History Aldershot Town Football Club was formed in 1926 and was basically brought into being by members of the town council. Given this it is hardly surprising that the club should set up home at The Recreation Ground which is located on one of Aldershot’s public parks. Within a year of formation the club had gained entry into The Southern League and in 1932 The Shots were elected into Division… Read Article →
Neil Franklin
Neil Franklin Born Stoke, January 24, 1922. Died 1996. The career of Neil Franklin can be considered as one of English footballs’ saddest wastes, even though it provided the nation with arguably its’ greatest ever centre half. His story certainly provides the most obvious example of the ridiculous nature of the maximum wage system that was in force in English football up to the beginning of the 1960’s. Cornelius Franklin… Read Article →
Newcastle United FC – Toon Army
Newcastle United Football Club can be traced back to a team called Stanley which was formed in 1881. They quickly changed their name to Newcastle East End and became Newcastle United in 1892 after various mergers between clubs in the city during the intervening period. The club were elected to Division Two in 1893 and gained promotion to Division One in 1898. Newcastle remained in the top flight until 1934… Read Article →
Arsenal 1 Swindon Town 3 1969 League Cup Final
League Cup Final, March 15, 1969. Arsenal 1 Swindon Town 3 aet. – Attendance. 98,189 Arsenal : B.Wilson, P.Storey, B.McNab, F.McLintock, I.Ure, P.Simpson (G.Graham), J.Radford, J.Sammels, D.Court, B.Gould, G.Armstrong. Swindon Town : P.Downsborough, R.Thomas, J.Trollope, J.Butler, F.Burrows, S.Harland, D.Heath, R.Smart, J.Smith, P.Noble (B.Penman), D.Rogers. On paper the 1969 League Cup final appeared something of a formality as Arsenal, riding high in the first division, were faced with the task of… Read Article →
Newcastle United 7 Tottenham Hotspur 1, Premier League 1996
Saturday December 28, 1996; Premier League. Newcastle United 7 Tottenham Hotspur 1 Newcastle: S.Hislop, S.Watson, D.Peacock, P.Albert, J.Beresford, K.Gillespie (L.Clark 41), R.Lee, D Batty, P.Beardsley, A.Shearer, L.Ferdinand. Spurs: I.Walker, S.Carr, S.Campbell, C.Calderwood, C.Wilson, R.Fox, A.Nielsen, D.Howells, A.Sinton (J.Dozzell 45, R.Rosenthal 55), T.Sheringham, S.Iversen. This was the season after Newcastle had blown up spectacularly in the home straight to lose the Premier League title to Manchester United and, despite the capture… Read Article →
Liam Brady
Born: 13 Feb 1956, Dublin If ever a boy was destined to become a footballer, then that boy was Liam Brady. Football was in his blood. Liam’s uncle Frank had played for Ireland, as did Brady’s older brother Ray. Another of his older brothers, Pat also played league football. Young Liam grew up in the North of Dublin, just a few hundred yards from two other Irish lads – David… Read Article →
The Magic of the FA Cup?
It’s one of English footballs’ favourite cliches and it’s one you will probably hear and see repeated ad infinitum during the course of this weekend. Third round FA Cup day, or days as it is now, is traditionally the one on which the magic of the FA Cup is at its’ most powerful. It is the day on which all the big boys enter to take their places among the… Read Article →
England 2 Italy 0 – November 1977
Wednesday, Nov 16, 1977. Group Two Qualifier England: R.Clemence, P.Neal, T.Cherry, R.Wilkins, D.Watson, E.Hughes, K.Keegan (T.Francis), S.Coppell, B.Latchford (S.Pearson), T.Brooking, P.Barnes. Italy: D.Zoff, M.Tardelli, C.Gentile, R.Benetti, R.Mozzini, G.Fachetti (A.Cuccureddu), F.Causio, R.Zaccarelli, F.Graziani (C.Sala), G.Antognoni, R.Bettega. Match Report: The 1970’s were a black time for the England football team as far as the World Cup was concerned. Having surrendered their title of world champions in Mexico 1970 they then failed to… Read Article →
Tony Brown
Tony “Bomber” Brown. Born Oldham, October 3, 1945. Tony Brown was born in Oldham at the end of the Second World War and grew up an asthmatic child in Manchester. The scrawny infant did not appear cut out to become a record breaking footballer but he was instructed to take part in as much sport as possible by his doctor and assured that the condition would simply disappear at some… Read Article →
Harry Cripps
If ever a player came to personify the football club he represented then that man was Harry Cripps and the club Millwall. Millwall Football Club is a name that conjures few pleasant images to anyone outside SE14. The club possesses an image that it may not wholly wish to dispel and which its’ followers positively revel in. “No-one likes us, we don’t care,” remains the supporters’ anthem even at the… Read Article →