Posts By Peter Kenny Jones
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5.0KTimelessSony MiniDisc Euro Sixes: The bizarre star-studded mid-season six-a-side tournament lost in time
Increased player fatigue and injury has led to calls for domestic cup competitions to be scrapped, as managers believe there are too...
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30.2KTimelessTwo Stripes: How sponsorship conflict made Johan Cruyff play the 1974 World Cup with a two striped Adidas kit
Hendrik Johannes Cruijff is one name that reverberates around the annals of football history. Nothing short of a footballing powerhouse, Cruyff has...
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4.8KTimelessThe Big Freeze of 1963: The last time when football was stopped for so long
All action grinded to a sudden halt across the footballing world in 2020 due to the coronavirus crisis. Football everywhere, except Belarus...
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4.2KTimelessThe Ballet on Ice: When Manchester City played Tottenham on a sheet of ice
If one were to make a list of football games played under the most extreme conditions, not many games would pop up...
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6.1KSpecialsThe surprising life changes footballers make post retirement
The life of a footballer can follow very similar trajectory. Unless you are one of the world’s biggest stars, many careers across...
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7.2KTimelessThe Battle of Santiago 1962: The dirtiest game in World Cup history and English Referee Ken Aston
When the thought of the dirtiest matches in World Cup history comes to mind, attention may be turned to the England vs...
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17.6KTimelessStan Cullis, Jack Kirby and English Football’s Nazi Salute
Football is often referred to ‘more than just a game’ for its ability to bring people together, its ability to dissolve differences...
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10.1KTimelessAndrés Escobar: The Colombian Who Scored a Fatal Own Goal in 1994 World Cup
Bill Shankly once famously said: ‘Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that...
