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
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This feature is part of Virtuoso There has never been much doubt about the footballing brilliance of George Best. Hailed as a genius when he was first discovered by Bob Bishop as…
Illustration by Federico Manasse Born in the working-class inner city of East Belfast, it was seemingly inevitable George Best would swiftly fall in love with the beautiful game. Childhood images show the…
ON 15 APRIL 1964, two Northern Irish legends made their national team debuts. One was a supremely talented footballer, who many believed was the best player in his position during the 1970s.…
“Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player; That struts and frets his hour upon the stage; And then is heard no more. It is a tale; Told by an idiot, full of sound and…
LONG BEFORE A TEAM OF ANIMATED PUPPETS decided to take on the world under the banner of Team America, a hodgepodge collection of superstars and NASL underlings joined together in 1976 to take…
This feature is part of The Fleeting Fraternity EVERY MAN WANTED TO BE HIM and every woman wanted to have him. Few players are capable of not only existing, but thriving on…
As featured on Guardian Sport THE NUMBER 10 INSIDE LEFT for Cork Celtic that day zipped around the field with ease, leaving the Bohemians defence consistently baffled. He feinted one way and then…