A powerful striker, hardly in the mould of Totaalvoetbal, Dick Nanninga watched the 1974 World Cup final as an amateur. Four years later, he’d score in it
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As another member of England’s 1966 World Cup team sadly passed away, football remembers Martin Peters, one of the great midfield visionaries
Despite ultimately failing, the Netherlands rarely fail to entertain at the World Cup. In 1998 they came mighty close with a brilliant squad
Marcel Desailly sat down with These Football Times to look back on his career – the highs and the lows – and his greatest memories
Between Cubillas, Chumpitaz and Sotil, Peru in the 1970s boasted some of the world’s greatest players – but it was against a backdrop of national tragedy
For a decade at the top, no referee in world football compared to the intensity and integrity with which Pierluigi Collina went about his business
Blessed with world-class vision and passing, Yordan Letchkov is one of Bulgaria’s greatest footballers, even if his club career was largely underwhelming
Romário’s divine partnership with Bebeto must be seen to believed, as stats alone could never do justice to the beautiful art they created on the pitch
Sharing a surname with his generation’s best player meant Dino Baggio was living in someone else’s shadow, but he deserves to be remembered in his own right
It may have all been theatre but Nike’s 2002 Secret Tournament left a legacy well beyond its intended purpose as a pre-World Cup advert
Few defenders in the modern era of football have been more intelligent, widely-respected or consistent as AC Milan and Italy legend Franco Baresi
In the world’s most lucrative and competitive league, a number of USWNT stars, including Alex Morgan, have headed to France to ply their trade
Journalist and broadcaster Lynsey Hooper sat down with These Football Times to talk all things women’s football in an open and engaging discussion
Following the success of the Women’s World Cup in France, the issue of inequality in football has come to the fore, with the authorities needing to do more
No nation has done more to enhance the women’s game than the US – and this summer, as defending champions, they’re looking to stay there
They were the heavy underdogs but had a cult following in England’s north east. With that behind them, North Korea would pull off one of the great upsets
Playing exciting, fast football, Senegal would conjure up all their might to unforgettably dispose of France in the opening game of the 2002 World Cup
So sure of victory were West Germany over Algeria at the 1982 World Cup that they refused to prepare and suggested they’d score eight