90 seconds with Mark ‘Brighty’ Bright
Mark Abraham Bright was born on the 6th June 1962 in Stoke-on-Trent. The imposing striker played Youth football for his boyhood team Port Vale before being released aged 16. After three years playing non-league football with Leek Town he would return to Vale Park and eventually made his first team debut for the Valiants in […]
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Howay the lads
Talented football photographer, Stuart Roy Clarke gets up close with the Toon Army enroute to watch the mighty magpies in the early 90’s. Clarke specialises in capturing the beautiful game off the pitch as opposed to the action on the grass and illustrates the unbridled passion of the fans. SHOP the official Newcastle United retro […]
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Best Football Film
The beautiful game is watched by millions of fans in stadiums across the globe, over recent years that popularity has also made it’s presence felt on the big screen within cinemas. We’ve selected our top 10 football based movies which includes a range of films from factual historical dramas to imaginative fiction and everything in […]
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Highbury Hero
The 1985-86 season saw Arsenal Football Club celebrate their centenary. In terms of the great sides of their long and illustrious past this vintage wasn’t a patch on the great 1971 double side. But what it did have was Anthony Stewart “Tony” Woodcock. Born in the town of Eastwood in the staunchly working class Nottinghamshire […]
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Liverpool 4 Newcastle United 3
This match was dubbed ‘game of the decade’ and rightly so. The game had absolutely everything and provided bags of entertainment for the neutrals whilst raising the heart rates of Liverpool and Newcastle United fans alike. Former Liverpool legend Kevin Keegan brought his title chasing side to Anfield in search of three points but Stan […]
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Little & Large
Liverpool and Leeds United captains and fellow Scotland internationals, Ron Yeats and Bobby Collins shake hands before the 1965 FA Cup final at Wembley. The big Liverpool defender went on to lift the famous old FA Cup trophy after beating Don Revie’s men 2-1 after extra time thanks to goals from Roger Hunt and Ian […]
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Quiz: Who signed the 1966 World Cup ball?
Back in 1966, the Swiss match official Gottfried Dienst blew the final whistle at Wembley Stadium and crowned England World Cup champions for the first and only time in their history. Whilst the England players celebrated the official Slazenger match ball was safely tucked under the arm of German striker Helmut Haller, who then took […]
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10 Greatest FA Cup Shocks
York City 1 Arsenal 0, 26/01/1985 This fourth round tie had pretty much every FA Cup cliché you could wish for; a snowbound pitch, John Motson in the commentary box and a dramatic late finish as Third Division York City knocked out the mighty Arsenal thanks to a last minute penalty from Keith Houchen. York […]
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George Cohen
The England right back was a member of the 1966 World Cup winning side and made 37 appearances for the Three Lions. At club level George was a one club man and spent his entire career at Craven Cottage for Fulham where he made 459 appearances, scoring six goals. The official England 1966 World Cup […]
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Greatest footballer of all-time
The GOAT debate creates a lot of varied views and opinions which are often dependant upon what era you grew up or which players you actually managed to watch play. Was it Pele, Maradona, Best, Messi, Ronaldo, Puskas or Cruyff to name just a few? We thought we’d put together a top 20 for you […]
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