Classic game of the week no.5: West Ham United 3-3 Liverpool FA Cup final 2006
BY GLENN BILLINGHAM For Liverpool fans, excitement and expectation are at their highest in the middle of a decade. For followers of West Ham, the peaks and troughs of hope and despair are far more...
View ArticleIreland United: Keeping the Home fires burning
This article first appeared in Issue 7 of The Football Pink 1914-15 was a tumultuous time in Ireland, but amid the backdrop of civil unrest and disharmony, its national team came together to defy the...
View ArticleClassic game of the week, No. 6: Norwich City 2-3 Manchester City 2005
Taking this run of the mill Barclays Premier League fixture at Norwich City’s Carrow Road and calling it a classic might be stretching the truth somewhat. Sure, there were five goals and a rousing...
View ArticleClassic game of the Week, No.7: Sampdoria vs. Lazio, September 1992
BY GLENN BILLINGHAM Football fans of a certain age and/or taste will be lovingly familiar with Football Italia. Throughout the early nineties, Serie A was at its most captivating, and a magnet for the...
View ArticleGet with the programme – When Britain ruled Europe
In the latest issue of our quarterly fanzine, we feature the covers of just a handful of the thousands of old football programmes that sit in the collection of MILES McCLAGAN (@TheSkyStrikers). The...
View ArticleThe (almost) forgotten men of ‘66
BY NEIL JENSEN We could almost reel them off as easily as the Lord’s Prayer: Banks, Cohen, Wilson, Stiles, Charlton (Jack), Moore, Ball, Hunt, Charlton (Bobby), Hurst and Peters. These 11 men became...
View ArticleGet with the programme – Testimonial treasures
Once again we’ve scoured through the vast programme collection of MILES McCLAGAN to bring you some gems from testimonials gone by. Nevermind your Mark Noble’s… This game may have taken place in 1989,...
View ArticleGet with the programme – Aston Villa
More gems from the programme collection of MILES McCLAGAN (@TheSkyStrikers), this time we focus on Aston Villa. We urge you to visit his site to enjoy more HERE Welcome, Nigel! Very few would have...
View ArticleDavie Cooper – The Last King of Scotland
BY GLENN BILLINGHAM Throughout the eighties, football was raw in every sense. Shorts were short, terraces were fervent, and most playing styles were primitive. The majority of defenders were big,...
View ArticleMaine Road misery – Steve Daley’s sorry story
Sky Sports Soccer Saturday’s JOHNNY PHILLIPS caught up with a Manchester City record transfer buy for whom the burden of expectation proved too much. This article first appeared in Issue 3 of The...
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