Football is littered with catchphrases and clichés. One of the best-known is “it’s not over till the final whistle.” On the face of it, that might sound like a hackneyed statement of…
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What if the League Cup wasn’t a mere inconvenience for top-six managers in the Premier League? What if, through reform, it became a worthy competition?
Three games, three cities, 330 minutes and 205,000 fans: the 1977 League Cup between Everton and Aston Villa broke all the records
Twelve-goal thrillers aren’t nearly as commonplace as we’d each love them to be; the least we can do is treasure them, preserved in all their glory