke all the records
How John Beck’s derided Cambridge came within 90 minutes of gate-crashing the Premier League in 1992
Even now, 27 years after his departure from Cambridge, the mere mention of John Beck, their most successful manager, provokes an often negative reaction
Try as they may, in almost a century of football, nobody has been able to break Everton legend Dixie Dean’s most famous goalscoring record
Football’s original Battle of Britain, when Leeds met Celtic in the 1970 European Cup semi-final, it was a tie that would go down in legend
At the end of the 1954/55 season, Chelsea had been crowned champions of England for the first time in their history, and they were invited to participate in the inaugural European Cup…
This feature is part of Virtuoso Clive Mendonca was, just like the rest of his family, a Sunderland fan through and through. As a child he had stood on the terraces at…