Michel Platini – A Man Of Great Vision
Michel Platini was a footballer of great vision and intelligence who could pass the ball with the accuracy of a mathematician and the finesse of an artist.
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Marco Van Basten was the Unsung Hero Of Holland
Marco Van Basten was the most exciting player in the world in the late 1980s, a footballer who helped transform the world game. By Dave Bowler.
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How Jimmy Hill Changed Football For The Better
Discover the life and legacy of Jimmy Hill, a transformative figure in football whose ideas reshaped the game over six decades.
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How Majestic Honved Ruled Football In The 50s
It is a measure of the genuine majesty of Honved of Budapest that the team from the early 1950s still attracts such feelings of warmth. By Dave Bowler
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Remembering The Busby Babes, with Graham Williams
Remembering the Busby Babes. Welsh international Graham Williams shares stories of the United kegends from likely conquerors of Europe to a team with no future.
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Eusebio – Portugal’s first great player
Eusebio was perhaps the finest European footballer of his age, no mean feat at a time when Bobby Charlton for one bestrode the continent. By Dave Bowler.
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Tom Finney: The Preston Plumber who ruled the world
Tom Finney has legitimate claims to being the greatest English footballer of all time. Bill Shankly was adamant that Finney was the best player he ever saw.
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Alfredo Di Stefano: The Magician of Madrid
Alfredo Di Stefano, born of Italian parents in Buenos Aires, was clearly a prodigy from the very outset. Joining River Plate as a 17 year old. By Dave Bowler.
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Laurie Cunningham: The James Dean of English Football
Laurie Cunningham is an endlessly, beautifully, gracefully, shatteringly appealing story, one that has so many facets it is always worth the re-telling,
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The Heyday Of The Football Annual: Book review
Written by veterans of ‘When Saturday Comes’, ‘The Heyday of the Football Annual’ will descend upon you like the Ghost of Christmas Past.
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