Leeds were relegated from the First Division in 1982. Perhaps it wouldn’t have happened if Clough or Stein’s stay stretched beyond 44 days
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In the annals of Celtic, few men have given more to the cause that Sean Fallon, the legendary defender who later discovered and trained the Lisbon Lions
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
Linked intrinsically for many years, the pit and the pitch forged some of the greatest managers in history – none more so than Jock Stein
The name of Jock Stein is lauded – and rightly so – throughout British football as one of the greatest managers of all-time. As manager of Celtic, he would accumulate 10 Scottish…
Helenio Herrera glanced out of the window across the pitches at Internazionale’s training ground in Appiano Gentile, the picturesque venue located 40km north-west of Milan in Como. Life was good for the…
FIFTY OF SO YEARS AGO, the Galapagos Giant Tortoise was a species on the brink of extinction. Human expansion, destruction of indigenous land to make way for agriculture and an amount of…
This feature is part of The Masterminds “EVERY MANAGER DIES a little during a game. I’d rather die in a dug-out than moulder away in a director’s box.” Jock Stein, speaking in 1978. Many…