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Sam Bertram in the Smog
From here: “Soon after the kick-off,” he wrote in his autobiography, “[fog] began to thicken rapidly at the far end, travelling past Vic Woodley in the Chelsea goal and rolling stead… more »
More Than Mind Games
Sam Bertram in the Smog
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james wrote 5 months ago: From here: “Soon after the kick-off,” he wrote in his autobiography, “[fog] began … more »
Sir Trevor Brooking
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james wrote 9 months ago: A couple of minutes’ worth of Brooking brilliance. … more »
Billy Meredith in Motion
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james wrote 10 months ago: I’ve known for some time that there’s film out there of football’s “first su … more »
George Best - Best Intentions
james wrote 1 year ago: Care of 101 Great Goals, the Youtubing in six parts of a 1987 documentary about George Best. More Be … more »
John Nicholson on Brian Clough
james wrote 1 year ago: It goes like this: I was a roadie for a fat lad called Humpty who had a NWOBHM type band at the time … more »
Who’s this?
james wrote 1 year ago: Not everyone at the BBC, or shortly to be at the BBC, is entirely ignorant of the kind of sacrifice … more »
Kervin on Woodward
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james wrote 1 year ago: One late addition to my books of the year is Alison Kervin’s Clive Woodward: The Biography. Us … more »
Van Nistelrooy and Keane
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james wrote 1 year ago: What on earth’s happened to Ruud van Nistelrooy? And can Keane make it as a manager? Can these … more »
Herbert Chapman Part One
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james wrote 1 year ago: Herbert Chapman is the chronologically earliest manager most informed football fans can name. Most w … more »
Sven, England, And The English Game
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james wrote 2 years ago: For the thirty-one years that divided England’s narrow loss to Brazil in the 1970 World Cup Fi … more »
