RONALDO’S EARLY DAYS

ROBERT J WILSON RECALLS THE PORTUGUESE STAR’S FIRST SPELL WITH MANCHESTER UNITED... Having a laugh: Manchester United celebrate winning the Premier...

BLUES’ GOLDEN SEASON

LIFELONG BIRMINGHAM CITY FAN KEITH DIXON LOOKS BACK AT A MEMORABLE CAMPAIGN HALF A CENTURY AGO... IT’S hard to believe that...

SECOND SEASON SYNDROME IN REVERSE

SAM TODD LOOKS AT CLUBS WHO HAVE THRIVED FOLLOWING THEIR OPENING CAMPAIGN AMONG THE BIG BOYS... Outfoxed ’em: Leicester savour their...

DON’T WRITE OFF THE REDS

FEW PUNDITS HAVE BACKED LIVERPOOL TO WIN THE PREMIER LEAGUE BUT THE FORMER CHAMPS ARE AS GOOD AS ANYONE ARGUES THOMAS...

SMALL LEBOWSKI’S BIG MPACT

TREVOR STYNES REPORTS ON AN ITALIAN CLUB DOING THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY... Star signing: CS Lebowski made headlines when former...

MUSCLING UP FOR BATTLE

EUAN BURNS EXPLAINS HOW FOOTBALLERS CAN TAKE THEIR GAME TO THE NEXT LEVEL WITH AN INTELLIGENT PLAN AND HARD WORK Looking...

THE FOOTBALL LIBRARY

JONNY BRICK TELLS US ABOUT HIS PANDEMIC PROJECT, WHICH IS NOW A YEAR OLD... BOOKS are pandemic proof, so there is...

MATT’S MOVES

ZAK ARMIT AGE TALKS TO FORMER READING, BOLTON AND NOTTINGHAM FOREST DEFENDER MATT MILLS ABOUT HIS EVENTFUL CAREER. A WELL-TRAVELLED defender...

MIXING WITH THE BEAST, A MONK AND ROONEY…

NIGE TASSLE JOURNEYS THROUGH THE SECOND TIER... What a feeling: Wycombe Wanderers’ Adebayo ‘The Beast’ Akinfenwa celebrates his last-gasp penalty winner...

THANKS IRON MAN

KEVIN HALLS TAKES A LOOK BACK AT THE LIFE OF COVENTRY CITY LEGEND GEORGE CURTIS... Glory day: George Curtis celebrates Coventry’s...

PIONEERING BLUES

LIFELONG BIRMINGHAM CITY SUPPORTER KEITH DIXON RECALLS WHEN HIS FAVOURITES LED THE WAY FOR ENGLISH SIDES IN EUROPE... Up for it:...

MURPHY FEELS FAB AT FORTY

JOHN LYONS TALKS TO THE TRANMERE KEEPER Safe hands: Joe Murphy in action for Tranmere WHEN young Dubliner Joe Murphy crossed...

LONG LIVE THE LEAGUE CUP

SAM TODD TELLS US WHY HE IS AN UNASHAMED FAN OF OUR DOMESTIC FOOTBALL’S THIRD COMPETITION... Cup kings: Manchester City celebrate...

MANCINI’S BAPTISM OF FIRE

TREVOR STYNES RECALLS WHEN ROBERTO MANCINI BEGAN HIS MANAGERIAL CAREER WITH FIORENTINA... Calm before the storm: Fiorentina coach Roberto Mancini is...

GERD MULLER – KING OF GOALS

ROBERT J WILSON LOOKS BACK AT THE LIFE OF THE LEGENDARY GERMAN STRIKER... Defining moment: Gerd Muller nets West Germany’s winner...

MIND THE GAP

ACTIVITY IN THE SUMMER TRANSFER WINDOW REFLECTS HOW THE FINANCIAL DEMOGRAPHIC OF EUROPEAN FOOTBALL HAS ALTERED SINCE THE PANDEMIC, ARGUES THOMAS...

SUPER JACK-THE 100 MILLION POUND MAN

ROBERT J WILSON SAYS JACK GREALISH HAS ALL THE CREDENTIALS TO LIVE UP TO HIS INCREDIBLE PRICE TAG Settling in: Jack...

OLE’S CRUSADE

RICHARD SAYELL EXAMINES WHETHER MANCHESTER UNITED BOSS OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER HAS FINALLY FOUND THE MISSING PIECES OF THE PUZZLE TO RECLAIM...

GAZZA-AT BOSTON UNITED

DAN BARKER GRAY RECALLS PAUL GASCOIGNE’S LAST HURRAH AS A PLAYER... IT’S not unusual for former top-flight players to find themselves...

MEMORY LANE JAN 1975

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SINGING THE BLUES

RICKY CARROLL TELLS US ABOUT A LIFETIME FOLLOWING CHELSEA... High jump: Chelsea’s Jakob Kjeldbjerg wins an aerial duel against Manchester United’s...

Enough of the Two-Horse Race: A Look Back at Aberdeen’s 1980s Heyday

Faced with the typical set of football betting odds, Aberdeen FC are one of those teams that make for a proper...

SEB’S ROLLER COASTER RIDE

ZAK ARMIT AGE CHATS TO FORMER BRIGHTON AND LEEDS WINGER SEBASTIEN CAROLE ABOUT HIS PLAYING DAYS... Monaco On the move: Seb...

THE BEAUTY AND BURDEN OF NOSTALGIA

MIKE DOUGLAS EXPLAINS WHY IT WAS TIME FOR A RADICAL CHANGE TO HIS CHERISHED FOOTBALL COLLECTION... WHEN you’ve spent decades collecting...

DON AND DUSTED

ERIK SAMUELSON TELLS CHRIS DUNLAVY ABOUT HIS BOOK CHARTING THE INCREDIBLE RISE OF AFC WIMBLEDON... We’ve Don it! AFC Wimbledon celebrate...

WE’RE NEARLY THERE!

CHRIS DUNLAVY SAYS CRITICISM OF ENGLAND BOSS GARETH SOUTHGATE’S CONSERVATIVE STYLE IS WIDE OF THE MARK - AND THE THREE LIONS...

ERIK’S EFFORT PAYS OFF

All Together Now, by Erik Samuelson, published by Pitch Publishing, Price: £19.99 ALL Together Now is billed as ‘The Extraordinary Story...

ALF’S BAPTISM OF FIRE

COLIN ALLAN RECALLS WHEN ENGLAND MADE AN EARLY ‘EUROS’ EXIT IN 1963 UNDER THEIR NEW MANAGER On the stretch: Jimmy Armfield...

MAGIC MACCA

SAM TODD TAKES A LOOK BACK AT THE LIFE OF PORTSMOUTH AND REP OF IRELAND STAR ALAN McLOUGHLIN ALAN McLoughlin’s death...

TALES TO WHET THE APPETITE

The Away Leg: XI Football Stories From on the Road, by Steve Menary and James Montague, published by Pitch Publishing, Price:...