Timeless
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3.5KHow cruel fate denied Robert Jonquet a place among the all-time greats
The history of football in the latter years of the 1950s and the early ones of the following decade is dominated by...
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31.7KTwo 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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3.6KGiuliano Sarti – The ‘Ice Goalkeeper’
On 5 June 2017, in the Italian city of Florence, Giuliano Sarti, one of the most decorated goalkeepers in the history of...
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5.2KThe 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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4.2KWhen little guys dream big: How a small town club from Luxembourg went to the ball in Europe
All the best stories follow a similar line. Firstly, there’s this little guy, unknown, quiet, but dedicated, never upsetting anyone, simply getting...
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3.9KCSKA Sofia: European football’s slayers of Champions
In the history of Europe’s premier club competition, be it as the European Cup or, more latterly, the Champions League, only one...
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4.3KThe 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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2.6KDancing shoes and explosive play: The varied career of ‘Dinamita!’ Joffre Guerrón
If asked to suggest the greatest players to emerge from South America this century, very few, if any, would raise a hand...
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2.1KSeven 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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10.7KThe 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....
