A young Villa fan is kitted out and ready for the 1957 FA Cup final action to begin between Aston Villa and Manchester United. At the final whistle the young boy was celebrating the Villans seventh FA Cup title which also remains the last time they won it! SHOP the official Aston Villa retro collection […]
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Since it’s inception in 1960, the League Cup has seen 23 different teams lift the trophy. How many League Cup winners can you name? Test your football knowledge here What score did you get? Let us know in the comments below! SHOP the official League Cup collection at 3Retro.com
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To many modern football fans, the idea of the beautiful game in the 1950s is less of a reference point and more a combination of myth and legend. Even watching back the scratchy footage of the likes of Stanley Matthews, Tom Finney, John Charles, Nat Lofthouse and others seems increasingly alien compared to what we’ve […]
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The last few weeks have seen League 1 and 2 teams join the remaining non-league sides in the first two rounds of the Football Association Challenge Cup, with clubs hoping that they are starting on their road to Wembley. Exactly one hundred years ago clubs at the same stage would have been starting out on […]
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Wembley Stadium hosted the 1965 European Cup Winners Cup final between England’s 1964 FA Cup winners West Ham United who faced West Germany’s DFB-Pokal Cup winners 1860 Munich. It was the first European final for both sides and 98k supporters packed out the Empire Stadium as it was called back then. The reach the final […]
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