The Clock End
The Arsenal clock has graced Highbury for over 70+ years. It was one of the many features of old Highbury Stadium instigated by the great innovator Herbert Chapman, and the South Stand soon became known as The Clock End. The original Clock is now is at home outside Arsenal’s new home ‘The Emirates Stadium’.
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Real Betis 1 Chelsea 2
Who remembers when Tore Andre Flo bagged a brace in the first 12 minutes of the European Cup Winners Cup quarter final first leg clash with Real Betis back in 1998. Gianluca Vialli’s Chelsea won the tie 5-2 on aggregate and eventually went on to lift the cup for second time in their history.
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Puma Kings
Irish Gems from the Emerald Isle
You can’t tell the story of Irish football without the story of Irish footballers in England. For as long as the professional game has existed Irish players have made the short trip across the Irish Sea to earn a living. A combination of Brexit and a better-funded domestic league may see a gradual decrease in […]
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Leeds by Example – Peter Lorimer
“The greatest player in the world” That was the view that then-Scotland manager Tommy Docherty had of Hotshot. Eddie Gray’s view is that you wouldn’t get a Lorimer in today’s market for £50-60m. It was while playing for Scottish Schoolboys against England at Hampden that Gray first saw just how good a player Lorimer was, […]
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Tell us about your first game.
The 1994 League Cup Final: A boy’s memories of Wembley
I had already been up for a couple of hours, pacing around the house in my Aston Villa shirt, waiting for my dad to come home from work. He’d been working all night on the railway and our taxi to take us to the train station was booked for 10am. Just before I started to […]
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April Fools
Remember when Shoot Magazine pranked the football world back in 1989 with this April Fool’s Day front page? Liverpool’s Ian Rush joins rivals Everton, a few tears we’re shed on Merseyside that morning when this landed in the local paper shops.
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England 3 Poland 0
England’s Gary Lineker bagged a first half hat trick to help the Three Lions progress to the next round of the World Cup in Mexico 1986.
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David ‘Rocky’ Rocastle
David Rocastle, affectionately known as “Rocky,” was a talented England international footballer whose legacy extends far beyond the pitch. Born in 1967, Rocastle emerged as a dynamic midfielder, known for his exceptional dribbling skills, precise passing, and ability to dictate the tempo of the game. He rose to prominence with Arsenal during the late 1980s […]
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