Timeless
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626Seven thousand miles, twelve yards and one small step
On 16 November 2005, in Sydney’s Telstra Stadium, John Aloisi, late of Coventry City and Portsmouth, among many other clubs, but at...
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1.6KThe tragic tale of Roma legend Agostino Di Bartolomei
Any footballer’s career can have many peaks and troughs, almost regardless of the level at which they play. Games won or lost....
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2.1KThe 1971 Cup Winners’ Cup: When Chelsea’s debutants overcame the Old Masters of European football
After winning the FA Cup in 1970, defeating Leeds United in a couple of brutal battles first at Wembley, and then in...
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1.3KChris Nicholl: Own goals, a great goal and the heavy price to pay
There is an indisputable glamour about being a professional footballer in the top ranks of the game. There’s fame, fortune and the...
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3.5KClive Thomas and “the most controversial decision that any referee has ever made”
Back in 1981, Tottenham and Wolverhampton Wanderers played an FA Cup semi-final at Hillsborough. It was a game that I happened to...
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1.8KMatthias Sindelar: The exquisite life and mysterious death of Austria’s ‘Papery Man’
On 23 January 1939, Gustav Hartman knocked on the door of his friend’s flat in Vienna. By almost any definition, at the...
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1.1KThe Momentous History of Northern Ireland’s clash with Germany
Northern Ireland enjoyed their first taste of a tournament final in a generation, back in 2016 when they reached the last 16...
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4.4KRay Clemence: The White Hart Lane Years
When a professional player enters his thirties, he is often considered well past him prime and in the twilight years of his...
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1.4KThe unexpected joys and controversy of Newcastle United and the 1969 Fairs Cup
The origin and history of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup is often lost in the mists of time, and for many football fans...
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2.4KLionel Messi’s Argentina debut – ‘When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers’
Considered by many pundits not only to be the best player in the world, Lionel Messi is also widely touted as the...
