THREE TO WATCH

1. Phil Foden – The fact the 18-year-old midfielder notched up ten appearances, albeit with seven from the bench, for Manchester...

THECURSE OF SECOND SEASON SYNDROME

SAM COX TAKES A LOOK AT WHETHER CLUBS REALLY ARE AT A GREATER RISK AFTER STAYING UP FIRST TIME AROUND IN...

GAME.for a LAUGH

WE ASKED AUSTRALIAN COMEDIAN AND LIVERPOOL FAN STEEN RASKOPOULOS FOR HIS THOUGHTS ON THE WORLD CUP – AND THE NEW SEASON…...

SIZE DOESN’T MATTER (IN FOOTBALL)!

KEVIN HALLS TAKES A LOOK AT SOME OF THE ‘SHORTER’ PLAYERS WHO HAVE STOOD TALL IN THE BEAUTIFUL GAME DIMINUTIVE HEROES...

YOU DID US PROUD LADS

KEVIN HALLS TIPS HIS HAT TO ENGLAND’S WORLD CUP SQUAD – AND OFFERS AN APOLOGY TO MANAGER GARETH SOUTHGATE… THREE LIONS...

MY FOOTBALL LIFE

FED-UP with ex-players and so-called celebrities having all the fun with their dream teams and memories of the game? Let true...

Stars? The Whole Team

MATT BELL SAYS THE FACT RONALDO AND MESSI COULDN’T STAMP THEIR AUTHORITY ON THE WORLD CUP SUGGESTS A SHIFT IN THE...

CHAMPIONS CHANCE

MAT GUY LOOKS AT FOUR UNHERALDED CLUBS WHO ENJOYED AN EARLY TASTE OF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FOOTBALL THIS SEASON… MIXING WITH THE...

WELCOMETO LATE TACKLE

DID that World Cup really happen? Who would have thought that England would win a shoot-out and reach the semi-finals? Argentina...

FAMOUS FIVE

Ian McFarlane reckons there are a handful of genuine contenders for the biggest prize in football … RIVALS FOR THE CROWN...

Scotland’s World Cup own-goal

Colin Allan recalls when the Scots turned down the chance to play in the 1950 finals… LOOKING BACK Crucial goal: Roy...

DON’T IGNORE VARDY

CHRIS DUNLAVY EXPLAINS WHY THE LEICESTER SPEEDSTER COULD HAVE A CRUCIAL ROLE TO PLAY IN!RUSSIA TACTICAL MATTERS Shooting stars: Leicester striker...

ESSAM EL-HADARY FOOTBALL’S PETER PAN

STEVE KENNEDY LOOKS AT THE AMAZING CAREER OF THE VETERAN EGYPT GOALKEEPER… KING OF THE PHARAOHS EGYPT are unlikely to break...

IT’S A WEIRD WORLD

MAT GUY TAKES AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT SOME OF THE MORE UNUSUAL STORIES FROM FOOTBALL’S SHOWPIECE EVENT STRANGE TALES THE World...

SHATTERED DREAMS

MATT BELL REFLECTS ON THE IMPACT OF THE MUNICH AIR DISASTER ON THE NATIONAL TEAM… ENGLAND’S LOST STARS THE 1958 World...

SIR BOBBY

JOHN LYONS TALKS TO GABRIEL CLARKE ABOUT HIS NEW FILM ON THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AN ENGLISH FOOTBALL GREAT… THE...

GETTING RIGHT TO THE HART OF ITALIA 90

World in Motion - The Inside Story of Italia ’90, The Tournament That Changed Football, by Simon Hart. Published by deCoubertin,...

Mexico ’86 kick-started myWorld Cup love affair!

Robert J Wilson says nothing can beat the magic of football’s showpiece event… WORLD OF ITS OWN FOR me, there is...

THE MATCH OF THE CENTURY

Kevin Halls looks back to when England took on ‘The Rest of the World’ in a prestigious 1963 ‘friendly’… SPECIAL ENCOUNTER...

THE POWER OFPANINI

JOHN LYONS SAYS THE WORLD CUP JUST WOULDN’T BE THE SAME WITHOUT THE FAMOUS STICKER ALBUMS FOOTBALL TRADITION WHEN Giuseppe Panini...

THE ITALIAN JOB

EXPERIENCED JOURNALIST JOHN!WRAGG RECALLS WHAT IT WAS LIKE COVERING ENGLAND AT THE 1990 WORLD CUP THREE LIONS ON TOUR THE last...

DIFFERENT WORLD…

JOHN LYONS PREVIEWS A TOURNAMENT THAT GIVES FOOTBALLS OUTCASTS A CHANCE TO SOWCASE THEIR SKILLS. STAGE TO SHINE CAN’T get to...

RED-FACED!RUSSIA!

CHRIS DUNLAVY EXPLAINS WHY LITTLE IS EXPECTED OF THE WORLD CUP HOSTS… HOSTING THE PARTY IT’S no wonder Russian fans prefer...

WELCOME TO LATE TACKLE

THE domestic season is over, the European trophies have been dished out…. so bring on the World Cup! Yes, it’s that...

Toto Schillaci Italia ’90 sensation

Peter Jones recalls when an unheralded striker caught the world’s attention… SEIZING THE SPOTLIGHT THERE’S no doubt who the surprise star...

Lights, Camera, Action!

John Lyons talks to author Dave Roberts, whose book has been adapted for the silver screen… HITTING THE BIG-TIME WHEN Dave...

ENGLAND’S NO.1S

DAVID DOCHERTY LOOKS BACK AT THE PERFORMANCES OF THREE LIONS KEEPERS AT WORLD CUPS THROUG THE DECADES GOALIES’ FORTUNES ENGLISH goalkeepers...

BLUES BROTHERS

Keith Dixon looks back at how two World Cup winners flattered to deceive at Birmingham City… TESTING TRANSITION IT’S been another...

ENGLAND AND ROAD TO GLORY

JOHN LYONS TAKES A LOOK AT HOW THE THREE LIONS CAN SHOCK THE FOOTBALL WORLD IN RUSSIA A NATION HOPES… HAVE...

THAT’S SCANDALOUS

SIMON SHELDON REFLECTS ON SOME OF THE MORE CONTROVERSIAL EPISODES IN WORLD CUP HISTORY TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED SINCE the World...