Some international tournaments capture the imagination with their sheer energy and joy, featuring footballing flamboyance or ground-breaking, era-defining tactical revolutions. The triumphs and ...

The path was clear for Antoine Griezmann. Bayern Munich’s defence had opened up before him and, courtesy of a nicely weighted through ball from Fernando Torres, he was clean through on goal. The ...

SOMETIMES YOU HEAR A FACT, notice a name or log a date in your memory in the obscure hope that one day, you’ll be in a pub quiz team, or watching a television programme where someone will say ...

Cometh the hour, cometh the man. In the centre of the field, shaded from the autumn sun, a lean young man in white stands, feet apart; a slight hunch to his shoulders, a frown of concentration on his ...

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The wind blows hard and cold across East Anglia during the winter. With barely a hill in sight, there is nothing to stop the progress of the icy chill in this south east corner of England. An ...

This weekend, women’s football giants Arsenal and Chelsea will face-off in the Continental Cup final at Nottingham Forest’s historic City Ground. While both have enjoyed a healthy rivalry over the ...

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On 6 May 1970, the European Cup final was heading for a stalemate. Celtic had been strong favourites to recapture the crown they had first won back in 1967, when Jock Stein’s Lisbon Lions overcame ...

NORTHAMPTON IS A perennial middle-of-the-road town. Located almost equidistantly between Birmingham and London, it represents an interestingly unmemorable stopover. Sitting staunchly somewhere between ...

For the press corps and television companies who are always looking for a new angle to portray the age-old English institution of the FA Cup final, the 1964 final was a godsend. Preston North End ...