All the best stories follow a similar line. Firstly, there’s this little guy, unknown, quiet, but dedicated, never upsetting anyone, simply getting...
In the history of Europe’s premier club competition, be it as the European Cup or, more latterly, the Champions League, only one...
If asked to suggest the greatest players to emerge from South America this century, very few, if any, would raise a hand...
On 16 November 2005, in Sydney’s Telstra Stadium, John Aloisi, late of Coventry City and Portsmouth, among many other clubs, but at...
Any footballer’s career can have many peaks and troughs, almost regardless of the level at which they play. Games won or lost....
After winning the FA Cup in 1970, defeating Leeds United in a couple of brutal battles first at Wembley, and then in...
There is an indisputable glamour about being a professional footballer in the top ranks of the game. There’s fame, fortune and the...
Back in 1981, Tottenham and Wolverhampton Wanderers played an FA Cup semi-final at Hillsborough. It was a game that I happened to...
On 23 January 1939, Gustav Hartman knocked on the door of his friend’s flat in Vienna. By almost any definition, at the...
When a professional player enters his thirties, he is often considered well past him prime and in the twilight years of his...