1 Shilling – Preston North End vs. Nottingham Forest
Preston North End vs. Nottingham Forest 4th January 1969 / FA Cup 3rd Round / Attd:…
The Away End
Great Reputations: AC Milan 1961-1963, the Nereo empire
While Internazionale are credited with being the arch-exponents of catenaccio, the n…
Great Reputations: Swindon Town 1969, winners of the “People’s Cup”
It couldn't happen today, could it? A third division (league one in the current mone…
Great Reputations: Grande Inter – a harsh legacy?
There was an air of menace about them: Black and blue stripes; dark, matinee idol lo…
Great Reputations: Red Star Belgrade 1973-74 – the team that changed English football
In 1978, Chelsea chairman Brian Mears, desperate to change the fortunes of his ailin…
Great Reputations: Arsenal, the Art Deco club
In the 1980s, a television series called The Thirties highlighted a turbulent and ex…
Great Reputations: Anderlecht mid-1970s, trusting in purple
Belgian teams never made much of an impact in Europe in the early years of UEFA’s cl…
Great Reputations: Poland 1972-1974 – the World Cup’s lost champions
When England crashed out of the 1974 World Cup in the qualifying tournament, conside…
CONIFA comes to town
I had never met anyone from Tibet before, never heard of Abkhazia or Karpatalya, but…