“Look at this kid, number 7, on the training pitch. Come and watch him for…
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In 1946, at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, the former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill…
Helenio Herrera glanced out of the window across the pitches at Internazionale’s training ground in…
There is nothing glamorous about him. His body, hunched and taut, is soaked in a different…
In a country where football is one of the most celebrated and passionate in the…
Gareth Bale faces a huge week as he bids to prove that there is life…
In King Lear, when the hapless footman Oswald is tripped up by a duke and…
Chris Waddle, in stark contrast to much of his England career – like Glenn Hoddle – became one of Europe’s finest players at Bernard Tapie’s Marseille
Roughly translated from German, ‘ein kampf zwischen brüdern’ means ‘a struggle between brothers’ and has been used…
Half-eaten dinners littered the floor of houses sheared in half. Pages from children’s bedtime story…
Flying down the wing, the ball at the end of his toe, movement in his…
When Brian McClair joined Manchester United in the summer of 1987, he wasn’t just a…
On a clear autumn’s evening in Manchester, a young midfielder trembles on the Old Trafford…
It’s difficult to describe geniuses without using the adjective obsessed. It’s as if it’s a…
Jason Brown is embarking on a management career in the unlikely environment of Thailand and…
The story of most world-class footballers starts at a local park, where the future star…
You can feel that something is amiss when driving through the provincial capital of Chonburi.…
It is late March 2002 in Athens. Not far from the centre of town, at…