August 2012
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“It’s unfair to compare all these great left backs as they’re very...”
May 2012
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OLD LADY GOES UNBEATEN AND SAYS GOODBYE TO HER...
As The Premier League brought us all to an electrifying climax this year, Manchester City showed the world that a new European force had arrived on the world stage as Vincent Kompany lifted the title for the first time in 44-years. But as the curtain was lifted in England, There was a curtain call in Italy as The Old Lady paid homage to her greatest ever goalscorer.
57 minutes were on the clock...
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TWICE IN A LIFETIME? - Can The 'New' New York...
New York 1977 – A town and country where everything was possible – there was one club where everybody wanted to get into, not the infamous Studio 54, but The New York Cosmos. With the club being reborn in August 2010, can Pele, Chinaglia and Cantona resurrect the Steve Ross legacy?
The big bang and the birth of the Cosmos began when joint owners of Atlantic Records, Neshui and Ahmet Ertegun,...
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VAN BASTEN - 'Saint Marco'
Marco Van Basten is one of the most naturally gifted players to have ever walked on a football pitch. Remembered as a giant of the game, a complete forward – but you can’t help but feel as though that as a fan, you’ve been robbed of such genius.
Throughout footballing history, there is a catalogue of iconic moments or goals which have defined a career. Pele, Puskas, Maradona, Zico and...
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JACK REYNOLDS - 'The Englishman who invented Total...
Jack Reynolds, unfortunately, is a name that has been lost in the mists of time. He is regularly overshadowed by those who followed in his footsteps, but in fact, he is arguably one of the most important figures in the history of twentieth century European football.
The Englishman – who enjoyed 27 golden years as the coach of Ajax – began his career in rather more modest surrounds, trying to...
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ZIDANE - 'Zizou; Monstre du football'
The life and career of football’s silent assassin – Will he be remembered as a technical God, the ultimate playmaker? Or will his career forever be clouded by the head-butt to Marco Materazzi in a World Cup Final? I very much doubt that it will be the latter.
He had skill and technical ability which were out of the ordinary. He had the eye to create one or two pieces of skill that would make you...
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JOSE MOURINHO - 'It’s taken me 15 years to be an...
He labelled himself ‘The Special One’ when he first arrived in the UK, and the majority of the public agreed with him. He has been compared to Brian Clough due to his outspoken manner, confidence, aura and winning mentality – Jose Mourinho is one of the most influential Football Managers the world has ever seen even if his coat was rumoured to have come from Matalan…
No-one could have been fully...
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RONALDO – ‘El Fenomeno’
The Boy Wonder. The Wonderkid. The Miracle Man. The Monster. The Phenomenon. The King.
Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima, The greatest goalscorer in World Cup history, The Unstoppable and arguably the greatest Number 9 in footballing history.
To those who have been captured by his wizardry – he will always be seen as the ‘real’ Ronaldo, the original R9 and one of the best centre-forwards who ever...
